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might think proper to make, could be no infraction of the instrument; much less could such infraction be charged to the account of Mr Ross. That, the revisions of that paper, by confirming the amendments or the clauses complained of, & the appointment of the additional delegate, were within the competency of the lawful & undoubted authority of the Council, and were no violations of the rightful privileges of the complainant nor his friends. But admitting this compromise to have been a valid instrument, of binding authority, without the sanction of the Council: admitting the inserted clauses to be corrupt forgery, and the appointment of the additional delegate, to be an interruption of Some important constitutional & recognized balance of power: we cannot perceive how those circumstances could clothe the writer and his associates, with authority, on the part of the Cherokee Nation, to strikeout conclude the Treaty of New Echota. Having strikeout: conclu dispatched the physical and tangible charges, the writer proceeds to that of a more strikeout: intangible recondite character. Here he unfolds flagrant violations of the spirit of compromise. He complains that his party and sentiments were not treated with sufficient respect, in the concluding speeches at Red Clay Council. The speaker addressed them, as "his children, who had strayed from the right path; but had now returned to their duty." To this, we can only say, that these speeches are voluntary effusions, which, however, often indicate the leaning of the public mind. He complains also, of the great influence of Mr Ross, in the Councils of the Nation. This legitimate fruit of personal qualities & tried faithfulness, we have no disposition to deny or to disguise. We assert, however, that he exercises no usurped authority. Our confidence is fully warranted by his character and services. We rejoice that there is, among our people, intelligence and virtue, to discern and appreciate talent & integrity.