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ir 4 Vol. XVII as r 1 Minor; i v ' . . s -V On fW wVf r Cn ' " ' nSefct (Ml had lfi iv "T eowevectHta,f.jrsrr. r )oef sratiowa, 1 5-c nJ it pr ;vr WSfc my claire beo Conte, on iht 5ih of J- s rv UiS tv,"nton of eh eh t - rm, y ters, as th swicb trust wiu abicUl .ka aoeared. espin-d, I did sot ok de- cnMO M those tUitna, St., that, lime, tut sought B"'f U-wring them der eoider jo, thrt thcf might be dvt'sied 0 after my reiiraraeet, ... :- : - -Ai objects wtr r4 epun tvoe tlaim aorieg lbs Urt se-uiott, towhLhthe yWTOtioM whicVtJied;jrwsented to the commute ia whom they were refem-d, at the preceding eaio), did not extend, U be come accessary for me to ive farther expia utioS pplicbl tP h obtection, o fir m I vMcquintel Wl- 'fV hari.i no di tvctcotTTHMMlenu ritbl0.commiter, 1 renamed Mn Gourcrnetir to Kttery in IVa-tv inetoo, t raceiva those ccplanationi, kid ty Uti; tbjiertue tLem whiek.be icpidinj. ' t -i. i.i it wf rtwuij o oapciiea, tnu H was im poibh (bf me t tdr rt ta claims, foun U-J oft rtresaOMd miurics, in the tclttement of my eeotintt, witikMtt taking into riew the tu- which produced them. The preat lapte of time which hat hrterrened may have erased thxse oceurrenoeilrom the mmda of other, but, with. the IndiviUukLl all the incUents which affected profutuUy bif cltaratteiy fcia, welfare, and hit nece Temxin tonoeefcd through hfe, ad H ia naloral fur ktdt t retie them with deep lirtereatj h :-reteeme(', tapeci ally 5f recalled to his memory by clliera of like knd, Sroceedinfr from tlie'n .My -recall from my hrst roiMton m i rance if 173 the ground on which (he claim arising under that roiesio erinctpaliy loumled. Voi ieaunt;damenta illustrative of my conduct, in the rery eircumatance for wliicb I war re' called, that were lter Aised hel'or. it acen- t d inourobent on me to make them known on i hat wenr intereatintr1 occaaioh.: ' With ' that ytm, I funtxultcd Uemto Ir.'bouyenenri with the cxpUnationa peciCed,l ttwitij in like manner., I took that meaaure vith oo hofrieadly feelinir to any oner indeed ucU feding'f ao Ear aa it ever ,exited,; ha-long m onnducL.' bv- auch additional eviiUnee aa lpeedcinat occtirtence of ljigh nn- eortanc nuny country, a weu a tot mr- aelf, to the light i"Wch kljew tlitit ong-ht la be yiewed. 1 erf, anxious alio, to make known the kutd .and favorably aenti' menta which were expressed of ne, br tlie 11 hiatridua individual by whom I. was recalled, on receiving iuformation of my conduct, from a vertr MaDeolabJo friend, ta .whom he confi- ded. vho u with mo, ajid.Ve.U acouaiiiUd with it, at the period whea my recall was de cided on. The favorable opinion of thar tn divkWid was always an object 6f the higliest interest to me I had served tinder bim as k nibaltefii in our Revolutionary aritiyaucl had witaeasedhla very eaemplary.coodoetatthe moat; fiX6caii( and perilous epochs f .that pet struggle.i'r 1 had received his approba; lion-of my conduct in that etnigk', and been promoted by him. .1 wa a member of the U4 votuticmaryv Congress kv 178J, aod . present, u hen be.resifrned his- eommisniottfiij Cw-mandef-jn Chief of buf Armies,; and eetlrpd to private!,lif'e; ; 1 knew him irt hi residence in retirement,' J afierwarda 'didwhili. a memb'ef otUw penate, when at thelvead'flf theQremaet:tnv.wH&teF;a fettled by the uoatumoue anffrare of hifellow citizens, ana l nar eawaya cncrne uc iiijnji res pect forjiis m6t'u.ire4.!iif al virtues and Udentti5. -v? 