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explanatory correspondence of his Secretary, Mr Eaton, addressed to the Governor of Georgia, the the Agent of the Cherokee Nation, and to the Delegates of that Nation at Washington. As to his future intentions with regard to the Judiciary, there is but too much reason to fear that the paper before us contains the true indications we shall be but too happy to find ourselves disappointed in this respect. But we are unable to understand what necessity, what decency, or propriety there can be in an attack by the Executive on a co-ordinate branch of the government, tending to bring them into disrepute & contempt, unless it is to be followed by some sort of action. | explanatory correspondence of his Secretary, Mr Eaton, addressed to the Governor of Georgia, the the Agent of the Cherokee Nation, and to the Delegates of that Nation at Washington. As to his future intentions with regard to the Judiciary, there is but too much reason to fear that the paper before us contains the true indications we shall be but too happy to find ourselves disappointed in this respect. But we are unable to understand what necessity, what decency, or propriety there can be in an attack by the Executive on a co-ordinate branch of the government, tending to bring them into disrepute & contempt, unless it is to be followed by some sort of action. A President or his ministers would not indulge in such a speculation, one would think, for the mere purpose of idle speculation. It would be but a sorry employment for a President to seek to degrade this venerable tribunal, in the mere spirit of wanton mischief. We cannot suppose any President capable of it. The paper we fear has a deeper and more deadly aim: to forestall the public opinion and enlist it in support of he predetermined purpose to treat the sentence of the Supreme Court with the same unceremonious contempt, which he has already shown to the treaties & laws of the United States. We have no pleasure in making these remarks: but these are facts which are before the nation, and since the appeal has been made to the Country, it is proper that the Country should see the whole ground before they decide. It seems to be the settled purpose of the President to bear out the State of Georgia triumphant in this controversy; and to beat down every obstacle which opposes his march. Treaties, laws, and judicial decisions are all to be trodden into the dust, and the State of Georgia is to conduct her triumphal procession over their ruin. We regard the paper before us as a part of the same system on which the President has heretofore acted in annulling the treaties & laws, and we deem it due to the correct understanding of the subject by the Country, that they should have his entire views and course of action before them ere the come to their conclusion on this part of his operations, the proposed nullification of the sentence of the Supreme Court. | ||
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explanatory correspondence of his Secretary, Mr Eaton, addressed to the Governor of Georgia, the the Agent of the Cherokee Nation, and to the Delegates of that Nation at Washington. As to his future intentions with regard to the Judiciary, there is but too much reason to fear that the paper before us contains the true indications we shall be but too happy to find ourselves disappointed in this respect. But we are unable to understand what necessity, what decency, or propriety there can be in an attack by the Executive on a co-ordinate branch of the government, tending to bring them into disrepute & contempt, unless it is to be followed by some sort of action. A President or his ministers would not indulge in such a speculation, one would think, for the mere purpose of idle speculation. It would be but a sorry employment for a President to seek to degrade this venerable tribunal, in the mere spirit of wanton mischief. We cannot suppose any President capable of it. The paper we fear has a deeper and more deadly aim: to forestall the public opinion and enlist it in support of he predetermined purpose to treat the sentence of the Supreme Court with the same unceremonious contempt, which he has already shown to the treaties & laws of the United States. We have no pleasure in making these remarks: but these are facts which are before the nation, and since the appeal has been made to the Country, it is proper that the Country should see the whole ground before they decide. It seems to be the settled purpose of the President to bear out the State of Georgia triumphant in this controversy; and to beat down every obstacle which opposes his march. Treaties, laws, and judicial decisions are all to be trodden into the dust, and the State of Georgia is to conduct her triumphal procession over their ruin. We regard the paper before us as a part of the same system on which the President has heretofore acted in annulling the treaties & laws, and we deem it due to the correct understanding of the subject by the Country, that they should have his entire views and course of action before them ere the come to their conclusion on this part of his operations, the proposed nullification of the sentence of the Supreme Court.