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

speab of what has passed before your eyes, even
In this hall.
One fab Of the whole purchase money is to be !
Civ en- 10 three ChcrokCeS. Zen thousand dollars
reward enc OF the heroes of Fort Minis boo
which i; so well becomes Us TO tcstom. 4 few
CHI sen favoriie- divide among themselves upwards
oi one hundred and fifty Thousand dollars, ieavin
pi'ance tor distribution among the great body u.
tie Chiefs aud Warriors OF the nation. But n IL
the price o! blood ot the blood OF NicIn;osh.
Snail /, moi be freely distributed among hose WHO
shed Sc And think you, the Chief, and Warriors
against whom ibis audacious fraud is mediteted
will tainey acluesce in it? Armed with his
dsmning proof OF the corruption OF their adverse
ries, will the followers of Mcintosh sleep: Sir, if
one spark of bus gallant spirit We, fingers among
them. especially Il II burns il should burn in the
bosom OF that youthful chiei'an, whose high prpro-
sative IL ; TO yindica,e fathers memory the
name Of he White warrior OF Muscogee will again
become The terror of his foes.
But lie administration, though it condemns the
fraud, thinks that we have power to preven,
It's coasummaton. What, sir, have we no power
to see that our own treaty is carried into effect?
Have no interest in doing so?
| Have we no power We have stipulated for
/ he payment OF TWO hundred and forty-sever thou
Sand dollars 10 the Chiefs Of the Creek nation. to
be distributed among TIE Chiefs and TVarrioyS
| Of that nation i no, the distribution part Of
.
that, few Of those Chiefs. fraudulent violation
of the rights secured ~ that treaty about 10 APP
! proprate this money TO Themselves Are " e pow
erlcss 10 prevent it: Nay, must we, too suffer
ourselves TO De made the conscious instruments of
its cOnsuulmation' We have made bargain with
a savage ;-lhe, which you choose TO dignity with
the name OF treaty, Concerning whom we esis
late with their consent, without, it, a. ii seem
good in our eyes. We know that some ten or
twenty OF them are about 10 cheat the remainder
! We have lie means =. oc: hsnds without which.
/ their corrupt purpose canuo, I've effected. Have
we not the hight TO see that our own bsreain i
honestly fulfilled? Consistently with common ho-
| nesiy, can put The consideration money of re
contract into the hands OF those who we know,
are abou, to delra':d the People who trusted them /;
SIR, the proposition is absurd.
! But have no interest in preventing thi. fraud
! W hat the ca; body the nation, disc!airing
the validity CT a treaty, the consideration none
they have rever received, and which YOU have
paid with X owledge of the fraud abou, TO be
pracised teen, shall refuse lis execution. viii
You not be in worse dilemma than that from
which you have endeavoured TO escape by annul
ling the treaty cfii Indian Springs'
! Nill you say that it is their own afrHr tina,
they have trusted these persons 10 negotiate thu.
treaty, and therefore they entitled to receive ,be
Money The answer l. plain. Then trusted
these men believing them to be honest Now a,ox
/ Know theIn 10 Js Otherwise.
VIII you shelter yourselves under the movers
granted TO tie delegation and did you not die
tate them! Was not the council convened b, youi
Order Did you not require the appointment OF
the delegation, drarghi las commission and direct
I It's execution Was il free yHl offering Of the
/ Creek nation Was it not rather the act of these
very men, who had excited the Creeks 10 resist the
Old treaty, and who by this corrupt agreement, are
now about enjoy The fruits OF their speculation
n . sim lCif f,gf l,t.s., e.ua.t
SIR, you have The power, and il is your in,eres,
and it is your duty TO exercise it, You legisla,e
Tor these people you will--you assume guar
danNhip over all the Indian tribes for the preser-
walton OF the public peace This consideration a
lone Is Sufficient 20 authorize ard demand your in
reference. Suffer this fraud 10 lie consummatei-
this corrupt distribution TO be carried into effect
and the war-whoop will again be heard in this
nation, and'ihe ionahawk and the scslping knife
viii do their Office.
Il j. another miserable suggestion, proIrincn,ly
put forth in ihe report, that the delegation lnd,yj
dially agreed to the distribution. Yes, sir t5ose
1cto 5ccTe 10 sha'e ne spGis, consented Ia tbe
commission Of tie }roud. Bu; mark ihe pro
gre.s of this affair; refer 10 HE Teport Of tie
Superintendent. When Ridge was first ssked. il
the men Gers OF the Delegation were apprizea If
IT. he ansN cred, . No--but OpotheyuhoIo and
Chares CorncilE knew IL, and that was enough -
subsequently, their assent Obtained and how
LOOK to the agreement. Each member of the
delegation not otherwise provided for was 10 re-
ceve five thousand dollars Who does not per-
ceIve that this the price of their assen,2
Aud was This Intended fraud known to tie Ad-
mnsiraii2n: Did trey neso,a'e with men thus
pc Hieate and corrupt, know irG them to he 50
and did hey conceal their kno leige Of tie tact.
from the Senate, tic constitutional advisers of tie
Presden' II eaving herr 10 ra.ifv H. ignorance.
treaty "hicb mad been negotiated in lrauCS |
refer again 10 the report Ridge presented tier
paper containing THIS fraudulent agreement, at tie
time OF signing the tfs: treaty, which was On the
24ih oi january last. The next day it wa. sub-
NIT ed 10 tie Senate. Afterwards, on the 3i.t of
March, the supplemental article was negotiated
and also submit ted; and on tie 2ist of Anil !
the treaty vas ratified. From the 2J'h Of Jar,Is-
rs, hen until the Dist Of Arril, this treat bejr
before tie Senate, the Administration knew and
Withheld RON that body the knowledge of 'le fact
h7' he greater parl IF The morey stipulated by
hatircaiy to be distributed among the Chiefs and
Warriors OF the ration, was to be fraudnlenfly
kept from them, and appropriated to some ten or
twenty chiefs In this ignorance the Senate was !
suffered 30 ra'ify h's treaty, hicE ,iiha tro,
edge OF the fac' hey would have sPBaed. way
more. Whei the Senate had detected the fraud
and guarded against it by he amendment under
consideration, the Administration nerfered 10
resist that amendment The Senator from Mis-
souri, Influenced by desire to terminate this IN
happy controversy, IN a mode consistent with the
righ's OF Georgia and least emba-ra sing 20 the
General Government, suggested the yroprieiy Of
presents 10 the Chiefs, means uniformly re
sorted to, IN negotiating with savage tribes This
The Department peremplorily refused and VET.
al the moment of this refusal, knew, and had long
known, the projected fraud, which has at length
happily been bToushi 10 light. I make no COM
me r Il- - 4fns.t 1 "a a.