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eal upon my country raise the Indian from the I'M
happy lot into which he has been plugged and il possible
SO that what do shall be the advantage of The
Indians and that atonement may be made for past
wrongs by improving his physical condition and eevang
his moral man. This call upon my country to do de-
mand IN The name OF justice and humanity, aud IN the
Of freedom, whose symbol adorns your walls and the
father OF whose liberty the rcd mans friend. All these
associations would elevate and should least prompt
place honest positions to deal with the
dans to them from the hapes and that
have hung around them.
do not know that any appeal which could make to the
Senate would produce any impression favorable TO the In
DIAM TO redress has wrongs mitigate the anguish OF his
spirit SO far my knowledge of the Indian has
extended. from boyhood up the present time have
found that when associated with these people, and when
they felt they away from the iron hand of oppression,
they as generous faithful and friendship and
as noble in the higher attributes which adon humanity, as
any that have met In the refined and civilized
walks of life. would be far from assigning to the Indian
a degraded position There different classes among
them as among u.s. and you will find that the qualities OF
modified by the influences which surround them
You will find in the Indian character the genius OF griy
find the corresponding classes of society in the
transaction of business. You will find them generous
BILE, faithful, daring, and chivarous You will find their
chiefs elevated in their condition and feeling and chiva-
the proudest that ados the annals of Chen
DOM call upon you to do justice to them, and protect
them.
Mr.. BELL. do not know what object be
pshed by this debate The morning of the 4th of March
breaking and only five hours of the present Con-
gress remain The honorable from Illinois, how
ever, having moved the consideration of this bill, shall
take great pleasure in hearing from him what he proposes
Mr. DOUGLAS. If the senator is anxious for me to go
Mr. BELL. The senator can select his own time have
anxiety to make speech TO vacant seats There is less
than quorum present on question Of this magnitude 1t
only shows what interest the Senate takes in such questions
But if the insist that he regards this qes
ton of intrinsic importance, then shall beg to be heard
upon it. relates to question directly and fundamentally
connected with the policy of this country relation
frontier, and especially to the Indian tribes
what disposition shall make of them, whether shall
authorize the further settlement of the white man at this
time beyond the borders of the States and whether
shall encourage the establishment of Territories
and States the territories for long time understood
be set apart for the final resting of the Indian
Whatever other may think regard all these ques
tons of great intrinsic importance. know there are
senators who think that they hes that be
disposed of and voted upon without very great deal of
sderaon reflections and that indeed they such thai
they do not deserve consideration and reflection
Many honorable senators always ready to upon
such regarding them all settled by the inevitable
and onward progress of western settementby manifest
destiny They do not want to hear any debate. They
consider all such questions henccforth Of
routine and such require explanation further light
Mr.. President consider them of very different character
and importance know the from illinois sufficiently
well to know that when he moots proposition of this de-
scrpuon has meaning in IT, pregnant meaning; and he
does not merely to fill the space and pass the
until the present session of Congress has passed away
What he does pregnant with significance and if the hon
orabe from illinois is disposed tell his
ing, am perfectly willing to hear him. should like to
know OF that senator what grounds he proposes
what principles Of honesty and honor and good faith
private he proposes establish the Territory of Ne
baska This bill proposes to incorporate and establish
government territory enough form two States
west Of Missouri and lowain effect it proposes to take
away from the Indian tribes country which has been
soemnly granted them by the United States, and to
compel them to seek homes in the still further West
and should like meet the honorable senator upon the
by Tia Drpn.-
stion. know that he has odds against in this
challenge. He has the influence of vast interested and
still accumulatng population, the borders, to
urge him and sustain him in his
Mr. President must again express my deep regret that
such subjecssuch vital questions heee attract atten
ton, and inspire no feeling in the Senate,
Sir, when proposed to violate every principle Of
ona faith Of national honor, Of national character and
national truth, should like to hear from the from
Illinois, whoever else may be Indifferent upon what princ
pie he come forward here boldly maintain and press
upon the proposition to establish this Territory The
senator will understand me meaning nothing personal in
what say have not the slightest personal i'll feeling
towards him the contrary feel under obligation to
him, in times past for his manly and liberal upon
another great subject and when speak upon such subjects
beg to be understood that do speak politically or
Enthusiastically speak my earnest thoughts but my opin
ion Of that senator Is of Inferior consideration know his
character and standing before the country and should like
to have such explanation Of this measure from him
would be satisfactory to himself.
large portion of this Territory guaranteed Indian
tribes by treaty spuaons which sacred and oblga
tory upon a if whole hecatomb had smoked upon
bundled affairs confirmation Of them. About one-hird
OF this proposed Territory held by Indians under their
treaty supulaons. Where is that third situated very
large portion of what is particularly coveted by the
border population within the country thus held by Indian
tribes under the sacred pledge Of the government that they
should be disturbed. My honorable friend from Mis-
souri, Mr. ATcHIsos who has preceded this debate
and for whom have high respect thinks this
peden 10 the public interests and what does he the
for this conclusion That the population upon the
borders determined rush and occupy the ter
rtory with without the authority OF the government
the very first pretext opportunity they find with
out any preteyt And has il thisI And is the
power Of this government reduced so ewi And DIES il
command 40 tuc respect from its czensl Or this pro-
gressi
would like to know Of the senator from Illinois where
he proposes that shall locate the sixty perhaps
ty thousand Indians who inhabit ths Teutoryi Do
intend TO drive them upon Texas upon the borders
Mextcof DO you intend to press them into the
gorges the Rocky mountains, OF the Sierra Madre
and Jet them perish therei How you propose subss
hom when you shall have occupied al the plains on which
the Indians pursue the buaol The honorable senator
will be compelled say, No, we intend to encircle
them IN the arms OF civilized socey-of the white man
will teach them the OF cultivation and peace; we
will seduce them from their wild and savage mode Of life
and bring them into the practice Of the mechanic and Of
agriculture Does the honorable maintain from
HIS knowledge of what has taken place heretofore in the
laons of the white and the Indian on this continent
that they be cd seducod that this dream of
be reazedi The honorable senator from Arkan.
sas, Mr. SfRssr.s, whose generous feelings aud emo
toms love and admire to-day led away and at the
Indians OF California could be located within few districts
Of some ten thousand extent in the midst Of
white population, and speedily brought within the pale of
CIVILIZATION and made to depend upon the cultivation OF the
soil for their subsistence and sl be preserved gro
and prosper sr should be happy f could indulge the
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