The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-03


manent abode Of the Indians, as he asserts.
They hold it just as they held the land they
ceded in Mississippi Nothing was los, by
the slaveholdiug States, but a great deal
gained by the treaty. A large and yalua.
bic tract in the very heart Of the cotton
region, and lying convenient TO market was
acquired by Mississippi, without the loss
Of a single acre TO her sisters of the slave.
holding States. So that The great sympa,
thy which be processes for the slave States,
IN this case, is unsupplied. IL he chooses
TO consider me responsible for the treaty.
instead of Mr.. Monroe, and the commits.
sioners who made it, and the Senate that
approved Of he is welcome to do so, how.
ever contrary 10 the Truth of The case.
Another, and only another trsaty was
made with that tribe, while remained in
the War Department. was the Com.
missioner on the part of The United States,
and, of course, acknowledge my response.
biity for lis provisions. Instead OF re-
curing a strip 10 be given to the Indians
for their permanent abode, the Indians re-
ceded 10 The United States by treaty part,
and most valuable part without our ced-
ing an inch TO them. The entire line was
moved westward, az far as Fort Smith, on
The Arkansas, and thence by line due
south to Red river. Nor did il make the
slightes, change in the tile 10 wha, re-
matted 10 the Indians, or provided per.
manent home for them, rs he would have
YOU believe. So much for this charge and
It's author.
The next is OF kindred character. He
states il still more vaguely so much so,
that am a, loss TO know, to which one
Of The many treaties made with the Indians,
about the region in question, he REFERS
He speaks OF a slice forty miles vide and
.,ree hundred long, " Gu, off from A kan.
sas and given TO The Indians y" that il was
done by Indian treaty treaty made by
protege of Mr.. CaIhoun's;" and adds that
| was Vice President al the lime, but gives
no boundary and avoids naming ha, trea-
iy il was, with what tribe Of Indians made,
or the name Of the person he calls my
"protege." II is an indictment, without
specification of time, place, or circum.
.
specific answer. But, fortunately, such
an one IS not necessary 10 repel 1t effect.
ually, without descending into details,
which il IS fair 10 presume, were omitted,
because they could not be given without
exposing the absurdly OF the charge. HIS
admission hat The treaty was made while
| was Vice President, furnishes me with
ample means for that purpose.
Ii is sufficient 10 repel il, to stale, rba,
during the whole period Ihat filled the
Office OF Vice President, that Of President
was filed, either by Mr. Adams or Gen.
Jackson, and that il was my fortune TO be
10 opposition 10 both, and the objec, OF
their strong dislike, as must be we'll known
TO all. not only had no Influence with
either, bu, was the ohJec; Of their persecu-
ton. Ny support Of any measure, or re.
Commentator Of any individual, was sufi.
Gent TO defeat the one, and reject the other;
and yet, Col. Benton, who is familiar with
all his, assumes, in making his charge,
that am responsible fer treaty made by
either one or the other Of them, 1t matters
not which. Il was going far to make me
solely responsible for the acts Of an ad.
minisira.lon, Of which | was no member
bat il makes me Responsible, no. Only for
them but for the acts Of those that were
deadly hostile 10 ne, Is piece Of extrsva
gance beyond the reach Of any individual,
but the author Of tie charge. Even he,
IN this instance, seems to have a msgi,ing,
that he has gone too far, and in order to
give some color 10 so MID charge, adds,
that the treaty was negotiated by a proege
OF mine. He must have been fortunate
man bearing that relation to me, to have
got an appointment from either Of the two
administrations. | have ex8mined all The
lndlan treaties, relating to he region IN
question, made during their admiulsra.
TONS in order 10 ascertain v no this lucky
individual could be, but have been unable
to discover him. There Is no, single
treaty negotiated, during the period that
was negotiated by any individual, v 10 had
any clam to be called protege Of nine.
But why charge me with being the au.
thor of a measure, by which these large
tracts, sufficient, as he says, to make two
States, we're lost to Inc slave States, and
given away to the Indians, when the az.
thors Of the measures by which they were
given away, are known TO all, and to none
better than Col. Benton. They were the
measures Of Mr.. Adams and General Jack.
sou and their administrations. One or the
other made all The treaties by which the
old merely possessofy TILES Of the Indians
10 their lands, were converted over the
whole territory, into a permanent right
Of possession and properly, and made the
permanent home Of The Indians 20 use his
! own expression. There was no treaty made
: while filed the War Department, in Mr..
y Monroe's administration, which made any
: such alterations in the tile Of Indians to
land ives, Of the Mississippi, OF airy where
> else to my knowledge. The making oil
> Indian treaties, containing siipulalions ior
J. permanent titles, and their removal wes
. Of the Mississippi, constituted large por
ton Of tho dolngs Of those administrations