Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-04-17

and at the same time to caiole him
out of his vote. If this "'plain
and unmistakable language"
gives the negroes any rights Of
property, it proves too much. If
lit conveys to the negro cali the
rights Of native Cherokees" in
their lands-and it conveys all, if
it conveys any-the native Chero-
keeis landless. Our rainbow tinted
citizens are too modest; they
ought to claim the entire domain,
lands, tenements and heredita-
ments and if lands.and moneys are
included in the words, "all the
rights of native Cherokee" why
not include every other spicies of
property that the Cherokees, may
at the time have been possessed
Of? For the benefit OF the ebony
hued correspondent of the Arrow
| will revert to the Greek treaty
again. The conclusion of the sec
ond article is nearly identical with
the 9th article of the Cherokee ::
. '.Skall ha.e AL the rights and priv
leges Of native citizens" with this
important addition, "including an
equal interest in the soil and ma
tional funds" Now, it appears to
me that either the first part quot
ed, did not embrace property
rights and it was necessary to make
the addition quoted, in order 10
convey an interest in the soil and
funds, or that the first part quot
ed would give the negroes all the
lands and moneys of the Greeks,
and it was necessary to insert the
last part quoted in order to restrict
the negro's interest to an equal
share with the Greeks. | believe
it is an historical fact, and it is the
crowning glory Of his long polite
al career, that the old chief, John
Ross, persistently refused in 1866,
while sick on his death bed, to
sign treaty with the infamous
second article of the Greek treaty
in it, and that the Cherokee treaty
through his persistence was modi-
fed to its present shape.
One other notice of the letter Of
the Arrows sable.dyed cores
pondent: He asks its editor "to
beware of my Interpretation Of the
treaty." "it breeds trouble" "
What kind? how? and with
whom ? Does he expect to bull
dose his rights through Are we
to be deferred by threat Of trou-
BILE, from discussing and main
tanning our rights? If the express
sion of honest opinions, although
adverse to the interest our black
and tan citizens, cause trouble,
the quicker it comes the better;
the speedier will be the settlement.
This question must be met and it
must be settled; there is no shirk-
ing it longer; it is face to face with
the Cherokee people. The Ar
rows correspondent is right in
saying that we are "trying to fos-
mulate a political scheme" 1t is
scheme that all deacent men every
honest patriot ought rejoice to ad-
vance; a scheme to purify our
elections; to break up the vo ocation
of the black bosses, and to protect
the interest of our wives and chill
drsn too long jeopardized by pan
dering to the negro vote. 1t will
do good all round; it will save
"the old purchasing clique" re-
ferred to by the Arrows Senegam-
bian correspondent, lots of ex-
pense, in supporting for three
months before each election, a set
of rotten political vagabonds,
whose highest idea of their polite
al rights, is to sell their votes the
greatest nun Der times and for the
most money during each cam
paign. He says "the old purchas-
ing clique will not have any ne
groes to buy next election" 1t is
true the negro vote will not be
necessary to determine the result
of the next election; but he evil
IDENTIFY does not intend to convey
this idea. So I take it, he either
means that the negro has already
sold out. and there will. in conse-
quence be a shortage Of purchase
bic votes next election, OF he /
would have us to believe there 1
has been a miraculous reformation I
in the rotten boroughs. Does he /
speak er c1ihcdra ? Is be boss Of /
the bosses ? Has there been any
manifestation Of honest indigna-
ton inside the negro ranks
against the political scoundrels ]