----- —j~— - n — j ixjgi .pyjr i.,,1 lirnm
/ row the Farmer's I'/cekly Muftum.
" J)o thyfrtf no har.n."
a '« injunctions, this appears at firfl fight, tie
rapft UnnrcefTary. One would suppose thai the fel
•i.nncfs of our nature wonld be a fufficient pledge
for ahftaimng from injury to ourselves. Yet, strange
to tell, although we are persecuted with a thou
sand misfortunes from without, we are dill so in
iove with pain, tliat we strive eageily and p.ffi.luouf
y to harm ouifelves, and invite the vulture and
4 « Vl P tr v 'ces to their prey.
Paul iifed tlie language of my text,
to the alarmed goalerat Philippi, and I am surpri
zed, that when the apostle was no longer in du
rance, and writing coolly in his clofct, admoiritory
-iters to the Romans, Corintlyans and others, that
» - ''' ' "ot repeat his iirju£tion. Few but what
-ould profited of luch a le(Ton. For nine times
out of ten, even in this unlucky world, men fuffir
Wore from their own, than others harms. The firil 1
ci us of injuries beget a bitterer remorse too, thsn '
the second. When lightning scathes the oak of 1
our sorest, or hailstones T)eat the harvest into dull : 1
"■■en mildew taintg the fields, or tempest unroofs '
habitation ; when pestilence discharges the volley 1
of death at our perforts, or scandal, arrown of poison <
at our fame, in all these cases men sooth themselves f
with the remembrance that Arch things are inevi- c
tabic. But when mifchie-f is of our own seeking, v
"•e are then doubly tortured on the rack of repent- 1
lam sorry tnat so shrewd a remarker as '
Sterne,, (hould have afTerted that «' a (hattered t;
fortune and >a Mattered fame are but light affliifh'- °
ons, i, we have the falh/aSion of /battering them ')
our,elves." These were careless words dropt from °
the pen of an ingenious author, in the moment when b
a iparkhng psrodcx beguiled him from truth anc!
realon. The mam, who beholds his health, his al
iortune, or his virtue prostrate, and knows that he vv
was the author of the mighty ruin, fuffers greater in
purnfhment, than Sicilian tyrants ever invented, or
tT , ' le a^''e ever beheld. tii
.. °yr man J r mfatuated mortals employ life in de- P e
viling schemes which mult inevitably terminate in th
fnriery to. themfelve#, -M<?n wouM re T* n t L-..-,..is- :r ;
in- aciguoour thoulct wrong .them*even -tn-theme- to
red trifles, but ourovvn evil affe&ions are more ve
pernicijus than the secret withes, or the open aflault J e<
of a vengeful foe. th
' v Addifon, in one of his Spsaators, a work which rei
for pure morality, may rival the sermons of an
Archbilnop ; Addiion, who ought to have been a eri
prelate, rather than a politician, tells us that when
lie ueiioids a luxurious banquet spread, he thinks thl
he can discern Fever and Gout skulking among the thl
dishes. 6 b th<
Thus the toper's bottles, the (harper's cards, and Cr
the worldling's plans, I have thought were so ma- ow
«y javelins and fwortfs, which men lifted against
their own exrftence. I-believe that no one will fay f n<
that my morality is impraflicably rigid, but still I ' nt
mud think though wine and play and wealth in mil
moderation are innocent, yet 1 mud forbid their in- anc
ceflant purfmt, f or 1 wish that the world would not
da ' l J e >f no harm. pla
The CAY PREACHER.
