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•d. 'Sir, •• we traee the sources of
this law, we find its authority to de-
peud either upon the conventions pr
.toon nr on consent of uations. And
Hvhen, permit me to inquire, were the
Indian tribes ever consulted on the
! establishment of suclr a law? Who
ever represented theua^or their inter
ests .in any Congress, ot nations, to
coufer .tipon the public rplps ol inter*
Course; and the proper foundations
:of doaslnion and property? 1 The plain
♦ matter “of fact i$, th'at all -these pav-
• tial ‘ doctrines fifn’A refnljttd- lipin
tho seltis'i plan# and -puX’suffc ot
more .-enlightened' nations; • lihfl it is
not mntttfr for 'jany .gvoqW wpndfery
, that they i»*forgcly partake
of a mercenary anSL'exckisjye'spkit
towards the claims of the Indiffng.
It is hosV.eVer•admitted', Sijrf th'H.
Vvhen- the' iflfrreape pj^populqly^n and
4the- wadjfes Bif mankind, demands he fckj*>
ijvafion of the-earth,, a duty is there 4
1 i I M .. slw/
patrimony, barely adequate to fits
wants, and turns upon hun, and lays:
“away, tve* cannot endure you so
near us. These forests and rivers,
these groves of your fathers, these
firesides and hunting grounds;ire ours
"Mt *
by the right of power, and the force ot
numbers.” Sir, let every treaty he
blolled from our records, and in the
judgment of natural and unpluiflgeH-
bie truth qnd justice, ha.sk who is -the
injured, and who is the aggressor?
Let conscience answer, and -.1
/car not the result. Sir, let those
who please, denounce tjie public
fe.ejiqg on.! this subject, as the mor
bid excitement of a false liuinajiity;
bu.t I return with the inquiry,
whether I' have not presented' the
case, truly, w.ilh no feature ol it over-
(Tllar^ed or distorted?- And, in jiew
ft' il r who can help feeling, Si?--
andlv4r ‘ pcnsottit)'un. ffe 4 -ab'ou.
turn tiraUoHl tqertr ptitfbipl^pi and
urs of the ft!eplfeWip(K't
our birth-right ! ’ftlh
for better tilings. - „ - .
It i?> subject full of gXatcful Satis- ;
faction, Mr. President, that^ifl our
public intercourse with the. wfcdLans,
ever since the first colonies of white
men found ati abode on these western
shores, we have distinctly recognized
Do. the obligations of justice chinge
with tj)c‘ color of the skins? Is it
• ^f««iiaji-;^rhiph.i
tead,*as’enoWdlit.. „
fer ,*♦“
•ment p1a>yTde*f^’Hhe : £u
'tjfrep CoiWmissignlrj to]
Indian nkt ion’s, anji a six
'.'•their dKswjstq remove,.
mide the fajkjs. \v<Jl bf.lhh'MitfswsqtJi'
Mr. jflYER^T then spolkvm op-'
■ " r ‘*'
4
‘a. tew tie*
iiK't to thc
inifM o - W 1 ” l . 1 I i
their title; trentedivith them as the | position',to Vho policy of tjie biU.'-f0r, r
owners, artd in all our acquisitions of j bout tlireq flours*. it ..uai nc;a* r
territory applied ourselves to these 1 o’clock jlhejv he odo-sod.*\ ’. ;
, , . . . . . . . ..
ancient'proprietors, by purchase- and! Mr. WlLlAE , ilreiii< Took Ihe-sflobr
cession .alofiey to. obtain the right, of-UYi dc'ciu?{; i»f,l]ib bNI,V;pid epiithuied.
soil. .Sir, 1 challenge the record oTj 'tjO.a^dre'&S' the lioose'- \intfl hqjf jiasj
any other different pretension. When sev$n oVIqdkj * * \ ‘A . /vH
or’where did the assembly or cohv’en- • Mr. DE£Mi‘X- called f$i\thVpr&*i-
** * ’ /Inn . An rt.. t i*\i\ ci i^I \ •»*/, ni i* ,xl l«l' 11»4 1 It .
tion meet which proclaimed,' or ev*m, oa.s qiiesfibn, but sffbs.eqirbnlly w'lth*
drew, .the'tfalU ' «>•' ’ *» /.
suggested, to these tribes* that the
right of discovery contained a superb.,
or efficacy over id I prior titles?