'ifH-s-S There wm another wstance m wtticn my character 1ia3 heett mawlled la thai roiauiori. the circutnfehctWdlif;fiiclii 1 thought rrone tt ail .myaelf of at ftccasion tft cs- pluin. After my fecepffon in August, J794, bv the Nation! Cpnveutioii ."of Traace,' the Committeia.or Pubfidr Safety !leic4Tne 'A house for my accommodatton, as tut t)itief of th VHel S$ateSjtift;any aTof Yarn whicli I aboclu pyefen arid sent me: carriage and horses, whhout waitins for pit answer. I declined -the ;1iouse' imtiiediateljr, joa the principle, th4. the acceptance of rt wa fof. .bidden by an article t)f Otir Constitution .adt after retaiiiinc theawiage,afew weeks, until I had obtained one of tpy own, returned ft with the horsefi jv'thja Request that.l rfi't be p:rmitted to paj for their ie iif he same mannerastf 1 had pfacured them, of jjm individuaL wbidt'Xras tranted, perforhied. At the insunce add earneat nrcswirfc ol many ef my Kellow'cJlieena who were then in Paris, who thouarht that tharefosal tf those accoot. ttodatjous rniglU jrei vagiispiciims which had before exifUvd,,r4hit,he purchase of a bouse on sn own account, would have a trood effect, and be useful to. them and to our cou u try. in the, then stale of oea-jiHkii'S. i bouuht Lie of aii rtndvjdii deTmng to t!ioe in fVoaer in J"iCfe tia.'. tdid't tacco(i'iiii)(l:lte ie as the Minister at their" ally;, audi with intenlion .lFerTt to .lUovemiiijent, tfo tny K'tiremVnt fert'tbe ,-ferms on,wJicji',i bal purchased lMxjHjffif umet Mtov? Hiis fact, witKllhe,i)v los which f auatain. d in conseqiienae tUciVufi'l Wtlieved, by y recall, 1 fQMdi,WMifCiAl tieiir. with tlie'otsieisu" r' iY-'! Soon after n Tccall frtBBtldtf ftisaitmi' appointed' by my tiarjv(f"Stie tpltp bf fice o Chief 'jrtagtstrate n hictfliexv4 "c consutuiionai lenii uirc rvam, nu Mired frnm It with the annrubatRin o Tnr fallow cit'uer,aawas Mccd by the lot we teneraJ Awembly, ana nmr ifucria4iy the manneryn which K was given; , My al'aira requiring K. 1 resumed immediately Vfi -1. Vt t t-a!y rf be-wr- t'ratcf 1 1 Sr: eiH u i t f "-r Ism .na. l prrc.l, at i i,,,', e the 9 t, ntriiiwiil ot I'raroe, our ifim.v at New OrU-aaa, lU ril.t t3 hitt k heer weored fey our rmfy ?with ?p;n f tv5, Tba-tic-.crumt proiieed by tut act was imirer- thrutijjliwt ur I my. and pip. t.cuV" ,y 4tfit in tt.e Wrcrn cottnf rv.tSe cu,.u-rr k u t pon.oa of u L. ped,-nt . on the tree navigation of U;a M. i. j . - I. J aqp s-ppi.,Tha1 agjrewion j.wtified wr, ar.d many were prepared ta risk it, b remdvin the obatruct ton by forces vi.. s. - Tin PraaUtttt preferred a dfferenf not fta revted to make, a tperinint of a pifiiJ- cl.arartc by a apeci.l rmssion. inteatiou trf rraorfto war, an far aa depeode . 0 kbwold that '.mo fail.'-; t,thi Utrrrency, be demanded mi rice. am norn.nated and appointed m U France and SpaiV without, conauluna; me, but 1ith ,a peri'ect knowledge Jhat 1 abould out decline Indcpendea' -of. thf' farnrable which thTtdea rairht hare anteetainnl of.aae personally., ariinr -troiB ithewerv friendly relations which bad ao lour existed between ua in public aod in private Lfe,ber Wre cwiiideraiionr knofcn to the, public which, doubrtose, had Wight ritblbim"ni matins; flje apppintmeni - Mf eal, in favoi o the tree nav.cnuon of Ike kliaaualnni. Jial been shewn; an several imnurtant wecaaiona As fr back aa the year 178. t'wiwn a member t The Beyolutionary Onnrresi. 1 hadstrena. oftsly opponed a projected treaty with Spain,' oj jrmcn, oru r eea concloxleO, toe ua ot that v dver -woold liaea bertpnxled ftr a wrm, ami wur pjfnt y ll.iaa I tDOUrnw lit) . uuwii .inai i wrote ine Da per, whicb'was presented by the Delegate a or uv oiaie.ta opponiuon 1 jnat projeCt.5 I meotion thia occurence With ao unfriendly feeling -to Mr Jayi Hir . the Secretary of oiwn Aaws. tor na ie uunea mora hiirh: iy lian t bavf aW. aod jlil) 6i, of IjiataleoU, 'e Another. Sihtanoc bad ocorWd. fa 4-hith my aeaL tn favoTof the frewaarWioifof tVia riveMiad been diiplayatt1 n JatOiarV. 