Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-07

laitnn shall not In anywlsc interfere win OF
anpul their present tribal organizations, or
their respective legislatures OF iudiclaries, Or
the rights, laws, privileged, or customs OF the
Ohoctav aud Chekassw nations respee t
Tho 10th article Of the Greek and seminole
treaty Of the same year Il similar. ~
Az these treaties provide for the establish.
llsnment Of United States courts 10 the Indian
ss can be found In the i9th article Of tho CherO.
kee treaty Of 1859, which provide for the estah.
lishment Of United States courts In the Cherokee
Have not these Indians solemniy agreed that
Congress may leEislate as II sees proper, subject
tioas, sc, shall not be disturbed II this com.
| mittce should determine 10 report this bill,
amended 90 as not to Interfere with those tribal
Grgan,iha,ions. - would NJ. Ross and these
stultltylng themselves, aud causing you To con.
slider that they we're not sincere when they de.
to abide all provisions and stipulatiuns Of their
treaties.
These delegates protest that their treaties Of
lsee do not contemplate 2 Territorial govern ,r.
treaties themselvca to sustain me.
Article eight Of the Choctaw aud Chlcasiw
treaty treats 81 THIS subject more at Length,
treaties make substantially the same c1nces.
slons
| Amer provIIInR IN sections I, and q Of artl.
| clio g. Of the UhoctAw and ChickasaW treaty Of
1890 for n census Of the Indian tribes In the In
dian TERRITORY Tor an superintendent Of repre-
/ HeutMtlNeA lruui huth Afluta 10 ~
| sembly, and the place Of meeting, the Ath, 9Th,
Bth TN, sh. 9TH, 10th, 18th and i2th sections Of
such slh article Of this treaty provides as fol.
| lows. Iquote them entire, In urder TO suhstan.
tiate my position that the treaties do authorize
| a Territorial government, notwithstanding Mr..
Ross has told you they give no "such color Of
(U0l HJudinot quoted at this point the sec.
| lions Of the sth article Of the Chootaw and
ChicknsaN treaty Of 1895 referred to, which pro.
/ vide tor the appOlntmen', by the President, OF
| the 0oyernor OF athe Territory Of OklnhOma !"
and other officers Of the Territory, and showed
conclusiyely that the treaties authorized the
nrghQlHatiOn Ot Territorial government over
| the Indian Territory. His argument on this
point seems irrefutablol
Here We 500 that the indians agree to tho or.
tSsir country. What Is IL isit not a TerSitO.
rial gopcrHmSnn There e tho 'tfDyernor Of
the Territory Of OklAhoma' pail by the United
United 5 Rtes' There is the secretary Of the
| government appointed by the Governor or Sec
rotary Ofthe Interior, and paid by the United
| States There Is the marshal and attorney OF
the Territory appointed by the President, aud
| paid by tho United States, There Is tho "Gen-
eral Assembly" whose mileage and per diem
! arc paid by the United States, authorized to
| leglslate, aud subject emily 10 tho supervisory
| control Of the President and Secretary OF tho
Interior. Now fhdfls not y TsrrtorioI gorcrn.
acni, am at u loss to understand the meaning
| Of the term.
SO lar as the Cherokees are concerned they
do not object TO Territorial government but
1
not conform TO their ideas Of the Territorial gov
| eminent authorized by the treaties Of 1880. In
proof Of this | adduce the following romon.
| STRANGE submitted by the Cherokee delegation
to Congress. II Is dated March, 1870 an eN.
tract from which will quote; These petitions,
say the delegates, "sot for h substantially the
| objections OF the Cherokee people to any Terri.
tofiAl form Of government over them that Con.
/ Nress may devise, other than the international
government provided by the treaties Of 1895 be.
| tween tho United States and the Cherukees,
| Creeks, SemlnOler, Chlckasaws and UhOctaws."
| his admits thnttho Cherokees do not pr,,tst
sg1l1Ss s e, Kind q Ts,rl,Srlal government
| ment which Congress IL competent to Organize,
and which the Cheorkecs are willing they ihouid
| Organize, only insisting that such Territorial
f fsSS should conform TO tho provisions oil
We SEQ, thon, that Mr.. Ross assertion, that
| mo treaty gives any color Of authority tor the
United States TO establish u Territorial govern.
ment over the Indian country" Is not sustained
by the records.
Mir. Ross further states Of the measures before
you, at Ia not necessary trade nor intercourse
do not require IT," Members OF this committee
| from the great States OF Missouri and Kansas
can answer this objection better than u; but lei
| us consider tubs aspect Of the question for q mo
| ment. We, the Indians Of this Territory, mum.
Der All tut 90, 900 souls; we occupy q territory
larger, and far more fertile than all the New
1 England States nut together. one railroad,
| the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, has tho right
| Of way, north and south, through the India n
country, and !, already compile ed more than
| ming south through the Indian country.
| Another rallrOad-the Atlantic and Pacific
having rlght Of way east and west, Is run.
| ming regular trains west OF the Missouri line
| forty miles In the Indian country. Other rail.
| roads, which have not been granted the right OF
way, have either been finished to the Indian
/ line or soon will be. Tho Leayenworth, Law.
renee and Galveston road is already completed
| TO the Indian line at point MY mles west OF
the western Missouri line, and the Missouri,
| Fort Scott and uulf railroad Il completed to n
| point on the Indian borler Ave miles west Of the
| Missouri line. The railroad from Little Rock
ia Arkansas, to Fort Smith will be finished this
/ year, aud will halt ut the Indian line. Two
roads running north lrum Texas will sOon seek
| transit through the Indian country.
AK l The millions o. people y Missouri Kan
/ California anil other Ststes and Terri;nrlea who
rely upon those railroads, " the demands Of com
i merce and trade do not require that the mil
| touched by the plough, shall be subjected to
| cultivation Ask the haltstaTved, snow. bound
| passengers Of the Union Pacific railroad II the
demands OF commerce and trade do not speak
In earnest tones for another railroad TO the Pa.
cihcF
| Ask the st Louis board OF trade II they will
thus lightly dismiss this subject by saying the
| demands OF commerce and trade do not require
the settlement aud cultivation OF this Indian
| country
on the 18th day OF last month (JAnuary) an
| enthusiastic meeting OF the " st. Louis Boar Of
| Trade" was held In the Mercantile Library, in
that city, at which speeches were made and
| resolutions adopted, all looking to the Terrific
| rial organization Of tho Indian country among
other resolutions adOped was the following Of.
| fered by Ex-Governor Fletcher
| RsfOlped, That we protest against Missouri
| being compelled 10 remain n border State, adj
| iDiuing o country where commerce and clyiIIZa.
ton arc stayed 10 their progress, and a country
| great In natural resources, which ought to be
tributary 70 our city, lies an aching void at our
very door"
| against our borders; shall We flourish the broken
/ sceptre OF our treaties and, like Canutc, bid