former place was thought fit for the man, the man was found unfit for the place. Such chopping and changing backward and forward, down and up, and up and down, naturally creates the idea of accommodation and jobbing, and weakens the respect which the people ought to have reason to entertain for the servants of his Majesty. Respecting foreign affairs, we have only room briefly to notice some of the more prominent circumstances. In the Register, vol. I. p. 253, we stated, that an armament, under the command of General Bernadotte, was, in the month of March last, preparing to sail for New Orleans. This armament is now ready. It consists of seven thousand French troops, and the native Indians, whom Buonaparté has, for some time past, retained in his pay., It is said, at Paris, that a great number of the blacks of St. Domingo will be sent to join Bernadotte, and this we think a measure well calculated to promote the objects which France has in view. To be in readiness to convey the army to Louisiana was, doubtless, one of the resons why Villaret returned with part of his ships. We imagine, that, for the present, the Havannah will be the grand rendezvous for the allied fleet, (French, Spanish, and Dutch); New Orleans and St. Domingo will be the stations for the army; and, when all is well prepared, we shall begin to taste of the blessings of peace." Not, however, in a greater degree than we deserve. Losses of no common magnitude, lashes of no common severity, can sufficiently reward the people of this country for their base approbation of the treaty of Amiens. happily at the head. She will have both the means and the will to yield this new-fledged state an efficient protection; and, as to the consequences, they cannot be more fatal to us than many other of those which will result from the treaty of peace. Accounts from Martinico of the 24th of May, represent the restoration of order in Guadaloupe as a work of difficulty, and requiring long time. They speak of an endless war in the woods, and of the total destruction of the plantations. We do not altogether discredit these accounts; but we cannot but recollect, that we received similar accounts from Saint Domingo. The orders of the Commander in Chief at Martinico, respecting the West-India, or Negro regiments (see p. 24.) discover a considerable degree of timidity with respect to those sooty savages. Miserable is the lot of a commander, when he is com. pelled to flatter his men, particularly when those men are of such a description. In North Carolina the Negroes have, it seems, attempted another insurrection. The consequence has been, whipping, cropping, banishing, and hanging. To the justice of these punishments, considering them applicable to the crime of insurrection in the abstract, we have nothing to object : but, that Negroes ought to be so punished for attempting to extricate themselves from slavery, in a country where the very first article of the Constitution declares, that "all men are born equal and free, and "that they have certain unalienable rights, " amongst which is liberty," is a position which we leave to be made out by some member of the Whig Club, some able adPiedmont, which has never been formally vocate of representative government and joined to France under the name of depart-written constitutions. Let it not, however, ment, is, nevertheless, enumerated, sans cérémonie, amongst the military divisions of that amicable and harmless republic, of which divisions it forms the 27th, and its quota of troops has just been fixed at 2,000. Well may the the King of Sardinia resign his crown and retire to a convent! The Maltese have not yet raised, nor have they begun to raise, that famous body of troops which, by our wise statesmen, are intended to preserve the independence of the island. That the King of Naples will risk the safety of his states, merely for the love which he bears to the Addingtons and the Hawkesburys, can hardly be supposed; and, if he refuses to continue a garrison at Malta, the task will naturally devolve upon the guaranteeing powers, of which France is for a moment, be understood, that we wish to cast any blame on the judiciary of North Carolina, for the judgments it has passed on these sable insurgents. If the Constitution consists of impracticable nonsense, the people are not, for that reason, to lose their property and their lives for fear of infringing it. The fact is, a written Constitution makes a very pretty pamphlet, and, sometimes, very profitable to the bookseller who publishes it; and this appears to us to be the only good it ever can produce. 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A Treaty of reciprocal Advantage and mutual Convenience between the United States of America and the Chickasaws. The President of the United States of America, by James Wilkinson Brigadier General in the service of the United States, Benjamin Hawkins of North-Carolina, and Andrew Pickens of South-Carolina, Commissioners of the United States, who are vested with full powers, and the Mingco, principal men and warriors of the Chicksaw nation, representing the said nation, have agreed to the following articles. Art. I. The Mingco, principal men and warriors of the Chickasaw nation of Indians, give leave and permission to the President of the United States of America, to lay out, open and make a convenient waggon road through their land between the settlemeats of Mero district in the States of Tennessee, and those of Natchez in the Missisippi territory, in such way and manDer as he may deem proper; and it shall be a highway for the citizens of the United States and the Chickasaws. The Chickasaws shall appoint two discreet men to serve as assistants, guides, or pilots, during the time of laying out and opening the road, under the direction of the officer charged with that daty, who shall have a reasonable compensation for their service: Provided always, that the necessary ferries over the waterCourses crossed by the said road shall be held and deemed to be the property of the Chick asaw nation. [34 lations heretofore entered into between the contracting parties, more especially in and United States of America, under their seal by a certificate of the President of the of the first of July, 1794, are in the peace and under the protection of the United States. The commissioners of the United States do hereby further agree, that the. President of the United States of America shall take such measures from time to