Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-23

Tho Dill 10 CHEAT tho Cherokee Ma
tlou.
| Senate bill No. 09l Is entitled GA bill 10
provide for carrying into effect provisions Of
treaty concluded between the United
States and the Cherokee nation Of Indians
July 10, 1866" Inasmuch as the bill does
MT provide for carrying the provisions Of
said treaty Into effect, bat for oyerLhrowing
The same, the title Is a fraud.
The 10th article Of the treaty provides
that the United States may settle friendly
Indians on any part Of the Cherokee country
west Of the Goth meridian Of west longitude,
sad lands to be first paid for, the Cherokee
nation "to retain possession Of aud JUrisdietion
over ne said lands" until the terms Of the
treaty were complied with.
! ! The Senate bill, IN Its preamble, truly
says, "The United States hp located on
part Of said lands largo number Of Indians"
and said lands are not paid for. This is one
breach of the treaty. Some Of the Indians
put there arc Wyrsaly, which Is breach
of the treaty in another particular. These
breaches anticipated the introduction Of the
! bill.
The Gr,t section Of the bill, instead Of en-
acting to carry out the terms Of the treaty,
uses the following strange language, to wits
"Tho United States hereby agrees to become
the purchaser aud absolute opnsr, aud does
hereby assume the absolute control and
ownership of the whole of the said lands
described as aforesaid. and hereby a1rsss to
nav tho said Cherokee Nation Of Indians in
full contamination therefor the sum of teo
millions OF dollars. To he plaoed To the credit
or the Chorokeo Nathan NJ Indiana IN tho
books of The Treasury Of tho United States.
and to nav interest thereon at the rate Of M.
psr ceptum per anuum."
Who does tho United States agree With
The trenty.vas an ao,ssm,at, and the bill
should app. opriate money to carry out that
agreement, To render an agreement com
plete in law sIx things must concur. There
must Ia. lst. n marty able to contract; 81, a
marty able 10 be contracted with, sd, a thing
To Ina contracted for, 4th. A lawful constitu.
tim, eth. words to express the argument,
9Th "A, a,,,nt of N, e,ntrasilng pIrfi,s, The
hin No eat dos. M, neet tbo.e levaI re.
onIremsn,. and tho word "aor,.r implying
tho constant Of parlle,. ia A franI equality
with tbe file.
Til. aro,r,.nf perrnIls the United States
IN so;tI. SrIepalv Indlans ON the land. coded
Tho Chcro,sos DO rc,aIn tho rIvht Of po.ses.
.,a, ana ,nr,'dIo,Ion and nosscs,,on until
,o,1 "a ooorni.a - III, h,II o..rrrc, al.
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roaI yaIr. AL,oI,,. owncrsbIn mako. tho
land at onco .vaIlahlc Cor railroad specula-
TO- or o,hor rrrno,ss than ,bo,s named in
m. orrnonoDt and tb.roI /. M lock or device,
% .rDrorri,,. thar,
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,Na T,a,aa. ts.hau h, Invo,,od i, Tini,od
g.. ..-I.,.-aI .,oo,,, =, ,ho,r or,,au,
49, 80 .an,',,oI Iii, ,ho soor.,sr,
80 n i - 80 aSnInI.,a.oS
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propose" w 'h''e'y ''"' 'no ol ,'D' -
tue oo0N' VI 'uo iiI''u'y DV ,l-"' ""N
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0n'eu ssa'cs 'ot 'he sur'e', aPpIa''o'i''u'
ana s''o III 'er'Hlu "i"u'io'' W 20 "ppi"'oeu
oy i'0 d'sln''''''d P',So"s' selee''u 1e'P,e
lively oy 'he contracting parties py 'no
senate oii'' tui' S''ip Is voOO''u W. "SIou y,
worn o' couui'n'' "uu ".a'Su o ~ pa 49,. "
lhe CuetoNeo JANUS "es' Vi 'N' wv" "'s''
u'an' -,--,
inns SrtP Is "'S.'ue' "I1i ., eou''"I -
and Is tteo'eu soPa'atos III '"' ,'''y' -,
inc 'oooerV OF tnc ou' oe 'A',leu ou', uuu
thls strlp De ihc'uaeu III 'ne pre- nAsu' 'ue
Cherokee Nallon VIII DC eteu'eu On inc
books oil the treasury win 'ho hagn'neen'
sum OF screen cents per acre "nen We con-
slider that some oil tn's ANA Is worm 'o-oay
tos''iy-jtTs dollars IN acre 'he iuii meaning
oil land piunaerers win DC unuers'oou,
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