I , —WTiTTyißwi fait
XThe fU~ UGU S T J Uly 28, ' P
Lt he following protest of the State Commissioners, derl
and the answer »f the Federal Commissioners, by I™
letter to the kxecuttve of Georgia, cannot but be' at fl
tnterejting to our readers.J COUI
peni
117-r 1. , C° LEK -AIN, 2cth June, £nt ]
WE the undersigned Commissioners of the state for ,
ot Ueorjfm, appomted on the part of the state, to Indi
attend a treaty wrth the Cretk Indians, now held R
at this plaee under the "authority of the United !n
• State., m pursuance of the triad reposed in us Cre£
11 our duty, which we owe to'
our country to pmtell, and we do hereby PRO - g t h'
TEST against the Commissioners of the Uni ted Coni
States, and their fuperintendaot of Indian afFair,, «• ha
for certain proceedings affecting the object of the " «
ltate of Georgia, the relinquifhment of the Indian " tei
claims to certain lands contemplated in an aft of "
this date entaled " an ad for appropriating pan
° f ""located territory of this date, for pay- « th(
ment of the late date troops, and for other purpo. th,
'herein mentioned," puffed the 28th Deem.ber, "
1794, as the causes of the failure thereof, as sol- " r
lows ; s ons |
t , protest against certain regulations of ' ' h ? f U
the Commissioners of the United States, signed ofor
Benpmin Hawku's and George Clymer, ported up j the ri
th ° f Colewin » an( l dated her, b
the 26th day of May lad, and which regulations P>
are 111 t.ie words following, to wit. " The Cn™ ler °f
" for holding a treaty tvith the Creek 1 - S J. X '
« Nation of Indians, order t6 prevent quarrels, : ? h f° r
improper behaviour, or mal-praftice during the j
:ZS n ' 7 j,:d u gCd 11 P ro P-> in virtue of I veafs
« Tni authority vested in them, to ! foverei
(i Vi owin ß regulations." treaty
lit. The Indians are to be encamped on the river I l )rer ' :n
Ld "> ">= f P""S , "rt
»»hl; " hi ' " Mc ° ce Hf?
3d. Np citizen of the United States is to be of par'
permittee, to encamp with, or near the Indians, ex- ,lle u "
cep. such as are under the direction of the fuoer the y lo
intendant. - 'uper- fcvera ,
4th. No citizen is to be permitted to enter the aU ! ,frei
Indian eamp in arms. rjelanc
Jth. No citizen is to visit the Indians, or hold °wf
acycoi.verfation with them, except with a permit »Co
fi.qm the Commissioners of the United States or ma<le 11
eti.ier ot them. , or which,
6th No citizen hto be in arm, in the garrison f' P ' U " der
or neighbourhood of it, and on the arrival of 5 ™as
vK.'or vrtHj ffify travel with arms, they are to be 1 TC °
of this order, and requeCed to conform ,aiX
No citizen to Ke permitted so ivii r of
nfli.hy gift, fpuitaous liquors to the Indians" or "to which*
I * ve any commercial traffic with them. ~h 1
8J:. These regulations are to'be pod-duo 3
!x two gates of the garrison and a* t',/ rf P*rt
if the fuperintendant." ' ' rc ''tience dilated
By which reo nation, the cifctmiffionei* of the
In
V . ( w
date liTve beer, debarred from cosciliari-g the as.
feitiong of .he Indians, and can)eq\ier.tly elTefting
the object of their mission—the civil and a-:fua!
