Delaware advertiser & star. (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-18??, 1832-07-05


enlighten the house on that subject. In
the course of Mr.. WIS reply he made
the following confessions:
He said--"after Gen. Jackson came
into power, he (Mr. Wa in order to
carry out the principles of the report,
by presenting the proper bills, went to
one high In Office to make some inqui-
ries, and disclosed 10 him what his OBJ
IJect was relative TO his course on the
question Of reform. o! said the officer
your principles viii answer very well TO
Iget into pOtoer, but they will never an
swer after the object is attained.
LEWIS ALLEGED INTENDED FRAUD.
Some time ago, we announced Mai.
Lewis vindfcation of himself against
the allegation of designed fraud in get
ting possession Of certain Indian Lands
satisfactoyiai to our minds. Perhaps he
looked too much to the fact, that Lewis
had no present interest in the lands which
he had leased, and TO too little to the quo
amino with which he had engaged i'll the
speculation. Be This as it may-the
charge was referred to the Committee
on Public Lands, which contains, we be-
lieve, majority of Jackson men, and
OF which Mr.. Wickliffe, is Chairman,
Tor lnvestiga that Committee had
infinitely examined into the circumstan-
ces,and Mr.. NVickliffe, few days ago,
made 'seport in,which all the members
OF thu Coflnlittee appear to have acqui-
esced, and which is understood to. estab-
dsh the charge. We shall speedily lay
this report before the reader, that he
may form his own conclusions: mean
while we append the commentary Of the
United States relegraph.-Penn, Wing.
"THE FRAUD eESTABLISHED. ~
ave invite the attention of our read
ers to the able report Of the Committee
on Public Lands relative to the fraud
contemplated by VIM. b. Lewis, under
the auspices of Major Eaton and Gen.
Coffee. ltwill be recollected our state
ment relative to this matter was de-
nounced as a SANDER. The proof now
us conclusiye-so much so, that the
boldest partisans of Gen. jackson, who
were on the Committee, were compelled
to admit the truth, and subscribe 70 the
report.
1t now appears that Major Lewis, used
the influence which his intimacy with
Gen. Jackson, one of the commissioners
gave him, to obtain'a lease of the Indians.
for 1919 years, of tract of 10000 acres
OF land, supposed to contain a valuable p
salt spring; that twas carefully conceal
edfrom the public; that, when that sub
ject came before the Senate, Mr.. Will
Hams, ofsfennessee, proposed that the
reservation. should be obtained for the use
of The State; that Major Eaton, then a
Senator, used his influence to prevent
the proposition; that question having
arisen as to the power of the Indians
to lease the land before the confirmation
ofthe treaty. ,Le,ois obtained q siete lease
foe days after the ratification of The trentu
that the land reverted TO the United
States, by the express terms of the
treaty; and lastly, that Eaton and Coffee, 4
as the agents of the United States, let their
sanction TO an attempt on the part of
Lewis and Currin, Lewis partner, to
defraud the United States of the land.
These are FACTS, fully proved and not
capable OF being controverted. But we
ask the reader 10 examine for himself
the report OF the committee, and also
to bear in mind that MIR. Clay, of Ala
bama, the immediate representative of
! Gen. Coffee, whose disposition to screen
him will be doubted, has been compell-
ed to acquiesce in the report. We say,
let the reader.examine for himself, and
he will find that this branch of the FRAUD
is fully sustained; that the truth of
hasstatement from which the Telegraph
the been denounced is fully proved So
much oil that statement as relates to the
rations, which we are told by the Globe
has been denounced by the President
himself as. SANDER "worse than muy-
der, will also be most fully sustained!
Verily-"Iruth is mighty aud ,oiH pre-.
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