Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-03

DAILY DEMOCRAT.
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FRIDAY kyENlK0. ............JULl =.
ssuooaeor Harlan vln6lcase0."
The Gasssls Of Wednesday comes out up-
der the above caption, and attempts 'sng'
MINDED yindication Of Haslsu in his "Cnsr-
skss land swindle." Il calls .ns eharges
bsss fsbsieasioas, slandsss and attempts ct
I,aeksnins The chasacsss Of public sssvant;
end. taking for sr.nted that n has made >
c.esr cass. shows its simplicity BY asking II
D~aecrstic pagers are "prepsrsd to make
The amenls honorable" Let Us see how facts
viii do IL: About thirty-A years ago tho
Government held 10 trust for the Chsroksss,
ssoo, 900. and. having used II, gave them
instead, deed Of 800. 900 acres o! land IN
What 10 now Southern Kansss. The Cher
okess never took possession Of the land
The Government held them In trust until
white settlers moved upon them,
and, by taking possession aud inn
proving them. expected TO obtain titles IN
der tho Homestead and Pre- emption laws.
Over 90, 900 settlers ere now occupying
them. In 1866 the Cherokess asserted Their
cain. and proposed TO sell the lands to the
Goycrpmept NJ cost.
A treaty was made providing for thor
sa,s, either to the settlers At low rstes-~n'sn
vss simply blind or to any othss parry,
oil In . lump, fes NOT less shAn toVv.vVo'-
A that dine the lands wsss worth at least
q 600. 900, "a vsrs immediatsiy bought
=, b. an Aussiess Eaigfant Society for
ssassly osoo. 900 -tss 900 cash. and s77S.'
90 q issg tas, ssos 10 yssrs. This "s'
asas vhils Ne. Harlan "a Secretary Of The
Iaesssss. Ne ses kssw u ths ssls sotil II
was csusuomaap .r-
Ths oessess seltsssAins tbp .ssatsosnss q
~ Susss 1seisav. 49,;
.AAsr hsldius che ~ Ter ssue 0os. :ad
= eeher pegty usaueioe haviae oSoed !as-
- -. 0esseeasy Hasjaa dsslased ~ s~-
leraot Company ths legal psrchsssss.
HAslss took $50 care that no ether par
siss should kssv u Eight hundred 'nooe-
ed dsllsss sGsspA lss lspds wsssA ss.0oo.-
900 uas toe essd . thiae y NIKE pablic.-
.sd o.ish,r ths cssssa. nss shs Hs1tsser can
show 70 the soAtsasy.
Ne. Harlan West - Csngssss poor man.
and 10 nov prsbsbiy one Of the richest men
In Iowa and, Il b quite probable. that his
permitting Ne Baiesaas Csupssy to pur-
chase thsss lands. without composition. u
shs bssis u shss isrtsas.
However, whsn NJ. Browning succeed
q uarhs. b aaw We rich plum" that
had been picked before him and. to get
. lick ct Il, set asids" The sales osds BY
Mr.. Hsrlas, and nsds another to Joy, Of
Detroit Aftsr lighting over the matter for
some time, tAsss two grantees have put
their cases together, making joint stock
of their conflicting titles. and ars now max
ing var upon tho settlers. This they can
veil Afford 10 do, AZ the lands arc worth
nov g. O00, 900 which will Leave . net
profit TO the operators Of 81, 200 900. which
10 70 be rung from the hard earnings oil tho
Ksusas settlers.
Nov In the view Of this combination n,
whereby the claimants under Brownings
sals appear to relinquish their claim, and
Mr.. Browning and tho United States Senate
radfy the Harlan sale. the Register and
GssstS ay '.vindIcatisa." Yes. il IL such
visdisatien - the u. 200. 900 profit TO The
"epssasors'' can purchase. Gall this COP
psrhssA Islander, vilifisaiisn, end abuse,
fysu will. but Il 10 faets, and such facts -
Ne. Julisn's joint rssolu,ien was calculated
70 bring to light. and correct. Protesting
against 81. 200. 900. being wrung from the
hard earned savings Of Ksnsas settlers "A
majority Of whom we're in the war for the
Union, and help Eight for tho Nations life,
may DO coppsrhead abuse. but We cannot.
See IL in that light; and tho sanctioning Of
auch outrages by Browning and the Senate
may be "vindication Of Harlan" but the
Kansas settlers win hardly see It 40 such
Some Of them we're broken down and shat.
tered in health in Rebel prisons, and 9TH
srs bear the marks Of Rebel shot and shell
and is it any wonder that they ask us
the sale Of our homes. the return our
country makes Nc
Tnx time 10 fast approaching when The
oppcnsnts Of ultra radcalism ia every
township, should Organize Tor IN effective
campaign. Let every townahip So that
they are ready. We have every soaAdeoce