The Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1822-1822, 1822-04-04
Congressional Proceedings.
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IN SENATE.
Pie following letter was laid before
the Senate by the President.
OFFICE OF rNDJAN r RApE.
Georgetown. March 20, 1922.
TO the Honorable the President Of the
Senate Of the United Ststss:
SIR. / have the honor respectfully to
represent that issinustions having been
made in the debate on the bill now
before the Senate, on. Indian affairs.
duplicating the integrity with which I
have fulfilled the duties Of 6uperinten-
dent of Indian Trade; and feeling the
value Of my reputation to be enhanced,
by the circumstance of its constituting
nv only inheritance; and conscious Of
having executed tho duties Of my Office
with the utmost zeal and fidelity, and
claiming the right Of an American-I
do therefore respectfully solicit that
committee be appointed, with instfuc-
tions to make such examinations into
the manner in which have discharged
the duties of tho trust with which ]
have been honored, as it may be consid.
cred proper to order.
have the honor to be, sir, With
great respect, your most obsdientsss.
want
THOMAS L. M'KENNY,
Superintendent OF Indian Trade.
The letter was road,
The report of the Committee on
Public lands, nnfavorable to tho Pc
tition of William G. Jones, was taken
up and concurred in.
The senate resumed, in committee Of
the whole, Mr. Dickerson in the chair,
the bill to discontinue the Indian trade
system, and to provide for opening the
trade to individuals under certain reg.
ulations.
Mr.. Benton Withdrew the motion
which he made yesterday to recommit
the bill with certain instructions; and.
in lieu thereof, moved to strike ont all
those sections which proposed to estab-
lish system Of private trade, BY Ii.
cense, under the management OF a prin.
cipal superintendent to reside at the
seat of government, and assistant So.
perintendent to reside at ST, Louis, IN
Missouri. The effect Of this motion
was to limit the present bill to simple
abolition and settlement of the concerns
of the present factory system.
The question was taken on this mo.
ton without debate or objection, and
carried, and,
The bill, as amended, was ordered
to be engrossed and read third time.
The Ssnate then, according to the
order Of the day, took up IN committee
of the whole, Mr.. Otis in the chair, the
amendments reported by the committee
on Public Lands, in pursuance Of in-
structions of the Senate, to the bill con.
firming the title of the Marquis de Mai.
son Rouge. The amendments embra.
ced substitute for the original bill,
containing several sections, and autho-
rising the claimants, at any time with
in two years, to institute suit against
the United States in the nature Of q PEI
tition Of right, in the courts Of the
United States, otry the validity Of said
title.
Mr. Eaton moved, in pursuance of direc.
lions from the committee Of Public Lands
to add hearing of their case to the claim
Of Gabriel and William Winter heretofore
often before Congress, (who claim, undes
a Spanish grant, tract OF land Of 1000
acres square in Arkansas-the point in
dispute being whether the said grant COM
veyed 1000 acres square, or loco square
acress)
On this amendment a debate Of three
hours duration, and Of wide scope, took
the expediency and the
constitutionality Of referring questions Of
this kind from Congress to the Judiciary,
and incidentally, the merits OF the two
great claims proposed TO be submitted to
judicial investigation and decision. Those
gentlemen who joined in the debate. were
Messrs Eaton, Dickerson, Van Dyke.
w alker Johnson OF KY. Barton, Lsnman,
Johnson of Lou. Van Buren,, Talbot,
Smith, Macon, and Lowrie,
The question being taken on including
the claim of the Winters in the amend.
ment reported by the land COMMITTEES, wac
decided by yeas and nays in the negative
- yeas % nays Is.
The question was then taken on sgres-
ing to the substitute reporte by the COM
uittee, authorizing the claimantY u0der
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