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F.ir g i fiDin t'aro'iniS jurjo
fli" riin. ftim is stslUinj,
I'o-ou tlic'Jafk-tytd 4"i'ipi ntinc . .
II t 4ilKtt bkulti is rc4 1 inj i
1' r'oit.4Swi 'o.t lu id r..ai.ij
rm 11- ruir 'r VrMio Jrdj. s ;
i ir you roni) a!Hcr tiliplirrd Ujuk'S
JJ'oom r.i.'rl ui i' tliornv 'lfd 'c !
ThL fon in st't-U'l In day or n 'it t
On lMuatod nitmind or.hcathtT,
linre'cr l!io need" of trampled right
Uroiiijlil to iin,j mti lojLtlici,
here Uie frt;e Jbhrplu rsj lrom tnc w all
Defied the iiiai-clad lija.st.er,
Tlian your. at Freedom's Iniuipet'Call, "
No r'afl-mrn railed fi-tur!
1 t fopj.nc'u slice-, let foftls dendo,
e hf i ii pu fu'n' -( oriK r.
Free hand.- and hearts; arestwl your. jH'iJe,
And duty' don. ",vyotir honor. . r.
V dare to trust lr honest lame ,
T;ii-ji:rv tinie ejinp.innels,
Ami kave t trua each nolle narae .
liu-hr:-.':fies your antiai. , r
Thy bons, Han iikich artj Iirii.g yet,
In -Jro-i . id 1iJft.irty Gcrmau,
A i 1 1 Bio m.ioid's lay and Gtltarjd's it,.
And iih: rare sense of Niemann
'nl fiom lrs book, niv-tic seer,
; Ttu-'jioiil otPwlvraen ipaches, . - .
Ar7! Fnc'iml s nt.-teraJt nhikcs tolicar
tl-l :-.'s leathern Irccchcs. "
Tiii fo ' i- o n a v hrrei i il fall-.
I I ti i a is vtiur '. r. rou'jjlit It-Mlicr,
On earth n tl.jr ni 'it irTK. ha'1-,
lncarw t or on in alht'r,; .
M-..I ;!ns;veftcsl cUarirf is Joinul
III rrralron fracc tor vestal,
A- IUhe'- ' ' 'MiM.'i4 ar rund
J Arnn ' rl .!d et' -t !
II , , ri i ? iiiv-t mt a h! Id vti iityan,
,i. W iin i.Kitsti-p! slow and wfJjfty, T
Mav w a:n!i r w'Mt nrl'ie sky:r Ehiue epan
' utV iluw I i pi i the Iraire, ,
Your s-I-ppers shine on DtiauiVB foot.,
lV iaia tola's fouiita.Ul"
Or Imd, I.kc sno4-rl ikes fivl!mj niute,
Tlit, ibmc qn Cat -k.ll niiotam
ft
TJ c r, d I ?ck fo the maoTft hand,
: The b ah . arth to tho tdli r's .
The -Iick m ei.--yfanVealth conimond-
f IUl la.n Vmd. 4 Ila's! ' , - '
wl'io bliuir.Ld the liouchold maid, ,
u Vd tin crow. S np.jar,
So alUriall ?4e jou.jtou rc p. id v v
l Mil heariftfciid homo una honor
Th;-n Irt the tcast be frceh e4Ti ift .d.
In ---r eoui arid hr.nun n:
"All hor.or t die jHod old jeiau,
lis 1114MTV men and women P'
(.t.'! o'rt Pi-!!'! jioutiong arry
In the old lir-icV f 'caiwtit manner ;
Once more orrjjay tCrispin'tj day
Fling out liKi.blazbned banner t
'
;
.
