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SPECIAL ORDER.
The senate, on Wednesday, Feb /, then
took up the bill TO limitthe sales Of the pub
lie lands to actual settlers, which was debat-
ed till 8 o'clock in the evening without COM
ing to any final result. Adj.
INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS
The House resumed the consideration Of
the bill which was yesterday reported from
The commltiee Of the whole, making uppro-
priaiions for the current expenses Of the In.
dian Department, and for carrying into ef.
feet CERTAIN treaty stipulations with the In
dian tribes.
MIR Gushing addressed the House at con-
siderable length on the subject OF our Indian
relations considering il as the settled policy
of the country TO remove the Indians beyond
the limits Of The United States, a poliry
which be. however, protested against us un.
Just and inexpedient. He was anxious that
Congress should not adjourn without pass
ING some act for the protection of the tribes
removed beyond the Mississippi according
to our treaties with them. He hoped Con-
gress before il adjourned wouldrender some
act Of Justice TO the Indians. He referred
particularly TO the necessity Of taking meas
ures for the protection of the Indians who
had removed TO the West. and for the fulfil
ment Of the treaties with them, IA good
faith.
Mr. H. Everett said, the government, in
stead of pursuing the policy OF removal in
good faith, according totreallcs. had provok-
ed wars with the Indians, and then. without
stopping 10 inquire who was right and who
was wrong. had Immediately swept them on
by military force Ii was his solemn belief
that in the quarrel with the Seminoles this
government was in the wrong. He, at the
last session, proposed an investigation into
the causes of the war, with view TO ter
inmate il by negotiation. But the govern
ment determined TO whip them first, and in
vestgate the matter afterwards. The result
had been the discontinue Of half dozen Of
our Generals. and the waste of millions Of
money. He referred to The fact that the
Creek Indians. who by the treaty OF remov-
al were entitled to reservations and 10 certain
other privileges-such as the sale OF their
Improvements. &c had, in fact been depriv-
ed of all the benefit ofihe treaty by the sud.
den and forcible manner Of their removal,
and by actual frauds; he attributed the out
break OF the Greeks to the frauds practiced
upon them. He had proof of this.
To show the manner in which the gov
eminent fulfilled the treaty OF removal. he
read a statement from an authentic and i'm
partial source desc riding the scenes ofinhu
manity and suffering attending the removal
OF $4,000 Creeks during the present winter
H. 1.1c IF and Nj a..,I..r IF
Alabama vindicated the course Of the Gov
ernmcnt in regard 10 the Indians They
commended that the Indians had forfeited the
benefits Of the treaties made with them by
appealing to the tomahawk and scalping-
knife There must. they commended. be a
perpetual struggle between civilized and
savage communities, and. in the struggle,
they would take the part Of their own pco-
pie, sc.
They said that they did not believe that
the Indians had been instigaied 10 hostility
by the whites, They did not deny the
frauds practiced upon them. but denied that
those frauds were the canse Of the hostiitirs.
IL was natural to them. on leaving their
country. TO make desperate and violent and
final struggle. They ridiculed and censur-
W 'ne .~"'oo"o VI Sy"pa'"y !" oe"o'i VI
the Indians
MIR Parker moved TO commit the bill. in
order 10 have it so nmendend as to make ev-
cry appropriation specific. This would, per-
haps. obviate some Of the difficulties sug.
gested by the gentleman from Vermont.
MIR Dawson. oil Ca. made an animated
speech. in which he commended that the hosili
ties of the Indians in Ala. were caused, moi
by acts OF the citizens OF Georgia and Ala
bama. but by acts Of this Government. and
Of the officers OF this Government
In the Senate, on Thursday. Feb 2. the
Hon VIM. A. Mouton elected Senator ,c
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna
ton Of Judge Porter, appeared today anc
took the oath and his seat
MIR Clay presented the memorial OF Brit
ish authors, praying for law to secure tn.
copy right to British authors.
APPROPRIATION BILLS
In the House OF Representatives, the bill
making appropriations for the general ex
penses Of the lndean Department. &c wa:
read third time and passed; also the bill
for the support OF the army for the yeal
1887.
After some remarks from Messrs Phillips
Afford, and Everett,
/ The bill for the support Of the army, fol
the year 1887. was read third time and
passed
i In Senate. on Friday. Feb 8, Mr. Davis
from the Committee on Commerce, reported
The bill TO suspend for one year the tax on
seamen under The name of Hospital money
with an amendment.
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