Mr-. ►L'AllSCmrrciic vtv*d
U\li
y»p^0fx:«f tho amend-
1 uxk&ML _.shirjv that tlie V
< lyUteh. h nd b e<ii denounced,wjis
!a»d j)vvpeA,-«iid oifed.the treaty
WOAjip 1 Ibdffiiis e6st of lire Mississip-
,-to 6lu?\B (IidjI tha bill .before tbp
mvwnvv UJII, 9U|^Wltt> |
tji e £ a tm*, |»ro v Ufdti s. in. 1826,
'ttii|nt 4 re<;biit6n!l<<il 4 bji'A.difKircbt Prest*’
ideiit ; Infewiid 'Citoift. ifyii, t^at the b|/-
‘ppsiiiflw'ti) iL troA ^par'tX opposition US
tlie Ajlminfsti’TiJion,. and'to the south,;
.thi)XLtvs.*tHis bill wds -lqtoivji 'tflfaiq the
,Teadyig^i<a9vre ofilie * pyf^enj Pr-esl*
W>
■v T T “ f # T #
dent,.it<ol gren't soliei;
'tdde iVjth thc’oppo'sijdoh to diifefJt itj
fMiiVthftrefore calif A^o'mtbose \vhoiu>
w'oiyid th’^ihsidves tbe •'supporters . of
,tilo,„ifdr?tibn,’ tif Smtuiu this
Vticasui^,; thfcy did not, they?
traitors to
eeslca
typuTtl bu .'aiid *
tlieli'vpWy- ‘^51r. 1^5 'ifafen. proceeslcc.
pi ede’n^thi.t'D' vipdlca tb t he .pel icy
■of Ihic; iiill, - end. iir rfqdy to Messrs.
SirMniir O ,'iVttl Im
.affirm, that this duty has b«en t’argtdjr
% aud generoiwly *>met. and • fulfilled.
pn the part,' of the "a^Sfighia! pw-
prietors of .this cSfrOrlon^-.* ‘ SSvera-1
years-ago^ official' rej^irtl tij Copgiess
stated the. amount pf Indiarvgfauts «o
'the United States lo exceed ^14 inil-
jlion*, of acres, yes. Sir, ivb have
Scquirei* eoS bow own, niAi c land 'as
the fruits of their bouuty, than vve
.shall dispose of at the present rath
'to actual • settlers in two hundred
years. For, very recently, it has
been ascertained on this floor,, that our
public salfcs average not more than
about one million of acres annually,.
It greatly aggravates the wrong
that is now meditated agaiiiitHheso
tribes to survey the rich and ample
districts of their territories that either
.fo/ce or persuasion have incorporated
j: i , our public domains. As the, tide
; c; on i* i o pul at ion 1ms rolled ■'oil* we
have added purchase to purchase—
the noudding Indian listened to our
profe* ons of friendship--we called
him brother, and he believed us-tt-
millions after millions, he jitis yielded
to otir importunity; until we have ac
quired more, than can be cultivated
•in centuries—?nd yet* wq. crave
more;' 'Ve have crowded thd tribfs
, upon a few misitrablo • acre’s mi oirr
Southern frontier—'—it is all lligt js left
to them of their o:ice boundless fi>rests v
and still, like ' the horseleech, our
insatiated. cupidity cries-give, give.,.-
, Before I proceeJ 16 dcdjice coffaleN
al confirmations'*; of- ftfis original'tflle v
" from aH our political intdreourse^a^d
conveutioas with .^thft ^itnW\ trjbev 1
1 beg leave, to* pauie a" moment', mid
view the cgse -as it lies beyond the
treaties ma'fe with* them; |*jdjl'Sjife'
jftlsofrom Ml conftict.m& clifirt^
(tween, the g on federation nqd the coV>--
hies, and* tbe Cotrgress jif the
States. Our auce%torS ; f«mW thqse
people, far remrrve^d from jhe ceomlo-
tions of ^Euro^e, * exercising aH the
lights, and enjoying the prfvilegeVof
free and independiuit sovereigiis ttf
this - n&W world. 'Bh<^ dfeic «ot> 4
tiild and lawless Korde ^’banditti;'bat
lived under’ thc^ rcsfraihls of GQVt?rA s -
tnent, patriarchal iii its Inftuencc.-V
They had ebiet’s^head ffiqn andpomv*
cils. The'Avhitp ufleni ihh authors
of alHheif wrongs, .aginruaciiod ificm
as friends ^thty extended the fldive
.brnneb, ami heVng then a'feeblc colony,
Sid at the ipercy ofTthe native tfe-
hants of the sdiL'';by presents and
lioly-y. .. .