ight, tl e jurifdiftionil rights of the state have been infringed,
the fel- and her confequtn.-e in the eyes of the Indians, j
t pledge much lefTrned, who will be taught by the conduit i
, strange we have experienced, being liable'to donpage by
a thou- *h | ? cenfi "els, without passports from the Federal
ill so in ron our own ground, and within the
fliduouf- adtual limits of the fovereigntv of Georgia, from
ure and catering their encampment, that the citizens of the
date, however high their comrr ilTbn, are inferior in
ny text, consequence and rights to themfilves, and may be
1 furpri- insulted with impunr.y.—
in da- Secondly. We protest against the manner of con
loiritory during the said treaty : The fame bfeing ordered
;rs, that hv the President to te at Colerain, and to be con- ;
t what du&ed in a fair, open and honorable manner, and 1
le times so the talk or invitatiofi of the President, ar.d the
1 fuffit . talk of Georgia were given, in a fqtiwe or bower,
rhe fird erected in the garrison for that purpole, since which,
0, thsn without any known reason to the Commissioners of
oak of th* Rate, the place has been altered to Mufcoghe,
0 dnft : the tefidence of the fuperintendant, where {he talk
unroofs °f the Indians, inanfwer to the talk delivered bv
: volley us wa3 manufaiftured, and where the Commilnon
poifon ers of Georgia, owing to the regulations before c
Mfelves protested against, had no acctfs—The said preten- ii
inevi- ded answer or talk of the Indians not being deli: ii
■eking, v ered in the usual open mariner in the square, face ti
repent- to sace > before the of Georgia and ti
ker as tll<: United States, but penned in the camps of cer
ittered faln Agents or Interpreters, Hnder the command tl
ifHiai- 'he fuperintendant, and transmitted, not direst- tl
them IJ. but through the channel of the Commissioners c
t lrom o( the United States to us, without being certified b
: when °y them, or by arty attesting witnesses, Chief, tl
hand Agent, or Interpreter. And for this also, that in c;
h, his to attend one of the conferences, to ft
bat he which the Commissioners of the United States had ar
reater 'nvited the Commissioners of Georgia, we were in- o!
:d, or lu'ted by the stoppage of our Secretary by the cen- bl
tinel of the garrison picket ; and he havingour pa- ci
in de- P ers we were compelled to return, in obedience to tl:
ite in regulations before-mentioned. Pr
.«me- for not permitting us to 'lo
more * er f f ntiments, during the negociation, on the sub- qn
1 Adult our particular mission, without being under du
their controul, and overruling arbitrary 'interfe
vliich rcnce - alt
>f an further protcd againd the said Commission- an
een a s ''°r eva '' v e conduct towards the date and her Tl
when Commissioners, in offering their services to procure wil
(links at oße period, and openly declaring at ano. Api
g tjje ther, in open council, that it was not the with cjf noi
the Commissioners of the United States that the rea
, and < ~ recks Ihould part with the lands without their the
3 ma- own del 'rf.
;-ind Thirdly. We protest againd the fuperindant of are
11 fay ~ ndian "ffairi for not countetaaing certain reports ed
j introduced into the Creek Nation, that the Georgia and
hjn militia were to encounter the Indians in this plaee, we.
r in- and ccrta >n sent there persuading the Indians did
ould n ° c relinqmfh their claims, to the lands contem- obf
, plated to be purchased by the state, in the invita- thei
1. of 'he"President and the aft mentioned afore- lyin
n lTl h J y ' , V Yf. pro f efta g alnft ,hc t'me and place an- til
pointed for .holding the treaty, both of which we >m- J t ,
Indfan' (T recomme nded by the fuperinundant of '
r, by 4 "° ,a " anaira, on account of the fcareity of provisions
country—The fuppl.es of the former swelling the ex- ''
altW L a " en °'" mOUB , a 7 lount ' and 'the latter being, (tbo
s; b
l eid. . Fifthly. Wt protest against anyTscfflon of land, with- lßth
'ted th ® territorial limits ot the Georgia bv the tlon
us, r 4. ,ans ' t0 the United States, whetlier for the thee
"J Bth fedlon, of the firft ?r t,cl/of the StaS T
ted Conftitutron which declares, " the Congrtfs lhall H
irs, '• have power to exercise exclusive legislation in all y ° U 1
• « taiit"?^ oeVe \' oVerruchd ' stria (""t exceeding u P on
lan « n™r ,e ° T re) " may by cession °f Particular with
ot " " ftat nf aeeeptance of Congress become the were
art „ I ' t of the Unrted States - and to in vo
exercise Jike authority over all ulares nitrrXof \ i '
ay- t£ theconfent of the legislature of the state, in which
1Q - „ ,he flme r he for the erefl.on of forts, maea n '
and other needful bull
ol" rj 1-' ° on for tradin g toufes ahd earn- Ha,vl
the United aPP^ d , f ' 0r Comn-.ifhonS of furnif
of f'ft rT' 'and adjacent for finck, and to by tt
ed ; G^ia, par r
tip 1 the rights of the state, and be prolog Jed on
Ld h B n ° W t0 be C(,nc!u ded on at a public treat
z |« by ,h[ a?-.