SM.
j Improved ;31odc
cV" JPoppiiig Hie Quel?
t'Ci.: A bash!
uKer. a ' urt lime inM
not "ho. In" the'coui
rtnn'J'p f. r nr.-nos
4
o- .t.t -rtAlr .... .-nnti,r 1.-. . n ti 1 HCLCfS. J Oil COI1C UU I IL" tri'SITS
-ntois.tt.pusy . mavj-hive ypjr, mistrtLr ts, m emirso oi time in consequence -oi . . ; 7, , f T, , 11 Ih Id. iha.fee-iIe litln, not as dcriind from
' . . ' t '
In actit4jt4n,iiot3rfHnirtifty rti'hia -t. : ,1 . . . . vhnn,nH
fr.m nhm.-as the ckrgK.,Jn was h.ddmg
.Hi in r.ia n.ii-il i rmreft in innar ..1 Kij
4 V ' u I V n ?- ,-j.or'.u,-iini eiiuepuuoair
, aged ne ir, probsbvTnnuenced by the m lin ;wr Clierekee trnvnv
' c',,c 'P1" c !h lscoufse. TittJ- j bu lhLMr na,fonento t6 .
, dt.ze I n-4' p.taelicr 'lappm,; u,-U-e lh.1 ,A lhenYst .11 itned atuc
v, ,-v . v.4.4,,,4.
nrt.srx.cl n a t
, , Ullll h beeri ide.irable; tho :nd.
ei. l
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a d iy er
t t o . Cd ;n le n Journal
: ARGUMENT
- - n - of ;
.WILLIAM 11 TUOMASr,
THE EIGHT , Ctl:: THE 'CEEEOXEE lXDIlXS
KiMAlMNG.IX
THE STATt Cf
n. n n T u ' A. 1 O n I i M 1
iivi n t,in ii""
riz uiDJcsnitD tothch fee simle
' V -CYTIIiTSTlTE41753; ; s
1M3 TltiT THOSE LAMM W fcB T CNV T0
THE C.NrXBD ST4T13 L"XPEli TH TmTV C 1S33, --
- ft f w ' " .
V ' '"": "! :. . I 1 n , r .
rssiiicn to rfTftaiM. Av rV lria oi
-7, js oyo.'hh Carotin 1 mil Tcrw-Ic?rlshcJ a'wr.g xhri'ge uliich" diviJedhe
alHheir interest in those tin Is t onion Mien nairrs of 'htx Hiwnssco ncr rom'jjwjS ,of
fa an emutiUc portion cfite ffiwirgs '
Stipulated tc le p iid by' foe ; United ,
SlJles h the Che: oUc pcoj 7e
. . it ;7fi lo then. ;
So curly a-? t!ie year l-a-i, Suiaof,
North Carolinj . n lulo u smcrciirn S..t. w iilr
a view of jt-vi'ji.i;g TuriLor niirusuin . upon
lite l nJ!s damned by th-j Ciiciolvec. ladiaris
witliiii ilic- Imiiisol lur cinrtcr, :aasi-'i ihom
' 'l 1 I ...1 1 lll'l 11.).! .l (t'l M . 1 I'llll ll
ft .' . . . BC-. . ,, X 1
:ti tiio iict (I 1 ?J. i-s 111 trie toiiJfin-"oruS
' 4 iii bout.Jarv of i'iis Svio intjcfeen ih-is uue
! ni'art.-sthe Chiui;.iinaw4f iwwns, Ihence op
the middlc'td the Ttnuesjc a.jd llols'.ein to
the middle ofJSrer.cb Broad fivr lo the mouth
'f B:g . Tigoc lier, thence up tbe s vme ty
bhc head thereof,, thcoco A lar.g the dividing
1 cjd iKtrt't'ih ihcf w 'tiers-of Pigeon, river
j wui Tuekastj-th rycr lo ihe soulheru bxind-1
l"iy of this S.ai4t;iul)d that the lands Coniaiiw
t .."s :l" .1. .r. i i. : 4.. 1., .
I'U 4VIIIUO UIC UIOIL'SaiU UJUUUS.3IMU u auu
(See pige)
By the 8ih article of tho treaty of 1S17;
and lye 2d article of the liealy ot 1619, a rs
ervft;:on51 Gll)acr"S was gran-led lo a'Clier
okei by the mine of 1-jUc1j-i1 , wluehw.is to
cate.J upon- the Jar.ds ceded-under "ih'y Usl
.nioutlotieu treaty r Tim Cession contutned'a
part, uf ilia iandJccl'u Jed in the grant made j
I... ' I.-I1M - . 1
uy lot- o 1 a 143 ill .1 ICO, .is itiit:Liiii4i i ai
.dotted liny on the map annexed. Suboie.
