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from facilities of communication with tiiem, to which, as the 

 representatives of a sovereign State, they were entitled. The 

 " Clerk of Bureau" and " the Major General Commanding" 

 went beyond their allotted duties, and reported against a treaty 

 which had not been submitted to them ; the spotless charac- 

 ters of Campbell and Meriwether were traduced, and the treaty 

 was declared to be " tainted with intrigue and treachery." 

 Mr. Adams determined to re-submit the treaty to Congress, 

 and prohibited the survey ; the Governor determined to hold 

 it as valid, and, in due time, to survey the land ; but he in- 

 formed the President of the United States that the survey 

 should be suspended until the Legislature should again meet. 

 And, referring to General Gaines, assures the President that 

 were he " to send the General to him in chains, he would trans- 

 gress nothing of the public law." He demanded his imme- 

 diate recall, and his arrest, trial, and punishment, under the 

 rules and articles of war, for having, in his correspondence and 

 publications, insulted the Chief Magistrate of Georgia. Such 

 was the law. But, in utter disregard of our Legislature and 

 of our Governor, Crowell was not removed from office ; 

 Gaines was not court-martialled ; and the murderers of Mcin- 

 tosh were not punished ! 



The ferment in Georgia was now exceedingly high. The 

 State Constitution had undergone alteration, and the first elec- 

 tion of Governor by the people was approaching. The popular 

 Gen. John Clarke was brought out by his party in opposition. 

 The people sustained their intrepid Governor, and on the first 

 Monday in October, gave him again the chair of state by a 

 majority of seven hundred votes. In his message, in Novem- 

 ber, he detailed the events of the summer, and advised a firm 

 adherence to the treaty by the General Assembly. The Legis- 

 lature, although opposed to the Governor in both branches on 

 mere party politics, resolved, that " full faith ought to be 

 placed in the treaty ; that the title of Georgia under it was 

 vested and absolute ; and that the right of entry, immediately 

 on the expiration of the time limited by it, should he insisted 

 on and carried into effect." They again solemnly required the 

 removal of the Agent, which was again rejected. The issue 

 was now made up. In January, 1826, the Governor gave 

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