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the pages of a Magasr'ne w t£4 in the year
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;/ culal 'in of the. amount em if<! coii
siiu»tlra the T r rod Rf! «j roar
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ger .A'M W.
Now 33,365,529 gal'. '8,932
hoisheads, {at more I' ! • prions
the hogshead,) \vh,i i) 4 ig. one
team to carry two i o , ■ would
load 124,466 waggot • i'bi sc, al
lowing only three r<■•••.• •- icn team,
would reach more thu. it i ni.Vs, or
nearly the whole le United
States from north'.o ; 'i iu .lum
ber of hogsheads ne-** > - ty '• C >;itain
the liquor, must, <erate
computation, cost *j! . w3, and
would, if placed sc <> (oUftli each
other, reach more th-.178 uul s, ex
ceeding by 48. the .'i ,th of
-Mfesaacfciißctts Pi n north
ern line. Or, to prps..,' tie subject
in another light, the qu.:x 'y .of ardent
distilled spirits, v, .if< is' annually
drunk in the United "Hs sufficient
to fill a canal 42 m v iO feet
ivide. and 2 feet t.e otding con
venient navigation. , ib of several
tons burthen! The s quantify if
brought together, \ < orna a pond
more than 68 rods 10., . X> rods broad,
and six feet deep, covering an area of
17 acres. ■
HOW TO READ SCRIPTURE.
Tuf. simple and unprejudiced study
of (he Bible is the death of religious
extravagance. Many lead it under a
particular bias of mind. They read
hooks, written by others, under the
snrne views. Their preaching & con
•Ve sation run in the s;:me channel. II
they couid awaken themselves from
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this state, and come to ead the whole
fc-- t *S-cif>tnre for every thing which they
could find there, the) would start as
from a dream—amazed at the humble.*
meek, forbearing, holy, heavenly char
acter of the simple religion of the
Scriptures, to which, in a sreatcr 01
less degree, fieir eyes had been
blinded.—Cecil.
A man may find much amusement
in the Bible—variety 0/ prudential
instruction-abundance of sublimity and
poetry: but, ifhe stops (hire, he stops
short of its great end; for, the testimo
ny of Jttrw i* the spirit of prophea/.
The grand secret in the study of
the ®criott'res, is, to discover Jesus
OrV tWein, thewwaty t the truth, and
the life—ld.
[concluded.]
CONSTITUTION OF THE CHERO
KEE NATION,
Formed by a Convention of Delegates from
the several Listricts, at New Echota, Ju
ly 1827.
Sec. 1. Whereas the ministers of the
Gospel are, by their profession, dedicated
to the service of God. —and the care of
souls, and ought not to be diverted from the
great duty of their function, therefore, no
minister l>f the Gospel, or public preacher,
of any religious persuasion, whilst he con
tinues in the exercises of his pastoral func
tions, shall be eligible to the office of
Principal Chief, or a Seat in either house
of the General Council.
Sec. 2- No person who denies the be
ing of a God, or a future state of rewards &
..to,fioiu any uiltce in the ci
vil department of this Nation.
Sec. 3. The free exercise of religious
worship, and serving God without distinc
tion, shall forever be allowed within this
Notion: Provided, That this liberty of con
science shall not be so construed as to ex
cuse acts of licentiousness or justify prac
tices inconsistent with the peace or safe
ty of this Nation.
Sec. 4. Whenever the General Coun
cil shall determine the expediency of ap
pointing delegrtes, or other public Agents, j
for the purpose of transacting business with
(he Government of the United States; the
Principal Chief shall have power to recom
mend, ana by the advice and consent of the
Committee, shall appoint and commission
such delegates or Public Agents according
ly, and- on all matters of interest touching
Ibe rights of the citizens of this Nation,
ivhifc'- may mqrj •« the r>t intion of the U-
Gove; .lit st. the Principal
-J> J, 1. y nv.ituiy correspon
dent:; w : th that Goveviv.ueiit, through the
lnedh,?! of us proper officers.
■Sec. 5. AH commissions &hall be in the
name and by the authorify of the Cherokee
Nation, and be sealed with the Seal of the
Nation, and be signed by the Principal
Chief.
The Principal Chief shall make use of
his private seal until a National seal shall
be provided.
Sec. 6. A sheriff shall be elected in
each District by the qualified electors
thereof, who shall hold his office for the
term of two years, unless sooner removed.
Should a vacancy ocicur subsequent to an
election, it shall be filled by the Principal
Chief as in other cases, and the person so
appointed shall continue in office until the
next General election, when such vacancy
shall be filled by the qualified electors, and
the Sheriff then elected shall continue in
office for two years.
Sec. 7. There shall be a Marshall ap
pointed by a joint vote of both houses of the
General Council for the term of four
years, whose compensation and duties shall
be regulated by law. & whose jurisdiction
shall extend over the Cherokee Nation.
Sec. 8. No person shall for the ssme of
fence be twi. e put in jeopardy of life,, or
limb, nor shall any persons property be taken
or applied to pubic use without his consent;
Provided, That nothing in this clause shall
be so construed as to impair the right and
power of the General Council to lay and
collect Taxes. All courts shall be open,
and every person for an injury done him in
his property person or reputation, shall
have remedy by due course of law.
