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It U cvtM i! it(.u4r-mala, tslnth, h jr e aJ j mkI ie l'j-cn,Vr a, l.avv iLt semblance tf inaquatity, bich ftml ne m,KiftM h Mi hert of tbt eit'uco, luj which will be r.JeJ v(fc ;U, remonif. The wwJum or legislation U riieti'ly iBtninfiinjUlMl6ieUitcc. Ih, lhantUtf. f ivudiiu.iir, n wn c.ium nr, v. c... tuicsday, dkukmuk 23, iom. VOL. XI.....NO. 3 I r 4.11-n Mir, If ,M4 l.ti " lu ) M 77 M 4 OI 4I w . a.HI.(. 5 m .aM,-a ! . a teasel of Cj gr-s, Ihrr f illin . f i,Wu U lf-m iw aa Jdlt Ciut'M V " and ' UrpUtuitf ' Tuf ic )t a u-iJcr. co'imlrra'ion w u'J knve importinl dfivantag' . fium it ceruia.v, aod that the moi:-s rt jp' for these purp ses would l)c ra-oc judiciously applied and tcsoo la.callv exprndrd under trie direction ji the Sia e Legislatures, t which cv ery part of each : t?utc i immediately icprcs'Qlcd, catviu , I think, he du'n. . U the new Hlates ntrticularly, where comparatively small popula. u hi it i altered ver aa extensive .ir. Uce, d the rtpreientatian iu Con jrcii coosrqijratly very United, it . MUral to rt,ei.t that, the uppropna tioni made br me Federl 0 jvernmeni would be more lifccly 1 1 be expi-odcd lu the vicinity of innst mtmbers throur hw tmmeriTiitrperrcjrtheV h!jc d uudtr ihr caotrol of the Ifg'- Sitchat its own rcpreseuiative. Tin suppositioa docs tyt necrsiriiy im jiuj the asotives of such Corijre. tij.il representatives, nor i it so m- leoJed. We re all tensible of th tiai to which the sirongest mi.'di a d purest hearts are,mder such circu.n tJ'iccs, liable, la rrprct to the hsi objection, i: probable effret upon the di,j iity and iudependeme of the fcjtue O tveranaenis, it appears to me oMv necesiary to state tie case a it is, od u it would be if the measure proposed vere ad .piled, to Show that the npra. tion is m ist likely to be the very re- . vr 4f that wbuh the objection pasts. Iff the one. esse, the :ae would re ceive its qu t of the oaliouil revenue fur dom.-siie mr upo-i a fised pria.i -)le-,-ai a eo liter ol ript, nil Iram lund tijhe creation of which it had liielfcuibu.ted t V ..f i r p r jp o r t i 1 1 . $U(clv there uldWoUwairryal . . ....... 1 Uir fyates tneansclved, in tier sove xcign character, arc not ualrcqis.uly peti'i ners at the bar of ths Federal Jgisliture for such alloau.ices out of Uie i ational treasuiy as it inav com port wi;h tneir pleasure or, sense of duty 10 oestow opou them. It cannot require arg iraent t prove which of trie to courses is mAt compatible with the efficiency or respectability of the state Government. Hut all these are matters for discus iou and diipa8sbrjaiCLX'.Qsideratioii. Vnit the drsired tdjuitment weuldbe utteitded with dif5:u!tv, jfT)rds no re.i oa wiy it shoulJ not be -attempted. Ths rffsctive tp-ratiou of such m i tives w-iuld have prevented the adop tion of the C onstitution onder'whi-.h Ve hve so long lived, aid unJtr the benign influence of which our beloved cju-itry lias so sTgnaily prospered, T ic f ramera of h t sacred iostrumeoi haj grea'er, d fH:ulties to overcome, nd thev did overcame them. TThs patriot'utn of the people, directed" by dc:p coBTittioaof the importance or ths Uniyrt, produced mu:uat ' ronces ioa and reciprocal forbearance. Strict light was m :rgrd in a spirit of com promise, m4 the result has 'consecrated-their dtiioterestedlcvauon to. the jgeneral wea!.