.. Slaiidiirg jiqrej ?Jicbi,*PtLIs rjrts jok-
i,-,hio- l'„,w * is ■ it ^nnSsihle that.
SToxjRa ^ritl ^VEhETT. When lie
cont:ludo(l %
'MV. rose, and said, that
as a goql.jemiui from Penusyh r ania[i
(Mr. 1J ^MPHif.v,) was about to offer
mf,amendment ,fo the *Ui,U, of a 0161*6
extensive effpCt^'and • -which would
v.,-. ba^i^, jibiv HI, ; iY-poSsilff;
.evgtt n. shadow, of.Haim*to sqjl.or ju* 'irmxw*
ris dii.Hcm/on-n he! derived, by I'm in-;■ c
. ■ V. .fi*. 1 1 lk,/f in.1 mi rii11 - . y —*.—■*■
ing a.'epl’ra.Leral issue between fill
iSt ate'of tbjorgia &. I lie fjfeiieral G o.v-
er'jvHTent? -Her co.mplahit is made a
gar,1st the - .United Slates,
[To n,E 'Contunhr.i).]. fty tfrel'C/'tiaif*
■iwwrii’jrtab
oojira'RSsi'ijvT*
.. v . . v l,Al,lyllO|vy 1 IMH-l,* Ulltl ' IV UK ii WUUIIS
ing*‘miiiyutietfIL ^lepei^qdq tbfc amCndmenttpow befofo
^‘the Ffoiteo^fo \Vculd w'itlidfaw'it ur\«
from the National .IntfcftjgcneeiV
Monday May 17.
>«r- u . v - -. piii.n^um mirtninnv it up?
Miy pLAY^ V^qd^a’giall- of ibift JdHtyl’qO&iionVoijliUhetaken;ou that
U*oy$e, W^i. the f ^«as' , ; a(id^>nj^'l?e , ijag .^v,fiieU.lxq"• *J1 .],tvas*• ubqqt to pro*
'(teiilahjci} and p;albr;ild oh nst* ittoel^;t,* po’^p. .* ■
Jitvw4li*illijv\*4f‘:j ’
they
treaties with both, not to acquire,
title or jurisdiction; Vie?c they had
before—ages before .the evil hour, to
them, when'their white brothers tied
to thtm fpr an asylum. They
treated,- to secure protection and
guaranty for subsisting powers and
privileges; and so far as those con
ventions raise obligations, they are
witling to meet, and always have met,
and faithfully performed them, and
now 'expect from a great People,
the like- fidelity tc plighted cove
nants. •; • *-. . . »' .1
1 havrt thus^chdeavored'to bring!
tlijy quo si toil to the e-ontrol of. first j
.principles. Tfufget all that we have!
hour against the hill.
Mr. FOSTER, of Georgia, next
rose, and occupied the floor about two
hours in support o.fithe bill. When
he concluded, several gentlemen rose,
but.
Mr. EVANS, of Me. obtained the
floor, and on his motion the committee -
rose, and •..
The House adjourned.
t . Mriy 18t.ii.
The seveVal special orders of t he
day .were then, on motion of Mr.
BELLi farther postpcfiied, and 'the
House again resolved itself into a
Committee of the VJ'.holc, Mri,W 10{(-.
