The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-07-22

Senate The United States ior n ~ eo,v Ioes not
every sos sss i've ss auaa@ea.
vote OF ,he oenale promptly gwen ofooarse II thar
1870 !, ~. :, ,h ' % wn nsxeo as the senator
Of the war as the Individual on whom hs Y now ss 50
have said /, is good treaty, but wtboa, aoe reesc.
ton We acquired much BY l. i gave Fio,ida~an
ence 20 the whole southwestern frontier There
INA, no ior powerful tribes OF Indians TWO q whom the
hs TWO oHs the and che.olss; Were adj
exposed % be acted On and excited against Is rom Florida
which could only be done by tho obtaining possession of
Florida.
ba, mere were othef and powerful lot
ne ne @ = ~ aa sps sne po,oie ehunEuisnf;o
sssnni and c;eoroi vinv s,rana mi rtvr ,,vLiL
passed through florida to is cuf-ands in great meas
vaeIess without The right Of navigating them 10 their
mouths The acquisition q Florida gave Us this right and
enabled US 70 bring into great extent
o. iee lands which have added much to the increased
o, was succeed Dy .ne acaison .ernasea very
,,s 81 .. Mp i p sslpn' SowSs o III ~ I s IN.
ssminols wal and. finally, i i,ls Ore
rtoryh
Nor Is hs ney charre n reference n the tract If land
living west Of Arkansas and south If ADO soS less
n assar,. ,ha, ,hs ,r;n ~ Land as IL calls
4 enorh ~ forr t,o Stats ma q raon;rad
This strip Of land to be given No 10 he Indians as perna
Th; HSa a h . w. igs' - e si faat;
He MAKES No attempt ~ esahsb n Int ~ he
M ant that time
Secraaru Of War and %ahr ~ Mr. MaTo. S d ,,;0
srationo He knew Il would moi do 10 90 into details
as thew would reute his charge and hence the vague.
ness Of The language in which Il IS couched What he
omitted TshalI snnnv The hisory of the affair NAV he
told IN n few words -
The Choctaw tribe Of Indians at the time inhabited the
State of Mssissnn and occnned almost its entire ter
ritorv General Jaclsnn and General Hines of Mssis
snn were anno;ned Nv M Monroe ~ treat with tharo
Ior The nurnnse ri obtaining cession nj porton ~
their lands They succeeded in obtaining large tract
lying in the very centre of the State and extending from
Pearl river to the Mississippi in exchange for all the
territory lying between the Red yer and ihe Arkansas
opposie 10 where the lower line Of the Cherokee Indians
struck it, to point on Red river three miles below the
month al Little river and westyardy to the source of the
Canadian fork of the Arkansas and line drawn due
south TO Red river But the treay in making The ex
change made no provision to change the character OF
the indian title TO the land given In Arkansas in ex-
change for that which we received in Mississippi Nor
aid il make il the permanent abode of the Indians as he
asserts They hold it Just as they held the land they
holding States but great deal gained blythe treaty
large and valuable tract in the very heart of the cotton
region, and lying convenient to market was acquired by
sisters Of the slaveholdng States SO that the great
sympathy which he Processes for the slave States in this
case is misapped II he chooses to consider me respon
sibe for the treaty instead of Mr. Monroe and the
missoners who made IT, and the Senate that approved OF
ne is welcome TO do So however contrary to The truth
OF the case.
Another, and only another treaty made with that
tribe while | remained in the War Department. was
tue commissioner oil Onueu Sates ana,
OF course, acknowledge my responsibility Tor lis proyis-
IONS Instead oil requiring strip TO be given 10 the In
dans for their permanent abode the Indians re- coded TO
the United States by treaty part and most valuable
part without our ceding an inch TO them The entire
line was moved westward as lar as Fort Smith, on the
Arkansas and thence BY line due south 10 lied fiver
Nor did make the slightest change IN the title TO what
remained 10 the Indians, or provide permanent home
for them, as he would have you believe. 80 much Tor
this charge and It's author.
The next is OF kindred character He states il still
more vaguely; 20 much so, that am nj loss 10 know
to which one OF the many treaties made with the Indians,
about the region question, he refers lie speaks OF
slice forty miles wide and three hundred long, cut oil
from Arkansas and given TO the Indians !" "that IL
done by Indian treaty-treaty made by proegt OF Nr.
Cahoun's; and adds that was Vice President nj the
time, but gives no boundary, and avoids namag what
treaty was, with what tribe OF Indians made OF the
name oil the person ne calls my Potege! ts an IN
dctment without specihcahon oil ime place OF eicum
stances TO winch Is Impossible 10 make specnc an
swet But ioitunateiy suen an one y no necessary 70
repe nenecnaliy without descending lno details whlcn
Is lair 10 presume were omitted because tney could MOI
be given without exposing the absurdy oil the charge
His admission that the treaty was made whe was vice
President furnishes me win ample means LOT a Pui
pose.
tits sufficient 10 repel 10 state that during the whole
period that filled the Office OF Vice President. that OF
President was filled either by Mr.. Adams or Cen Jack
son and that il my fortune 10 be in opposition TO
BOTH and the object OF their strong dislike as must be
well known to all. not only had no influence wlh
either, but the object OF their persecution MY sup
port Of any measure, or recommendation OF any ndw
dual sufficient TO defeat the one and REJECT me onef
And yet Colonel Benton, who Is familiar WIN =" 'nt,
assumes, in making his charge, that am reson' he Tor
treaty made BY either one OF the other Oh thea iF