ij'ic'titly the Stale ol Noiih iJ.tri-hni sold
ihe lands that hail been previously granted
to Euchella, lo Jjseph AVtlcli, win took
fun'lliiii' ii.iccnti.in An nliiin vv ln'.f : 1 -rli
ui ihenainc-of EnoiieJl,, for the recove.'v .d
i iue rose i vauori , w n;cu wus iHiutivr ueciu
. i .... . ..i i. ..-i.j .i i
illt. Hwiici
any ueciutj,
in Ins
favor by Ihe Sjp.emn Com t of ihe
SiUte. lo.liKit decision, which wi.l be? toun i
i n .-the 3J volume of Hawk's f Report, pg
ll)3, the court sasi "By the act of 17 Ci3,
eii. 1S5. it is J-ei ie"d thtt ihe.lndiaro sh ill
one and et.j ,y all the .fact of land thercr4
dcnb. d'i anJ tint it w re,e.vnd to them and
tli.ir nation forever. Thbiireclof th' grant
i was lo vest ihe.land in the natron in fee simple:
If r.mvejvd to Hum a definite and .specific
... ,u .."-. . i . . . .. i . .u .i ... ..i.i ., . i . r,
iijiii, nv.v.4iuii u wiiiv.il nicy 44.u:vj iwi'j;
er be tronstdered as tenants t sutnirance; but
is holdino'undt r ihe fdith of the S.'ite unJ
the cuaranly of ihe Ueclaration ot nghts.
i "It is .true ih u ri4i individual had a distinct
xiriiun ailoted to mm, which he might protect
bom Bt'rfrcsiions, and on tliat uceounl thw 1
le gislature luts, marje ft penal to trespass on
Iceland; blT the rigid" ut the legisiatuie to
m ike thj grant caiinul oe doubted ; and it is
rot less clear that it muesl r$ure lo the benefit
ol the-tribo.as loti as they substst.upoi it, and
lheti title ;s not .surrendered by -thti-r o ;i con
iC7lt. . L f ;
."If tins cirml required confirmation, it hastj
icctit-d'i'. iu thb mnsf.aiT'jj'e 'm inner bv lUes!
treaty of llopcwtH, 17ei5,) matle-tindgr the.
authority of lhr U nted "Sta s, Snd tiy tbe
treaty oi Ilolstnn, (J91.,) by whfch the lands
not reded by the Cherokee nation a're sulemsj.
ly guarantied to them.1." . !
it i-trfea? an1 iniiispulallr thit by ttte act
of 178, 'and t tie construction which wasJsub
seq ifrtly given to i by the supreme eurt of
lihe State, t'aal the fe simple, s weWasthe
luaulnicJiiary inteiavit in the lands which "arc.
described in the recited grant, - Vi-sted in iho
InJiitis fn,ii and alter Its elite. "The next
imrpjirv i?v,. hoW"tht;se l inds became the exc'.u-
4jve p' iper'y of tint p r:ion of tie,tnbe that
I jte-iidexl upon. thrm. At the date "of the grant
! relerred to, tnc Clurokee tribe consisted, of
seven.ctans,. wTneb most prob ibivAvere the
I !oicei dants id the jilme number wt 1kiIus,
i These seven cjansrmbMiced about liny, towns
! hr stlhlments,-et;"tF4 vhieh was gifernii
I by a chief ju-ho w;fs c'onomnated he lather i
I tne town,, -and Ihe union between the. chiefs
! v'lh'. (iillereht to$ns exlended no furthertl.fv
l -1 n wuk ;i ail tue inoes oi ci ins wore
i uitei t sicHsuclr cs declirtr.ir w;r m"ktn2
rLiri'T
I'hc Cicro
t, a u siuwrf bV4herec.tl of theirans-:
acjj'ii in the book orinJi -11 treaties pne-
1 "Awl led further enzt.L'It.'lul ihe CSer. J wnd s.i? g. anted to, th I ufe !;, by Hid
hikee IrtdTuns ' simll hare, aui tig v tdl thatIt A Jbccnci6nvcycd to lUe Uiiiied
C 'rtcl oflmd hour dd a follows, to'wit : Bj. -.ates by tho. Treaty of. 1.83o burvryed
! "innui-T on the Tennessee, where t he South-1 ansoia id ner cmzens most oi mq yaiuuow
!.t'e hcrtbv reserved unto th said CherokeeVilcU lhe' lvc rurclinscd. -nJ improved,
UndiaiWud their naii,on forever: unyihhg uSt J'epend uponr jthc mle iof c United
I Kiein 10 to cyuifary u iittj:hannJig.;' .Stales as d.-rived from the treaty f 1835, il
f I4'l ITI ! ' w " -ins nsfossarvto examine if ihe.lands in oues.
