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1839. July 20. continued. free from fear of harm. Among the violations of their laws, were individ-uals connected with many of them by the closest ties of cons anguiaity ; in their favour no exception were made. the fiat was impartial. Any Cherokee is free to leave the country, but every Cherokee who remains in it must come under the national laws. They have, from time to time, been induced by reports from the fort to believ that the men who went there for protection, had received assurances of protection from the military; and the impuls-sion has been somewhat strengthened by their course since returning home; but now, since the assurance in the General's letter of the 17th, they are bound to consider themselves render a mistake, which they are happy to correct. They have no apprehension of civil war in the country; no set of men in "cleristendom?" would now deeply deplore such a state of things; not can they see how it can hap-pen, when they, who are looked upon as one of the parties to en-gage in it, have no such idea' - The only war they are disposed for, is the war they are non trying in solemn convention to wage upon all objections among their brethren, either western ort eastern to making "not clear" , or part of the one people, which they now are. Commendable as every philan-thropist and patriot must deem this desire, their motion & wishes seem mistaken both by brothers of the west & white friends; both of whom sometimes talk of their "friendish purposed." They consider the report received by the General the day before, of their design to prevent by an armed force the meeting of the old settlers at the mouth of the Illinois, as not only strange, but passing strange. They are almost inclined to believe that these are mere fabrications for political effect.