The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-07-31

men or aarmsts parallels of latitude /; but in ms
Judgment thare is only one danger OF severance, and
that is involved IN the possibility Of criminal neglect oil
the communities on the Pacific coast while The
inis OF The Rocky mountains or OF The Snow mountains
mark the only possible line OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Against
that danger would guard as against The worst caam
ity that could bela not only my country at her most
auspicous stage OF progress, but mankind also in the
hour OF their brightest hopes would guard against u
by practising impartial justice toward the new and re-
mote States and Territories whose political power
small while their wants great and by pursuing at the
time, with liberaliy and constancy the lofty course
TO which they invite us OF an aspiring yet generous ana
Mr.. HUNTER. Move TO postpone the further con.
sideraon OF the bill until morrow, for the purpose OF
taking up The Indian appropriation bill !.
oughto be acted on Immediately Nobody else. so far
as know. wishes to speak upon IT,
Mr.. HUNTER have no speech to make upon the
BILL but am unwilling 10 see il passed in It's present
shape, and wish 10 say something upon L. As i stands
il vests unlimited discretion in the President OF the un
ted States. There is no limitation to the amount
which may be expended. The only Limitations is that
vessels Of the navy are TO be employed.
MIR. SEWARD l have an amendment which think
will the objection OF the honorable senator II
has been printed and laid the tables OF senators, and
with his consent, will now move this amendment II
is in the nature OF substitute to strike out all alter the
enactlng clause, and insert
That the President the United States be, and he is
hereby authorized to cause an exploration and reconnos
be made. under the direction of the Secretary OF
vessels the region OF Behring's Straits and also OF such
o the China Sea, the Straits OF Gasp1 aud Java Sea-
lie directly in the Of vessels proceeding from Allan
nc or Pacific American ports % China and Japap and
that for this purpose the President is authorized and
ques.ed provide suitable vessels assign
them from vessels now in the navy, and such officers OF
say and the Of 900 is hereby appropriately
Of any money in treasury not otherwise apPro
Prated TO deay the expense OF carrying this act into ex
ecuon
" SEC. Ana be further enacted, That this shall
continue in force two years"
The motion to postpone was agreed to-ayes %, noes
not counted.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL
The Senale then resumed, as in committee OF the
WHOLE the consideration of the bill fom the House OF
Representatives making appropriations Tor The current
and contingent expenses OF the Indian department. and
for fulfilling treaty stipuatons with various Indian tribes
for the year ending June 30 1853"
The first amendment having been rejected the pending
question upon the second amendment OF the Com
rnee Finance, TO strike out "ten and insert two,
in the following clause in relation to the Miames:
"For permanent provision for the purchase Of thou
thousand pounds OF steel stipulated in the 4th article
OF the treaty of October 23, 1885, $40"
Mr. HUNTER. The change is made TO make the pro-
vision correspond 10 the treaty. Owing TO mistake,
the House OF Representatives put in "ten thousand in
stead of "two thousand"
The amendment was agreed TO-
The third amendment OF the Committee on Finance was
stated 10 be to strike out from the appropriations for the
Menomonees the following:
For additional compensation for the sale of their lands
Wisconsin, by treaty October 49, 1913,
S22I $40 the same be paid in such sums such
mes with the appreciation of the said nation, The Pres
d-ni may think most conducive TO their prosperity and
happiness"
Mr. HUNTER Mr. President. this amendmen, re-
aies TO the last treaty made with the Menomonee tribe
OF Indians. According to the treaty, Mr. President,
provision OF $s5oOoo made for the Menomonee tribe
OF Indians, and given 10 them in exchange for cesson
OF their lands. which they made al that lime. Comms
soner Medl when he went to the treaty ground, was
instructed by the President that he might give al the rate
OF nineteen cents per acre, which the price formerly
paid TO the Menomonee Indians for previous cesson OF
thuv In nj ndS moi od4nvi ihyoo
millions OF acres and fraction These instructions
given in pursuance OF decision by the then Ailo
ney General believe the present senator from Connect
cut Mr. ToUcEY]- which the opinion expressed
that this was the extreme limit with regard to the amour,
taken, righuuIly belonging TO the Menomonee tribe OF
,na na,aos oso lnsy naa MADE iIeaY formerly. N when
United States This was TO obtain the residue. Some
difficulties then existed between the Menomonees and
other tribes of Indians 10 the rlghtul boundary. The
question presented to the Attorney General, and be
to the conclusion that within the bounds OF the
rghful boundary line they could not clam than
this amount The President accordingly instructed the
conn ssiouer that he should give than such
per Tor many but did not instruct him
TO go TO the extreme limits which were allowed him under
this commission.
Ii appears from the report OF the commissioner, and
from The testimony OF other gentlemen, that when he got
upon the ground the Menomonees claimed much larger
quantity oil land than supposed TO belong 10 them.
They claimed something like 100000 Indeed
the commissioner himself found that in the upon
which the Attorney General and himself had previously
be reported when he back that the amount OF their
lands something like 1000 900 He made
bargain with them, however, by which he obtained a
OF all their rights, whatever they were, Tor The
sum OF S350,00o. Much testimony was taken on both
sides and the present Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
in the repor, which he has given upon this subject
has decided that contract OF hazard that The In
dAn. on the hand insisted that there this large
amount OF laBd-lager than 1t has turned out 10 be
while the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs refused on the
ohes hand, 10 give them than the which they
finally acfehed II turns oH, upon surveying that land
and running the boundary line. that something like
that treaty. They have set up a claim not under tbe
treaty but equitable claim for compensation for this
additional OF land They have claimed because,
they aege. there fraud on the part OF the com
negotiated the treaty. Ia relation TO this
question OF fraud there has been much testimony and
am informed by my friend from Missouri, Mr. Ar
Gibson, the chairman OF the Committee on Indian Al
fairs that the question raised al the time when the
treaty ratified by the Senate, and that the Commit
Tee Indian Affairs was then satisfied that there
lrsud Misrepresentation upon The part OF The
missioner. And the Senate must also have been satisfied
for they ratified the treaty Nor is the circumstance that
less compensation given than that which the
extreme limit fixed by the instructions OF President Polk
To be considered having vtiated the treaty. because
that fact was before the President when he communl-
Gated the treaty 10 the Senate and consequently tbat
fact have been before the Senate when they con
hrmed II.
Sir Mr. MedlI, in his report says he was authorized
to have given this but that he obtained the cession
for less and he himself supposed that the lands ceded
amounted about -four millions of acres In relation TO
this question OF fraud, there are persons who have
charged upon the commissioner and there IS good
Joaf in dan tins the other