flPKuma of lhe v,r ono lh uH t huie extension ofhe laws uf-GeT.rgii, Abba
i . ., . . - . . .
-dr jj aiKi etcrht: i 4 rmilil nn Ir.irriM h Itnfiss
a-Hffionztvi
CTtVtfiWasl.
ajt to the!
unnfnpn -
4
-rne.doput,os ?r.m"the loi.rtawn,. to
Jties frwm the .war town. U
mak'o knonllH-VvViri-o continue ihe hunt -
er Jlfe, and alTfa tf.e .5CVrcitv of elms whore
! Ui ittvii iivej. ua uiirr tiiL 1 i4vunnj t
rv - . ... 1. ii . .
't, uuir o r KKe across ue .ui'--
:piivtT im.'s ma VAcnnt laiiili uf jhc..Unitr4
Sitti?: .ikI Avhereas ibe iVMdtul of. 1H0
pcVd flUs jifter tn&iurvfy cnsiJoring
ilie PPvi lonv of . Wh Darticsi 0.1 the innlU
Jif.jf -January A D. omj limisAod cigUu
h Jtjdrt J and nuio ii:?Tjjinir tU.r- ubiiU
UO'U'd Si'itts, py children, mrq lt.e frcnJj tif
JJwUj pnriK'S, nnd as far as cu bo reaswubly
J V. .J,'"1 lltcv arc wiping t VaJly "thf WiihvS
of t jllu Those "U lio remain ri:iy beassureJ
f our j'llronagr, our ail suA good neighbor
hooi ! T!ios(i .who vv;sl Ui remove arw pr
liiillk J, lo send an cxpk)rio iMrl to xccon-
n iwjo t!.e country oa t!;evatfsof.'.l Aikao.
-t Ai.iid W I. iu rivers1 t Y
Thi.. a versieneni JivUional lino was cs
the Rihtowcr". -I3v t!i. lU;ment lane
inelu-iifd iaTlia "rant mndo hv thcJStal-5 of
Nrih Carolina, iti the year id lTSy-wcfc
upttitor the excfusiYusc u&t permanent
.residence ut ma upper iw .j;or irvriu varw.
I rvi Ji-Jin-?, ( ; 1 - '
X10 rnnining question 'tit be couriered
ii iii. 1..1. .wii.i v.aiu.iua nv""" vv 1 f
d i!-.V.ir w;erett in those la iTdd t"H tho Doited
Sia:s? It is'lTuc - thai the State of Korlh
Carolina, aclhig upoQ: a supposilion that ihe
Hln in n her present hmsts.
near. five hundred thousand dalhirs. it ;t
alsotrus t-h-it lheSla,te of Tennessee, aciijf
upotv a strnthr supp.asitiott, nude sile of that
jr'io'i of tl.c iind con'aincd in Th) granv
of I7;y, -v. I.ioli was IticJudi d Jn Wr char
tered liiu.ls; nod it i-t prtualJ' - that she
rccctvcu a hrgcr sum than those in the State
of North Crci.na sold f r. As titles of
die citizens, in .both these States to land
ry-flo examine u ihe.lands ;n ques.
lion tt. re, or were uot conveyed to the Uor-
Ireily, possess any of the 'attributes of sove.
