Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-07-04

vinlicote him if no charge had been made?
To be sure, sir, the gentlemen, after ndulging
the utmost freedom, did, in the conclusion oi his
remarks, attempt to smooth over his previous OBJ
servstions little, and talked of ' deductions
which might be drawn from what had said.
Sir, have nothing TO do with his deductions. !
made charge. have merely stated facts
facts which speak volumes-fscts which require no
comment; and which are, from their enormy,
scarcely credible. IT these facts fix fraud, it must
rest where they fix it.
The gentleman in the enthusiasm of the moment,
quoted the remark, that '' an honest mans the
blesi work OF God,'' and observed that, If so, the
Secretary of War was one of the noblest works of
God. Sir, let me not be understood denying
this. My private Intercourse with him has not
only been gratifying TO me, but it has occasioned
me TO regard him, as l believe all who know him
regard him, OF excellent heart and courte-
Gus manners, and as gentleman of honor i ain,
however, public man, dischareing public duty,
and must, therefore, say, that the unprecedented
facts evolved in the OF this transaction leave
me at loss how 10 justify or to pallia,e the con-
duct of the Government Sir, cannot but believe
that if the members OF the ADMINISTRATION had re-
Elected Tor moment upon the mons,rous fraud
which, with their asency, was to be accomplished
If they had looked TO the consequences affecting
both their public and their private characters hch
| denouement would occasion; ii they had thought
that this sun which is now pouring his rays around
| US, would have lighted up he bureau where was
Matched, in darkness and in secrecy, his monstrous
transaction; they never-trust me, sir, they never
would have been soiled with it. The gentleman
who is at the head of the Indian bureau, Il use
the term " Bureau for understand Is the mo
dern term adop ed in this great city for clerks
Office when ne told by Ridge and VAIN oil
the contemplated fraudulent distribution of the
! money, very composecly replied, " it was their
own aifair"' The treaty expressly provides tha,
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OF two hundred thousand dollars, shall be paid 70
" the Chiefs OF the nation, to be divided among
| the Chiefs aud Wdrriors Of the Greek nation -
! i5ui hidse and Yam are neither Chiefs nor War
rors OF that nation, and were, therefore, not enti-
tied 10 cent. The Department OF War, ther efore
'lsregar3eI The Terms of its own treaty, when it
coun enanced the disposition intended TO be made
| OF the money by the fen persons who were here
II cannot be said that the Secretary of War was
ignorant OF the fact Who those two persons Ridge
and ann, were FOR three of my colleagues and
| myself had an interview wiz the Secretary OF War
at the commencement OF the session. and distinct
~ apprisel him that those two persons had moth
lnS to do with the delegat on; that they were not
even Greeks, but Cherokees Thee was indeed
kind of official counexion between them aud the
delegation: one was styled Secretary OF legation I
DO not know what kind of diplomatic thing the
oiher was or what title was given him, bat il
Is understood that he is otiache of some SORT
IhtiT oihcial connection should never have been
recognized By the Government The gentleman
from Virginia has used the word tortured in
application TO my statements of the facts He
Will not deny the OF This word at least: for
cannot be mistaken a. having tax en- il down
In willing as soon as it fell from bis lbs Sir there
has been no +" Ioruring" OF the meaning of the
facts. There needed none TO aid me- The doeu-
men's containing these facts were reed They did
not even need ccmment. My colleagues and nv
III has lI,,
! God knows we have had good cause for doing so.
The rights OF our native Stale have been violated
the character of her Chief Magistrate has been
made loot ball for every vile calumniator-.the
tseinss of her citizens have been outraged; and il
was impossible for us to have remained cool and
inditteIen eat. We may, in the course of tins and
preceding discussions, have shevn feeling .srt y
have not =" tortweG' the meaning of facts. :. Tor
tared," indeed! Sir, torture has been inflicted
by us, except upon the feelings of those TO whom,
we have held up the facts Of this infamous tra.sac
ton TO whom we have exhibited the truth!
Sir, said Mr. T. truth conveys the lyeenest tor
t1re, when II IS connected with either impfopriely
or ignorance. There was the " torture" lie re-
peated TO The gentleman from Virginia, who had
stepped forth upon this occasion, There ,oas the
" torture
To conclude: the gentlemen from Virginia, in
attending to the agreement which Congress has
acted upon as treaty, has emphaticay asked
- what ~ the treaty ~ He would remind the
gentleman of the circumstances under which
It was made, and then reply 20 him, in the tue
Yankee way, by returning the question -" what is
the trea,y?''
Mr.. Bartlett, Of New Hampshire, said, he could
not perceive that the question now before the
House, which was agreeing the report If ,be
Committee of Conference, involved a, all the cues
ton OF the Treaty, OF the character of any ndivi-
daal The Treaty provides, that a certain sum OF
money shall he paid TO the Chiefs and Warriors OF
the treek Nation. The Senate adds as an amend
ment, that the money shall be distributed in GER
tain manner; the treaty did not contradict, such an
an arrangement but the House disapproveJ and
disagreed to it, The Senate insisted on their amend
meht---coDterees were appointed and, after some
discussion, the managers of the Conference agreed
That the amendment proposed Ivy the House will
effect the same object that contemp ed bv the
amendment of'ihe Senate. I, goes indeed little
farther, and insists that the division OF the money
shall be made in full council OF the nation But now
1t is said, that the Chiefs design 10 appropriate the
whole sum 10 their own The arrangement
proposed will certainly prevent tie accomplish
ment OF any such design, II II exist. would bav We
consented 10 the amendment OF the Senate a. suffi-
oient-but think that reported by the conferees
heldS out more efectuai secufty-and il certain
ly presents no question involving the integrity or
reputation OF any gentleman. The session davis
rapidly TO its close, and we have on our table some
forty or fifty bills. in which -undry individuals have
deep iotefest Under such circumstances what
ever feeling may exist in the minds of some gen
tlemen on the subject Of this treaty. there certainly
can be no need OF expressing them any farther than
has already been done.
Mr. Thompson, of Georgia, said that however
impatient the House might be 10 take the question.
he selt disposed 10 avail himself ri that onror,,,