The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-01


after instead OF giving these large Of morey
either 10 be wasted upon agents to be expended IN ~hs
key or 70 be scattered broadcast the face OF the earth
believe il will be found in the history Of transactions
with the Indian tribes that they have been very e bene
nled by the large sums Of money thai have been paid 20
them, and that II would have been far better 10 have made
arrangements with them which looked TO furnishing
them, IN kind, with such things would be useful TO them
But whether that be not of this feel very certain
that would not be safe proper for TO undertake 10
back forty years for the purpose of reexanning old ea
ties and resulting old accounts, and especially Indian lrea
ties u we once commence H. fear shall never see the
end of IL
we paid last year to these friendly Creeks $4,000,
which, IN my opinion, was not due, for believed, said
then, that what allowed in 1877, when Mr. Lowndes
made his report full consideration for all the claims
which they ened make. But Congress thought
otherwise They appropriated the 81 10 coo, which, in adj
diuon TO the previous appropriations, made up the
S95 0U0the whole amount estimated by the commits
sioner due to them for spoiahons Having done that
seems 10 ought TO stop; because If go further
we undertake to back to resette these old treses
shall find that not TO stop with those which have
alluded There others and shall have large claims
from another quarter
have before statement of treaties made in
1912. treaty concluded with the Chippewa lndi-
of the Mississippi and Lake Superior the 4h oc
tober 1912, by which they coded fifteen millions acres
of and, for which they got S407 900 That is the estia
ted value of the lands granted Of their anuies and Of the
money paid to them Shall reopen this treaty too, and
pay these indians the of twenty twenty-five
an for their lands If you ray this claim h Nv
you discriminate against others who have received much
less than the Creeks for tho lands which they have coded
II VIC take this step cannot stop there but must
And if we act the principle of this amendment shall
have probably to reopen every treaty made previous to
1890, which hone the Senate disposed TO do
| Mr.. WALKER. Mr.. President, il is, or sheud be, the
desire of every member of the Senate get the right in
this matter. have listened, with great attention, to what
has been said by the honorable chairman of the Committee
On Finance bur he has failed to satisfy my mind by any
thing thai he has said of any error on the part Of the co
4 mtee. II rs purely question OF justice
Have these Indians, alleged been deprived of such
portion OF their cou0try without compensation II so,
| what compensation shall be allowed themi Upon this
a
opinion of the committee and of the Commissioner of Ind-
an Affairs have before his report and opinion upon
the subject As stated upon former ccasion, his
illusions are with the committee that Justice with the In
dans and only so, but he fixes the amount Of land of
which they have been deprived much greater aggregate
than the committee have fixed it, and the to which
they entitled much greater than that fixed by
the commeas twenty cents an acre is greater than SIX
and quarter.
The senator from Virginia sets out with very imposing
declarations and that strikes mpressvey when made in
The manner in which he made It is that the amendment
made with these Indians, and readust the consideration
paid to them under that treaty for their lands. This wond
10 be an act that the Senate would not do and that
really and correct statement of what proposed
let him satisfy tho Senate of it, and to say they
will not make this appropriation. But sir is correct
statement? is this proposition to 60 back and set aside
eaty; You know SIN, the amendment does propose to
aside the treaty. leaves the treaty in force The
lands which by the capitalization vested in the United
States, left, Notwithstanding the amendment, the
United States Does propose to readust any consdera-
uon stipulated for by that No, SIR for the graras
under the treaty.
If read the report of the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs in which he correctly details what General
Jackson said at the time, they will find that il is there
sered-such will be found be the when the history
Of the matter is looked inothat General Jackson did not
pretend to buy that land Of the Indians. He pre-
tended that he giving them any conscientious except
the casual words IN which he said the land reserved between
the Coosa and alapoosa rivers is equivalent The In.
slider it an equivalent" And why did they not consider
an quwaeni For the very stated in their part of
the treaty, or the instrument drawn up by them and which
Agent Hawkins and General Pnckney say they declared to
be their part Of The treaty. and in Consequence OF their be-
permitted TO make that they signed the treaty
and from other consideration except the which
used They say, IN their part of the treaty that they did
consider 1t equivalent, and for very plain
They might they had used language which would have
expressed the idea very clearly the time, have said
General Jackson, how do you decree this capulaion
The land between the Coosa and the faapoosa already
is true these hostles live there but how did
they get heei They there by suflerance. They
arc not native Muscogec Indians, but engrated tribes
who have gone there sete land by permission
and the first thing knew they waged against us and
sgans, your country We have stood by YOU helped
you fight them and put them down and do you now
deem 1t consideration TO say TO US that we shall have
portion of the country which originally and
take from under the capitalization, large portion Of this
country which has been the Of warfare"
Sir such language that addressed TO General Jackson
would have presented the in its proper forms and how
be said this day that leaving them this small psr
Gel ofcouny which already theirs between the Coosa
and the Talapoosa rivers any equivalent for the enor
nous amount Of property taken from them by the captua-
toni They, our friends, converted into enemies for
the purpose Of capuaon and they forced TO give
land which had not been rodden by foe, but from which
they had kept the enemy with IN their hands, por
ton OF The time being under the command of Gners Jack
HIMSELF and other military officers OF the United States
To contend that there wasony equivalent would seem to be
absurd IL would seem like my taking two horses from
you, and saying that equivalent for this one, give
you that. That queer kind Of bargain IL that the
in which the government can conduct ITSELF and
deem itself aching justly il rule by which gov
ems its oonscientiousness.
Then the is mistaken in both branches Of his FIRST
proposition. We do not propose TO go back forty years
AMI set aside treaty. We do propose 10 back
and rcadust any consideration thea paid under the treaty
for this land We deny that paid all and the sen-
has read the very instrument conemporaneous with
the captueon IN which tho ndans declared that they
the not only OF the land they forced To
but also OF that which left them pretended equiv
aent and that they alone had the light cede it. In that
instrument hey also recod tho promise which had been
made through General Pnckney and Agent Hawkins
their claims should be respected. Here let Take side
glance the objections which have been made claim
1t is said that this claim has eTod long that
late TO take up. The himself has called
attention to the first step which taken in this
1874. He has traced fro that down 1924 and we
hld iha at other periods the claim through
their sgent aud by different agents.
Mr.. HUNTER Not since 1924 that can find.
Mr.. WALKER. You will fnd thar il SO; bot |
will admit that from 1924 down to 1884, their priocips
struggle was TO get indemnity for The spoaons their
personal property, and their houses and villages Tho
aor says there would be improperly IN attempting
this resdustment he IT, because Of the great d
Guilty of getting the evidence wish 10 inquire what
idence he which ackngi " there any testimony
IN regard 10 which OF better character than be