The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-12-23

vas no legislation on the Iec'. Our
citizens who luhabii thu amt region of ;
country are still left " d, the protection I
oi our laws, or ar sulaIly organized
government. b. The question Of lin.
It's ard bouuda Jf the territory Of Ole.
gon was def settled, from the neces.
sly Of ID Jnditon, The inhabitants had
establish temporary government OF
iheIr oN Besides the want OF legal
authority contiuuin. such govern.
meut, it holly inadequate 10 project
them in the nights Of person aud proper
~, or 10 secure 10 them the enpymeu OF
the privileges Of other citizens, to which |
they are cnJllled under the constitution Of
the L. States. They should have tie rlght
Of suffrage, be represented IN a Terrllo.
rial legislature, and by a delegate N Con.
gress; aud possess all the nights and priy.
i.cges which citizens Of other portions Of
the Territories Of the L. States have
heretofore enjoyed, or may now enjoy.
Oar judicial 5, stem, revenue laws, laws
regulating tfade and intercourse With the
Indian tribes, ana The protection Of uur
laws generally shoJ.d be extended over
them.
In addition to the inhabitants Ia that ter.
rtory who had previously EN- grated o IL,
large Lumbets OF our ciuzens haye follow.
ed them during lie pte.en. Year; aud il
IS Lot doubted that during tie neat and
subsequent, year their numbers Nll be
greatly increased.
Congress, al is last session, established
post.roules leading 10 Oregon, and between
dlierenl points w.hn thai territory, aud
authorized the establishment, of rost Offices
at " Astoria and such other pieces on the
coasts Of the Pacific, within The territory
Of the I. States. as tie pubic interest.
, may require Post otIeee l = y
dlnay been es,ao1sned, ctplly pas'mas
, tiers appoated, ana provision mode ioE ms
transportation Of the mails.
The preservation % peace wuh ihe T.
i. dian tribes residing west Of the IA al
Q mountains will rcnde5 by law lor the ap
!. thority Shout in adequate number Of II
:, nan agents 10 reside amonglh m.
recommend that surveyor general
Office be established IN that territory, an,
D that the public lands be surveyed an
brought into market a, an early period,
! | recommend, also that grants, upo
I, il5srd terms, q limited quantities Of III
public land, be made q all citizens Of I'll
. t. States Who have emigraIcd, or ma
{ hereafter within a prescribed period EN-
7 CRATE, to Oregon, and settle upon then
i These hardy aud adventurous citizens
u who have encountered the dangers an
! prisauoas Of q long and lolsome journey
and have Al length found an abiding plac
for themselves aud their families upon ID
Z utmost verge Of our western limits, shout
= be secured Ia the homes winch they hay
u improved b. their labor.
refer you to the accompanying repoI
vf the Secretary Of War FOR detailed q
= count Of the operations Of the yarIac
IS branches of the public service conuecte
: with the department under his charE.
e The du'ies devolving on this departmef
have been unusually onerous aud raspons
BE during the past year, and have bee
e discharged With ability and success.
). Pacific relations continue 10 exist vii
the various Indian tribes, and mos, OF thet
ID manifest strong friendship for the Uu1te
D. States. Some deprodat,ons were comm
ie Ted during lie past year upon our tran
&c transporting supplies for the army, ou ii
II road between the western border Of Nh
&c souu aud Santa Fe. These depreciation
which are supposed to have been conmt
Is led by tuds from The region OF New Ne
lie lco, have been arrested by the presence
,e a military force, ordered cut for that pm
lie pose. Some outGages have been perp'
ID tfIted Jy portion If the nofthwe>ler
:, bands upon the weaker and compara'iyei
(. delenceiess nelzhbyrmg tribes. Prami
It measures we're taken u prevent such OF
> cUrfeuces 10 future.
r. Between one and two thousand lndian
belonging to several tribes, have been r.
il moved during the year from the east {
Is he Mississippi to lhe country allotted
u them west OF that river, is their pefmaner
e home and arrange Heu;s have been mad
Is Tor others TO follow.
]. Since the treaty Of l-fG with the Cher
"a osces, the ieIIs among them appear &
o have subsidized, aud they have become NOR
'i united aud confeuted lhtn they have bee
II fgG many years past. The Commissioner
II appointed ~ pursuance OF The act OF Jon
Il 27.h, 1916, to settle claims arising undo
the treaty Of 1890 with that tribe
q have executed their daties aud aicf
J, pa'Ient Investigation, and luil and faI
;. examination ot all the cases brought be
= fore them, closed their .obors in the moatI
}. Of July last. THIS Is ,ne fourth board q
e commissioners which has been orgauize
T. under this treaty. Ample opporluait.
9 has been afforded to all those Interested 4
T. bring forward their claims. No doubt j
entertained that impartial justice has beei
. done by the late buard, and that oil vain
j.. claims embraced by The treaty have beef
. considered and allowed. THIS result, az,
5 the tnai settlement 10 be made with lbt
d tube, under the treaty Of l-iG, winch wi
. be completed aud laid before YOU durtn!
= your session, will adjust oil questions o