175, iit hit mm mission to ranee, at a nenott when our" relation J" wltlvltv French, Oovemwetit wera of a most ftiendK character. France and Spjiin bing then.irt war,'4nd ttMi'atraiea of uuc wIraulioiTicujnuua,i'every piarr, ana aM'WBWvMr lm!Urraara letter to Xtr Livinfrttoa, whit b, was w-.tira after m ap wiiit .lient nHhiin ''a l .w. wh:le I was at w , Mr, Livii Raton's letter to tr.t in reMi to a-j.e, inivxir ,ny n r aftnral at II rre. j thetxtractfioaaCol. Mercer'a joorluf al.t pasaea etwaei Ur. IO'rrsn an4 av on' tl eovniaf of my arrival in Paris, W.U v tinct!y 1m, TalVyra vd .nutes in plicU ter3a,tbt the Vt Coniul tlioirit it improper to eotumeace a aeotiation, on the eroond f Br, Ijaintoii's conspbuats, unCl Mr. Moaroe. (ha aUnuter. F.xtraordtnary. hom the I'resjdcat 1uul appointel ta di cuni the aubject, ahou-d arrive, and be Wrd, tiiat every VBattecauacepttble' of tamt-whc- tion arrigbt be completely and definitively di-cuawd.- ntate,alao.tbattha F.rstCaiil hadchar?d him to awira ur Govern rneitt, thav fcr from .thinking .that .their jiew oov ttoa in. Louisiana cunU b an abject or aulirV tuae, or eauae tne ea injury to tha .C. SUtf a, fjft would receive the Minister Extra ordinary whom the freaiJent hd sent to bim. with- the greatest p leisure, and tha he hoped that Vie mission would terminate to the, satis faction both State.- Mr, Liviagstpa eon. grain latet ma on my arrival, and expresses a ardenf desire titat iny raisaion mar answer Siutaand th p'lblic expectation. 'J,vi'afsJhe save, may flo something ua nothing elae woaldi'that ba had paved the wa fur me by hi memoir had if 4 cniiWl add to't!Wm an as. tsrancw that, we were in possession of New Orleans, w might do well. With the aen'U meats contained )n tbia fetter, those Vkfch were declared by Mr LavinWrm. after" mv ariTal In Farisi' avere In rii t accord, al an peara y too Jrxtnct. Imn r(1 n.-i Mercer's rview 5 11 I, he f tkit i ju&tto ncTuimiunary aervice-i ano jreneraf merit, which I take tliis occaaioit iitb)leastirerto dvclare, .i-ji: I ;-,V I f 'vT. 1 X-.l"JL- Villi il 1 Jouruai of what pav 1 lOnpeiiigmformiedthHt t been made IniieSenat.", f,-.r 5on-QfNeVOrI?ains bv f.n expressed hi regret at it, u.ii soecp only, eouid pv it to u, phseryt, chat laexpreeaSnir this oninion: Ur Livingston showed no axcitemenr, whatever but bpnearod to tueak tinder k thbrouirb obn- vietibn of what he believed tcf be the' fied ues n wmcu. terniinared, great naTtnony preyalled batWeea Iw:iifgstatiahd iy tetts iL- V.H'-t.Jiia'...-4 . -.v i m ;- I particulttrtyT.jrii ,Spain ; negbtiin4 betiig sought by the lattean'd.csjsting between the two uoeernmcm! prseenteiTa note t he Frencl. Oovernroeftt; ia which I nrgydroii) weight with that tiovernmeirt; the; X tti8i ot iu influence, to secure to us the fn?a haviga lion ofiliatvcr, X'itlieby extending it to a Dcuiiauun inen imrusrca to Mr. snort, pur Minister aV .Madrid, or by providinj forjtin Ita'iowa xreitv.r; These Ifadta 1ef is- ? well nown wius unmn, coitia not ii itweH""",t" r aiuu, -win ocmg-aii faaaiiaCatf-of e TwaJWtyji 1 wftltommit itlo inn ffuan awxwfa a mnA -.-r -..- nwaJw ,v aaapna aat,l by; authority entitled;, fi copfidenr was that tl FirA ConsuJ h winghis cabhe$. aisemWed at Bt.Xloud. and atalkma? in the rarden with the tteaibet-a-arba jeofitpoaed ft, havuig heard of the arrival of h Mirrtatet ? Extraordinary a Havre. eommunicntrd to .them the fact. an,att opserrM that the ne-gorHatKmhnukl joe .trameaiateiy comnienctit, and artdresstng rCaiTvWitU moiniO JUIB Tjow J" nn jiraiwiw c ',, v bf , .-H tiation to Mr Marbpis, Ivan m.,tt. iV.,'nA t.-t 1 1 to wound the feel 1 07 a their' effect, in ery quarter,-a H) .