, 1859-05-06

Congress He also says he has read that
lOpographicaL memoir. So have |. 1t is q
public document on the files of the Depart
ment, open to inspection. A topographi.
cal memoir descriptive of the country, Of
its rontes, its navigable streams, and its
great avenues of communication, and should
Iparticularize all the facts which will enable
you to decide, how troops and supplies
shall he moved That which purports to
be Typographical memoir is, in large
part, made up Of an account Of the volun,
teer opertions and Of the treaty operations
in that country. find that in it there
has been brought together all the flying,
scandaous rumors, that were propagated
throughout that country in the winter OF
lS55-5G. When said to shat gentle
man that desired the publication of that
report, l said it with deliberaton and judg-
ment, because think that the publication
Of that report will put a potent weapon in
our hands to convince Congress that this
debt is just, and ought to be paid. ], OF
course, do not accuse Capt. Gram of any
intention TO misrepresent, but its errors OF
statement arc so glaring, and are 50 op-
posed to all the received facts at the pres
eut time, that it will have no weight what,
Aever.
Why, sir, in this typographical memoir
he has inveghed against the treaties made
with tie indians in that country. lie has
made statements to establish which he can
not bring forward title Of evidence but,
on the contrary, the evidence is overwhem-
ing aud conclusive TO establish the very
contrary, and thereby he has arrayed him
self against all the officers in service in that
country, for as the matter has been
examined, the officers of the army, who
once were opposed 10 those treaties, now
insist that they shall be confirmed as the
first condition Of peace and tranquility
there. In the report of the Secretary of
War at this session, you will find the urg-
ent and strong recommendation Of Briga-
dier General Clark, who was in command
of the department Of the Pacific during
the recent iostilities, urging upon the Gov
ernment the confirmation Of those very
treaties denounced in this Typographical
memoir of Capt. Cram. Hear what Gen.
Clark says ::
Some time since l was persuaded that the treaties
made by Gov. Stevens, superintendent Of Indian af,
fairs for those Territories with the Indian tribes
of the Cascade range, should not be confirmed. Since
then circumstances Lave changed, and with them my
views. p-. ..-. ,.- '-
"The Indians made war and were subdued; by the
former act they lost Of their claims to consider
alton, and By the latter the Government Is enabled
and Justified IN taking such steps as may give the best
security for the future. ar. .'.-.. ..U
The gold discovered in the north in the past year
will carry large emigration along the foot hills Of
the eastern slope Of the Cascades and not mprobaby
gold will be mined from every stream issuing from
these mountains.
This emigration must Craze and cultivate the val
eys Of these rivers, or draw supplies from long dis
tanees at great expense, and ut times with great
suffering.
That the country will soon be filed with emf
grants led on by the irresistible temptation Of mining
admits OF doubt and as little that the Indiads will
then be dtspossessed by force ifnot by treaty
" The plciication now made, TO be lasting must
now be complete the limits Of the Indians should
now be drawn, not TO be again distHrbed.
Influenced bv these views, ] decided to urge on
the Department the immediate confirmation of these
treaties, notifications Of them, the payment of
the stipulated price, and the opening Of the lands to
settlers"
There is on the files Of the War Depart
ment the urgent recommendation of Col
Mansfield, the inspector general of the ar
my, also urging the confirmation of these
treaties In recent letters to me, Colonel
Mansfield says:
al have this mail reported to the Secretary of War
direct. that the treaties made by you in this depart
ment be confirmed without delay and have urged it
strongly They must not lay over another year
Now, lastly, urge the confirmation Of the treaties
with the indians. | have reported to that effect
without exception, and have urged it strongly"
Only few days since there was sent to
the Senate, the report Of Judge Mott, who
went out to that country as commission
er, and who examined into these treaties,
and has given it as his opinion that not only
Justice to the Indians, but the very peace
of the country, and great saving to the
national treasury, are dependent upon their
confirmation. After most earnestly recon-
mending the ratification of all the treaties
made with the Indian tribes in Oregon aud
Washington, now before the Senate, Judge
Mott says:
"whilst 1t is true that ratification Of these trea
ties may increase the expenditure Of the Indian ser
vice for time, II is perfectly apparent to my mind
that it will obviate further necessity for the large
appropriations required for the Army service and
debts-the subduing people made hostile by pen
nywise and pound foolish policy , and that It wil in
the end, prove TO be the most economical course we
could adopt.
! y lhe course hhhertO adopted by Congress- OF vO-
ting appropriations utterly inadequate to discharge
our national obligations to the aborgines, followed
by the heavy expenditures thereby necessarily en-
tailed on the War Department besides being anena-
Bile to many other objections has with the usual fate
Of parsimonious policy, proved to be the most ex-
pensve in the end.
We have taken from this people country, some
of which is as fine as ever the sun shone upon we
have made millions Of money by the bargains we com.
pei them to accept; and yet refuse to comply with
our portion OF the contract. Justice humanity, and
every principle Of fair dealing imJeriously demand
the ratification of these treaties
allude, sir, to these facts, inasmuch as
an attempt has been made to cram Capt.
Grams report down our throats on various
occasions refer to it to show how relia-
ble his statements are in reference to the
Indian treaties His statements will be
found equally reliable, when treating Of the
volunteer operations in these Territories
If gentlemen had any doubt about the dis
turbances of lS55l56, it would seem that
the recent Indian war in Washington Ter
ritOrv Woull rpmove these doubts This