The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-09-20


Hfess, aud there IL no estimating The extent Of c
The 'lllainy tina, could be- petPelfated on ca. q
pare testimony A
ID, The Constitution pfoyides, "no money
shall be drawn lfoln the treasury, but IN eUhsus
1ueuce Of appropriations made by law" THIS
thekssaw bil provides that, "sueb sHtn aB lnay n
be inally ndi1dred by said supreme court, 10 be
due by the United States 10 the Cbfkasaw na. =
ton SHALL nc ACCOUNTED ron by the United 4
States, and held aud disposed of BY them. sub !
jet TO the trusts specified 10 said treaties. and
SAID Decree whether for or against the United I
states, ehali be FINAL AND CONCLUSIVE" The 1
decree OF The court may not actually, manually, L
de iaeto, take hold Of the keys Of the treasury, /
ou' 'hls law pledges the faith Of the government
that the sun decteed SHALL M ACCOUNTED
roR," and virtually II draws money from the
treasury IN violation Of the constitution: and
however base and infamous the testimony We,
the decree Of the court, like the law Of the
Modes and Persian, is lrreversible. This con "
slider "great enormity."
Alb. This Chickasaw bill coners the iuris
dictlon upon the circuit court of the United |
States for the District of Columbia, to hear ard |
determine all the claims of any nature whatso.
ever of the Chickasaw nation, under the treaties
of 1882 and 1884, against the United States =
Now it appears that on the 18th of March, 1912,
The amount of stocks held by the secretary of
he treasury in trust for the Chickasaws, was
$l,5S5 OF %. The Chickasaw treaty pro.
vdes that the money of the nation shall be in.
vested ia stocks not having more than twenty
years TO run. The memorial Of the Chicka.
saws above referred to, says, "hat in defiance
of the terms of said treaties, large portion OF
said proceeds have been invested in stocks hay.
ing more than twenty years to run" The ex
act amount | am unable TO state, but, from
what information | have, suppose the sum a.
bove alluded to amounts to more than $500 600
The government in purchasing stock having
more than twenty years to run, clearly exceed.
, ed their authority, and the purchase was, with
out question, misapplicatIon of trust fund
But let us run this isolated case out through the
, courts uader this law. The Chickasaw nation
sues the United States for 100000 the a.
mount supposed TO be misa pplied in the pur.
chase of stocks; the court enters decree for
the amount against the Uuted States: the su.
preme court afiirms the decree. This binds
the U. S ates, and renders it final and conclu.
sve. But wherein is the Chckasaw nation
, benefited! For the moment such question is
brought to the consideration of Congress, the
claim would be admitted. But then the ator.
ney's fee! There is the marrow of this transac.
ton. And suppose the rule of compensation ap.
plicable in the Choctaw speculation, that one
halt of the recovery belonged to the attorney
should be allowed IN this case, 4 100000 would
feel comfortable in the pockets of hard-work.
ing attorney. This would have been great
wrong to the Chickasaw nation and destructive
of the ends of justice. This is "greatest enor.
nifty" And the question is not with me, did
men intend to do such thing, under the law;
but, could they thus plumber an ignorant and
confding people"
! 9th. In the ADMINISTRATION of the treaty at Pom.
totoc, in the opinion of many honest and intel.
lIgent men, many errors were committed; many
Indians were allowed land who had no right,
and others were permitted to locate upon the
choicest lands contrary to the letter, spirit and
intent of the treaty. The treaty provides,
"these reservations shall be confined to the Sec
tons on which the party claiming lives, or to
such as are contiguous or adjoining to the Sec
tons resided upon, subject to the following re.
strictions or conditions:
LIST. When there are interferences arising,
the oldest settler or occupant shall have the
preference.
ID. When the land is Judged unfit for cult,
walton by the agent and three of the chiefs, the
party entitled was authorized to locate on other
lands.
1t is generally conceded that, in violation of
this provision, vast deal of the most valuable
land of the nation, lying principally in the
prairie and the richest land districts, was reserv
ed and appropriated to individu ais. 1t must be
kept in mind, that whatever is reserved appro.
priated to individuals. 1t must be kept in mind,
that whatever is reserved to an individual lndl
an is so much distracted from the general Chick
asaw fund; and fthe United States have NAL.
administered the treaty, by allowing lands to-
/; Indians who were not entitled to such birth
RIGHT the Chickasaw nation has clam IN good
conscience on the United States, under the
treaty, for compensation. For an Illustration,
let US take one case and run it through the
courts, and tex uno, disco omnes': for believe
J that more than one hundred cases could be
hunted up by keen scented Indian dealer
Suppose the Chckasaw nation file bll against
: the United States, for the land or for the value
4 of the section of land on which the town of
Pouto,oc is located, and prove to the satisfac.
! ,;on of the court that the Indian who was here
, located. was not entitled to any reservation, or,
" if entitled, that he was bound under the treaty
to take another and different section OF far less
e value. And suppose the court should decree
/ tina, that section of land belonged to the Chick,
a asaw nation, or that the United States should
J.. uaccount for" its value, which will suppose TO
If be equal at the present time to SlOO,OOO. Now,
v if the attorney in every case, could make the
Y ..irnorant and confdng" Chlckasaw FORK over
d one half, this would be rich harVess' ana ap
prehend the laborers would not be wanting:
I, In what way all this might have effected IN
3. nocent holders of land; what disturbance ana
| uncertainty would arise in the community; and
t, how far the proof, which might be easiiy pre-
l. pared, would effect existing titles, 1t Is not nee
ID sary for me to determine. But as fraud VI.
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