-th'aJ wQicn,. i snoum gotiatlun.t' rv - ! y ll ii rsviiiiiuiun ahfluld be well received by the French too perame'iiV A my jf?otta to" preserve a goo4 OTaeretanuing between tpe unitetf State ana;;4 rancry" my forme nnsaiori, bad prcv dueed, aoma effect ontlie policy , of ; tlwf uqyernment' towards tn vVtet States, ana tntifh 'to its disple.isnrei'affer it had decided Wavctiange t policy, it wa natnrai-that the censure rnfl.xttd on mo-by my OWri Govern, merit.by my recall, on Aa bres'iirnptioii'thafc f failed to perfojtja mj .duty -toitj, and iff countiyr'in 'that;, eery- rciistance,,shoul4 axcit some feeling in th Government of r ranee,- and Teatorato .tne its -conlidchce, which jiadi been withilrawnThe menstUl iu pyrer ;erv all olhejReyolutionaTyhari acteivwith, -mQatJof vvhoni f.wtaS nersotiallr wellcqtialntedi and had. Witnessed tlieir yha htd becd nresented.'Uinhe UiepuliliCi thetliose. -iGertniiiaS f fVrkWal,' Mha IMtcd States, and a strong desire to pre- Vimvmtairt? -i tne latler Ot "Vhicti Barraaray 'uo ,no"1 amieauie rciauoua ociween commanded the Rational Rtia'nL: ud JVap3 W lwo v'f'l pmmittittgtha' nego. kndWiinanoir not f tfr. Tallerunct: mav bi 'toanesnf'lt was addled, by the sam nthority, hati until that 'moment so dulod: was1 beliered to Wl!be'pilroo of tne ra-st uonnui, lo ei. oopjorrof the Territory fn. 6itettiart,nd onehantrcaDle hia vVieWs; after making - a dcts'ton, that none of j Mia iiiiiMficra nMU'u nave SjepuircuiQ propose re lojinu, , iw mm nemanoeain ine nrsi imerwewwWt Mf.vMarbois' wis 120,000,000 of jrea,liiitKat was aooa redWd to 80,000, WijnfvWhtch it WBAflajrrsed that 20,000,. (KW sMnH be bald 40 bur oititens, who had surterea Dy fponsion. TtlWM further a greed, tltat4he'oOJ306oo payable to "the Frenohoornrrrt-t,honld be paidia stock, and W itf cash, bVhich a great accommo. datipa wjf :.alTgrded to the United Statea. It U proper to aLl, which 1 do with pleasure, was te comniet ot Mr. Maroois, in every irtse of the negotiation, was liberal, candid, Si fatrtndicaung a very friendly feeling for rf trJ ta f.rm in AhjrU oanty, aa h i I bad Ti-i dcil, when al baaaa, (row 'y I r,l ! i wL,chIbate be aauda at tJi'U .V !: .i,r itwara vel la gya awwy it'i n v t, ourens thero.' Our afTatra CCiMi ii.ir" t Le inw-ttti-,L I n -1.4. I a : ), a i ierato to tl.e Craeral 1 ftce oft;.ict" JU-Jtra-w, aad sl.Orllv aArr- arvs nvited by jn 1 7mi Mf. VI i.!- uien frewtlent, i U V irtiBut of Stara, abicU I accepted. In tUat dciiarKwent. aod ntUo U?artmtnt of U ar. I acr.J a,-.l uimonui in retirement to nrivaaarT.r,. A, I hien eveut I a . iImhI !.;. tbatli -h truit In tlleeklt:eofliceal vedwy country fjurtttn years, an J in whkh,' I well kno. that 1 devoteA a.v .ir.L.- . . ' J Ut'kla lb uuwaned saL to cromote it nm.n a - ... an VOU14. ny and weit.,re. To imputation that vera nuaed sgainst some jrortion of my cottdjct in thete ofucea 1 thuujrht it proper to rtve erpUnatioua, in py cuinmuiucat'ona to- Mr. tioHvemeur last wiitey tad to which I now refer. - . , ..- . Iienctinsr mv claimsTlt have to add nur Jiave 1. any remark to make on the decision pusttj-oa them. Having pre seiUedVseJaiua,towedittomv chirao tcr, aa well as temy family, and totlinsa ha. ing cuum on nwf, to bring forward, itt their support, ahiie, they were depend'nt'g, all the considerations on which the v. wen in,,K,..A wuu the document, ilhisrative fherenf, and punatioit rHeredKaiuwUlai w ba pub- of coniparipg tna view therein ta ken with IliatMUoisio.n the accord ar disa greedont oetwaed them. Will h rfiatiiwHlv seen Retired ow lotirivata life. I ah.11 .1. vote ,ny beef efforts to the fulfilment of mv privato f narji-inrnts and, hope, with auc- ces.' n una my retirement. I shall look back with lC'a feel'iflff to the very interettinc scene throagb Which I hae passed, abroad ana at. name, ani never cease to cher ah the aiot anxiooe solicitude fur the continued suecesaofour Uapublican sytttem. My ob aeuraliOM founded on my own 'experience, connected wkh what has been deduced-from the anna's if the moat enlightened and rKit)t- poucywtae.rTenchu yerrrnyent.tonHedoniniT nwtortans, nave satiaheame that our ait lHcnvniipleaHciwit1iUheMhle-i, and our prosptct whi hftln of thachaiacter and pohfjbn of sitcceis incomparably better, than were tpe t tr tonam, in other aenpeotr,-' Hafttrils ler tnjovea by any other People. nit; plevuilailiithiitij.tlio, hegotiaoiK V JAMES MONKOE. which. as-commence rmnediatelv' after f nTirgtnia,' November, 1826. ward and in the