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1839. July 17.continued. the General is almost certain of a civil war in the Cherokee nation; and he reminds them of his repeated assu-rances that he seriously apprehended difficulties in the Cherokee nation and on the United States frontier. At the same time the General disclaims the wish to be understood as expressing any opinion as to what is right or wrong in relation to their subject. He takes that occasion again to assure them that it matters not what course is pursued with regard to the Cherokee nation, so long as the tranquillity of the Nation & of the United States frontier is presser-ved. He says he again requests to be furnished with a copy of the decree by which a number of their people are disqualified from holding office.