Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-04-19
FHs D.gE', .sEDEsEE 10. 1859.
twenty. Gisgss Co.ssvess---3d ecss.
ENPE.ESES or TIE FEDERF. GOrERN.JEE7'
SPEECH Or Mh MURRAY, OF krNruciY.

mn services as member Of The Committee on lrduo
n"amS. ulv'ns been heTetofore united WI him
o"v ~ o' ""t c%m ~ which S 'en' ' h
10 The THANKS OF The House aud the cra,ItI 9 ...a
Indians Never had the Indians more faithful scnti.
mel IN this House to watch their interest and
plain I"r their wrongs He would say there
any truth III The good EumGreG Suspicion often spnk-
EN- "i III The HOUSE. that ;hs boEOrahr I.rbPr must e
"akin 10 the Indians bat he wuuid 81 =. at
/ he knr" ct ~ ISIng While man IN whom The Indian
could appropriately address The paerna ephri, My
uth@r Tie Government, says the gentleman, has not
Kept her engagements with the CIeIuNecs, L'cauSs she
had guaranteed 10 Them their lands IN Grorgl, by the
treaty 0t HUDSON. But Gd not these lands belong 10
the sOvrrei State Gsorgia, aud could The rGrra
Government give the irdans valid guarantee to The
irTrilCry al Grurg,a Was she bound 10 respect
the rights Of G,0rGIa to maintain good iailh to-
wards that STATE: But then the Government bound
by express stipulation the articles of of !-u2
to extngn!sl the lrd!ln tile 10 all lands w;a the
Stale Of Georgia" Inrs was a main consideration for
which she acquired the ch and extensive territory nnyv
Composing the States Of Alabama and Mississippi The
gentleman declined entering The validity Of his SEX
cuse, as he called II. Suppose the Government had
pursued the course To which the gen rm:n most
partial; what them wGuid have bten The Consequences
why, Sir. her whole policy Of renewing and settling
The Indians on lands without the limits Of the STATES
would have been hward with her faith and stipulated
Obligations 10 Georgia wuu.d have been violated.
But the Indians understood well the Obligations Of the
Government 10 Georgia. well a. her iurgersib!r rur
pose 10 remove all Indians without the limits OF tie
States 1t was this ledge that superntuced
proposition Of their prime pa! chiefs Join
10 sell Ia III" President their PRESIDENT
son was willing 70 buy ;htir lands but they cnud not
10 Their rrcc. ~ .e instance of hf chiefs. the
s"hcl was referred 10 the Senate OF he United States
composed then ui majority Of Opposition mrmb-rs: a
circumstance which doubt induced tie chiefs the more
readily {" make this reference Wen! tie Senate Grcrrd
that the Government should pay Indians So eco AGO.
besides The lane they were 10 west Of the sis
siSspp award with which the chiefs prutassed
In he ned sod
iavorab!e consideration Of their people. How was
tins pledge kept by them, VIII not say Of my own
kn"wiedge for have MEYER fully examined this point,
but well recolIect ri h"a!ng members firm this
floor, that although john Ross called The council Of his
rnr as he had Promised yet he had secretly procured
The decision given by lhe Indians On that Gccason--
he then believed that could be Obtained from the
Government. portion OF the tribe however accepted
The terms by the treaty Of New Ech"a. which treaty
was subs Cuenl!y confirmed by the Senate. !, is true
that Ross dad not assent TO This treaty but il is
That lie and his cncieis proposed. OF their accord,
TO abide the award Of The Senate; that they pross.d TO
be satisfied with the award after il made; that The
amount Of money settled by the Senate stipulated
70 be paid hs !i- i:.H.-'"-"' .r'--t
% " " ~" ' r. &"iice .! sewn thousand
armed men among them under Gen Scott. at the ine
when the treaty 10 b. executed. But he Indians
could have been taken by surprise they had ample
time 10 prepare Gr removal; they had been warned,
time ailer te, that the treaty would be executed they
had received every that the Government
would be- inst and even liberal towards them but that
the treaty must he executed lfh-y listened 20 The ad
vice of prniessed friends resist the treaty they had no
warrant in the conduct Of hr Gcv"rnmcnt Tor 50 do
iGr Bat how were they s"n' oil: why. 81, Congress
appruprIaed 10 Ih-m 81 III 900 On addition ~ what
before stipulated 10 he pal Tor their removal, sub
slslrrce &c Upon which the Indians without iutther
Eurmur, Immediately set cut for their new homes not
under GUAR Of armed men. but under the guidance nt
tleir own chiefs. Bat th- gentleman says that some
three thnusnnG uf these Indians died their way Ia tie
West. It Is true, they the r"Gd ats ked with
the measles and perhaps other diseases by which great
numbers lost though The number gwen By the gen.