ipault procured h jr the. ttea-1 1 GOV. TROUP'S MESSAP.R. YE xt ract from the Message of the Go vernor of ueorgta to the Legulalure leon Eonsip.nte acted, Wrel at -the nioincn t'whwinphveja 7 alt ia lint to irtat tliot th IVanV fu,A'iA ifaj triei-aiy conduct ot tne two great nou- 'Bge4 the.ac of trarrlVii f F"Pe, of Amsterdam, and of Ilaring, of to... . . - . ... w, i . j . y aiauon at toe oar, ana wu a iwinpruapeet. v Micceaa, I was Vt jio time richfiny lail4djj iieruance 111 vt estjnoremJKk. cguury was Miiall, but stilt it Waseoasfcthihtf By the Coveinuieiit fiord iUclfo Uie Dita6vwitd to the two Couiioils. "ttaVJWstAlaU of the Co'i venf ion. just before the attack coin- menceiJ, Tiri tc-tired from.it at tat? instance, aiid uiuler the gnidanfce, of some "of the mem bers,,5wh6 lt:4 ine through lhe;Jarousel, by their Gannon, w hose itnttclies were lighted, bearing ttp-tQward the street Kid ilieu, where those of the section's wvre posted,and lighted agiiinst then;, ,J had scarcely passed, tbelatter when5 $he aclioiv commenced,, at about 4 o'clock, If:; Sih and. wl&yf.contiiHied till 10 at niirht Ko other citizen of our Union held tne siune reunion o litem. aee.mine view, fkc, three' JLHtera Ao Secretary of Slate, iu which I' give an, account of those three move-' merit s,z April J4ili, 1795. f . 145,- June 14th 179,- pago'lftoi and October 20, tame year, page.'6i.; 'yJ " ' .. ,v- ;, ' --. It mighi fairly oe Inferred, therefore, rea soning ej3b best propensities of our- na ture, if that CTovermnent could be induced to yield to our demands, tliat it would be grati- Actfto make the accommodation, at the in iti'tce of one. with whose eood wishes they Vere acquainted, and wbom they had innired. .Thar had had before no opportunity to make to hi in any reparation. The day after 1 took ray leave of the Directory, not being able tu tad for the United States during the Winter, nd. Oh willing to remain a spectator of the distNWmg incidents which followed, I pro. eeerled to Holland, and remained there un- tij the Spring, at whicn tune I burned through rrance to Bordeaux, troixt ; whicn port we aaiiea, - ; . My fecewtion bv the French Covernttient, and investmert of Abe amoun received wa, ' klnd and friendly aa could have been wr t in other ia ml, as soon as 1 arrived at frn, t,., u.j k. vuiuya nau, lata uio luuiiuauwii ui muc- j imience, and should have attained it, Had I Pursued the profession lyf the law afew years "Wgen for 1 poseaied. at the time of my ap- Pjmtmeet on tny first mission to France of more property toan I now bold and ed comparatively . nothings , ; At this moment, an event occurred which Ptodttced great excitement throughout out That the mission contributed to the .result contemplated to prevent war, am) secure jo us, by the treaties Which were then concluded See 'Secret Jnuew of jtWfa-Fqreigo See the Ww lab 1 itrmted. on iT return from this miiiaioaWNotea on MuoiasipuV eow lawjwitcd to tiievem. ot r. o.'" p. is. , IiOivlor by offering to us loans to any mount we. might requrre, at the usual inter est, rendered to tbe U. S. essential service in the negotiation. We had reason to be lieve, tlriit the knowledge of those offers. and the confidence with which it' inspired the French Government, that our stock might be converted through them, into cash at a fair price, aided us in prevailing on that Government to. accept the payment in slock, and to lcsen the umouiit demanded for Uie 1 erritory ceded. It ia just also to acknowledge the attention received, and eood omces rendered in the ne gotiation, by JusepQ Bonaparte, the brother of the first Consul, wuoinvited me to an in terview immediately after my arrival iu Pa ris, and gave me assurances of those good n - -L i , . I l.t omces wnn wiucn i.was sausncu ne cum plid.:. In retrard to these two missions, I shall re mark here. that, for the mortification and distress to which I was subjected in the first, I