r-ioIlly as a bjdy polit'c pqsebsirjg these
pocrs become a partyio the treaty ? Or
d;d they ns piivdiu nidAidpals in a staTa of
duresse , sigtir the in rty "for the (benefit of
thein.se! vesand a mnjfii iry of the tribe .who
ere similjrly sityaied,1 who, under the cir-
cutnst a nces might come in onlpartake of
' ni',.Vd ,os 1 n)r.ay Vhe trib'.V?-
u in ii-linn-, iii n iu ij'tci lunii) wiiinu
, , .. - ir -o. ... . -
, 1 V" lv "l3 w cui a,
- w v v 4f it v a wvitv i iiiuvu j ii iui
tl)ere1ij ih tl State by the acts passed by her
It gisIatuKv had extended her laws over the
Che;okee7 . and not only annihilated their
S',crlnrn,:nV but! ). 1a!ui refcrfed to.
f ro'i.b.ted them from ssunt1ft3 icounc.l to
cn ,a. or .to &P to enforce, Ihose,
which -liad ppcviouslV been .erjicted making
f v !auPVV)Cn,'fnw' pun-nawe on con.
i i-i4vii nun LuuiiiiiuitiH iu i lie iieuue in. id r y.
pcnitemiarv
And at the time the treaty was conchided, xi
part id the Cherokees wcrl in prisati.-for iol
ajing thosa laws, and some ot thajiRncrs to
the -treat' had been n leasdfd from cohfinement
bui a slum time.' Not oily were tWChcro
kecs in Goigia, at the thru the treaty was
concluded, deprived tf all theirpoliiicul i ights,
an I subjected io''t!ie law's passed by he S'ate,
but by those laws ihelrjands had been survey
pd,' and granted by the State la her citizens,
as Is sli.nvn byThe'JGtll 5ir;ic!e of the treaty t
Ay frit ait must be conceded that the phero
kecs wha were parlies lothetrty acted only
in tLe capacity of piivale indiv id'i.li,and did
n-.t'cliim lo possess anv political p iwtr.jt is
eiially-iruc that they wore the very bet men-
.mi the natyn, and, before their' government
cxaacd to xist, held imporlaht olTices under
iti' riud h dtfs much right to claim 'to be chiefs
as. any Cnerokees in that part of the nation.
Ju'iiT Hss and lho;u as-.-ciatvd ivith him, I
w ho claimed to be the constituted auihoritie
Of the potion, "jTitsseaseJ noo pohtiVul pom
whatever, agrceaoly to the consiituiion a
er
and
1-iws of"the'n-aionf ever) if the' had remained
in , force: .and- und many of those who
e'ltimed lo be chiefs pro tiiizens ot't'he U.-j
b, having become, cil-izns under the treaty
of 1919 ; .ariJ, by promising to.rerni.in ptr-in-tnectly.
on ;thotlunds ceded.to thet United
States, werfygiven fee-himple titles trrcscrva.
tis wltieh.j in value, were tndch mre tha"n
Uieirhn e uftlie comuun property af the na
jivmr - Soliseqienllythey sof J thr. reservations
iwy hid pMmind trj rej,iie per'natm ntlyonJ
and moved on the unsold lands of theinttton;
bm otter, being, made citizens of Midi United
iSutcs; tney could not expitriate tlremselves
'
by,rtm-Ai!iiutoi!.o nation 'within the limits
l -
JWvt.ited Mates; acid at one timrf, John
- v 1 -''"X me txisu-nce ot mc LdierMkec
chief iif toe nauonfi.d
meut .anions the Cherokee;. fn': letir-tr Hi'nji
cd bv John RidgendS. "NVatiioijiiddlressed
ti'iitie commissioner who concluded teirpnty
m the part of the'XJfuiie! States. fRevt John
4pi. Schermcrhorrr,) ihey sy 1 44iyeviou to,
' .- . -T
.1 I n . . n a 4 T.l, f ; .... i nMt
uu mini v"i"' v
'ournatihn, our govn?nient was elecliye ne-
I " c.oiHUluuon.t.. hhs gorvrjimcni
i,n. lJ,.;,ec l'ns nave i, Deer
neta since: anu ail tne "Jnc-Tnecrrvoi inai gov
nd
(See
t K"--i' i"'"r'- . a luruirr Drool
"v X --" 7 . -8-u lie ire,
P11. !-2p.cH who .tgnedihe treaty, as well,
1 ;,b V f. .-t npprovpd U, were at the
' 11 aw dll'u'f ofanv government of thctrown,
I ir
tcd atr s hv- thece.0,1 contained therein . .. er, 0( nations," it lf be.secn rtrat 'the
loHJetenninc upon that qiiesMon thafoj. Cherokeca pfeorgia were inenpabM of ma,
V V T"" nrc-nccesry to be made. fc- & t eaty or enteringiuto nnv -.