time, as he may think proper, to assist the Chickasaws to preserve entire all their rights against the encroachments of unjust neighbours, of which he shall be the judge, and also to preserve and perpetuate friendship and brotherhood between the white people and the Chickasaws. Art. III. The Commissioners of the United States may, if they deem it adviseable, proceed immediately to carry the first article into operation, and the treaty shall take effect and be obligatory on the contracting parties as soon as the same shall have been ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States. In testimony whereof, we, the pleni. James Wilkinson, Benjamin Hawkins, Art. II. The Commissioners of the United States give to the Mingco of the Chickasaws, and the deputation of that nation, goods to the value of seven hundred dollars, to Compensate him and them and their attends for the expense and inconvenience they Thomas Jefferson, President of the Unity have sustained by their respectful and ed States of America, by James Wilkinson, friendly attention to the President of the of the State of Maryland, Brigadier GeneUnited States of America, and to the re-ral in the army of the United States, Benquest made to them in his name, to permit jamin Hawkins, of North-Carolina, and the opening of the road. And as the per- Andrew Pickens, of South Carolina, Comsons, towns, villages, lands, banting-ground, missioners Plenipotentiary of the United and other rights and property of the Chick-States on the one part, and the Mingos, prinaws, as set forth in the treaties or stipu- cipal men and warriors of the Chactaw A Treaty of Friendship, Limits and Accommodation between the United States of America and the Chactaru Nation of Indians. nation, representing the said nation in council assembled, on the other part, have entered into the following articles aud conditions, viz. Art. I. Whereas the United States, in Congress assembled, did by their Commissioners Plenipotentiary Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, and Joseph Martin, at a treaty held with the chiefs and head men of the Chactaw nation at Hopewell on the Keowe, the third day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven bundred and eighty-six, give peace to the said ,nation, receive it into the favour and protection of the United States of America: It is agreed by the parties to these presents respectively, that the Chactaw nation, or such part of it as may reside within the limits of the United States, shall be and continue under the care and protection of the said States, and that the mutual confidence and friendship which are hereby acknowledged to subsist between the contracting parties shall be maintained and perpetuated. Art. II. The Mingos, principal men and warriors of the Chactaw nation of Indians, do hereby give their free consent, that a convenient and durable waggon way be explored, marked, opened, and made under the orders and instructions of the President of the United States, through their lands; to commence at the northern extremity of the settlement of the Mississippi territory, and to be extended from thence, by such route as may be selected and surveyed under the authority of the President of the United States, until it shall strike the lands claimed by the Chickasaw nation; and the same shall be and continue for ever a highway for the citizens of the United States and the Chactaws; and the said Chactaws shall nominate two discreet men from their nation who may be employed as assistants, guides, or pilots during the time of laying out and opening the said highway, or so long as may be deemed expedient, under the direction of the officer charged with this duty, who shall receive a reasonable compensation for their services. Art. III. The two contracting parties covenant and agree that the old line of demarcation heretofore established by and between the officers of his Britannic Majesty and the Chactaw nation, which runs in a parallel direction with the Mississippi river, and eastward thereof, shall be retraced and plain! ly marked, in such way and manner as the President may direet, in the presence of two persons to be appointed by the said nation; and that the said line shall be the boundary between the settlements of the Mississippi territory and the Chactaw nation.-And the said nation does by these presents relinquish to the United States, and quit claim for ever, all their right, title, and pretension to the land lying between the said line and the Mississippi river,` bounded south by the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and north by the Yazoo river, where the said line shall strike the same; and on the part of the Commissioners it is agreed, that all persons who may be settled beyond this line shall be removed within it, on the side towards the Mississippi, together with their slaves, hou-hold furniture, tools, materials and stock, and that the cabbins or houses erected by such persons shall be demolished. Art. IV. The President of the United States may, at his discretion, proceed to execute the second article of this treaty; and the third article may be convenient to the government of the United States, and without unnecessary delay on the part of the other, of which the president shall be the judge; the Chactaws to be seasonably advised, by order of the president of the United States, of the time when, and the place where, the re-survey and re-marking of the old line referred to in the preceding article, will be commenced. Art. V. The Commissioners of the United States, for and in consideration of the foregoing concessions on the part of the Chactaw nation, and in full satisfaction for the same, do give and deliver to the Mingos, chiefs and warriors of the said nation, at the signing of these presents, the value of two thousand dollars in goods and merchandize, nett cost of Philadelphia, the receipt whereof is lately acknowledged, and they further agree to give three sets of blacksmith's tools to the said nation. Art. VI. This treaty shall take effect and be obligatory on the contracting parties, so soon as the same shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof. In testimony whereof, the Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States, and Mingos, principal men and warriors of the Chactaw nation, have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed' their seals at Fort Adams, on the Mississippi, this seventh day of Decembet, in the year of our Lord |