Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-06-08
MT. STUART. I will answer the Senator

MT. STUART. I will answer the Senator with great deal of pleasure It simply pre- vents speculators from coming into competition with this Quaker Indian school, and compelling them, perhaps, to pay twenty, thirty or forty dollars an acre for this land when it shall be of tered atpubc sale. The committee have as- certalned, and So has the Indian bureau, that there are no settlers on the land There is no rivalry Of interest at all. The bill simply au- 1 thorlzes this school as said before. to secure a wood tract by paying $1 25 an acre forit, and prevents them from ever alternating it. I cer- talnly can see no objection to that.
 Mir. JOHNSON, of Arkansas. am cer- tainly opposed to this bill. The spectators are constantly brought before this body in re- gard to the public lands as scare-crow, when It IS sought to secure some special and particu- lar privilege, and establish some monopoly. nave not seen so much harm come out of these sPecniators to the public treasury, for 1t is in- varaoiy the case that if they purchase public iands' the treasury gets the money. If they pay an increased price for the land 1t must have been worth the price 10 those who gave it, But It Is sad this Is for the benefit of the In dlans. We'll, SIT, do not know wealthier ! people on thls continent, and 1 do not believe there is in the world, than some of the Indians we have. Absolutely at this time there are tribes who are worth more, per captto, than any people who live on Gods globe. There is no question of this fact. 1 know that some of the ln'lan tribes are the richest people that live up- on the face of the earth They are worth money; they have plenty in their treasury; they are able to make public expenditures; they pay no taxes: and vet we are constantly legislatiny in this direction.
 Now, the Senator speaks of speculators. So soon as Speculators are brought up to a charge on thls body, we gather in a flock and tly we will do any thing to avoid them. Spectators are terrible men! We'll, sir, the petitioners in thiS case nave the very same opportunities to enter these lands that other individuals have. Having these opportunities, 1 do not see that it Is necessary that we should give them peculiar privileges and enable them to come in and get lands at less price than persons who may be lVlns upon them, and get them without regard to the rights of others. There are Very honest people who may be, and have no doubt will be, ruled out by granting privilege of this kind. do not think it is right. know it is the commencement of a system that will end, not with the application of this one religious society, but will go with all the rest. 1 do not believe, as one person living in new State that we ought to commence this system.
 Mir. SEBASTIAN. I thik the bill had bet ter lie over. am entirely unacquainted with its details. I have just learned from the Sena- tor or my right Mr. Clay the general object Of It; anu think 1t at least pertains equally as much to the Indian Committee as to the Com mttee on Public Lands, and probably more so IL ntereres with the general policy which the government IS pursuing toward the IndianS a matter peculiarly appropriate to be examined into by the Committee on Indian Affairs shall not move the reference of the bill to tha, committee; but l ask that it may lie over, ir order that the members of that committee may at least look to the provisions of the bill, and to the policy indicated in if. l hope, therefore the moton to postpone will prevail.
 The bill was postponed.