Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-23

the year lSO2, entitled an actto regulate trade
amongst the Indian liibcs," the 22d section of
which act gives 10 the President discretionary
power 10 prevent the introduction of spiIituous IL
quors amongst tie Indians.
have the honor TO be, your ohcdicnt servant,
JAMES BARBOUR.
Hon. ANDREW SrrvEassoN,
Speaker Of tie H0Hse Of Representatives..
DEPARrAIENr' or WAR,
C6ice Of hltfiaa AFiti7s, I5th FEB. 1928.
SIR: have the honor, in obedience TO your
directions, TO report that the regulations in regard
to the Introduction Of sprituous liquors in the In
uion country, TIC authority TO prevent or restrain
their being verdcd or distributed among al or
any OF the Indian tribes being vested by the
2ist section OF the act of Sol March, 1902 in the
President the United States, is that none shall
DC vended in trade for barter or givenin any man
ner TO any Indian, or Indian tribe, BY the traders
or those in their omp,oy.
II may be proper 10 add, that, under former re-
guiatlon some relaxat was made of this rule
which permitted the oft, but only along our
Northern boundary, and 10 prevent the utter ruin
oil our trade, which il was thought must have fol-
lowed, II Its use were continued by the British ira
ders ON that frontier, and restricted to ours Blu.
tis rule, at present, is as have stated it, have
'is honor TO be, Very respectfully, your obedicnt
servant,
- TIIoS. L. MCKINNEY.
10 the Hon. JAMES BARBOUR
Secretary Of JVar
NATIONAL. ROAD.
The Speaker also laid before the House letter
from the Secretary War, transmitting a report of
u'e Ohiel Engineer, with Reports of the Commits
sioher appointed to lay out the National Road from
the Western line of the State of Ohio TO the seat
OF Government of the State of Missouri. accomna
med with drawings of the route and locations of
mat road; which letter, SC. were read and laid
on lie table.
The adverse report of the Committee of Claims.
on the case OF Edward Cary, was committed 10 a
committee of the Whole House.
MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS
me House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the state OF the Union, Mr. Tavlor. of n
in the chair, & resumed the consideration of tbe
OIL making appropriations for the Indian Depart
ment and the question being on the motion nj
Mr. Woods, OF Ohio, viz. 'sto amend Mr.. McD,c
lie samendment,by striking out fromit these words:
anu Ur AIDING the said Cherokees, and such 9th
or INDIANS as may be disposed to eirrate TO pln
ceS west ofthe MiSssissippi:'
Iir. owen made short speech the object Of
which was TO shew that the general policy of rr-
moving The Indians West of the Mississippi. did
not iirly or properly come open for discuss;o,, 49,
der an amendment which had respect IN the Creol,
&Cherokees only, inasmuch as the removal of those
TWO tlioes from the limits of Georgia was the sinh
Iect oil separate express compact, entered into 90
long ago 1902. -
Mr. Smith of Indiana, spoke at considerable
length against the amendment of Mr.. Woods ord
III support OIL the general policy of remoyinp tho
remnants of all the Indian tribes to recon Yves,
OF the Mississippi river.
MIR: Woods, of Ohio, then took the floor in sun
port OF the amendment which he had moved. which
he explained & defended in a speech which occ,,.
pied nearly two hours
lie was followed by Mr.. Mclean, Chairman NJ
the Committee on Indian affairs, in reply. WIN
vindlcated the course of that Committee, and tb.,
propriety Of the policy OF removing the indians
MIR. "eems made short speech, with the bible
IN his hand, from which he quoted The birth s. his.
Tory OF Ishmeal, whom he viewed as the ancestor
OF our Indians. He was opposed to the amendment
ana IN favour OF their removal.
Ill. Inc question was then put, and the amend
ion. u IS
Mr. Finton then moved the following:
"Pr0rided, That no Indian or Indians. North
oil latitude 80 degrees 80 minutes, shall be aid
cd IN removing South of that degrees Nor shall
any Indian or Indians, living South of said de-
gree OF latitude, be aidedl in emigrating North
MIR: V. commenced speech in SUPPORT of tbi,
amendment; BUTT now being past four O'Clock.
ne yielded TO motion of Mr.. Bates, of Missouri
Tor the rising OF the Committee
me Committee rose accordingly, and thereup-
on the House adjourned.