Gl ' pl, ™'°" '° d P |," POT
,0 ! requtfl
I S-K power of the Onited States under the ,alk >
; s k
. rc "
? at the time it was made, and if the United
a right to take a retrofpetfive view and 'ffV n to ,hc '
,e o P ar t of a Sate, made before their authority exilled* ni ' ,anl
C - Lroff"'? t m ; y make different ceTo-nsTunti Mr.
r - X hc \ { if one state. the; ma ' ers, ca
e He at,
att.' <-'4 'SLtrs ss?,
! faid W C C om^ h ff Proteft 3gainft the^<>ndru<ni n „ of the- ?' ou!d 1
m 1 , as to the property the Indian? arc ''oners
r whfrl fl fl-" nd^r the fa'd treaty of New-York theyw
f C ° nfineS the demand fo r Property peruf.,;
exauiin!
' frai'ufT' k We therefore protest a- T
5 ' he P a 7 m ent cr liatility of payme.ft rf m a,terd ,h
-y»
: SKtfr?" i '«- «-«f &"e" e »
which so far from being conduced in a fair, open J'" *
1 1 notable manner, the answer of the Indians Genr B' a:
one party thereunto, if so it can be called Wh , Thc c<
dilated to them in ferret - 1 et -> has been Indtanstl
"ce and cannot be confidereTtheir SZ 'Id
t Ut the slate of Gcorgia nQt .J rA ,
; : he as- opportunity to contrr.£l for tt:- Ijjids, 'he
clTettinji j plea of the chiefs, openly dftia'ed by A-leck Cor
el a.:lual I nek and the Biid Tail King, then*ipcakers, new
ifrjilgei', j being, that the refufal to giving np ihe land was
Indians, I fully determined oil in tTie nation, and that the :
conduct j chiefs came inflrtifted to abide by that determine.
>*ge by tion, wlrich if true is a fraud on the /tare, and a ;
Federal trick unwort dignity and hpnor of the United j
thin the States, tranfadled through their fnperintendant to c
a, from fiing one half the expence of a treaty to serve their |<
sos the own purposes, on an individual ftafe, which could
feriorin possibly teap no benefit thereby; and we do in r
may b*e conference protest against any payment or liability
of payment by the tt.ite of (Jenrgia as aforefaid y
of con- for or* on account of the fame, unless it'nhay be Inch n
ordered nei efiniies as ilie commtfluners of Georgia or their
be c"on- guard or household may have drawn, and for which £
ler, and only the state ou°ht tri be accountable. a
and the JAMES HENDRICKS,") Q
bower, JAMES JACKSON, i 3 a
which, i JAMES SIMMS, J f (
>ners of By order of the Board of Commissioners.
fcoghe, . THOMAS ROBERTSON, Sec'ry.
he talk
re 'J_ hy Sir, Co/erain, J>n/y I, 1796. ' tl
nilnon- \THE day before the Commissioners on the part
before of~Georgia lait us, they fecit us a paper, purpart- tl
preten. ing to be a protest against certain proceedings had ci
g deli- in relation to the wilhes of the Hate of Georgia, w
e, face to acquire certain lands from the Creeks, at the bt
;ia and treaty concluded 011 the 29' h ult. at tin's place. fa
°f cer- We read it with that attention due to t»en in fh
nmand their situation, and we can attest, extravagant as
direst- the protest is, that it if of a pie,* with their whole
fioners conduit during their residence at this place. The wi
:rtified bell answer to it probably would be drawn from vo
Chief, the paper itfelf, by every refleding mind, after a
hat :n candiJ perusal of its contents. We feel, notwith- I thi
es, to dancing, a desire to remove fotne impressions, which to
es had are intended to be produced by it ; and this is the Jas
ere in- object we have in giving your Excellency the trou. wh
e ceo- ble of reading otw comment. .It would be fuffi- we
ir pa- cient for us'to refer you to pur letter of this date,
ice to the fails therein being incontrovertible, all the ex- j rel
xiUil* -JW» jveignt, am. But we muTE emer ) did
r deli- iomcwhat into detail. Your commissioners, fre- we
e sub- quently Ipeaking of over ruling and arbitrary con- the
under dud, forget that it is only applicable to themselves. ner
terse- -*It may be neceflary to observe, that they have gcr
altogether m.ftaken the natuic of their aothority, she
iHlon- and have a/Turned a high diplomatic charadler.-L had
w , e must suppose, or otherwise, that they had obi.
