Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-05-30

VINO represented the States concerned
He said Ross made all this trouble from
mercenary motives. He moved 10 lay
the papers on the table" So =. .Sa.'.
The message was violently condemned
by several senators from States bordering
on the Cherokee coun,ry. M. Lun pkin,
of Ga, said, Such was the state of things
that Georgia would remove the Chero-
KEGS immediately. The Surveyor Gem
eral of the State Of Georgia, as respecta-
bic and as worthy a man as any in the
country, had been murdered IN cold blood,
by the Indians; and such was the feel !
ing of the people on the subject, that at
the price even of the public peace, the
Indians must remove. The question soGs
settled, so far as Georgia was concerned.
The people would be removed without
delay from the territory within the State
of Georgia-whateyer might be the course
of the United States on the sub ect AS
to that paper. therefore, it was not of the
least importance what was done with it. |
Mr.. Webster denied that those Who had
petrtioned the Senate on this subject were
Influenced by party feelings. There were
thousands of worthy men in this country,
Of all parties. whose consciences. were
oppressed with sense that we had done
injustice to these people. To satisfy them
he proposed to give this subject due
consideration, and see if something could
not be done, if not by delay,-for there,
were objections to that-in some other
way-to prevent injustice or injury to the
Cherokees. H was willing togive them
some more money to induce them to re-
move. T.:
Mr.. Calhoun said the subject of the
communication to Congress was, no doubt,
to devise means for obtaining the assent
of the Indians to the removal.
To remove them without their consent
would be almost impossible, and to re-
move them, even with their consent would
be very difficult. If by appropriating
some hundreds of thousands of dollars,
and allowing a reasonable delay. the
Cherokees would be induced to assent to
the removal, it ought, in his opinion, to
be done.
The message was finally laid on the
) table, as the Chairman of the Committee
on Indian affairs was absent.
MONDAY, MAY FL.
HoUsE.-THe Cherokees-A bill max
ing appropriations for Indian affairs be.
d ing before the House.
= Mr.. Everett stated that, at the proper
time he should offer proposition to amend
!, the bill by adding the following:
For the payment Of the Cher
okee nation, after their emigra-
Gtion, the sum stipulated 10 the
; LIST art. of the treaty of 29th
, Dec. 1885, deducting 100000
ts under the 2d art, and S400, 900 -
invested under the 10th art. S4,Ioo, oo'
Provided the Cherokee nation
-e assent so to receive it.
is To enablethe President to re-
o purchase the lands coded by
l. the Cd art. of said treaty. .. 500, oo
ID For payments to the Chero-
:, kes nation for the benefit of the
Cherokees who have not taken
the benefit of said treaty
|. For compensation la full
: for all claims for their improve
. ments 2,250, 0o'
g. For compensation for per-
sonal property which may be
abandoned, not provided for by 49,.
e said treaty $4,000
t 8. For compensation for spoil
s atoms in full 300,00|
a. For combinations for claims =.
for pensions under the 18th art. 5o,o0t
Provided, that no part of the
appropriations in this article
shall be expended, unless ma
jority of such Cherokees shall
have emigrated west of the Mis-
sissippi by the Ist of January
next nor until the said Chero-
kee nation east shall have agreed
so to receive said sums In full
} for said claims.
f For compensation to such
; Cherokees as shall emigrale at
their own expense, by lst Jan.
next. at S33 l,3 per head, u.s.
900 Cherokees) 100000
For subsistence, extended to
eighteen months, to such emf
grants, $50 per head, (i5,oo0
Cherokees1 10000
Mr.. Bell proposed the follow
ing amendment
Provided, that if the President shall
ascertain that al. dissatisfaction and furth-
er opposition on the part of any portion OF
J the Cherokee Indians to thetreaty of 1885.
can be alIayed or avoided by allowing an
additional compensation for lands ceded to
t the United States by said treaty, and that
thereby the Government may be saved the
expense Of keeping UP the large military
i force within the Cherokee country now
contemplated, be is hereby authorized e
apply two millions of dollars Of the sum
: appropriated by this act to that object"
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