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CHAPTBE XII
THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1824 OPENS—WILLIAM. H. CRAWFORD,
OP GEORGIA, A CANDIDATE—ONE OP THE STATE'S MOST ILLUSTRIOUS
SONS—WHILE THE CAMPAIGN Is IN PROGRESS, MR. CRAWFORD Is
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS—THE ELECTION Is THROWN INTO THE
HOUSE OF' REPRESENTATIVES—JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Is NOMINATED
AND ELECTED—JOHN MACPHERSON BERRIEN CHOSEN TO SUCCEED
JOHN ELLIOTT IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE—THE AMERICAN
CICERO—GEORGIA'S DELEGATION IN TPIE NINETEENTH CONGRESS—THE
INDIAN PROBLEM ONCE MORE EMERGES—THE CHEEKS IN COUNCIL
AT BROKEN ABROW REFUSE TO CEDE ANY MORE LANDS—BUT, UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF GEN. WILLIAM MC!NTOSH, THE GEORGIA TRIBES,
KNOWN AS LOWER CREEKS, EXPRESS A WILLINGNESS TO EMIGRATE TO
THE WEST—ON FEBRUARY 12, 1825, A TREATY Is SIGNED AT INDIAN
SPRINGS—INCIDENTS OF THE MEETING—ALL THE INDIAN LANDS BE
TWEEN THE FLINT AND THE CHATTAHOOCHEE ARE ACQUIRED—THE
UPPER CREEKS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A DECREE OF THE NATION, RE
SOLVE TO AVENGE THE CESSION—THE MURDER OF GENERAL MC!NTOSH
—WHEN GEORGIA ATTEMPTS TO SURVEY THE CEDED LANDS AN ORDER
Is RECEIVED FROM PRESIDENT ADAMS TO DESIST—BUT GOVERNOR
TBOUP STANDS FIRM—THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTERS INTO A
NEW TREATY WITH THE CREEKS WHICH GOVERNOR TROUP REFUSES
TO RESPECT—STATE SOVEREIGNTY Is BOLDLY MAINTAINED—AN
EVENTFUL CLASH BETWEEN STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS—GEN.
E. P. GAINES Is SENT TO GEORGIA WITH AN ARMED FORCE TO INTIMI
DATE THE STATE AUTHORITIES—BUT GOVERNOR TROUP WINS—THE
ISSUE Is FINALLY ADJUSTED IN A TREATY NEGOTIATED AT THE OLD
AGENCY ON THE FLINT, NOVEMBER 15, 1827—HOPO-ETH-LEYO-HOLO'S.
SPEECH BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING AT INDIAN SPRINGS—GOVER
NOR .TROUP RE-ELECTED IN 1825—AN EVENTFUL CAMPAIGN—THE.
FIRST POPULAR ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR—JOHN CLARK GOES DOWN
IN A FINAL TRIAL OF STRENGTH—APPOINTED INDIAN AGENT, HE;
TAKES UP His RESIDENCE IN WEST FLORIDA WHERE HE DIES OF YEL
LOW FEVER—His GRAVE OVERLOOKING ST. ANDREW'S BAY.
Georgia's first candidate for presidential honors entered the'cam
paign of 1824 in the person of William H. Crawford. Though a native-
of Virginia, Mr. Crawford had been a resident of Georgia since his boy
hood days. As we have already learned, in preceding chapters, he had1
been for twenty years a dominant figure in Georgia politics, having led
the faction to which Gen. John Clark was opposed. Entering the United
States Senate in 1807, the leadership of the Crawford party in Georgia
devolved upon George M. Troup. Six years later, he relinquished the
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