The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-10-03

Mr.. CASS. merely wish to remark that have
passed through this tIaci, and think is OF the
finest regions in the world As the senator from Wisconsin
says it is OF the great high roads OF the western
country and think il is very desirable that we should ac.
quIe IT, The senator from Mary land is under msappre
hension in one respect You buy immense tract OF
land hundreds OF miles square, and OF course the price
But where You 81 enS's as a. tins
valuable tract and you must, OF course, pay higher
price for reserved tract The reason is evident The
population get upon IT. ana ne seem as are msds
become awae of the value that you must never en-
pect to get their land for little or nothing
Mr.. DAVIS Of Mississippi This proposition Nv was
discussed / believe, former occasion, ana
then took the opportunity TO offer some objections %
it, | entertain The same objections now as expressed
over the whole OF them We have already, by treaty
with the Sioux tribes, extDgulshed their title TO that
country Under that treaty there reservation TO
the halbreeds, has been stated 70 the Senate and
these half breeds are citizens Of the United States
some OF them, believe being members OF the Minneso-
Ia legislature think il s quite UNJUST therefore, tna
these hall breeds should thus be compelled 10 renqnsn
their andthat should enter into treaty now WIN me
tribe to buy out their reservation. Again. these nall
breeds holding this land have incorporated tner LABOR
have made improvements, and now the vane OF the and
to be distributed among them athose that have made
Improvements and those that have not This, lhink'
would be altogether to those who have made made, va s
noW ose fey Ss allowed to and
h ns hsss should BE- would
the first detect it. And if the matter be left with them
sell il wanted, they would each sell the land out
to his advantage and il half Of what has been said
about their intelligence and rapid advancement in civza
ton be true hazard nothing il leaving il to themselves
to dispose OF their possessions am therefore altogether
opposed purchase by the United States Let the half
breeds sell that which is their own to those who will
pay them what they believe to be the value OF it. The
United States have necessarily no connexion with the
The cost is thing which will not enter into, further
than say to my friend from Iowa that the expense Of
surveying these lands must greatly exceed that OF ord
nary surveying for there be Just survey, save
that which will survey each Of the possessions of the in
habitants separately Their settlements have mol been
made in sectional and township lines and The conse-
quence would be that, according to mode OF survey
ing, II might leave the mans house on one side OF the
line and his field the other You will have to survey
that land with view to the settlements, and not accord
ing TO the ordinary mode OF surveying fife public lands
OF the United States. Now, think this whole thing
rather Questionable, will not 60 into the question Of
what we will be obliged to pay for it, II il is worth
more than we are going to pay Tor it, Is because they
have incorporated their labor with it. Let them sell II
for their own advantage and If they do not choose to
sell it. leave them where their condition renders them
MIR. WALKER The difficulty with regard to the
proposition Of the senator from Mississippi is this The
vduas, dispose OF individuals than any other In
dans in the United States The senator from Michigan
mr. CAss read to the other day thai clause OF the treaty
which expressly spuales that these lands shall be held
b, these habeeds in the same manner they held
by the other lndian tribes OF the United States They
cannot even be divided up among themselves These are
not, in point OF TACT citizens OF the United States, though
they have come TO have some OF the rights OF citizens
under the action OF the Legislature OF Minnesota They
therefore, cannot dispose of these lands their own par
Tor twenty years They have been disappointed IN getting
division, and therefore they holding in gross in
the thai the Indian tribes hold their land,
without the power to sell il. and without the power OF in
dviduals TO acquire il from them They have become
debased drunken, and worthless and are fast being de-
stroyed. Civilization s doing, Them no good This IS
just il has been with all the Indians of the United
States, where the necessity seems 10 be imposed upon
them TO sell their land to the government that il may be
disposed of 10 the whites These ha-beeds request it
they anxious for IL They cannot, however, dispose
OF IT, separately IN gross unless this act passes, au
thoriZing the President TO make the purchase
The question being taken upon the amendment, by d.
vision II was not agreed to-ayes II, noes 90
CHIPPEWA suB-AGENcY.
Mr.. ATCHIS0N. | have another amendment 10 Offer
follows:
For the erection Of buildings for the Chippewa sub
have communication from the Department OF the
Interior upon this subjects but as am informed BY the
chairman OF the Committee Finance that there will be
no opposition will not ask 10 have the reading OF IT. bu
hope the question will be taken at once.
The question being taken upon the amendment it was
agreed To-
Mr. RUSK | wish for the attention Of the Senate for
a very few moments to an amendment which wish 10
offer which is TO add, as additional section fol-
lows:
SIC had beit, &c, Tina, the accounting officers OF
the OF the companies OF Texas mounted
commanded by Captains p. Hill, J. Smith, j. Rob
erts, j ). Sutton 5 Z. Ross II. l.. McCuoch, w John
son, and q. Blackwell whowere retained called into
service by the governor Of said Ste and pay them oil
any money In the treasury not Otherwise appropriated"
desire very briefly TO explain the reason for that
amendment. At the close OF the Mexican general
order issued dsband all the volunteers then in the
service OF the United States that particular day The
regular troops had been Withdrawn from the State OF
Texas and by the orders OF the President certain compa
MES OF volunteers had been accepted defend from
nrde aIlt hes troOpa We
banded, and there no other troops OF the United
STATES 10 take their place al the time, and left the entire
frontier exposed The governor then, under these cir
cumsances, detailed few companies for the purpose OF
protecting the frontier. Afterwards, and recently, one
portion OF the country that had not been before much
posed became exposed to frequent depredaons OF large
bands OF indiana coming down and destroying consdera
Die amounts OF property IL was impossible Tor General
Brooke TO furnish from his command, then IN Texas,
companies for the immediate protection OF this part of the
State. The governor then called out two companies to
protect this country and they entered the service but
after very short period they dsbanded by the gov
eminent General Brooke Immediately detailed the very
companies in service and placed them at the place
Under the law, the accounting officers OF the treasury
cannot pay these troops unless il is by appropriation
by Congress Tor that purpose The amounts that remain
which have been paid for and furnished by General
Brooke Further than that the accounting officers OF the
treasury are not authorized TO 20. have called upon
the Aduan General TO make estimate OF the compen
satlon required He cannot get the amount In
sequence OF the discharge rolls OF two companies not
having yet reached the Adiutant Generals Office The
estimate that he furnished to about S7l 900 lie
said would be than that There are yet two COM
panes whose discharge rolls have not yet arrived That
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