Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-06-19

[Frem the Con srsssionai Globe,
CHEROKEE AND osAcE LANDS.


CHEROKEE AND oSAcE LANDS.
HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
".1''h 2 Wednesday, June z, 1868.
Mr.. JULIAN. from the Committee on
the Public Lsods, reported . j"int reroIu,
tion.( .(H. r. No. 1850 relative TO the lsnds
ofibe Cherokee add Great and Little
0ssge Indisns; which was read 6rst aud
second time.
The joint resolution provides that the
President Of the United States shall be
%Iroc1oj 70 withhold the issuing OF patents
oos11 ~ 1sInT - hrrsIpiore seli,
or xhich may hereafter u I><nnder
aud By virtue OF the sresty1 bois|@ ltr
Uni,ed States and the Cbsrokss Ir1|11>
shs sreviy bss~esn ,hs CIlted S,n-ss snd
the Great ssd Little O&spe Iudisus, con.
'oludsd on the z9th of September 1865. or
under any Indian treaty which may here
after be concluded until otherwise provi.
dsd by law iol -
siMs. MAYNARD. ask the gentleman
fors few minutes. .tst.
Mr.. JuLlAs. will yield to the gentle
'msp. presently.
Mr. Speaker, the Indian tribes Of the
United States have no power over their
lands except the power Of eesrion to the
United States. This House 40 voted ON
ve.ssrdav They hays the ri.bt of 90
.cupaney merely. the title being IL the
United states; sud up TO the year 1860
the practice OF the 0oserninent was in
.eopiermlty 10 the principle which | state.
Since thu, time our ipdisn treaties have
srum.nts a. 10 threaten The entire lsud
poI,ey of The Uoysrpment. For example: :
10 the wear 1866 ! treaty. was made with
.,kst'hsv,krs .d,..s bv vh,eb s;yht lan.
Jrsd thousand acre. were aushorixed 20 bc
transferred in body 20 a single purchaser
a theirste Of one doIlar mar acre. com
psessiy withdrawing that portion Of what
sl.e would have been part Of the public
domain from the control of Congress.
witch has tue rivh,fai ecos'isu'iorsIp power
" make neeoiul rules ant regulations 10
spsc,ing the territory aud other property of
the us,,sd stsses. Another treaty, con
cluded To the gear 1860 with The 6tent
sud Liuis Usage Iudisns. authorizes the
dispc-i'Ion, In = pecuIiar way, OF over
three million acres. Similar treaties have
bee. made with rho sacs and Foxes, she
Delaware, the klekap0o, aud other Indian
fribss since the date have the news this
morning OF the conclusion OF suother
treaty with the Uruat and Little Otage
lnoiasss. .by, which The remnant of ,h, ir
l.ndr, being eight nillion acres. are trans
ierted 10 the Leayenworh, Lawrence and
Gaives,on Railroad Company; the treaty
ihelf as | am reliably informed, having
been fixed up here in Washington hsi
summer by the attorney OF Mr.. Sturgis.
the president OF said railroad company,
With = view to private abd 10 utter dlsre-
gard or the pubic interest. This treaty,
should IL be ratified by the Senate, will be
. complete defiance of the control aud
Jurisdiction of Congress, aud COMM, to
the tender n ercies Of n railroad company
this large body Of lands.
Mr.. Speaker. II il for Congress, and moi
the treaty. max iny mover IN s.v whe,her
No will yr.n N, land. 10 .;a /, b.,ld;ng ,a;,
yosds and b.w ,he n.h,;e dau,.i, lei, !.
m.ns,,J Ry ,hs ,,ss,v ;. wh;.h rses,
two new reservations u,,l f.r,her Wes,
are set spart for our Indian tribes con-
tanning over seyen,y. three m;Il;o, .c,s..
and If We arc 20 Judge the future by The
p.ss in few wear. he wbol. ~ ,hs..
lands will be swallosed nm Nv r.ilroad
corporations and the Indians driven an
TO other lands n This business /. 10 on
on in the wretched manner we have beeo
pursui, q We might us we'll abolish the
Geuerai Land Oifce or remove !, to ,hs
Indian bureau At once aud dispense with
our land committees. SIR. i, IS not legally
compe,eu,-aud when | ssy this h.ys
the eopeorrence of sysrv i.wysr IN ,h;s
House with whom | have con'sr,sd-;, 80 =
mot eon,epter bv ,,e.,v w;,b anu. l,,d;.a
sribes Ia ,sds ,hs a,sn..;t;.. ar -. n.hI;a
domain out of the control of Con.,ss.
An Indian treaty eanp., repe.l tho l.ws
of Congress. bur must itself couform to
those laws. ' "
Ard "a . moi. az w.;. A.. al.
md 70 these rs;irsss 'arn.,s.,;on. - ,s s@a ha.s
.Isdhn r,ny. thps,sns ,a r;s.i ,hs
avhi.ky ring" 7 have yen,r,ed f,nm The
Committee on the pubt;, -s,sn5s ,is rss,-
luton bat has bee, rand h, l,ha cisrL. /.
should il beeume = law. wa shall he com
pelled 10 return 10 the old policv bv which
the Iudiups will eede fbe;r lands d;rec,Iv
10 the Uui,ed States which thew sre com.
pefentto do for . coosiderutiop ,bev m.v
spree 20 scceps + Thar I.nds thns csded
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