ocure willingly flighted the terpis and condftions of their pe£
-ano. ,appointment. Such high, felf created pretensions ofFe
' ,, q Dot be,H S y ft Wed to on our pan, is, no doubt, the tiar
'«& ,h ™ sh "' z:
nt , T',eregulations mentioned under the firft head, coir
nt of are literally in conformity to inflations, fugged- mis,
ports ed, we can conceive, by the expenence of the pad ; be f
orgia and conform cxa&ly to our sense of rignt We 1
Jaee, were furpr,fed that the commissioners of Georgia ant 1
Lu3 . themselves discover a special interest in the F
tern- observance of feme fueh regulations, considering S
v. a- their tendency to obviate some of the difficulties Liffi
w , a 7 of ,ht,r "wn objed, had it been I und<
attainable at this treaty, as they were aware of the treat
Z ' in a " ,hl ' ngß relatin s to fw
in is Irate. |
t of rjv, gp • J gave
(ions \ hc comment on these regiiletions in the protest, o a i„
jing we do not. pretend to urxlerftand. ud<
: ex- The fec<?nd ;in answer to this, which we hope, I T
mg, (though against appearance) not to be defignedlv fumu
en, m.J-cprefented we have to state, that the'com^L^
J m f^° ncrSoof,f f , ,e Unitfd S <3tC6 did > on '7'h debt
,8,{ UnC 'i fr ! C C0 L mmiffio " erS ° f Geor B' a on the prote
ith- . a adrefs tne chiefs at the square 'of negocia- of th
the tion in the garrison ; that after the latter addtefs, anfwt
the the commissioners of the United States said to the it can
out Indians-" You have this day heard the talk of Lounc
ltC s °T br ° therS ' the flovcd «e» °f Georgia. It i s ; n the
ull K ~° ne ' and cont *' ns m3n J things. We request "the
S y °" W,il a "r y° U,felves ' u ®eient tLc to confide! Cote
ng u J? ()n 't- 1 hat you will consider upon the lubiedl now t
Ur with as much coolness and deliberation, as if you w,-s t
the were within your own square or your own councils chiefs
7 MTvT' l" r " PCrf?dt faf^at this tion."
ch f J choo(e y° ur g'o"nd fordelibera- To
;a- r!™' a ? d all be secure from all interruption." 0 f the
il- H ' C , c " lefs ' after consultations, applied to ilr. « T
ri " [ an . d «q«fted that he would have thj.m view o
of fuin.fted with a copy of the talk delivered them mal e,i
to by the commissioners of Georgia, and all other think I
0 papers referred ,0 in it ; they wished to have them 'r at
- \T nc,!s h ,hat mi « ht under «- d you
ery part, bifore they mads up their minds t„
v " S ? H c M d' i i aWki r apph.tdtoMo Simms, and of'c"!
