The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12

lWellLyGEl IllllallBj3 tfle11 QIlO IlleLe deo
bled, lnto signing his rascal treaty. How
many of us good A folks. Caucasiaiis,
Christians. could stand the test and re- e.
sist bribery Iii that lway--of y, 0O0 only ~
.unfaitlif,il! VI ii II I'D a IN II 2t
BY this treaty schermerhorn ACQUIRED
for the United States Ill the lands OF the
Cherokees 4 n Georgl Ia, al barna, renntes s
see ard North Carolina, enlbracing FARMS.
llouses, vtllages, orchards, churches, Ter err
ries, roads. " The consld era ton passing
from civilization To slvng cry I'M this
transa ctio1, Ia not ensy to arrive at The
promise to the ear n 8 ,ie, and tina y :
was brok ct, to the hope. 3SS To the cal. Y
was grossly and ridlcul on sly inadeq.lat
and void for lack Of 3constd ernti ION. n Gro
were the gold fields OF "a eorgits and the
iron and coal fields Of Ala ana belonging
to 10000 indians sold by twenty persons
for a Song; and those twenty under the
bribery md Scherll1erllorn practic'eci 80
many other treasons OH his vic TINS that
1t is impossible for me to cola to them
Danied Webstorts Edward y 1 Everett,
Theodore Frelnghuyschp Peleg sprng 10,
Henry II. storrs, Henry Wise
and David /, Crockett MI MI S denounced
the treaty IN bitter terms a tl s r
fraud prncticed BY guardian on ward ard
Protests came $upf from; s8 man Y (. of tle
States against tho fraud md inrf IN. y, =.
Some Of the legislatures denounced the
corrupt 81, OF It. The Cherokee s them
selves suppllcated Congress- to relieve
them Of the hardships and the rascalltie
of conv entlon they had never entered
upon # n N @ 1T I. 81 IS ss
but the Senate ratified the treaty and
the Cherokees We're dcspoiled. Calhoun
said that though q treaty In name ma
was II q treaty in fact; ohm Bel OF Zen =
inessee.S opposed It. 4 NIangurns Of North ri
Carolina, voted N for 1t. us he snid TO
save the Cherokees from the sword Of
Georgia. 'E7ft5 President Jh ckson, ordctedd
General Nice olnb, then col lnandlng the
army, to execute the treaty, and General
Scott Vent to Georgia to ltperintenl the II
work. . ,rhc Governor OF Georgia, Glmer,s
misunderstood the situation, and sup
jposcd Scott was, sent there to enforce the
Judgment OF the Supreme G ourt nulll1yins
the laws OF Georgia relating to the ne, n II
dians, and served notice on General scott
that Georgia was ready to fight the
United States in that quarrel but Scott
let him know that he was2T.,tg there to
coerce Georgia., but to coerce the Indians
OF course, that placnted civilization.
@ SCOTS 'r1issionswas to gather the Chero-5
KEGS together-men, women and chll-t
&llren-and convey them from the land OF
their fathers half way nc ross s the con-
ytinent and settle them IN what IS now
known as Indian Terri tory, on the o tJIe
side OF the Mississtppi Riy .
Concentration camps we're esta blisheed,
and the work, o gathering the trlbes TO-
gether proceed ed Men len d, ana
were arrested and thrown nto3
those camps. Personal liberty was vlo-.
lated. ana personal proper tyt was not
Civilization was inarching$on,S
and civilization was In a rage Families
were, separated: Son WIS taken from Sire
child was taken from Emother-the Wom-
an In travail, the infant at the breast,
was ordered. to move on ilizationi
the wirlwind It iis required room. No
was provided and the weather
was propitious.# There was a drought
the cruslest ever known, and the way Of
that cavlrnnE could a be traced BY ne "
mades graves, II ~ 81 is nj
! When the long, a toilso11 me, # cheerlessI
march mar was concluded, and they had ar
rived In the neW lands set apart for8 them
the Cherokees were without shelter and
2 ~ Vlgorous winter was al hand, its surly
asts..roady to sweep over the plains
Rain, snow, cold did their cruel work
ana 100 above tho normal death rate |
perlshed that winter, Rorne's conquostil.
!l.lnula, SPAN IN Mexico and Peru, Eng
an ti "a ~ ndiu,s loft not a more infamous /
trail than this tyranny oii1- FREQ 6renul,icll
prac ticed on an inoffensiye + people.5sA MD /
y was some scores of years before ..ITell-
roaring Jake SmithA made his advent
too. ,E 5..911 = - Is - ~ - 's = :
8 BY the rivers OF Babylon, there Il va
SAT down, Yea, we Wept when we re-
Zion. 4. i05 :. s$'3>' sfSgl Il
!. I'VE hanged our harps on the w!llows3ln
the midst thereof. t n III a, S 5s AT
tICnr fho,.a I,a,,at+,,-
captive required Of us atsong; and they 4
that watched us required OF us mrth,
saying. Sing us one Of the songs OF
Zon' ~ "
s"IIow shall We sing the Lord s song
In strange land? Ri
e It forget thee, o., Jerusalem, let my
right hand forever forget her cunning.
IF do not remember thee, let my
tongue cleave to the roof Of my moutha
II l prefer not Jerusalem above my chief
JOY
Remember. Oh, Lord the Children OF
1adom IN the day OF Jerusalem; who said,
'Rase It, rase IT, even to the foundation
thereof 5aaf35l2
20 daughter OF Babylon, who are 70
be destroyed; happy shall he be that re-
wardeth thee as thou hast served US,
E Happy shall he be that taketh and
dasheth thy little ones against the
stones.n
\ It was thus that is recorded q cruelty
Of the Babylonlsh captivity In the Psalms
of David, but mono has told us of the
pitlless captivity OF tho simple children
Of nature who were forced from their
homes In Georgia to herd on q new land,
under q new sky, across the great river.
Out Of that removal arose the claim OF
the Eastern Cherokees. Just settled by
the Supreme Court. BY tho treaty OF
1923 the United States contracted to pay
the cost OF removal Of every Cherokee
who would go from the East to the West.
and that convention was renewed In the
treaty OF 1885. Congress paid the obliga-
ton, but paid IT with money that was
already. tho property Of the Cherokees.
For years and years the United States
put Oft the righting OF wrong, The Chero-
KEGS were again trtcksd in 1896 For
nearly half century the Chcrokees