-"' Unlets 'he Americin jw jple hive degsneratedth: same rc: ult caabc igain effected, whenever weperieace paints oat the necessity of a rewrt t the same means to uphold Ute fabric which their: fatSeri have Harei. It is beyond the: power q( wo to make a syireoa of government like ours, or any other, oprrte with irecie equality upoa States situated Ska those which compose this coufed "acy otr is ineqiality always inju-ce,- Every State cannot expect to Ape the measures of .theGeoeral J&ovcrBment, to suit its owa particular Bterests.f The causes which prevml iiare seated in, the nature df things ?i naitt be.eotirely coanteVacted by human meni. Mau1 forbearancr, therefore, Lecmei daiy ubligusry tipn all, an.l e m i) , I cunfi Jeot, rou it on a cheerful c iinp iinte win hn biji anja rti t o ttc part of our OiU!Uueji, . It i rmt toLe aunn compar4tiveiv incooidra!Ie a:rificc privilfgcf, wh'Cti cthfr leu farorcd portion of the" worlj hive in vain wa'J-d through aeai uf bloo l t ac quirr . . ... Oar cojrie 11 yf one, if it be bjt faithfully adhered ti, Arqiiienencr in die conititutio.iaUy r reiei ill .if tie rnaj intv, an 1 t ie rx.'rcu of ihit will ia a spirit of id i ler ui .n, jjtticr, and n .ierlv i I.ci, tH Cnuiiiule j crn-'it hk wiijld fir. ever preserve '(J ion. Ti h.. cherish .ri. I iitul.ie it ati nctti like their, rt nlrr a nvnt cite.iu.il service t tuc;r c.'.n.ij ; hi!it tnoie wh eek t i w.-ak ii t"cir niflne crt ' nrr, hoofevr c jnHcien iotM .i.vl p.4.tco' i';y i..rir i.itcatuu, in tfl';ct ii w u-. (.teutu'i. Il the intrllience and i ifluence ol ill: co utry, a cd ol utu i.ig to i -ment tiecti tnl prrj idice, l) t)e aJ. ubsrrvicoc to party warfare, wcic, iu vd JUllOppiic d ii lilt cr.vd.vii,H. ol cauncfi of local ducoatcot, bjrjCvc nn "priivriinoTot 7urT"iiututi..it and by laciiitatiun their atjjp.a iuM JtiSXtitx iJiuo.i ol i lie tiJK. ihu task w -uld prove one tf le. ditficaliy. May c uot iiupc.iii. ru obvioui iuiercsia ol our cunii a cuuatry, utl the dicutc ot uu iiihu ctiid juw i omm, will, in tne end, ka i the pjohc naiad ia'tn4t dircitiou. A tcr ail, the nature of the &ubject Jock not adtnit uf a pUo wrtollv tree JiOdi uljjccti Tnt which has lit i.i nc lime been in upcraiian is, n;r- hips, the worst that tout J exist j ulfr 1 ie Prtsideocy, the tendencv ol j every advance that can Or in 1 le u m, uup;.ovcmentlsa.iutiere4;ncnuv va.-1. :ny-jf j .rar mojt adinerate irtntioTi; Lua kcry .pixnIWc ti)4t.,ue better ci.ijuied to ill'cwi t3c :-tjecjij in le ;v au ywt ut Jcvici..- li jf it to be noped tht ihiii woo d:sappiove of the past, and J.sscui Iruai k'hi it p. i pjiti tar ibe Jaime, i.i Uci ic t.tow dJty i j dircci i icir uiicuuou to it, is r.'1'V tiul Lie sc.iitbiC tail," uulc'ss s.j.us 1 - . . i . . 1 .... uMcd. 1.1: c )urc now auciniKed ube arretted will be .tga.a res n icj t , A iv taoJe wmcn ti . a.cui .led t j. give uu tcatesi degree oi .f;. c a. id nai .0 1) to oui icgu.auoit upoa the saojci a n. co shah or-st -rve t keep :i ui iwciUciKsot 10c Federal Ujvctuoiai wu.hu the Bjiacrc luaoded by move wito .noddled aod l ioi no ad p.ed 11 nitri shall lead io the exiinguibh m .ui, or tne nano .al debi iu Jic a ri cat period, .aud imp c w iihtcsi bJrdeus upou oui cuUNtitu.