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entire domain covered by the old treaty was organized, and 

 disposed of by lottery, in 1827. The rights of Georgia were 

 preserved, and her unterrified Chief Magistrate was trium- 

 phant ! One of the counties was called Troup ; and in honour 

 of Mcintosh, and to perpetuate the memory of the Creek peo- 

 ple, another was called Muscogee. Our energetic Governor 

 was pronounced to be a madman by enemies at home and by 

 submissionists abroad ; but his madness had a method in it 

 which was conservative of the liberties of Georgians. Let 

 no man suppose that Governor Troup was hostile to the 

 Union ! His official correspondence and messages, his pre- 

 vious public life, his speeches in Congress, his ardent support 

 of his whole country in the war of 1812, prove the contrary. 

 He has declared, and it is believed, that he would lay down his 

 life for the Union. But for what Union? A Union for spe- 

 cified purposes delegated by the sovereign States ; a Union of 

 limited powers ; and in all other matters one of unlimited re- 

 servation to the States, or to the people ; not a Union of con- 

 solidation, expressly nor by construction. As a State Rights 

 man and a Georgian, he loved Georgia more. To him, next 

 to Providence, we owe the fact, that the habitations of our 

 brethren of Georgia now cover all her beautiful plains, and 

 mountains, and valleys. Had he quailed, the Creeks might 

 yet roam between the Flint and the Chattahoochee ; the 

 Cherokees might still, in our mountain lands, acknowledge the 

 sway of a Ridge and a Ross. The example of Gov. Troup was 

 followed by his successors. The criminal jurisdiction of Georgia 

 was soon extended, by her own authority, over the Cherokees, 

 who, in nine years more, followed the Creeks to the West. All 

 are settled on lands guaranteed to them by the United 

 States, which the United States had a right to guarantee, and 

 •/here, it is hoped a successful experiment will be made to bring 

 them within the compass of civilization and Christianity. 



During Gov. Troup's administration, the great and good 

 Lafayette visited America. He was a guest of Georgia. Gov. 

 Troup, in 1825, received him on the Bluff" of Savannah. The 

 writer of this memoir heard the address of the Governor to 

 the nation's friend. " Welcome, Lafayette ! General, 'tis 

 little more than ninety years since the founder of this State 



