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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1829.
gJIn addition to the papers men
tioned by John Mercer in his advertise
ment on our last page, as being in his
Pocket -book when lost, were the fol
lowing: One note against John Pitt for about 126 dol
lars, due 11th January, 1828.
One note against Stephen Robins and Mica
jah Petway security, for a balance of 72
dollars, in favor of Mathew Whitehead.
CANDIDATES
For the General Assembly of N. C.
EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
For the Senate.
Louis D. Wilson Benjamin Boykin.
House of Commons.
Benj. Wilkinson, Gray Little.
Moses Baker,
papers, that a rcgalation has lately been j part of your nation has gone, your
introduced bv the nresent Head of that rTnthnr has nrovided a country
introduced by the present Head of that
Department, by which the merchants in
those places will have their correspon
dence with the northern cities accelera
ted about 24 hours, and with Charleston
and other Southern cities about 40 hours.
So much for Reform.
We present to our readers, in this pa
per, the names of the individuals who
are candidates for the honor of repre
senting them in our next General As
sembly; and in so doing, feel it our du
ty to ofTer a few remarks for their con
sideration. We are inclined to believe,
that the next session of our Legislature
will be one of unusual importance; seve
ral important measures have for some
time past only partially engaged the at
tention of the people, and consequently
have not been decisively acted upon by
their legislators; among these may be
placed the introduction o Common or
Free Schools the further and more en
ergetic prosecution of the system of in
ternal improvements, or a total abandon
ment of it and a dissolution of the Board
of Internal Improvements the better
regulation of our paper currency, cinvim
sclbing the operations of the Banks,
gradually withdrawing our Treasury
notes from circulation, and establishing
a Bank of the State revising our Civil
and Criminal Code, erecting a Peniten
tiary, &c. These subjects are all of vast
importance to the welfare and prosperi
ty of our citizens, and their representa
tives should be so instructed, that they
may not be at a loss when called upon
to assent or dissent to these or any simi
lar measures which may come before
them. We would particularly direct
nublic attention to the consideration of
the utility of Common Schools; on this
subject the Directors of the Literary
Fund reported to the General Assem
bly of 1826, that
"It is fortunate for our State that she has
so managed her finances for a few years
past, that she has it now completely in her
power to set apart a portion of her funds to
the use of Common Schools, which may
bring them into operation in two or three
years without disturbing the principal of the
Mini which maybe pledged for that purpose.''
We trust that the time has at length
arrived when Common Schools shall be
established in this Slate. The benefits
derived from them in a political, moral
and leligious point of view cannot be
questioned; and their successful opera
tion in other Mates, must remove all
doubts as to the practicability of intro
ducing them here. The following para
graph irom the last Kaleigh Register,
fully demonstrates the absolute necessity
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oi uomg suuieiiJiug uu mis suDjeci:
"From actual investigation, made during
tne past weeK, mere were louna torty-nme
out of one hundred and fourteen families in
this (Wake) county, destitute of the ttible
In twelve of these forty-nine families, there
was not an individual who could read. In
another part ot the county, there is a neierh
borhood, in which there are ten families liv
ing within four or five miles of each other,
. in which none ot the parents can read."
The Indians. We lay before
our readers two-day two papers,
touching the Indian affairs, which
have just been published in Geor
gia, and seem to have obtained
universal satisfaction in that quar
ter. We have read therti with
great attention. The Talk of the
President is one of the most ap
propriate and eloquent that has
ever been penned. The Secreta
ry of War's letter is a very clear
and forcible composition, and lays
down the law, and gives advice
to the Indians with no "forked
tongue." If the productions of
the present Cabinet should cor
respond to the character of these
papers, it is no great compliment
to them to say, that they will equal
those of the Coalition they will
be decidedly superior to them.
There is nothing in the style
and common sense of the papers
of the last Administration, which
can be compared with this Talk
and this letter taking the whole
nge from the "Light House"
Message down to the elaborate
Instructions of the expiring Pana
ma mission. Richmond Enq.
Millfdgetillc, May 26. Since
the publication of our paper of the
25th, the following1 documents
lave been received by the Gover-
nor. l hey are believed to tur
nish intelligence suflicientlv im-
portant, and gratifying to the pub
ic, to warrant the issue of an ex
tra sheet. Georgia Journal.
INDIAN TALK.
From the President of the U. S. to the
The Mails. -There was no Depart
mentof the National Government which
it was universally conceded, was mana
ged with so much ability and judgment
unaer tne late lumimsuation, as thai o
Vi n i ti,-. . tcr. i .
ucufiai x uoi-vuiue, anu yei we
lezrn from the Petersburg and Ilichmont
Father has provided a country
II of vou, and
he advises voti to remove to
it.
There vour white brothers will not
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trouble you; tliey will nave no
claim to the land, arid you Can live
upon it, you and all your children,
as long as the grass grows or the
water runs, in peace and plenty.
It will be yours forever. For the
improvements in the country
where you now live, and for all the
stock which you cannot take with
you, your Father will pay you a
fair price.
In my talk to you in the Creek
nation, many years ago, I told you
of this new country, where you
might be preserved as a great na
tion, and where your white broth
ers would not disturb you. In
that country your Father, the Pre
sident, now promises to protect
you, to feed you, and to shield you
from all encroachment. Where
you now live, your white brothers
have alwavs claimed the land.