'LIFFEi.il l*he,Chair on the bill.to.
to consent;!.and ,the. call prqoq.t^fef),; My party ( -Coi)sjdjeia^jo«s. (
and lOSiticjnbers anivwei'ed tb*tlifcii£ _ Mr., PIIOMPSOIN X of- Georgia
these move ftymty\establish
thq’ Jnijbaft claims, thus* regarded\ i*
tlm■.contending parttes--vy6re to n-
jrfiafige positions; place. tlf^T ithhp man
\vhQrek'Hlie-■ India 11 stands'*, load hin\
U’itlt aW-tliKsre wrongs; and what, pgth
would’Jlis outraged feelings strike mit
•foVdiisicarenr? TwVmt.y'shillings tax,
^Ltliink' it/WHs', imposed tipbir the im-
'mortaT llampdert,' rous id into activity
las. slumliering; (ires of Itbertv 'in the
old wnrld, frofti which kli'e dates a
glpvlous epdtlr, wlinse- healthful in-
ildcnee still cherishes freedom. A
t few .pence of. duty on tea, that in
vaded iuv fireside, excited no fears,
disturbed no substantial interest what
ever, awakened in the American col
onies a firm resistenee; and limy -Aval
the tea tax met, Sir? Just as it shock
be 1 * There was lurking heneath this
'trifling imposition of duty, a covert
its q<I,voe'ateSr
Mr. HUNTINGTON, nf Con.nee
t-icut, foll.tm’ed in a si>eech ofiiem'y
the.same li*o”th ,bn' the snore side;
names. * •«. * .. . ,< *^
Mr! CAiRSON nioved |o;.suspend'
further proceedings,;* ayes ^D f iii6es
Si(j. K . ‘ ' , 4 '- > v v.*
On trying the-sense of t1io Uouseam’
sqc.onuing illy mot ion' for- tlic.preVj u« s
question, only 71S rose, find the, motiqn
was, therefore-nbt seconded by niiv;
jority i?t!,tl»fc.^Uouse, « •
I'tic qucsttbiV then recurrtjxl on the
atnwidqtenl. ,’v
.fdliowed : ift spegeli in support-
of ihe^iHL ahjl Ini hqjflr fce’.jjpckoppor..
iuml3.'*'C. ’ ' ' • ' • .V
Mr. .vi?lTOk.llieii-'tofck.the floor,
and ftddrelsed ifiu. I4.ous« tp u'liapfso-
t IVa '1.114 * 1^ Wlwm lia tr*n\vr>1 ndilil
-. T(|r.*-B LvLL dpp6*sc?d the. wmen'd-
mt-nt; ’ mid apgue.d briefly that.tfiebill
ii^eJ-f'proposWd art appropriation only
ty carry in^o ofl'ofct dx-iiiljifg cmitivttcjs'
^itjltsi ( llto.liiH/'*' When he Ht'Q^cluded^
stel^r-n prmiglif m'^qibe.rirose: b«U;,* '
Mr.tDESHA, Kijviijg qVt't’med.tb^
floor, moved the previous* oMestien.
:M-r..UjlIp.M^SON, v yf
min'edn ’call- of ihq-ligtlse^
V-* V » I*. } u 11 V mil \’MII V A/ II Iiw |p
jpiifty; Klavas•eont.endtJd*If)’ thu- o'ppo-
siuyti tu it. Tlterqfoi'e ' tne. am civ 1-
.'m'ent u ns * 'uiweV e's- aTy
^lr. SJi'QdtRS replied^ and c’oiiten-
defl 1 hilt tie treaty ,[11 exist once c/ia*
^ Mr. J-OH N’S^pf HfrlaivaiUv she* 1»^l'llfc;}>.rbvl^g» .wihK.di jiis ffitu^d-'
ceedeiK andadtlrcssfid tbp> com mit te.O l ,,< H rtlS( ‘f^ ahll that ;it,Wi»s. J lber6-
af g«l»ai ’—*i- -,1--- —••--* *'t mi
[,Mi : .
