I  have,  in  my  humble  measure,  attempted  to  discharge  a  public  and
most  solemn  duty  towards  an  interesting  portion  of  my  fellow  men.
Should  it  prove  to  have  been  as  fruitless  as  I  know  it  to  be  below  the
weight  of  their  claims,  yet  even  then,  Sir,  it  will  have  its  consolations.
Defeat  in  such  a  cause  is  far  above  the  triumphs  of  unrighteous  power —
and  in  the  language  of  an  eloquent  writer — "  I  had  rather  receive  the
blessing  of  one  poor  Cherokee,  as  he  casts  his  last  look  back  upon  his
country,  for  having,  though  in  vain,  attempted  to  prevent  his  banish-
ment, than  to  sleep  beneath  the  marble  of  all  the  Caesars."


APPENDIX


A  PROCLAMATION.
G«ORGIA. — By  His  Excellency  George  M.  Troup,  Governor  and  Com-
mander-in-Chief  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  this  State,  and  of  the  Mi-
litia thereof.
