Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-03-03
VOLUME X NO. 48.
WHOLE NUMBER, SIG.


,r Territory."-vol. 7, p. 4Sl. -
The uinth article in the treaty with the
),towas, (vol, Z, p 36I,) and the tenth
article Of the treaty with the Sbawnees,
vol. :, p. 1861 are in exactly the Same
words, and the words are these:
And the United States guarantee that said
ands shall never be within the bounds OF any
State or Territory, nor subject TO the laws
thereof"
That title is absolute and complete; il
is, consequently, exclusive, conveying not
only the soil but the sovereignty, and shut
ting out all others from the powers here
conveyed. Three Of the Indigenous, and
one Of the other tribes, have an Indian
title twelve have their lands BY treaty,
and two by purchase. There are the
treaties. Do you need any Interpretation!
If so, President Jackson will give 1t:
After reciting the pledge Of the United
States given the indians. be says, in 1885:
a country west Of tie Missouri.aud Arkan-
sas has been assigned TO them INTO winch tne
white settlements are not to be pushed. NO
political communities can be tormed IN fhaf eS.
fen.ire region ercspt those Uaieh are esfabflshed
States for them, with their concurrence. A
barrier has thus been raised for their protec.
non against the epcroachmenis OF our citizens.
Here we have the plan, aud the execu-
ton of that plan. No man but General
Jackson could have carried it through
The Indians feared, respected, loved, and
trusted him. They looked up to hun as
the great father Of a great nation. lie
told them, that if they went to the new
abodes assigned in the West they should
there remain unmolested for ever. The
InGians believed the word Of Gen. Jackson,
backed by the pledge OF Congress and the
as,en, Of the people. There Is tine eoven-
ant Of this nation her honor is pledged to
keep that covenant 1t seems desradingto
ask, will you % ity If so, now is the time
to act. VIII the same Congress that sends
medals of gold to Capt. Ingraham for the
rescue of Koszta, of doubtful citizenship,
crush the poor Indian We have sworn to
protect. You took up these tribes from
out the old States, because you could not
allow them to have government OF their
own within another government you
planted them there, aud told them TO
govern themselves. You took them from
the midst of the whites, because you said
i they were cheated and besotted, and cor
rupted aud placed them there, to be beyond
the reach of degrading eutleement; you
tore them away from ali that was delight
fnl in the present, and sacred and glorious
in the recollectious of the past. Willyou
now throw around them again the lines Of
u local government, and expose them again
TO the unbridled rapacity oi tie white MANI
Now is the time for decision ..-
But. l may be asked, ii would for ever
keep that large body Of territory open on
account of these Indians! aud | will an
swer, that I would, at all events, and all
haza ards, keep my word. | would run a
line north of those indians from the Mis-
souri, to the Rocky Mountains, and make
all territory south of it sacred to the red
man. Ordain and execute laws TO protect
him you can DO tha; peacefully. II not,
keep your faith with the helpless, and do
it by force; plant line of soldiers, .
double or triple iihe, if needed, around the
whole boundary. If that viii not do, keep
your word, and plant Chinese wall around
it, and lie. a flaming sword gleam over
every gateway.
! Can i, be believed that this government
is TO be formed without even asking tho
consent of the Iudians? Your commits.
s,oner went 10 a portion Of the tribes. He
found them iu great alarm at the tidings
of the threatened invasion of the whites
terror had taken hold CT them. They had
believed they were safe in their solitude
when our Government had vowed them
protection. No wonder thai shudGer ran
through their savage hearts, when tribe
after tribe took up and bore on the fearful
intelligence Of renewing encroaehments.
i They were about to call together council
of war. and confederate for defence.
shall be amazed if they shall not yet do it
if they do &c. look on the passage Of these
bills a. their death-warrant; and, seeing
their last hope for existence has expired
when our vow Of protection is revoked, if
they DO not light up their council-hres, and
together, dance their last war-dancc, deter.
mined. if they must have death, they viii
have revenge in advance. Does the report
If your commissioner give promise thai
they will ever consent TO another removal!
Directly and positively the reverse. All
the tribes. except few insignificant irac-
tons, refused to dispose oi any part oi tlels
lands. bel.
The interview itself Of the commissioning
with the Indians, but for the awful events
connected with it. would have teen
supremeIy ridiculous. do not blame him;
he acted abs ana faithfully. look at the
scene. An agent Q. this Government u
having talk with a band Of kiekapoos,
in the far oil wilderness Of Nebraska; he
is giving them, in the name cf their great
father. Franklin Pierce,a leetrse on United
States morality lie is ehidlng them for
not having hecomc better farmers, better
mechanics, for not making more advance
ia education, iu morals, and reiigion; Tor
aSberiuc to the customs and traditions OF
their fathers, sand that therefore !, was
absolutely neees, ary, in their present igno.
ran, and feeble condition, that they should
abandon their present possessions. Wny
were those sayages sent to tnas Wider
ness. Simply because they did not wish
to conform to the rules Of e;sil'zed ana
Christian society. They were sent there
to live u. they list. When did they ever