E.recn,ipe Impairment, Georgia, J
Mlllelreyille. Fob. IL. l82z
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S,lr--I received this Afternoon your letter
from Lieutenant Nin.on OF the 29th utimo
and read within the same hour both il and
the copy OF it as published in the National
lnteiiigcncer OF the 9TH inst No room was
lett TO mistake the meaning of this despatch
Lieut.. Ninton announced himselfin an intro
dnctorN note q copy of which is herewith
transmlttcd) as the aid of the Commandinr
General, and you arc sufficiently explicitas
to the means by which YOU propose to carry
Your resolution into effect. Thus the mill.
tary character Of the menace is established
and | am only at liberty to give it the def.
ance which it merits. You will distinctly
understand, therefore. that I feel II to be
my duty to resist to the utmost any attack
which the Government Of the United States
shall think proper to make OH the TERRITORY.
the people, or the sovereignty OF Georgia,
and all the measures necessary to the per-
tormance OF this duty, according to our lin.
tied means. are in progress. From the fr,t
decisive act OF hostility, you will be con,il-
cred and treated as a public enemy, and
with the less repugnance because you, to
whom we might constitutonally have ap.
pealcd for our defence against invasion, are
yourselves the invaders; and what is more
the unblushing allies of the savages whose
cause you have adopted.


You have referred me for the rule of nv
conduct to the treaty of Washington, which.
like all other treaties that have received the
constitutional sanction, is among the supreme
laws OF the land, and which the President is
therefore bound to carry into effect by all
the means under his CONTROL" In turn |
take the liberty to refer you to treaty Of
prior date and prior ratification, concluded
at the Indian Springs. a copy of the procla-
mation OF which, under the sign manual OF
the President, have the honour to enclose
On comparison Of dates, the Presilen!
may think proper tn remind the Congress
that the old grant claims preference of the
new, and tina. when vested rights have
passed, the old treaty like the old grant, had
preference Of the new.


You have deemed it necessary to the persD.
nai safety OF Lieut.. Ninton to impose on him
the injunction OF profound secresy in theeX
ecution OF your orders, whilst you cause 70
be published at Washington the very in.
strnctians which disclose those orders and
enJoin that secresy, and which in fact, reach
Cd this place by the public prints even be.
fore Lieut.. Ninton had had an opportunity
to deliver your despatch. You mistake the
character Of the people Of Georga-oficerS
OF the United States, engaged in the per-
tormance oftheir lawful duties, have only to
deport themselves as gentlemen, to find the
same security and protection in Georgia, as
underthc .Egis Of the Government at Wash
ington


] have the honor to be your ob't servant


6. NJ. TROUT


Hon. JAS. BARBOUR, Sec'ry Of War.