have derived crest consolation, from a be fief that the portion thereof which arose from the diitrust which was manifested of me, ibV the, French Governmept, enabled toe wnder tlii; influence of tust causes, to promote in some degree, in the second, the interest of mr country. ; "None of thee documents relating to either mission, were ever published before, nor should 1 now publish them, if tny advance, ment to office was depending in any instance. before mv fellow-citiens. They are con nected with tbe history of our Union, respec ting which. In all iu important occurrences, itmt oninon should be formed, la the pres. nit-t ate. ther can affect roe. in point of character alone, abstracted from every other consideration. To this 1 have looked with great sensibility through lifew Jlavins; had occasion to notice both misona, in their most material ciimstaacea, with a view to my elolms. and in eonseauence character, 1 have thought that it was not only proper, t a duty, to communicate every cooumem wun could throw Hgnt, on tne one or me omer. Xof that State, at the commencement of it$ present session. It was known to the last Legislature, that fat certain reasons expressed by the Presi dent of the United States, be would call the attention of Congress, at their first meeting, to the validity of the Treaty, negociated at the Indian Springs in 1825, and in his mes sage to the Congress at the opening of the session, after announcing that "the Treaty had been ratified under the unsuspecting im pression that it had been negociated in good faith," he promised to lay before that body the subsequent transactions in relation to it. The Presi ent failed to do so Toward the j close of the session of Congress, lie did sub-1 mit to the Senate a new Treaty in abrogation of the old one with a general declaration of the falsehood and deception practised by the Commissioners, in their official communica tions with the Government, of the numerical inferiority of the party which signed it, and of their consequent inability to carry it into ef fect, but unaccompanied by a single docu ment or voucherto support any fact or princi ple cuiiiaiiicu in utai ueciaruuon. I ne sen ate, as you know, ratified the Treatvi and the one of the Indian Springs of crior date, of prior ratification, and passing vesteu rights to Georgia, was delared null and void. The nb jection to this proceeding, considered alto- gcuier novci ana unprecedented, were odvi-ous- Georgia, for whose .benefit alone the Treaty was negotiated, was deprived, without hr.r consent, of interests already vested The party with whom tbe old Treaty had been ne' gotiated was not regarded an a party at all in the c'tch'sion of the new, juj in the execu tion of the new Treaty without their con sent, and even against their consent, they have not merely been deprived of every wght which they could -claim under the old or new, but have been to all intents and purposes denationalized, and forced either to submit. unconditionally to the power of their enemies, or to abandon their country. It wa with a knowledge of What wa in prosnect, from the first annunciation, of the President to Congrestytnat tbe jLcgislature of Georgia, at the close of it session, again reviewed and again confirmed the validity of the Treaty of the Indian springs 1 nis confirmation waa tbe more imposing, because the Legislature which first aknowledged the authority of that Treaty had returned to t he people, its con duct liad been passed in review, and of course a favorable verdict pronounced upon it. The act of the Legislature, founded on the provis ions of the okl Treaty, having been as it were, re-enacted by a succeeding Legislature, was to be regarded as mandatory and imperative, to be carried into effect by the Kxecutive under his oath of office, according to its requi sitions, unless forbidden by paramount : consi derations there could be none paramount, but what would be found in the Constitution of the United States, and none such were found. The Constitution itself, in denouncing an act Impairing the obligation of contiact recogn ised the sacrednes of tbe Treaty of the Indian Springe. 