The land beyond the Mississippi
belongs to the President and to
none else; and he will give it to
you forever.
My children, listen. The late
murder of one of my white chil
dren in Georgia, shews you that
you and they are too near to each
other. These bad men must now
be delivered up, and suffer the pe
nalties of the law for the blood
they have shed.
I have sent my Agent ,
and your friend Col. Crowell, to
demand the surrender of the mur
derers, and to consult witli you
upon the subject of your removing
to tne land 1 have provided for
you west of the Mississippi, in or
der that my white and red chil
dren may live in peace, and that
the land may not be stained with
i the blood of my children again. I
Creek Indians, thro' Col. Crowell. jhavo instructed Col. Crowell to
Friends and Brothers: By per-'speak the truth to you, and to as-
mission of the Great Spirit above, sure you that your Father, the
and the voiceofthe people,! have President, will deal fairly and just-
oeen made President ot the U. S. ly with you; and whilst he feels a
and now speak to you as your r a-; rather s love for you, that he ad
ther and friend, and request you j vises your whole nation to go to
to listen. lour warriors havevthe nlann whnm 1m
4
known me long. You know 1 love
my white and red children, and
always speak with a straight, and
not with a forked tongue: that I
o '
have always told vou the truth.
. -
I now speak to you, as to my chil
dren, in the language of truth
Listen.
Your bad men have made my
heart sicken and bleed, bv the
, j
murder of one of my white chil
dren in Georgia. Our rjeacefnl
mother earth has been stained by
the blood of the white man, and
calls for the punishment of his
murderers, whose surrender is
now demanded under the solemn
obligation of the treaty which your
onieis ana warriors m Uouncil
have agreed to. To prevent the
spilling of more blood, you must
surrender the murderers, and re
store the property they have ta
ken. To preserve peace, you
must comply with your own treaty.
Friends and Brothers, listen:
Where you now are, you and my
white children are too near to each
other to live in harmony and peace.
Your game is destroyed, and ma
ny of your people will not work
and till the earth. Beyond the
,great river Mississippi, where a
can protect
and toster you. fehould any in
cline to remain and come under
the laws of Alabama, land will be
laid off for them, and their fami
lies in fee.
My children, listen. My white
children in Alabama, have extend
ed their law over your country.
If you remain in it, you must be
subject to that law. If you move
across the Mississippi, you will
be subject to your own laws, and
the care of your Father, the Pre
sident. You will be treated with
kindness, and the lands will be
yours forever.
Friends and Brothers, listen.
This is a straight and good talk.
It is for your nation's good, and
your Father requests you to hear
his counsel. (Signed,)
ANDREW JACKSON.
March 23, 1829.
State Rights. We regret our inabi
lity to lay the entire letter of the Secre
tary of War to the Cherokee Delegation
before our readers; more especially as
the course pursued by the present Ad
ministration forms such a striking con
trast to that of the late Administration
on the same subject. There is no jesui
tical cant about ''superadded obligations"
in these papers; no threat of military
violence the constitutional limits of the
power of the General Governs ,
right, of the States, and olZt
tribes within their borders 1 1
"The course you have pursued
substantive government, within
the territorial limits of the iQ
of Georgia, adverse to her will
and contrary to her consent, has
been the immediate cause, which
has induced her, to depart from
the forbearance she has so Jon
practiced; and in virtue of her au&
thority, as a sovereign, indepen
dent State, to extend over your
country, her legislative enact
ments, which she, and every State
embraced in the confederacy, from
1783 to the present time, when
their independence was acknow-.
lodged and admitted, possessed
the power to do, apart from any
authority, or opposing interference
by the General Government.
"But suppose, and it is suggest
ed, merely for the purpose of
awakening your better judgment,
that Georgia cannot, andought
not, to exercise such power!
What alternative is then present
ed I In reply allow me to call
your attention for a moment to the
grave character of the course,
which under a mistaken view of
your own rights, you desire this
Government to adopt. It is no
less, than an invitation, that she
shall step forward to arrest the
constitutional acts of an indepen
dent State,-exercised within her
own limits. Should this be done,
and Georgia persist in the main
tenance of her rights, and her au
thority, the consequences might
be that the act would prove inju
rious to us and in all probability
ruinous to you. The sword might
be looked to as the arbiter in such
an interference but this can ne
ver be done. The President can
not, and will not, beguile you with
such an expectation. The arras
of this country can never be em
ployed, to stay any State of this
Union from the exercise of those
legitimate powers which attach,
and belong to their sovereign cha
racter. An interference to the
extent of affording you protection,
and the occupancy of your soil ii
what is demanded of the justice
of this country and will not be
withheld; yet in doing this, the
right of permitting to you the en
joyment of a separate government,
within tne limits or a otaie; ana oi
denying the exercise of sovereign
ty to that State within her own
limits, cannot be admitted. It ii
not within the range of powers
granted by the States to the Ge
neral Government, and therefore
not within its competency to be
exercised."
Ajypointments by the President
Cornelius P. Van Ness, of Ver
mont, to be envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of the
U. States to Spain, in the place of
Alexander II. Everett, recalled.
William Pitt Preble, of Maine,
to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of tne u
S. to the Netherlands.
Washington Irving, of Nev
York, to be Secretary of the Le
gation of the U.S. to Great Britain
Charles Carroll Harper, of M f.