-ato, oll leceive from me a cordial uud firm buppori, A.aong the objects of great uatioual c .intern, 1 cauoot omit to press agaiu up jq your attemioj that pait of the Coiiitiioii j which regulates the elec tion of President and Vice Pre idcnt. Tne necessity fr its amcidmeot is mTdeo'cIeaf to my 7nT3d'b"ytncroi:' sefvatiuiflJUcvjUs many able discussions which they have elicited" on t:u- fl)-f of Con grcss aud elsewhere, thai 1 should. he wanting to my duty were I to vith hold auother expression of my deep solicitude upoa the subject. Our ss. tern", fortu'attely conicuiplaies recur rence to first principles I differing, in this respect,, roin , all jhiUliSIJ' ed it, aud securing ft, I trust, equally against the decay and the commotions which, have -mirk"cct t:e piogrsa of oiher Governments. . Ou? feltij-citf-z-os, to.o'i 'jwh'p, iu proportion to ineir love of liberty,Tteep a steady eye upon the means of sUHtaining it, do not re quire to be reminded of t)ie duty they owe to themselves to remedy'!' essen tial delects in so vital a part cf their system.' While tiey are sensible th 1 every evil attendant upon its operation is not necessarily indicative of a bid organization, but may proceed from temporary causes, yet the habitual pre tence, or even a single instance 0 evils which cia be clearly traoed t an organic defect, will not, I. frost, he ove rlo-iked through i too scrupulous vcnerat'iori for the: work of their ances tors, Th-. Constitution wasan exur. iment com niited to the virtue and io. rellignce f the great mass of our 5 juntry mtn,' ja.ifhose-riakih fra: mrmf r-hemsr1vei veretjptrforrtr !2lLliLL...piir.bucftlwKviUaiJaodm scrjt.nv i aalif Uiy iiiva? passed from ihcs'ag'! of existence with an increased confidf .ce io its general adiptatiojo o our condition, we sho dd learn from "i ooritv so high tie d ity of fortifying i points in it whicl time proves t oe exp-Med, rather fi be deterred from approaching then bv the.sugts " "li o: .er, or the dictates of mis- pljccd reverence. A provision, which d es not secure i ihc p-pie a direct choice of their Chief M giatrate, but has a tenJeucv to defeat tneir will, prese au I t m ni ..I .:ch aa . in.on itteicy "vith tha c icral kpirit of our i's:itJttuns, thit I -va luced to suggest far your con idjiaw hi the substitute which appear- t-u n mc ai tne aam time the m it likrlt i corrrct toe ceil and to meet the views ol uur cooaliiuertu. Tns ifi ist ri iture reH. cuon inc, bai a l. 1--.1 - ig'.1! to the belief that ihe bci interests .f our couotrv require the jjBdr-.-.lpuao4 4mt pii vlcu- lJl(.VSMr5UbUuul Acontiogittcy. liicn lo.neiimet places ii in t p iwer Representatives to decide an election ol t, , hign and solemu a character, is unjusi Xi the people, aod bet ones, when it occurs, a sojrec of em bar. rsinc.nt io the individuals thus brou'u into p iwer, aod acmse f disir.istol Vt representative fiodv. Liable as the coufrderacy ii, Iij n i si cat i '" n', to parties i unJed upjn j s.-c Miiii m erest, and to a c rres- Oi.1i.n2 inult.olicatioii uf candnlatr, . ' ne co 1, tu'.onal refereuce to the ;I iUie ti- II ra-seatative, ti, ..o de ,-l.e the" election' upJh that b 'dyin; J2$f?t&P m idc- aatongt.hs Liu.u.l.i'.ei ihus. presented- to thctn, to s veiftne influence of particular iater - .is to a' .Irgrcc incouaintent with tne general good. -The' co.me v.ie iccs.ot this lecture of the Consti Vuti ) appear far more threatedmg to KrtHVr-trJt f aa a which I v.t.rc mceive "$ like- ly to result from the ai.ii(de legitlaiive .cti o i.t the Federal Gjeruncnt. It w is a IcaJi 1 object with the fra-m.