O.d tnc-Ctierokccs, uho r.cre parties lo the Conlract the ifbVcrntncnt of lbs' Uuiu
anj ubicct lo the hs of 5eorgia-, Mai. tliJg
and John P-iige,' who have ihce faUeu by tha
hands of assa-siny, mahetr leUerio Yfesraeni
Jkson,' siy: " nw-Goorgw-laws'; WC.i
deny U our oazAt rp; thrown" tunfe; tond
notf UhsndJnsj the cnes cTour people,, and
protestatioti of our innoceoco nd peace, tho
lowest cis v wmiio. pwTi.
gin the Gherk'ecs wi! cow hideshkkorirti
andcu.t XVe'ftrc mil wle in our hwcrscs ;
our perp!e ar- ajiiitl by tly shd'i.ijnt o
- Even rys-ticcs of the peace and
' 1" .1 ; ! ',-.
co 03 a ties
are coucernca ti tui iKi.v"vi',
This btrburoua frratir.ent h Xioi cMifirWd V
men, but -tha wofftoi are stripped and whipped
vithtiut rnercy.,, (SiC Sen. DSc. No." 10,
p. cos: J " ; - : ; s , . : ? fcS
, -lo a fir-Pt to rreiJent" J tcitn,Uci
beats duj Dcembrr 1, 1833, sint-d by M-.
yr .Uidg-?4lja BojjiVnWii(iho..laii- al
bas since bft rnvrdeVed bvnssain. a'noNtcn
totKerCht)krest they sv:.STh undersT-gn
ciuei-, vvnc arcin, lavor ot rctnovin wesit
would odJfcss you o; gordian xCxhe adiari'
At Shit- crtsis of our atTiirs, hn ' tse havn
ciasedio eistjnc::rnaliontilcdpicitgtQ catf;
rook lb n on lb prouct the tights o( iho
vrer class of our proplfv bnd'nuve ihem
trom Tl
from the n;isfliejs t hieh "sn-rt to ait them
ftn'ttvutlcr lcxicr:raca'iinnKccpl.:i)br poUjictil
farhrtO tvhrTi , u -tfe can look vitl '
confidence ftirtaid and -lroiPMitin." (So
Sen. 12a;p. 490.)- ' " t
! T N 61 b nlyl d id Ihe Che rek ee ,: w ho', ns pi i
vale individuals, becarrrG a-party to tb.6 tfea.
y jCll 3 j , rcga rd ' bei r gore rnrtK'nt at -
enronntj mat uie nau c-nseu 10 m
Its. natiorjal capacity; but "h President of .,,
the United States seems to have entertained'
the '"-same opinion. .The Commissioners o
Indian A'tTirs, in letter to Jurt Russ and
itlicT, s)s:',Tht, President ' . 'cf.ased" trr
recognistLihy txistinggorernmrnt amon
Cherokres.t(See n. 1ic.. 120, p. 132
! Having Ishown that the CherokeenaVieu
had cettsed:to exist "prior to the conclusion vt"
he treaty, ,and theCherjkces h were a
party to itaitcdonly in the capacity of priv.ato
individuals,' who hti hecorno. sauj 'clsif'
State 6V the cxiesKja of her laws, by apply-
ing a Jew ol tno principles lata rwwn m v ir..
t?ovcrnnent
Stages whereby they coold have convened the
lands granted to the iNorili Uftrohna Uier).
kcesby jheW of 1783. t- j
Vratleld"f tines a nation to be "a bo'Jf. rToIi4
-tic o society of men united togetchcrdor the..
purpose of promoting; their mutual safety ard .
advantage, by their combined strength." ,
"And that governs jnelf by its own laws.'
