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gambling away by lottery, the said lands and mines of the Chero- 

 kees ! This dispute has already arrayed the state legislature of 

 Georgia in direct opposition to the general government ; and amidst 

 the agitation of the all-absorbing question of the tariff, it is feared 

 that the unfortunate Cherokees, to the number of fifteen thousand 

 souls, will be compelled to abandon the possessions of their fathers, 

 and to remove again into the wilderness beyond the Mississippi. To 

 common minds, the baseness, inhumanity and brutal injustice of these 

 proceedings appear plain enough ; but with Colonel Murat, the 

 inferiority of blood which, he says, distinguishes the red men and the 

 black, cuts the knot of the dispute at once ; and, indeed, the Colonel 

 sees little prospect of peace, and a cessation of alarm and danger from 

 these Indians, other than " by extinguishing the race." Verily Achil- 

 les, thou art worthy of thy name and lineage. Slavery under any 

 circumstances is bad enough but to be thy slave is the climax of 

 human calamity. 



The ninth chapter of the work, discusses the financial statistics of 

 the Union, and contains most valuable information upon the re- 

 venues, currency, and system of banking of the United States. Our 

 Nero here describes with much force, the wonders which are every 

 where springing up in the western States, by the operation of a 

 paper circulation; and, indeed, the universal prosperity, activity, 

 and wealth which now prevail in the American Union, would almost 

 appear to be partially, at least, ascribable to an unlimited freedom of 

 trade in money. This part of the work is eminently worthy of 

 attention. 



The tenth and concluding chapter, treats upon the manners, fine 

 arts, and literature of the United States. It is needless, however, to 

 inform our readers that the descriptions of Colonel Murat embrace 

 only the aristocratical circles of Washington, Charleston, and Sara- 

 toga; the money-making merchants of the northern States being 

 unworthy of the comments of the southern slave-holder. Upon the 

 subjects of architecture, literature, and the fine arts, there are, how- 

 ever, some remarks which may be perused with pleasure. 



The length of our observations upon the production of M. Achille 

 Murat, leaves us little space to do justice to a very admirable work 

 " Three Years in North America," by Mr. Stewart. This gentle- 

 man has, in the period mentioned on his title page, visited the very 

 remotest portions of the Union. He describes with unusual talent, 

 and in a fair, liberal, and candid spirit, the scenes, manners, and 

 institutions of the great republic. We recommend this work to our 

 readers as a companion to that of Mr. Fergusson, and in conclusion, 

 have only to express our very great gratification at the very season- 

 able appearance of volumes, which exhibit with fidelity the picture of 

 a nation, the affairs of which become hourly of redoubled interest to 

 the friends of liberty all over the world. 



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