Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-06-09

annuities to the nation have been in the habit OF
being paid This is TO the gentleman
from Maine, who asked how they to know in
what proportion they paid. There would be
no difficulty on the subject There is fixed rule
Known To this Government and that nation-acQui-
esced in by that nation and the Secretary OF Wa
on his responsibilities, is directed TO carry that fix
ed rule into operation. On the part on the other
House. it is proposed this should be paid 20 the
chiefs ofthe nation by special agent and that this
special agent shall be under the direction of the Sc
cre,ary Of War, who is TO direct the money to be
paid IN full! council OF the nation, to be convened
IN full notice for that purpose. Some gentlemen,
Mr.. L. said, were OF opinion there was no differ
erce between the two modes. He thought there
vas an important difference. IN the one case, the
responsibility rests on the Secretary OF War, aud
whom he may choose; in The other, il is mandatory
Gu him TO appoint special agent 20 carry ii into
execution. The Senate, Mr.. T. said, put the res
possibility where il ough, to rest; on the head OF
the Department; but the House proposed to have
IN intermediate one. Tn. Senate referred to a
fixed rule;i' House did not. According 10 their
proposition, all that was 10 be done was 10 con
the nation, pay the chiefs in presence of the
nation, and the hands Of the Government would he
washed. The proposition OF the Senate was more
guarded and therefore ough, TO be agreed to-
The gentleman from Ohio had said that il was
unimportant to whom the money was paid Mir.
Y. said it was of mach Importance to the United
States 10 whom 1t was paid. II important
That II should be Paid 20 those TO whom the land be-
Tonged, in the proportion IN which their snnuities
had heen heretofore paid II these chiefs were
pail, and the distribution not effected the
,nou,en; the nation were informed OF the fraud
which had been committed on them by their own
Ctiels here, and tha, this fraud was made known
10 the United States before the treaty was com.
p.c'ed, and had not been guarded against by any
act of Congress, an Indian would most FRO
Saby TAKE place, and it would be difficult TO avoid
The consequences which naturally result from
every Indian war. Therefore, to preserve harno,
ny, we could not be too cautious in distributing
Ire money.
Mr.. 7. laid he could no, consider any OF these
engagements entered into with the Indian tribes
bound US down in the way as stipuations
entered into by civilized people. We made
tTeaty-il was law - them; aad we agree! il;
should Ire law to us. 1t did not become law Nv
virtue Of exchanged assent, as among an en-
lghtcued People. We are nothing more than the
guardians OF these People. They had, Mr. r. said,
manifested more skill aud diplomacy than the u
States. They had completed their affairs more
deXterousiy than we had ours; and the time was
far distant when this thing would be disclosed
n the world, that these two Cherokee bows sent
mere, mad completed treaty on better terms for
the Creeks and worse terms for the United States
than all the diplomatic functiona:ies EMPLOYED.
Our benevoience, masnanimi:y, our iistice,
and any uther S0od quality we might have, recrir-
eu Mat tls fund shoalI - distributed AMONGST
them, according TO what considered to he The
principles CT jastioe. The nation owned the land:
the money was 10 be In place OF the land: that
Troney, therefore, must 60 TO those who owned the
land. When we knew II was going into the hands
OF set OF People who had laid plan by which
they were to gel forty thousand dollars exclusively
10 Themselves, it was Important that we should
save this forty thousand dollars for TIE Creek ma
tor, Tor whom it was intended, and 10 take care
that tie Cherokee, who had not ceded one inch of
and, should not receive any part of that bounty
which was intended for the neghboring nation
We had nothing to do with tina, affair, except "a
i!.rce the money IN the hands OF the Creek mutton
and let them distribute it according to what thew
considered Justice en- their part toward. the Cicero
KEGS.
In the printed document which was now before
the Senate, Mr.. L. said, there was matter OF fact
which appeared 70 justify 4 strong inference tina,
These indians wished our Government to believe
or weTe themselves instructed, that they were not
at liberty 10 oede one foot OF land beyond the
Chaiahooche; YET, by the supplementary article
they lad made such cession. lie wished the
Senate had more information on this subject: He
should not propose any further call on the Depar-
nen', when the session was drawing so near 10 a
Jsose; but ne believed thar, within the Departlarot
ot War, there were az this moment, documents 10
show tia, treaty, very different from that which |
had been concluded, might have been concluded !
and Ear more to the benefit of the L. States
It had teen bruted abroad, Mr.. f. said, for !
many months past, that this treaty OF the Indian
Springs was objected TO, because it was megotat-
ed IN fraud. Though the Senate had not acted di-
-ecly that suggestion, that treaty had been Dis
pensed with without particle OF proof CT fraud
and this new treaty had been taken up and the
documents went 10 shew that il was signed by a
a this with frU
hat tie neSotiaors one part were disposed
20 practice fraud those that sent them here; and
t..at this fact was made known to the Government
OF the United States. On this transaction Mr. !
i. said, he should make no comment.
DTr. Branch, oi North Caro!ina, SAID, that while ,
he would concur with the gentlemen from New
York and Virginia, in any measure 10 detec. fraud,
he must dissent from the gentleman from Virginia !
in the latter part of his observation That gentle
IN had said that the first treaty had been set aside
wthcu evidence Of fraud. MIR. q. said it was no.
bis purpose to enter inio investigation # this
point the reason why they had not that evidence
gas because they refused TO look at the evidence
was most ample and abundant in the Department
OF War; but the Senate had shut their ewes ON it, |
That evidence was taken by men high i'm the con- |
hdehce oil this country, tor integrity, talent, and
which he should not descant !
upon, but which to his mind Conclusive. III
any gentleman thought proper to refuse call ON
the Department FOX il, the fault was his. Mr.. Il.
said he should vote for any proposition hich he'd
Tor - object the detection OF fraud, either in dis
treaty or any o'her. He opposed TO the treaty
Oh the Indian Springs, because he believed il had 4
been executed in fraud and the circumstances (
hoYerlng about this treaty were sufficiently strong
TO excite suspicion. lie was wiling II should be |
prOheI 10 The bottom
Mr. Berrien, Of Georgia, next addressed the /
Ia Al 1 frftr 81 Ia.