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 During the period that Gen. Cass was Se- cretary at War under Gen. Jackson. his ad- ministration of that department was distin- guished by the same firmness and ability that usually characterised his course. In the ever memorable contest between the General Co., vernment and South Carolina, on the subject of Ratification, his correspondence bears evidence of a mind deeply penetrated with the delicate and important trust he had to perform; whilst on the one hand 1t was to the last degree forbearing and eonciliatorv towards the exasperated and gallant citizens of the South, yet on the other hand, 1t was sufficiently digniied and appropriate for an officer of the General Government.

 frelr tire decisfo of sE4e of the United States in the case of the Che rokee Nation rs State of Georgia had estab- lished the independence of the Cherokees within the limits of Georgia, the ability and discretion of Gen. Cass were signally dis played in his luminous and powerful exam nation of the doctrine of the Supreme Court in that case. By printed articles in the Globe, and afterwards by a powerful report from the office of the War Department, he contri- buted greatly to the success of Gen. Jack sons policy in the removal of the Indians west of the Mississippi. The Indians were removed under every humane care, to places better fitted for their homes; the high claim of Georgia to be sovereign within her own borders was fully vindicated against those disorganizing counter principles, subversive of the first clements of civilization, that would have denied 1t; and with such an ap- proving voice did that Stale regard the con- duct of Gen. Cass, that she named county after him.

 In the contest between the Federal GoverIi- ment and the State of Alabama iii regard to the intrusion of. einigrants on the lands of the Indians, previous to their departure, the pub