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npubiishng the following" ExAMrsArros the Nation
al Journal remarks--"Ih historical sketch which this
article contains compiled with great accuracy and evin
ces much labour and research The observations are such
as naturally grew ~, Of The subject and are remarkable
for their soundness and discretion The question be
Georgia and the United States aud both and each of these
with the Indans fairly and ABLY stated and enables the
reader, at single glaace, to embrace the whole subject
and to become at familiar with the knot Of relative
lies duties and obligations, by which they are bound and
conditioned TO each other, for the performance Of the
several compacts existing between them. Long as the
article IS, IT will repay the reader for its perusa S, cid
and accurate information which it couyeys on subject
winch now occupies the attention. and agaleS the feelings
Of the whole Unon"


FnoM NEw-YonK REVIEW


Eramindtion Of The Controversy between Georgia


and the Crepks.


Message from the President of the United States trans


mtting sundry documents in relation the extinpuish


men of the Indian title within the limits of Georgia
Message from the President of the United States trans


nittlng sindry Documents in relation The various


Tribes OF Indians within the United States, and recon-


mending plan for their future location of government
Message of Gov 1roup transmitted, May 3d. 1926 to
the Legislature of Georgia, specially convened by pro


camaon.


A. Official Documents containing Message of the Cover
nor OF the State Of Georgia to the Legislature with the
correspondence between the Special Agent of the Uni


ted States Governor rroup, and the Secretary Of War


The character of the confederacy of the United
States, is subject Of great interest both the pre-
sent generation and to posterty. II is regarded by
the conteading parties in the political world as the
great exemplar Of liberal establishments and upon
its conduct and depends the speedy advance
ment, or the temporary defeat Of the liberal party
Its force is not physical, but moral force. 1t con
sists in national character. unsettled by injustice
and oppression. The inquire cannot find in their
annals the records of successful or unprovoked in
vasioi ,--o triumphs achieved over the rights Of
nations and humanity. The goyernmen, OF the ma
ton has, on all occasions, appealed to reason as its
standard, and by that standard it will be Judged.
After profession oil its principles, openly and so
often reiterated, it shape its according
TO the dictates Of temporising, presaricating poll
cy. 1t must act up TO ~ principles, or il must dis
avow them. The path Of honor and Justice is open,
and it may travel on alone sustained only by the
moral strength which strict adherence to the max
inns of integrity gives to nation or II may shrink
from It's high destiny, and like the members of the
Holy Alliance, stoop to share in the petty punder
derived from stripping The weak and the defenceless
Of their possessions. If it be emulous ot the lame
Of the pai touers of Poland the invaders of Spain,
and the plundercrs of India; opportunity to
equal, and even exceed them, is forced upon the
government Of the United States by the conduct OF
the governor of Georgia, and upon the disposition
Of that question the future character of our
country. BY the rash and unustifiabe measures
of the Executive OF that State the National Govern:
ment is compelled to decide upon the ultimate des-
tiny of the Indians within. ts limits to become q
parly to their orcible removal; to protect then,
sn the lawful enIoyment.of.' their rghlul posses,
sons. :. ~.


In an age like this, with free press, and thou
sands ready and willing to vindcate the rights oI
the meanest and most defenceless; cannot il
we would, dispose OF thousands Of human beings
like cattle, without inquiry. Their wrongs will 60
forth to the world, and The agency that we have in
their final disposition, must make part OF the nation
al history Let us, then, We valae the opinion o
mankind--as regard the approval OF our con-
sciences examine well the relations The white
inhabitants of the United States, aud The surviving
abonsinas, before any irrevocabIe step be taken to
remove the Creeks from the lands which they now
occupy.


Scarcely two centuries have elapsed, since the
Europeans landed upon the American continent
They then found the country covered by the native
tribes Of the nslv world The resources ol the coun