Il, man perhaps somewhat 0veIsia,rd But Sir, (sad
Nj " y not thS most rema habr charge ngaInSt
thu Administrations: own was surprised myself, and
listened 20 hear tie Government charged next with tile
Inss Of seventeen thousand TWO hundred indians Who
died Of small pox The Missouri during last sp'Ing
believed however that it has been common I" charge
The Administration with mlS!"rtnncS resulting hm Tie
&C, OF God. uIrr circumstances, over WINCH IL hhh
no control Before reaching Washington, was told that
Cherokee chiefs receiving an eNohitant nn"uht
Of money fur the renewal .. their people lHIs Is al
explained by ilr Crawford In hi- report, he says -
IAN estimate subnI:;,d by the Ch3T"k"r chirs on
The 81 i at Juy. which put the cost "i removal oi one
thousand souls a. $50 CnG which 1T length agreed
to b. niypn &" 1t wnu!d sern says tie report, THAT
the cos, of removal acc0rig to the indian estimate IS
hieh bat as their own fund pays IT, and 1t was 'nSls'd
on by their own confidential agents. IL WAS lDoHehl IL
could no, be -,ec'rd' Their removal was, therefore,
at their expense, The mon-y being part al The
81 li7 CO. appropriated by act 4" l2h July last J. VIA
BE- rccoiected that His appropriation was made Pnfy 10
satisfy the discomfort n The Indians Who were complain
mo Ut the terms Of the tyeInrn, partly 10 satisfy
Some OF the opposition tins AG!nis' ration. "ho were
AFFIRMING from tie house tops that the Indians were III
fairly used By the Government, and patty as nt"su!e
o uoIlcv induce the removal al ie Indians 10 ihci!
NOW homes and thereby prevent the tiu.Iou OF blood,
which was likely 10 pnsre from The execution OF the
,rca,y On his head H." report continues: by some
the MEASURE may lie regarded just hut others Gene
tos" II perhaps partn"k Of both attributes. Ill o"r
acts have been generous lily have ~" been less wise
and polite large of men have been cnnciIa'fo
the hazard of an cuson of human ho"d has bee put
by noud feeling has been preserved, and We haveqet-
" and neatly transported eighteen thCusdhd ifiehds 10
the west hauk Of the Mississippi
Mr. IL then called The attention Of the House to the
expenditure Of SGD $50 Go in nGlan under The last
and present Administrations, VIZ:
For the Black Hawk S2WHIUo
For the Creek and Seminole difficulties 2DOUOHIU
This was large expenditure from which The adninis-
tra,iou Of Mr. Adams exempt He contended that
the Adminisi:atiO not chargeabt with Tins
expenditure than the administration of MI Mad.
son with the expenses ST the late with Great Britain
lie would than auGe 10 The R"ck Hawk war,
as he not Of any charge which had grown out
OF il against the Administration AS the war with the
Semnoes. however had been leading SUBJECT on which
10 found abuse of character against the Admins
talion and that OF extravaganza amongst lie rest, he
would devote a f." moments to lis examination. By
the treaty of P'ynes Landing, May 9.h le3S and
ratified hprl l2ih. ISL The principal chPis ct The
S. nnor Indians sold 10 the government Of the United
States all their possessions IN Florida upon condition,
hnweyer that they should, after examInatinn be "sl.
tisiied with the character Of The country 10 be 81
eigned them for their new homes west G' The assissp-
p and %. the IA vnrable disposition Of the CREEKS TO
unite with them as people They at the same time
appointed depuiaon Of their chiefs TO proceed at the
expense Ct the United States GovcrBment TO examine
| the country, and make report Alter examination and
| re,nrp this deprivation in March, 1898, addressed
! letter to the United States Commissioners, appointed
for ha, purpose, informing them that they were satisfied
| with their new country. Wherupon, by articles bear
ing date, March the 2otl. 1888 and rahed April l2th
l-3l The former treaty is closed. and made absolute
All this was done upon mature reflection after the lapse
oCo year and after full examination ofihes ne land