-rs, f the Coosiiiuiion to k-ep as separa.e as p iible the actioo ol the L gilaiive and Etccutive branch s ol he (J.'vermric: t. Tj secire this ob ject, nothing i more essential loan to preserve the former fr'-im lite tempta tions ol private interest, and, t' cre lore, so to direct the patr mage ol the latter as nor to 'permir such-tempta. ,lio.nsJaJ.C-jffcr.d Experience ab.m d iDtlv demonstrates that every precau tion ia this respect is a valuable safe go, nl nf liberty, and one which my rdcciooi upon the tendencies of our a stern incline me to think should be male toll stronger. It ws for this reason, that, in connexion with an amendment of the Consutu- "tTn7 re rino 1 vtng airTnte r nietlsa tVage icy in iricJjiceiiheTresi I rc co m rrfe i -1 e d so m e re s t ri c tipn s up-;n th e re-eligibil ty of that oflLcr, and upon the tenure of officers generally. The reason st ll Mtists y and renew the re. commendation, with an increased con hVieuce that its adoption will strength, en those checks by which the Consti tution designed to secure the indepen- deyctotM eromcnt, and promote the .healthlal and equitable administration of .11 the truv-which it has created. The ageot rh"8t likely to .contravene this design of the Coostitutioo is the Chief Mag. gisirate. In order, particularly, that iiii appointment mav, as far as possi ble placed beyond the reach of any irnproper4t)flaoxes t in order that he -mav approach the BoTemttreapoDsibil- ities 'f .the h ghest office 10 the gift ol a free people, UDCotnmitted to any other course than the strict line. "of coiiscitutional duty 1 and that- the t te curuies for this independence m'sy be rend?red at strong as the nature of power, and the weakness of its p jsss sor, will admit, I cannot to earnestly tnvite your attention to the propriety of promoting such an amendment of tne j insiiiuuoa as win renuer mm ineligible after one term of service. I. gives me pleasure to annouce to Couijra-that 4hs-be Av.Ient' polity ot thrtSimnment7-teadilypuriu'd ile emovalijfthciladianiictond.lhe white settlements, is approachiog to a nappy consummttioo. Tw impor ponant tribes have accepted the pro vision made fr their removal at the last session of Congrsss aod it is be lievcl that their example will indjee the remaining tri'rs, alao, to seek the same bviou advautages. Toe consequrnces of a speedv re moval will be important to the United States, l individual States, and to the I iJiam thrmtrlves. The pecuniary advantage 'which it promiirt to the Government are the least of its re commendations. It. pots a.i end- to all possiole danger of colli -ioabetSTeea the authorities of the General and S-te Governments da accout .f the Iddians. It will place a dense civil ised population ia large tracts uf c iuo. try now occupied by a few savag hunters," If v opening the whole ter ritory between Tennesse on the oorth, and. Louuaaa oa ihc loath, .to the sc V iTJKiiB 1 Jlhc. Jf tea Ji . vilUacadcu. lablystrengthe the south western fron. iiav axuiixudcx. tUr. di aut Suut . s.roug enougri to repel loi ire invasion wuhuut remote aid. I wrl relieve th;- hole S'ate of Mnsiisippi, and the western part of Alahama, 'A ludiao occupancy, aud enable thoe Si airs to a lvance rapidly io population, wealth, and power. It Mill sep,ra e the In duos from immediate contact will set- ,cmtnt of whitest, free lh-n from .U - f ,U ...... . l.f - .U ine Powcr MI ,,,c oiaics enauic mem t - pursue happiness ia their own way, 4n under their .wn rude institutions j will retard the progress of decay, hah it leMeniog their numbers 1 and perhaps cause them-n-adtalljri voder the proteclida of (ha nveVHaUotT-aoJ llirough."tht!"irJutoce jtafj gjd coun' scls, to. cast off their savage habits, and become an interesting, civiliitd, and Christian commui'V. These CJ-.SLqjcncei, sume .of- the ax. sa -certain, and the rest si probable, make the complete executioa " of the plan S tnct 1 70 rd -fay Con gre s sa t X h 1 1r1a st's-itan, an objecrof much solicitude.