Sec. 9. The right of trial by jury shall
retnain inviolate.
Sec. 10. Religion morality and knowl
edge being necessary to good Government,
the preservation of liberty, and the happi
nes of mankind. Schools and the means of
education shall forever be encouraged in
this Nation.
Sec. It. The appointment of all offi
cers, not otherwise directed by this Consti
tution, shall be vested in the legislature.
Sec. 19. AH laws in force in this Na
:iou, at the passing of this Constitution,
NEW ECHOTA, Tffl MS
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CH 6, 1828.
shall so continue until altered or repealed
by the legislature, except where they are
temporary, in which case they shall expiie
at the times respectively limited for their
duration; if not continued by act of the legis
lature.
yQTi s.
Sec. 13. The General Council may at
any time propose sych amendments to this
Constitution as two thirds of each house
shail deem expedient; and the Principal
Chief shal issue a proclamation, directing
all the ivil officers of the several Districts
to promulgate the same as extensivey as
possible within their respective Districts,
at least nine months previous to the next
General election; and if at the first session
ol the General Council after such General
flection, two thirds of each house shall,
by yeas and 'ays, ratify such proposed a
menoments. t ! iev shall be v a'id to, '
- „.,u purpose s as parts oF this Consti
tution; Provided, That sucli proposed a
mendmeiils shall be read on three several
days, i.i each house, as well when the snme
are proposed, as when they are finally rat
ified.
Done in Convention at New E hota. this
twenty-sixth day of July, in the year ofoui
Lord one thousand eient hundred and twen
ty seven; In testimony whereof, we have
each of us, hereunto subscribed our n:,mes.
Delegates of Ckickanuiuga District.
JNO. ROSS, President of Convention,
JOHN BALDRIDGE, his x mark.
Delegates <f Chattooga District.
GEORGE LOT' REY,
JNO. BROWN,
EDWARD GUNTER.
Deiegates of Coosawatee District.
JOHN Atr<'TN, -
JOSEPH A Mrj
KELL(,"* : :
Delegate s*',<. "i id
LEWIS K 0
THOMAS i OREMAN,
HAIR CONRAD, his x msrk.
i elegates of LickcryListrict.
JAMES DANIEL,
JOHN DUNCAN.
Deltgates cf Etowah District,
JOSEPH VANN,
THOS, PETITT, his xmark,
JOHN BEAMER, his x mark,
Delegates cf 1 aquae District.
OOCLENOTA, bis x mark.
WM. BOLING, his x mark,
Delegates cf Jlquoh.ce District.
JOHN TIMSON,
SITUWAKEE, his x mark.
RICHARD WALKER, his x mark.
A. M'COY, Secretary of Convention.
Of a joint Comm tlee in the Legisla
ture cf Georgia, on the Cherokee Lands.
'From this gloomy and almost hope
less p ospect, we turn our atttntion to
the sec ond hranch of our enquiry, and
t 'ust that we shall be able to etMlk
lish in the State of Georgia a goo
gal and perfect title to the lands in
question and that we ave the right,
by any means in our p wer to possess
ourselves of them.
in thee amination oi this important
andinte resting question, we are ne
essarily carried back to the earliest
history of this country. When the
continent of America was first discov
ed, it was possessed and owned by va
rious tribes of savages; and the discov
ers asserted successfully the right of
occupying such parts as each dis
covered, and thereby established
their supreme command over it, as
serting their claim both to domain and
to empire. By domain we meah that,
by '-virtue of which a naiton may use
the country for the supply of its neces
sities; may dispose of it <Ts it thinks
proper, and derive from it any advan
tage it is capable of yielding." And
by "empire," we mean the "right of
sovereign command by which, the na*
tion directs and regulates at its plea
sure, every thing that passes in the
country." Precisely in this way, and
no other, did Spain, France, Eng
land, Holland and Portugal obtain
sovereignty over the portions of this
country discovered by each. It may
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e contended with much plausibility,
;nat there is in these claims more of
force than of justice; but they are
laims which have been recognised
and admitted by the whole civilized
world, and it is unquestionably true
jhat nnder such circumstauces force
Becomes right. This kind of' title is
not only good and valid agreeable to
the laws of Nations, but is perfectly
consistent with justice. The earth
was certainly made for the benefit,
comfort and subsistence of man, and
should be so used as to accommodate
the greatest possible number of hu
man beings. It was therefore per
fectly in accordance with the design
of nature, that the densely populated
countries of Europe, should possess
themselves of the immense forests in
America, which were used only as
hunting grounds, and employ them in
promoting the comforts and providing
for the subsistence of their overflow
ing population. Acting no doubt up
on these principles, Great Britain oc
cupied and colonized the province of
Georgia, the limits of which anterior
to the revolutionary war, were defin-.
Ed, and made to extend from the At
lantic coast to the Mississippi, acd
from the 31st to the 35th degrees of
north latitude. The whole of this ter
ritory was made to forma provincial
government, thus exercising the high-,
est and most unequivocal act of sove-.
reignty. In this exercise, both of do
main and empire on the part of Great
Britain, certain portions of territory
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