hour. ' W Pr ° mif,;d thcm in half a " t ween 3
to jM«i 19. This day the Indians applied for the F
° e fhe P cl P T led the f V Cnerday ' £nd we to We
tne commissioners of Georcia " Th/. l
ie talk you addrefTed to them ytfterday, lh at thev ' , 8
u may be able to examine it leifurelv in their A '
CI, Wcha V e p romi^-itVothl, n an?:X n e"
*If [y'f °[y° a to an authentic copy fc c ™ e j
■s of the fpecch, together with the papers ref-rreH •
;■ " h,ch "« c "pUinrf , otl «
il Mr - R°bertfon, the secretary to the commission r'l-A
e«, called pi us snd delivered the talk, certified to f
S ' 63 Ti C ? Py ' and — ts f'o- some of tbe pa ' h "
e per. alluded to. He said the :,. lper containing sh e ZT
claims aaainft the Indians, was an original • that it f. 7
> would take three" days to co»,v • that th, • v ard
, <» «• °" io r
, ihc, »„„| d fticw it to tia. if «.« were ™ > ™'™
sssl r misi "
1 7-
T l' „ , lhc y were ordered acco.din 2 l v . •
rherelultof this conlultatior, being iel.veted mm. S ,a » we
gave Uto tbe comm,m on er s of Georgia WC
Georgia: 3 ' Xtra£t fr ™ a note to the commissioner, of (
Indians thHlt? °J t
met. at the f J ln<Jijn
aars H: -
1
1 -- ■ • Q~: j /
nds, 'he Georgia; and cctoduA .cheiy *o -the Ir.dian fqoare <rf i
r a lull. t> OC: -
° " Extract from a letter t\ the eommifTtonera of P
ers, now relative to !he stoppage of ffreii ; cor gu
land was " A circumflance gratine to ..hi I. eJin gs ,.& c w[)ic |
that the are {arr y so li "C«*- Tuillcj! has beer, so polite ns n
onus, to allure ui ic was contrary, to orders " «* am •
;!ermina- are of opinion vvi,h Caot. Tinflev, and thank hitn lor
e, and a attention; we cannot forbear to e\pre's," & c .
e United The eommdfioners c> Georgia attended, and ih c COll ■
■mlant to °P" ed " - f . TI ■ ,
. The of the United States bv Mr u
rve their ki ns _ ' mr Haw,
ch could Representatives of the Creek laftd, this paoer whir!
■e do in "° w to™ y° u - ls lhe P»P« you sent us, i„' ai ,r wer ~, ,i
r lt. beloved men of Georgia. Wc have flirwn it »•
! ; ab ' ! r .y ate „o W together lace 7o faee; I iha,l 1
Iferciaicl y o |j may know whether it is your talk, and your ' ' •
he inch nations ' ' etermU
or their Th f tal £ L w3s rcarf M"graph by paragraph, and
~ . preted. The commirfioiiers enjoined it on'al! m '
" Wh ' th «**«• * r ic»..r, as they vlere
a question to the chiefs. P ut
1 P I« t! " s lhe lalk you made i» Mllc?
«- and sent to the beloved men, commiffiancrs 'f
j 3 Georgia ?
s. A. Tes ; if is the very woids we spoke.
:c'ry. By the commissioners cf Georgia.
Why did you not fay this face to face to us
796. ' the square, vrhen we spoke to you ?
he part a. The ehiefs would give no other reason t| )a
lurpart- that they chose firft to fit down together in 'court"
igs had cil with then interprets, and reduce their talk to
■eorgia, writing. But that they were ready to give j t ver °
at the bally when digelted at any time, and in the square"
ace. face to face; if the oimmiffioners choose r!,,J
Wen in should do so. '
jant as By the commissioners tf Georgia.
' whole J3 this your usual custom, to carry on talks in
The writing ; or do you alwiy's give them from the
) from voice in the public square ?
after a a. There are no rules reduced to system ; when
>twith- they talk among themselves, it is usual to ta'lk face
which to face, and to fend beads to affilt the memory. But
is the as ye had, in this inttance, a talk to deliver to
e trou- white people, and having our Jinguifters all present
fuffi- I we chose to fend our answer in writing.
