FRIDAY, .N'ouember IS, 1928.
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of the organization of the Cherokee Government and
the Message of the principal chiefs OF the Nation 10
the General Council.


The formation, by people rescued from state
Of barbarsm, of government, republican IN lts
foundation and having for its objects the extension
of civilization by the promotion OF system OF mo
raj and literary instruction, is and deserves to 1e
regarded as a phenomenon in the political histories
of the times. Such is the government instituted oy
the Cherokees. Whether in their character and ca
pacity there is sufficient guarantee tor the cohti
nuance of this political system, we have not sum
cient knowledge to enable US to determine and as


to the other question: whether the barriers which ma


ure, education, and habit, have created between the
red race and the white citizens, BY which 1t Is en-
compassed, may not be so immuable and lmpassaoie
as to prevent the protracted existence OF govern
ment of this character, we leave 1t tor time ana cir
cumstances to disclose.


After the organization of the two houses, the Ma.
tional Committee, comprising sixteen members, and
the National Council, containing twenty-four mem
bers, code of rules was adopted, evidently framed


from the rules which governed the proceedings oil our
Congress. The first business appears to have been
| the election of officers under the new cherokee
Constitution. John Ross and George Lowry were
elected principal Chiefs for the term of four years


Their message is certainly quite sound, sensible.
businesske paper, treating of topics nearly allied
to the best interest of the nation, and credtable to
its enlightened authors. In the early part Of their
document, the chiefs take occasion to say, what we
wish would be oftener repeated by the Executive
officers of some of our States, that " The public
press deserves the patronage of the people, should


be cherished as an important vehicle for the diffusion


Of general information, and as a no less powerful


auxliary in asserting and supporting our political


rights. y
/ Mention is also made of the Treasury-a Natio
nal Academy at New Echota-the charity schools
the Judiciary system, and other topics OF minol


consideration. The message also combats the ar
guments advanced by Georgia to sustain her demand


upon the United States, for the appropriation OF the


Cherokee lands within her territory, and indicates


determination not to surrender the lands rendered


dear to them by possession, and the "reminiscences
attached to it.-Nat. Int.