- Toward the aburigiaes of Ihccoun try no one cai Indulge a more friend ly feeling than mvself, wr would go further in attempting to 1 eel aim them from their waadenog habits, and mike them a happy and paospcrous pe-.ple. I have endeavored to im press upon them my own solemn con- 1 victions of the duties and powers of the General Goveremest io relation to the State authorities. For the justice uf the laws passed by the Siatea with- jin the acope'of jhy rj tney are not responsible 10 mis uov erameot. As individuals, we 4may entertain and express our opinions of their ac, but s a Goveromet, we have as litde tight to control them as we have to prescribe lawt to foreign nations. -With a full understanding of the sub- UtcU the Chocwwsnl Cbkkesaw-tribes hse, with- erest unsnimitv, determined - et ail -theeaseltea Fthe-libet-ofTtrs presented Vy thetact of-Coogreu,' and ue sgreed to renjote beiond the Nit' sKoppl fiver, Treitles have been msrte iih them, which, in due season, will, be submitted for consideration. In negods ting these tres ies, they were made to un derstand their true condition ; and they have preferred miiritalnlog their inda pendence in the Western forests U jub : iriluitlg"t5"iharTaW they now reside. Tbsse treaties being probably the Ust which will ever be made with them,, are cbarat ter'ued by greet librslity on the part of the Gdvirotneau. Thv cive the liTdlaAs a liberal tusu io consiils ration of tbeir reraossl, and rom fortable subsistence on thsir arrivjaj k their new hemes. If it be their rei is terest to maintain a separate existence they will there be, at liberty to de sa without the tnconyxnieoclss and vexeuaas to' bi h they would unavoidably ha been subject in ALeatas sad Mitstsstppr. Humanity has often wept over the fate of the , aborigines of this : country, sal philsnihropy has beea long busily esn bioved in dtviaihr maana to avtt it. But lit progress has never for a laaaient been arrested 1 sed ov by hive! many powerful irlbss twppri4 fron iht sarin. Ta f llo ia in 'somt ih last of his rare, aiid to r4 oi ths r(, (a of eitinct. fiati oi tslM Melsntholy redactions. Ku' true pbilsitthroprrfccn cilta the miuJto h f ' cJ Ali'J ' Ja-Js a U 36 s? jp, iib exunci to rurA. j:cujAUof . to maka room for another.' In tut tnnn- peubU7sps'd vl tia exunwt"t etiit of the West, w at hold tha memotltls of t once powerful race, which vis ester naiostrdi or has disappeared, wika room for the slitting tat iga irhtt, Nor it there any tbinr In ' bis, wtd h, upon a rwinprahenslta view of the genersllh'ert. r s of the human rsce Is to b ratreted.. P&ilanthropv rould not wish tote iliif continent restored to the coudliioii la which If was found hv tor forefa'hsrts VVhat od man would prefer a country covered wnh lore its aod nt a lew thousand savagts to our tt'emlvfc Rpub- - k, ttU Jditd with eidss, towns, anl pros perous farms eatbellishrd w. sil th. improvements which art can devise nr indostrv exscu'e orrupied br root thtu tweWo millions of happy peop! pd filled with all the otestings of ttbrtjt ciiliioo, and religion. The petsant politv of Coenmn- isbatra continui'bn tf 'n'smfp-oi ' gressift changr,bf . rl:dvCpro,cv . J'hs ttfbcs winch ocrup'ud i ia cououica now Lonsiituthg 'h Cistern S;iies vera saniaUa'.edor have lattwd c.jta nuktvi ;U : ;oti fyr.ttoc.Wilies.