The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-06-12
President National Labor Union.
HIRE rH0UsAND MENIN ARMS I


such Is the significant intelligence corr
tanned IN the telegraph dispatches received
frou Kansas since our last issue, and as the
iar.isat vress, without exception have stu
di0u~iy RETAINED from honestly stating the
facts Of The case, We propose e enEghten
our readers a. TO ne causes VI jch have pro-
ducei this depIarable state Of affairs.
Tha territory under dispute consists Of
500. 000 acres Of the choicest farming POI
tion ii The State Of Kansas, known as the
'CuER0KrE NEUrsAL LANDS" This terrific
Nv was originally ceded BY the government
to the Cherokee Indians, with the stpula-
tion tLat, il the terms + which It was grant
ed were violated It should revert 70 the gov
eminent, and become part Of the public do
main. Subsequent events proved the wis
dom q this provision; the lands trers vir-
tually abandoned. and the jurisdiction Of
tile government was consequently asserted.
OR civil wa having happily termina.,d,
inducements were held out TO settlers to To-
cate on these lands President johnson,
seDatfrs Pomeroy a "a Ross, being especially
conspicuous ia theh efforts and guarantees
for the future. Uuder these circumstances,
three thousand settlers, most Of whom had
served 10 tie Union army, believing in the
honesty ar their professions, selected this To-
cality, and invested their little hard-earned
all in the Improvement Of their prairie home
steads. After they had remained in undis-
puted possession for two years and hall,
w I'LL manipulation Of Harlan and Pomeroy
the former, Secretary Of the Interiors; So
called treaty was formed, and the lands
sd I'D to the New England Bmigrant Aid
Souety, an institution il which these gen
demon had, doubtless, a peouniary interest.
This fact coming 10 the knowledge Of the
settlers and President johnson, under the
advice u Attorney General Stsnbery, the
SAFE Vas declared nUl and void. Harlan,
having. in the meantime, resigned his port
folio, for the purpose Of securing bis re-elec-
ton as Senator. determined to secure the
bostq, ana, With he AID Of Pomeroy & Co.,
managed to get through the Senate. an
amended treaty, transferring the lands 10
question to James +. Joy, Of p@lr0it, for the
sun ~ $500, 00c, Who is SIMPLY the figure
bead Of the original movement How this
patent swinde was, and is, regarded by the
House Of Representatives, is best explained
by producing the following resolutions, whish
were strsnuously supported by Nessrs. Law
renee Of Ohio, Julian and Holman Of India
ma, and Butler Of Massachusetts,, and which
were passed by an almost unanimous vote !.
Bs Y rssolred By the Senate and House 81
Hepresnto tics Of the United States IF
Amertea IN Congress assembled
That 70 much of the treaties between the
United States and the Cherokee nation Of H.
dams, proclaimed Aug. IL, 1866, and June 10.
1865, as profess to authorize sale of the lands
described il the seventeenth article Of the said
aforementioned treaty, and all contracts and
grants purportiug 70 be made hereunder, be,
and are hereby annulled and declared void (;
and said lands shall be, and hereby, made
subject to settlement, entry and sale, at 81 rs
GEMS Der acre, under the laws OF the United
States regulating pre- emptions, which laws are
hereby extended over end made applicable to
said lands; and the IproceeOs OF the sales OF
said lands shall be from time TO time paid over
20 said nation Of Indians, until the total sum
paid shal be equal to 81 % per acre tor all said
lands :. and the Secretary OF the Treasury shall
refund all MONEYS paid to the United States I'M
der any safe made By virtue Of said treaty.
Provided, That ne purchasers Of said lands
shall pay the fees ana expenses Of their several
purchases from the government, as required by
other pre-emptoFs;
And provided further That when bona fde
aetlIers are tonnd on The 9th al Seth sections
" said lands. tile same shall NO. be deserved for
SCHOOL purposes, but other lands of like amount
20 said tract, as contiguous thereto as may be
not occupied b. setilers, shall be substituted
Therefor, and dssIgnatee ~ the State Of kan.