The Arkansas banner., 1848-10-31

tk1m ear renm6fan& nad anSnansmR snpnnsa mna tkefr cd aud tamsnssa ehisf. Jsha Raxsrss ever gwss ns sssaranes fhaa fl sacss.ufal wssheal1 hs literally pad fer ear sasisys and expenditures. and fer sar cssnssi and sdvics. h Nessnksr. Is4s, vs were invited and urged by their de,eEasion ts % wisA ten to Washingsoa tthslr letter uiIl bs fsand eeaewl Aesrdingsy weIefs ear homes, busiasss. and families ts seee@eany them, and wsEs seesPssd ia avseatng aad aatsnding their affairs in that city, aeasiy year, Sasing which lime the treaty of IstS l S@s made by Edmund Bsrke, AI54on N. Paris. aud the iamsntsd Capt Win. Armstrong. on the part of the United States and delegations frs the three PaFsis OE cherokees. By this treaty. peace ssd bar noay was snee more restored in the nation. That rortson of u the 5sh Aftieiel which granted to the old settlers fifty thoasaad dollars ts pay their dehss was stricken out ia the Senate. aad we were left entirely wishoas the slightest hope of ever receiving sne cent for oar tie and services, to say sothing of the smsnats tSl cat and expended 5y for this PurPsse BsfOse leaving Washington, Inc Prssidest and Secretary of War gave 10 ;he old settler deiega tiOa sle s00, cut of which they paid $5e0 each,
 san barely sufficient to dcfray expenses while abseasrom GIT ho nssaa tlseir business We forget to meRtsoa ia the proper place. that te chief Of the old settlers, Cart John Rogers died ia AshinstOa city few days previous 10 the making of the treaty of 1916. Had he have lived xe should have been spared the unpleasant necessity ef making this ssas<u~as- We ever hal implicit confidence in his honesty and integrity and feel as=urea xs would have been faby paid according to his repeated promises
 Afies our return home, the old settlers net ia coaaca ia the Cherokee Nation, and sppein ts5 s board of commissioners, collect all claims sgaast their party, aIadicate them and issue eer- tiaesles of the amount to their eredi;ors- whea this beard Esst. composed oE Messrs GeOrgv ". Rzrnage, sgd Samael Chambers. (intsiiigcnt and respectable haisb bre~sl presented claims for their aIuGSeatoa, accompanied win the statements of severa of their most inaaentia and respectable men. and letters frOca Inc late superintendent Capt Armstrong;. and Gen. Arbuekie, ,wbeh wiIl be found below, tesslfyinE oi Inc 1stsess of our SeHaaHds- The board issaesl ss as, certificates Of the punt dae, tsIe amount ef which, Is all eoaA ia any event obtain, even if Major B. had permitted the Senate to have appropriated ihe hole per capita to pay debas and is ail we deEand CT claim. The most of the claims adjaG ;eased by the BoIrI belong to CheEokses. ard presume they hold their ceFti6- eAtes for their amounts 4 large amount was aEar.e 90 the family ef the old chief John Rogers, ia consideration of his aHtiring perseverance i the csa.e, and of th-ir Beedy condition Also. large amounts 10 SzalT R. Brs4y, and Wm. D. Shaw, ~hO had also advanced money to them Certificates were isS,ed is ceanci.iers express riders, guards, and to psFsoas ho hal :arnI'hed provisions 10 .he destitute an sarviag cherOkses during their dis- sress in ISsI. ua ser contract with tss late chief
 The whole an3ant ,o D, adjaelca;sa, was limited b S5a,asJ. which wIsh th- s..9,Op0 already re- eeivsd, sa'd bsiag ap tS tise s511ae allowed by tbe fifth sgt of the treaty, which stricken Ou, by the >eaate ia IsI5 The wAol: 0hses; of tae d~legasioa during tA- last ss5ss of Congress, hav that articss rfaseri~d ia tls treaty that tae old <slrs nj a; psy t~i- h1nest 1rbs- they tssiFe-i to Ga The ob5sca of Judge Sebastian. in proposing ths $59.0lo which created such pioGs horror n the Hsu. S~na.oY ~lo opposed snd de- ust 5i, fer which his frieaIs and himself claim for ltisa tr- creit of detecting fraud. uazke tae proposition is accordaac~ sith the treaty. and as so oaa Aad already been ad' aacei, ba, itir1y th5ssaa4 E9a4. Arys be.a P@iI eyrr ,o the telega ti9n tue hoi4srs of ts eertije@tes gaicss h. be- lisyss ile lrcasar- a-Ee=tz u Ee eosrayt as he woald have aPP~ar
 Ths course of tle Senate upon 'he Ire 'iy of ISIS. Is som swh1t resllEStb3e aai asssrsss re;nark, "a tlsls. that in taal iB<irGiueat large sum sst apart for the goyerau1ert, Ross and the RTge CT treaty party, pay the IEeases incurred by them she formation of the treaty. and which they have long sace rscsvs aat haTe dIschargs4 their debts; whils 10 the old seslers who were ;he greatest
 
 have been twice Geprive3 by he Seaai, of tbe only hope to daschargs ,heif debts register Of the ad ladira,ed claims, laid before Congress enable the members to judge O. ;he PEoprissy of making AgPropEaticn Oat Of their faaA to pay them, which would doa5tss have tsea doas, but for the iatheEy care aud coascie at;oas honesty of Ma BsrEan4 We hold oaly indiYidaal claims against the old set tiers, except t~o others. which Appointed xith Sf the undersigned collateral security. We have constantly refused 10 purchase their cer tifscaies, althSagh oltea pressed 10 to
 From tle foregoing sateesent, and the follow ing letters, il ii 5~ how destitute of truth is the charge of our o-ias 'sPecaiasors ia Iailn noaey'' We are perfectly wiling submit to the world oar every uaasaetioa with the IRdiaas, and ab5 i.s ses dict Geoa ear friendship towards them. Why, this matter is dragged before the public, and such an- foaned charges preferred ia the papers, unless il be 10 sieyats Major Bofisad, conscientious aad honest man, and thereby gain him popularity, Is r.ors ihzs eaa teIi. We do h-re most heartily protest against this uawzrrsn:ed attack upon eur characters. and rePel the charge that preference fer Gel Sesier, ever depended aPcn his. or M45ar Boriane1' advocacy of oar claims They can stand or EaB GppR their merit h has nsyer beea our fortune iS take an active part in t.e political struggles which eOHvaise the State at times bat we claim right Americans, b express choice aEd advocate t. We have kAexa Col Sesier for twen-
 Y years, and from an intimate acquaintance during that period, We are sats6ed that he is:qaalied, in eyery seGs-. for the efhce which he seeks. We