> date, j As to the charge of evasive condufl, we might
he ex- I rely on the conclusion of the charge, for an ac
■aaaasrg
fre- we had no w»fh, that the Creeks (hould part ' w ; tfl
f con- j their lands without their own consent. By the m ,„
fives. J ner of stating this charge, one would suppose the
' have gentlemen of Georgia had such a wish, W« told
or,t y> the commissioners of Georgia we were inftr«£
J7, . n an^. Wfre disposed to further the
y had , objeds of their mifficn. We did at one time, ex!
then- pec. they would come forward and make a serious
ifions offer ; and that we, with the funds at our difcre!
t, the j tian, should be able to obtain the object they had
' ' n view ' b y to the Creeks, that tie
. , sum Wa ? an equivalent for the lands, and ai this ac .
head, commodate might have a tendency to remove all
naft • r uf " nde . rftasi l , "g f tWfcn <he parties, that it would
part , be for their mtereft to part with them
We Third and fourth. We refer to the fuoc,i„,end
orgia | ant to answer for himfelf. r
t the j Fifth. Needs no comment.
lltTes m -m' Xth " 7 h ' 8 |s "ninteHigible to us. The com
ilt.es miffionersof the Up,ted States are of opinion, that
been under the old confederation, the authority to make
ito ft e fl eS ""I V Con S rffs » »nd as to the cos-
S to ftrudlion relative to the treaty of New-York, wr
the words ofTUe ueafy, and the Tame are a
' « ai " ">f e »ed in the treaty we have reccntlv eon.
I eluded, 1
°^ C ' rT! S ent,eman commissioners set out with an as-« "
edly .umption of power unwarranted, and close their
°m- mission in like form. Being unwilling to pay a
7th debt eon traded at the request of the state, the*
the protest againftthc payment or liability of payment
ca. of the (ta { e of Georgia. They charge, that «,h«
Is, anfwerof the Indians, one party thereunto, if so
the ,t can be called, has been dictated to thetn in secret
|of couhcil by undue influence." , This the gentlemen.
is in the fame sentence desy themselves. They fay
j " the P ,ta of tf >e chiefs, openly declarer? by Aleck
der Cornels and the Bird Tail King, their speaker.
tu the refufa! to giving up the !an da
. WR *f ul 'y determined on 111 the nation, and that the
wis ehieftcame inftru&ed to abide by that determina
nis tion.
fa- To this declaration we may add from our diary
V e 25th, the folio wing :
" T f hc commiffionew then took a retrofpeaivc
; m V,ew of , what had been said, recapitulated the Bioft
-m material parts and concluded, we hope you wilL
er think seriously on thefc rhiffgs, we have com- a
•m great way to fettle your difficulties, and we wish
nrf you would to-morrow conje and fit down in tern
to per and talk over your affairs with the beloved Ln
d of Georgta. We will hear yon, and arbitrate be
an tween you Your great father has sent us here for
that purpose,"
to w / US f rCHE E MICO replied,
We do not know what more can be said to the
ve ccm-miffioners of Georgia. We have given a de
cided anfwer 1 to the requisition for land. If Geor
■y gia has any other bufinels to introduce, let them
re" .TrTf"' that may k " OW what bufinti's will
iy b r U K- tf Were to talk a R a,n > it would
d j*f t^ e / a ™e thing over again. The talk already
ie fenut ' 8 T tCl m ' nCd VOke ° f he who,e re Prc
from v"'' 31 notO " e ° f thcm «" be difWed
S fl T ,MI n OC ~ Anf proposition on the
0 fori ,? r? A mect thc fame answer ; there.
° fore thls f " h 's done with, and I cannot fee the
Propriety of further conference. I have already
t | v ° e h^°d U | 'h £ ° Ur la 't U ' ere so cont 'a<fted, that
wion wo,dd Vt ® r ° Un t0 hun t u p°n ; and that the
t more land/' "° " '.'° part with
J fu[ S " unnc «.fTary to fay any more on this
. lubjett, but to conclude, that it is remarkable
• SnS? t,,e p ; oteft> ,hat
■ wavs d J °U ther ' a " d the c °ncluGon, drawn,
1 always deltroy the premises.
' ffi ha' T' fhCS f ° r the P ros P erit y of Geor
g» we h ave the honor to he,
(Signed ° h ' edient serVant »»
BENJAMIN HAWKINS,
GEORGE CLYMER,
ANDREW PICKENS, '
His Excellency the Governor 1
of Georui*. r 1