The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-07-02

removing and subsisting the Cherokees, and pay ne
certain individual claims OF their people against the
United States; and the last report from the War
Department shows, that only about Sl20 900 yet
manned IN the treasury. The treaty party charge,
that large portion of this vast sum has been ex-
pended by their trustee in violation Of the leiter and
spirit OF the treaty, and of the manifest intention OF
the contracting parties at the time il was negotiated.
ihey ask an investigation of the subject; and, If
their allegations are found 10 be correct, that the
money misappled be re-appropriaed, and paid 10 the
Cherokees, as provided for by the treaty. This
party also charges the government with want OF
fidelity, in not affordng them the protection which
the critical and delicate condition in which that inn
portant treaty negotiation placed them, imperously
demanded. In obedience to the mandate issued by
our government, and TO save their people, as they
believed, from the perils that surrounded them,
(Which shall be duly noticed hereafter the Chero-
kees-now called the "reaty party"-took upon
themselves the high responsibility of extinguishing
the title of that nation TO every foot OF land east OF
the Mississippi river They now ask, that the pro-
visions of that compact shall be carried out in good
iaith by the United States, it done by them,
IN the prompt REIMBURSEMENT Of every foot of their
land. Ii the government cannot protect them in the
country assigned for their future home, they then
ask fair remuneration for the lands to which they
are entitled, the improvements they occupy, and the
losses proved to have been sustained by them, and
they will seek home for themselves
The third party, according to existing divisions
IN the Cherokee nation, Is known the "anti-trea
tyr or ROSS party" The leaders of this party re-
fused to sign or recognise the treaty of 1885, they
declared it to be transaction produced by coercion
and fraud the part of the United Sates and they
continue TO protest against its validity. Upwards
of twelve thousand Cherokees constituting at least
two-thirds of the nation east of the Mississippi,
either acting in conformity with their own feelings
and Judgment, under the influence Of their Chiefs
refused to remove under the provisions of this trea-
fu
after It's ratification At the expiration of this pc
Rod, therefore, large majority of the Cherokees
We're still in occupancy of their lands east; and they
refused to abandon the ancient home of their fathers
until threatened with the military power of the Uni
ted States, then investing their country, ready to
eject them at the bayonets point. Under these cir
cumstances, the celebrated contract was made with
General Scott, by which the chief (Ross) and his
followers removed in the fall and winter of 1888.
Soon after his arrival in the nation west contest
arose between the late emgrants and the "western
Cherokees, concerning the political and civil rights
of the parties. The western Cherokees claimed as
their own (under the guarantee of former treates)
the country they occupied and the right to govern
1t, But they were too feeble 10 contend with their
powerful antagonists, backed by the strong arm of
the United States, who had forced the eastern nation
upon their lands, and determined keep them there.
The well-organized government of the western
Cherokees was broken down, and new one erect
ed, which still exists, and at the head of which is
Mr.. Ross, principal chief In the mean time, three
of the principal chiefs who made the treaty of 1885
(the two Ridges and BoudinoD were murdered by
some of the anti-treaty party, and the worst feel
lngs became mutually engendered, and unfortunate
ly s continue to prevail, to great extent, in the
nation.
large and powerful delegation, sent by the ex-
listing government, is at present in this city, headed
by the principal chief composed Of and representing
the party > known as the opponents of the treaty
of 1885 They have been unceasDg in their efforts,
ever since their removal west, to effect new ar
rangement with this government, by which the
wrongs alleged to have been sustained by their peo-
pie, under the New Echota treaty, may be remedied.
They desire, among other things to obtain differ
ent title to their land than the conveyed by that
instrument; and claim remuneration for the i'm
mensc losses sustained by their forced removal in
the fall of 1898.
have now, as briefly as possible, portrayed the
character of the three parties existing the Cherokee
nation, each complaining of grievances of their
own, and suing for redress. Delegations from the
"old settlers" and the "ueaty partyn will again be
here in the course of this summer and fall. What
is the cause of this unfortunate state of things,
which is keeping the Cherokees distracted and di.
vlded people, and relarding the progress of their
which, as united nation, they would
soon attain The answer is a brief but melancholy
one: it is an Obstinate wicked refusal, the part
of our government, to redeem the faith pledged by
treaty sipuiauons- Lei the government OF tne
United States do but justice at this late period
and the halls Of the War Department and of Con-
gress will no longer echo the complaints of the
Cherokees. But JUSTICE, of late years. appears to
be not only hoodwinked, but deaf. The Chero-
KEGS, who were considered as possessing sufficient
character to make binding REIMBURSEMENT Of the
entire Cherokee country east of the Mississippi,
when they now come 10 demand fulflment Of the
treaty the part Of the United States, told to "go
home--that the government can hold no intercourse
with minority of the nation" When, then, the
constituted authorizes appear, and demand an IN
vestigation of the wrongs inflicted by that treaty,
and ask redress, they are told to ego homethat the
treaty Of 1885 is binding and obligatory upon the Cher
okte nation" When the "old settlers, or "western
Cherokees," come to claim fulflment of their trea-
ties, by which the United States obtained large
portion Of the present State of Arkansas, they are
told TO ego home, and look 10 those ,rho put in
possession Of their country and government by The Uni
ted STATES, for redress" Thus, in plain English, an
Indian treaty is only considered, by our wise and
humane government as binding upon the Indian
party TO the compact When their lands sur
rendered, as provided for, there is an end of the
whole matter!! As | have already said, these
things cannot exist much longer. When the pres
he will perform his duty, and direct the Indian trea-
ties which supreme laws, to be faithfully exc
cuted. This is all that we require.
In my next communication, will take up the
of the treaty of 1885, in relation to
the adjudication Of individual claims arising under
them; and before have done, l pledge myself not
only to satisfy every legal and common-sense man
of integrity, that the greatest outrages have been
perpetrated in this respect but that the President Of
the United States is morally and constitutonaly
bound to continue the commission provided for by
that treaty, until ''all the claims arising under, and
provided for by, its several stipulatons, exam
ined and adjudicated." The Cherokees without
distinction Of party will join in presenting this
question before the present executive; and when
fairly presented, they have no fear Of his judg-
ment.
AN ADOPTED INDIAN.
INTERESTING FROM MEXICO.