1 he Executive of Geor gia, therefore, ha. I no alternative but to cat " .a . mm, . IT v I - P . l fleeter. .The Governor ronld U a reeofnise the power of ike President asal e aie, oy tne tmgat'oe, of the old Treaty, la v4eUittConwit-tJrfiiw4etcw. atitutioa &f l-Tria, aa well as ibe articles of agreement, enured imo In conformity with it, bad sen led bee permtOMt boiadarea if revoeaMy. TU new Treaty prescribed new bwunUasiet Jjor Georgia, and by its perpetual guarantee aaade ti.em- pertnaaent-Landa, i be rigbtfid property of Gcorra, were takta rrom her and e !cd to the Indiana forever, and the Itrriadicriorl vtr the river Cbal taboo, chie, which bad been secured exclua yrly to her by the anginal charter, by her Conatitit. tion, and by the article of agreement and ceaaioo, waa divided by the new Treaty be tween Alabama and Georgia ea ao power ia given oy tbe Constitution of the United Statea' to the Govern nent of tbe United States, k would have been not nvr.lv a. mm. pardcKable indifierenca to her rights and boa. or re nave euomittea ta otleitce to these paL pable infraction of them, but the Chief Ma giatimle woo Id have .believed himself guilty wi m wmmw ueaeruon ot to interests ot the State, if his sanction oroountenanca bad htM given ta such an instrument. , , '' - - U tne diflerener between the provisions of the old and new Treaties had been a aominat not a. real differs; :iee, the United Sutea and ' Georgia could havs proceeded in good fai'h, ' and without collision of Interest, to execute f. either, as the one or the o.her wa be lier rd C- to oe tne uonuitutional law, but a those pro- - . J 4? vision y ere variant In several particulars to."- '?; volving essential rights, and a one ol diemj 1 ' ' especially, whether so dsigneder pot. would have effectually postponed tlie settlement of the country for an entire year, h could not bo expected that Georgia would urrender ng t, Interest and principle too, because ths President orthe United Statea considered the new Treaty the Constitutional law. The Government of either 8tte i to be cooider ed a an independent moral agent, having a comcience of it own, the arbiterer witliin itaell ot right and wronar. to be influenced aw controlled only by Divine authority! and tbe conscience of tine Government has already pasieu uenniuveia on IBO yaliOity of the Treaty of the Indian Springs. And hers . 1 permit me to remark that with regard to the "KrviQnKj Bim juriauiciion goner ally, which Georgia claim under bar charter to the territory within ber limit In die oc cupancy of the Indian there i ueh s radical difference of opinion-between the authorities of ..Georgia and those of the United State, t at the harmony and tranquility of the two Governments, ao much to be cherished by all gocxi men, can never oe maintained ilninter ruptedly until those Indians -.hall have been removed. In illustration of th e, it i uf fioient to inform you that on a recent occasion the right of Georgia to make even a recon. nolssnce within thatterritdrry, With a view to eventual internal improvement, wa d nl ed, and that denial -ompanled by a formal protest of tlie President of the United State against it. and moreover, that when about tho same time there wre indications of an hos tile feeling on the part of the Indians, which threatened interruption to our Commission. ers engaged in running, with the consent and approbation of the United States, the dviding line between Alabama and this State, and precautionary measure were tnken for Un-ir safety, Georgia wa given to understand that she had the right to extend her protection to her own officers engaged On her owit soil carrying into effect an act