. 44 Put people that has passed vnder Ike do
minion ofntipther is no-longer a EaiatBnnd can
no longer avail itsclfdirectly f the Idw of na,
lions..' (SeeLcharter I', pago ) . !llie pres
ervation of a; nation consists jn the duration of
the politicaliassociaiton by which it is formed
If a period is put to this association, the na!ion
or State no! longer snbsists, though jhe -fndi.
viduals that compose it stih ;uus-t!it. In ose jli. -
real subjugation lo a foreign power, lha .citi
zens wtio go! cot approve tins ctiar.gc arc root
obliged to submit to ft; .they ought' to1C per
mitted to sep their eflects and cejire -Jfls
where, 'For my having cntpwd into a society
d.ies, not oblje me to follow tlifale, when it
dissolves itseff, in order lo submit to a foreign
dominion'. , I submitted to thesociety-asll iherr
,vdS, to live in thai society ns the member cf
U sovereign Sae,.and not in anolhet: I am." . t.
bound to obey il whi!t il remainr a political'
'spciety? buUvlienii divests Use "of that qurTty -.
... i- i . ir.:. -. lT--. i i c.
liiiorotr 10 iiece ve is icins oi unuuurr- a.uic,
it "breaks the "bond of union between irs tnem- -
, and releases them' from-f6rcignobbgi.
lions. ' (be section Il'o, page 94 ) Vj; ,
It has beerj sh J.vn iti i the precedfrf tliat thi,
Clibroitcs Indians, nt the ti'iiothe treaty wps- - '
fconeludi'd in J83.3, liad, bv ptssin-z under the
laws .of-(he cites, ceased to exist as a nation,
Hii agreeably l the laws of n ui$nsr wvru 1
inchpable of faking any "tresity. binding t;pofi
the iii'iiViduils of which tl.o. nation had been
'composed without their consent'
It h?s neve'r been contended th.it 'the Chcr-
rkees of-'North Cifwlina were present, irpcti'
ripresenieu, ai tnc council neia tj u;e teller--. -
okees of Georgia, nl the time ihe treaty wt
concluded. This lact is established bvii.e.
rept'jrtof the ornmission(jrwho.neg'iii5;d it.
on ih purl ufj ihe UniteiJ,Stdttj. . ,ln ids re. Z
port l the Seretry"of War, bearing da to ihe'
3'Jdi of December r lhinext d.y afu-r the tren-. ;
tv was concluded, he.siy 4,th'chcifs ottheV
Noah Caroliaa ludiansdid not at tend here'- 1
ai the1" place the treaty was romluded. v
(Se4 'Senate document No. !20, pagrj 493. )
'rhe" lestiex therefore retidves self inroi-
tbis: could the Cnerokees of GewgJ' by aa
agreement emercd intowliij'e tq n srate of du
resse ', acling as private in.iTiduj-ls-ori denl-
ZcnS of ihe Si: le, convey to tlx United State i:
t lie lajid own "d and occupied by the Chero- '
i V ri j: .. I : L i... 1 1
led id tWm by thl- Siaip, nd fit which m Re
kiias? -Ine ejsuvi; of lands, as containrp
in the-trenjy of l$35,,is in following"?'
words: 443Vtt.'jli 13ie!Ct)erokee nation' rVJrc.
by cede, relinquitdnntrconvey to lhe r Uul''
td States all Ihe lands owned, claimed or
po-isclssed by I iem easlof the Missiisipi'r-"
From the.inle6nite woringnl the
Tt u tbv:ous! thjut iho comrrrsi.h.!- - ---
Iho part ortho (Jn.ted States did n.,t knowhit
the State'of Ncjrih Carolina had granted tha v
fey frimple title to the lands trhhin h i;r.-"
I U the- Cherokeea reading upn them; and"
.u7,hiX man me only interest,, Uic nation'
h id in the lands to be ceded a9 Ihe aaufiiic."
uary mtereat, haade use of the same words as" -
aare. usuaUy mjde use of in treaties with In-'
dian ribes to convey an fmerest of that do,
scriptiun. And if. he had 'known the nalnoy
f tl'e. title by.which the; North Carolina; lnt' "
idajnK. field their, lands, he must have kpown,
that the words used "in .he cessiaq c,an,vewe4 "
nothing avire, t ven if the Cherqlwoes haVi poV.
sessH d, thc powrpompeiiepX.to treat, than th
usufructuary" interest owned by the tribe.
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