The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-07-26

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~ cAnUrnEas Irqai'ed sl,l were Tho
fa'l sod pg' y pf,gisign' u no bdl
NJ rho upsOV feplai lhr, n mo yei'
IsJi, tic IHfrd state e1t'fei nit ifealg
wHb tho Gbtthistw ihditns w The fesaiun q
Of Their lands lyng IN ilin state ~ Hssissipp,
sud small pofiivn 81 heir lanfi sing ~ Ne.
hams ans treaty differed ~ u PROVISIONS lfon
iftm any other ever entered Into ~ ihis ouv'
rfnrent with any other uibc " indians' w
ihe dfsl place, each Cbohssaw entitled 10 cor.
tain festfvaiions u lands and, ~ The second
plarp. tic residue Il the lands shall 10 nold by
ibo unled Il ates, f,f the use and on The behalf
of The Cttkasaw indians; and that The money,
afsiaa from such sslc'. hpef deffayng tho
necessary expenses Of sale. shall be koh by this
Govt ~ 4 trustee Tor the Indians. lo this ar.
rsngemont " sassipp vas deprived ol hers
k.owlefged fighls-blf 10 b sec iins, 20 urcd
IN IA, by the ~ cnn conplcts OF 'his Gey m
mont 4, The usc of eel1os. In 1885 COngfrsi
f,l, ,he INJUSTICE done the y ate q Mississippi,
and n sssd thr law 10 whIchShis bill II an q.
meodmcnt. Tat law provides tbn, lAnds g.
oual in quantity 70 those Of which The state OF
UssissioDi had been deprived by the Chicka.
sav ,reaiy, should be sc. cted, under the direc.
ion Of The Secretary of The Treasury, IRON any
public lands contiguous 10 the Chlckasaw Gee.
sion, remaining uneoIt, which bs05- Gean viit'tr'
at public sale.
The Lcgislaurc in theE Nom ~ a., which has
bcen referred TO the Coma i,,ee on Pablc Lands
set forth that there arc ne lands in that State
remail ing unsod, when 1--we been or red at
public sale which are equal a. -alue 10 the land,
Of wsoh ,ha State had Aeoa depi-|C,S' wv ' r%is
statemen, he (Nr. ID was prepared from per.
son,l knowledge, to endorse. The changes
made by this bill were to give the selection {,
these lands to tho Governor oi the State, To-
steal Of the Secretary OF the Treasury; because
he will take deeper interest 10 the matter, acd
The peope WI feel a suorg'r disposition 10 ac.
ouiarce in his selections. II also gives the Gov.
ernor the power to seec, their lands out OF any
pub 'ic lands remaining unso'd in tho land dis.
trc,s contiguous TO the Chickasaw cesflon,
which was but just and fair; and ye' he doubted
ifands could be selected nily equivalent IN
value 10 the lands Of which The state bad been
deprived. Bot yet it was al Congress could,
with propro y, be called upon 20 do IT;
After few words from Nessrs PAYNE,
FIII.MORr, HALL, BARNARD, CROSS,
and EVERETT, the bill was made The order OF
the day for Wednesday next.
Congressional Globe OF The Fame ecssion as
above, pagess 56}-4 has The following:
WEDNESDAY. June !, 1912.
Mr. GWIN called mp the special order, being
bill to amend an act entitled IAN act 10 car.
ry into effect, in the States ofAlibama AID His-
ssipp, the existing compac's With those states
with regard to the five per cent. fund aoc the
school reservations"
Mr. GWiN explained the oil as berg m
tended to remedy the defects Of the act Of 1880,
authorizing the Governor of Mississippi, instead
ofthe Secretary Of the Treasnry, to select the
I hr, Io btl To- lot 9nrf M
Of the State of Mississippi comprised IN the
7 Chckasaw cession. Il further authorized the
lseleotion 10 DC msiccn. Of ery iards teraainnT
unsold within either 4 the Land dtslrcts con,igu.
lous 10 the lands coded by the Chickasaw ind1-s
, ans He hoped the bill night be re mt'ed to
lpaes without objection, as II was an OBVIOUS act
of Justice 10 that portion ofthe pecpe OF nlssis'
sipp Who occupy the lands Ceded by the CbeS'-
saws Withou, some member objected 10 me
passage of the bill, he would not deta'n me
, House by any remarks its favor
Mr. HOpKlND s objected to its passage,ee
cause il authorized the selections TO be mace
OFT of lands tina, had not been offered at puohc
sale. He never would agree 10 the passage Of
the bill with that feature il.
Mr. G WIN b0ped the House would indugs
him in making brief explanation as to the OBJ.
A ioction raised 10 the bill by the gentleman from
- NHHUid, WI tsOfhlHs fhu NH'ep'o" W oFS
J. sigh, in the Ch'ckasaw treaty had deprived a
!. portion of the State Of Mississippi, containing
Il fifty thousand inhabita Is, Of school land or a
a school fund. THIS act was intended to remedy
n that oversight. II was the only portion, he DO
a ieved, of any new State, shat was not secured
in the thirty sixth part of all The land within
,f their borders, as school fund. Certainly u
a was the only portion of the State OF Mississippi
20 If these lands are to be selected out OF those
of that have been offered at public sale in the two
ID adjacent land districts, it would be impossible
=, to get land worth one fourth as much as those
lost to the State by this omission in the treaty.
In fact, the State had refused to take lands thus
situated, under the law this is intended to D.
mead, passed six years ago; and 1t would DC
"A flagrant act of injustice to deny her selection
IN the two or three millions of acres unsold N
, the Choccluma and Columbus land districts,
% when rghtfuy she was entitled to an average
N selection out, of seven millions of acres, the a.
"a mount contained in the Chckasaw cesslon. u
e limited TO the waste lands in those districts, u
~ would be mocksry of justice, especially after
"a The passage Of the various pre.emption laws, a'
in loving selections out Of the lands not offered az
a public sale, and The grant made to the ) ate a.
70 the extra session, OF half million Of acres 10 70
: selected from any lands remaining unsold Wlth'
:. in its borders. These laws would cause all the
public lands 10 be culled, TO an extent ;hat 20
feared net enough of an average good quali'y
would remain to do justice TO the citizens IN tno
'e Chickasaw cesson under the provisions o. 'p'
N bill. e.
OF Mr.. HOPKINS reiterated his objection. no
o. feared it might be cited as precedent ne'e :.