-The wa.i4f cip ulation aod civilicjuon are lulling to t - westward ; and. wf HMJigpQaeJo.ic- quire tbe rountrics occul d br lh red . men of ibe South and ' est or s fair tfJ cAiDgc, nd, at the eipenss of the Uni- . d State, to twfid them to land where - heir existence mif be pro!nn;ed, tr4 ? perhaps made perpetual. Duoti'leis It . wiil be painful io leave the graves 0 ibeir fathers but wbai do tbef more than our ancestors rlid, or than our et.ildrea r ' now doing f To better their condrioit n an uniaom land, our forefathers left all that was desr (a car'hlf objects.' Our cbildreo, br thousands, f early leave th : and ol their birth, to srok new lomet Lt ,ft-M nkiatu ffum hJL hntfi.yj.irtjte aJ ittihTm4t o -yeunt aerr-asf ecv4- fnrwfh'rd f- ar iromji ills raiasr aourte-ttaVioy.- .. mat our country. affords seiee WAere vyt:V young population oUf range uneoostrsin- - ed io bouy or in mind, dtvelopiac, tho l csfpcrfecilun. These remove hantlnds. and almost tbomaodt of . mile, at 1 heir - ---.P lPCf!ej pun base jhe JUnds , Jhcfi.J., ne bunae fiorri the" moment of then sr rliral. Can' hlbe cru.l ia-ihiV J atrn- raeut, wtien, by ereou which it caonot r ontrob the Wiaa is md Jiseontemad - ia bis ancient home, to purchase his lands ' to give him a new and ext'tfise terrl-, ' torj, to pay the espensaj of his removal, -aod support him a ytsr in his new sliodfl ( . . How rainy thousands of ur o'eo peopU would gladly embrace tbe opponuni v of rereovlng to'the West on such coniiit 'onat ' If the offers made to the lr.di.-.n wero cs landed to them, they would be hailed wita Crutde ana oy. 1 ; ' Mi I1 tupposed Ibstlhe. wsctlerlng . savags has a trosiger atischmtnt to his borne, than the settled,, titlliaed Chris tian f Is It mere C.lciing to him to leiva, tbe graves of his .fathers, th so it is to onr 4 - brothers and children f Rlehtir consid- ered, the policy uf the General Oovern- mem towards the red roan is .ot only ( liberal but generous. He is f,n willing to ' submit to1 tne laws ef the States, and rain- ' , g le with their -pepttMicmi To sets hint;0 -from this slreraativej orprhapt ytrer an " nihiUtion, the Gwneral Otirrmitit kind-- It offers, hisa a sew heme, sod ppcse-. - to pay the whole ettewse of hit rsrusrsl r ' In the consammilien Tof a tei or1; . glutting at aa early peried, and steadily. pursued by ,evey tasistrfUo, within k the present teajury .so jusvio the States,, ' sud s.a geaerens e the Indiacs, the Est- 4 c.utiTe faels it ,bA a f ig 4w-eiapeefc-tho r ce epereiion e( Ceufrsis, anw of all gootl -and 'diainiareetwd- aaeet. The Slatea ' moreovtr, have a right le demad it. It as tuhstawislly a pert wf the compsct , . which eiade theAmeicoers of ear cen- . fedwrecy. WCaorgS, tbe-re'ls an 9 ft).': prtM ceatrsc.1 1 wsth tbe new State, sit implied ene ef equal obdceHo. Why, ' auiDorpwig 4-BUi, ineuaa, nssevrt, fc , Mtwissipei, d AUtansa. to ferm CwAsti- lU'.ieaW.abd beceaae sensrateSiaiee, tlisl Cengress include wathin their lianlts ex-, wtsise tracts ef lellts laiiee, Wn seaaa' . jastaD(teX"orfl ladieti tribes f .Vfaa',, jit iiot ondersteod by both parties that iHw. power f tbe Siata was te be ce exutative Jib tLti- limits, sod that, wita allcoa' satiewt titapalch, the 0oerl Oovarn ostot tboujd. extinguish the ladiaa tide, oi reieeve et ery tbstr attiaa t the oe
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