Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-07-02

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Nh. EDIToR Perhaps you anl liz ~
\ ers Of your young, hui honrishinp pnue,
wish 70 know something of he biiI. MI
| ", introduced al the late session III Cons
l gress, to which in my last weeks numbey
i alluded. Briefly will aitcmkt 10 sa,is,
Il II you and them.
| The Chickasaw Indians, BY their Can
missioners, appointed underline treaties q
1882, and '34, were authorized 10 file HI,
bill in Chancery IN the Circuit Court 81 ,bs
| United States for the District Of Columb;s
setting forth statement Of their claims
against The u. $. Government, growing
out Of the above named trsaties. a citn.
ton was 70 issue from tbsf Court, and ID IL
served upon The Attorney Of the u. S. "a \
said district, and iii is scarcely 10 be be.
lieved,) said Attorney, without light, know.
ledge, or information, and without ihe
slightest prospect Of procuring any, was
compelled to aasi0es such bill The Couft.
as much in the dark as the Attorney, sur.
rounded with the dark lantern Of fraud, np-
on the ex parte testimony OF The COM
planants, true or false, was to enter i de-
cree against the United States ior 10
much as The testimony established Is be-
due them.
The treaties 10 which aIlnde, ia short
! will stale, provided that the Chickasaw
lands were 10 be sold BY the Government,
and the money vested In stocks, not hay.
ing longer than twenty years 10 run, and
the interest accruing from il 10 be paid d
the Indians annually. The Governments
vested the money in State stocks, and as
might have been anticipated, the interest
has never been paid. Congress was sails
fled that an improper disposition Of he
money had been made by the Government, X
and 10 remedy the evil, and 10 do The III.
dams ample justice, some weeks before
the above named bill was introduced, pass.
ed bill, appropriaiing money out Of The
Y. 5. Treasury to pay the interest on he
State stocks due the Indians. That act.
without the necessity Of a judicial invest.
CATION Of the premises, fully recognized
the liability Of the Government for thn
whole amount Of the stocks and interest
and clearly manifested a disposition to deal
fairly with the poor Chickasaics, for whom
the spectators felt SO much soiicitude,
Why then this last bill authorizing the Iii. i.
dams 10 sue the government. There was
something behind the screen at Washing
ion deplorably rotten. The Indians we're
not the persons to be benefited. There
were fingers that itched, and hearts that
felt, and heads that took deeper interest
nthis bill than the poor red men Of The
Chickasaw nation.
What are your objections 10 ibis pretty
friend Of the Spectator may
ask. Il violates the Constitution, because
tattempted to appropriate out Or the Trea-
sury money by single decree Of court,
regardless Of that sacred provision Of tho
noblest charter Of human rights which has
over been published 10 the world, which
says, :" No money shall be drawn from The
Treasury, but in consequence Of appro-
,riatons made by law" Another obec-
non is, that it required one Of the Attor.
leys Of the U. S. 10 answer the bill with.
out the slightest knowledge Of the facts
. duty he never could have performed I'M
Ter oath. He could discover nothing that
would have benefited The Indians, nor
'ould he have said any thing that would
AVE been in bar Of their apparent right
0 recover. The offence which Col. Ro-
'erts has given some men has grown out
# his opposition 10 this bill, and induced
he patriotic DR.. Gwin to visit East Mis-
issippi, to suggest the name OF some gem
eman who will show more regard to the
ear Indians, Chickasaws and Choctaws,
has "the spectators" But. sir, wo
rust there il virtue and independence
nough with East Mississippians 10 act re-
ardless Of the suggestions Of Dr. Gwin,
r any Of his cat's-paws.
You shall again hear from me On This
abject. lEFFERsoN.N
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