of her own Legis lature against.such' hostility, It i Vuiti to took into the Constitution of the United States to find what right of Sovereignty and jurisdiction acquired under the charter over the territory within her limits, Georgia baa surrendered to the Federal Government No auch surrender has been made, and yet Geor gia, in her late intercourse with the United " At the eipfraitcn of the second mission,. tisn of the ry that Treaty into eiiect, wi coniormuy wuu the repeatedly expressed will or the legisla ture His intentions were early communicated ia themost frank and ingenunti manner to tlie executive Government at Washington, and from that time to tlie present moment he has never ceased to remonstrate, and protest on every occasion requiring it, against any act in juriously affecting interests of Georgia deriv ed underifc. ,.,vj .:;) ;", But there were other reason for maintain ing the inviolability of the Treaty of the Indian Spring. By that Treaty Georgia had acqui red all her temtovy with p the Creek limits bv the Sew aba wa to acquire leas and the difference between them was by the tiftula- States, hat been treated In this reject as if she had no right of lovereighty or juriadic tion at alt, and tbia too whilst the laws of the United Slates as well as the article of a- greement and cession distinctly recoirnisa and proclaim them, and of course to the crj aaniw waieui as iney axe asserieu oy tno Treaty of Hope well and other. 1 lie forlorn and helpless condition to which the Mcintosh or friendly party Of the Creek, have been reduced by the continued perse cutions to which they have been exposed, ia submitted to you aa claiming your humane and benevolent consideration. This portion of tlie Creek tribe having fought the battle oi tne united state and vanquished tbe , hostile part of it, who were at once their en emies and the enemies of the United States, it was hoped that they would have been re garded with some degree of favor by that go vernment and people Irt whose defence they naa expended their Stood, and put to .hazard , every Dung , dear to theni Jr'or a time this hope was not. disappointed UeneraUack. son, by. b eaty of 1814, bad recognised their sen ices and tbeir, ciaims-Thcir Chief. tain , was distinguised by tins favor of the" Government and ha and iii follower were regarded not oidy af tbe faithful and devo- ' ted friends of the whites, but a the conquer ors of. the Ited Sticks, then numbering two thirds of the whole nation, whose right and territory, by tlie laws "of war, passed to the- , victors. It wasthe conviction t Jhe justice of their cause and ti the nired by it, which dictated the tetter ot the secretary -of War of tbe 17th day of March, 1817, re cognizing in full the power of Mcintosh and , nia toiiowcr to sen the country; wuen, la obedience to tbe expressed witthes of the U. nited States, Mcintosh with others, proceed., ed . at the Treaty of Indian bpnugs, to exercijc this acknowtadged power, , tlie power was denied, and . the murder of iiiinself and Chiefs which- followed, looked ' upo.i without emotion, whilst the murderers ' were cherished, careased and honored by ' tlie Government of the United Bute bis ' followers left without home, without protec- uon, wiuiuui orcaa, ana unauy ocnatvurwl. ized k put under tne ban to Uist at last were considered aa no part ot tbe nation. having no claim of the territory and of courts 'WjiV' no rigiitful participation in th: consideration .v tor which the tcrntory -'.told and -what ia 'l-,' worse thaa all, the money which should have '.K.liv' been giver, to tbctxi under the Treaty, not only given to their enemies, but made the in , t 'r. t- , strument of seducing from their allegiance thav. . .''' 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The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Nov. 24, 1826, edition 1
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