the ”
'erf uy'a vete^ql i^BWKy,., \
*. ivaiLjrvivjS Vhq^t ca|le4 ( ; \vh«Mi j£
.appeqtithj'VlynN' w^iih.sb.v'tn iueniber*
.■glisent v *l\.vq,•f'ivf ( butt-spoil after enter*
-od , th0 ; TJ'iW) v q-nd pitler .tome time,'
.'Mr. BRCi'WN'.rimveff,‘a' suspension
of fui thef irrbceidrngsi,. which ibotion
.vvasTfleVldesl !>y •yeas-q’nd naysbu the af-*
.firpvj'tlve. < v ' ; ,
v .IHie tjiotn'Ma'fbf'be 'preVioCs-ques- *
rion ifttiHi^rii'l^tlie.Moyisfc-dij W^d, apj
The
inputs made' in committee of lho
’Whole, on Hie Suite of the Union on
the Indian bill. ’ . / ;
Tbe'firkt amomlfnent was agreed
to viz. to ifisert the ..words “and terri
tories.” The second amendment', as
followajiaving been read:
Provided, That nothing in this act
contained- shall he construed as au*
professions, propitiated* their, good
Will.The! 1piUar»yiqlckd a slrfWh-hiit
iqbstaiffsai* tyntfideo’ye—granted to
the* eoloinqs, an -abiding- place, and
«W/%m oiMu(r mi tnT mn’c
‘ • -> , 1 , J 1 V V,. V V-IIWV. 9 'I OO U \ •
assumption of authority, that led di-l thorizin? or directine; the violation of
fnan’i. wmsits
1 w^d
u r-viy 10 —
iiiOrfrairf^, lie b-
lMB«1lnilii f v*i
penad the* h«*^ ■of hiV^qrtii [y/tyidee
‘and wider.,. By and by; boiylijfidiM
are changed. ; Utis. people * melt;
®vay; his landsHere coirtlantly eoyet*
ed; millions after rnijlbons qre eeded.
Tfte itfdian bear#-it djk meekly ; he
complains, indeed, os a*pU ho may;
but suffers oft; and now be finds Ant
this neighbor, -.whom hi* kindness
bad nourished, has S|irbad an adverse* %
ilite over the lost nfmotti*-bT.^is
reclly to oppressive exactions “ “No
taxation without .representation” lie-
cahie our motto. We would neither
pay the tax nor drink the tea. Our
fathers buckled 011 their armor, and,
from the water’s edge, .repelled the
encroachments of a-misguided cab
inet. We successfully and triumnh-
ajjtly contended for the very rights
and privileges that our Indian neigh-
auy. exist in treaty -between the U.
States artel anv of-the? lndkui-1 rifles.
Mr. STORES, of New York mov
ed to amend the amendment by add-
ngi - :
“Nor to authoiizo tjie occupation
or purchase nf.any lands belonging to
the Cherokee nation, o- any posscsso-
interest or elaim therein of any in-
M/lllfll imlinn fit' i'llMllha millwM.l IL»
>V --, ,
„ (Ividual Indian or Indians, with'nqt fhc
bors now deplore us to protect and; cyinseiit of the said nation given by
pfflservo to them. Sir, this thought i treaty for that purpose.”
invests the subject under debate with' Mr. BA'fES then addressed tbe
nrbst singular and ' momentous in- Mouse for about two l/ouVs and ahafi’
terest. Wf, whom-God has exalted in opposition to the bill. ' i*<
to the very soinmils of prosperity— Mr. CROCKET then pose ohd
tunity er : gvwg. to lliB,foundation of
tliiii qjjieHiiulf \if lndkin i^ghfs^. and that
lvhai.evenqj*edij* gfcnt 1 einenr might bh-
J^kiu fitiieifuU eloquence', they
sliotihL'nb^haVc inp benefit of’the ah-*
giiment. ’>« >'* . T <4 »‘* / *,*
aif<rji,pjU. ip ftisj[:«ski>tg['tbc .r'e.olr
■eights, of tile dvjduijMi oC
fbe.^«Hft(r^;(uove«noi?ritr^iiid Hfra
e st jy-.a^fv okaUnA .tfy if, peSipt 11^
-the a r(furrt ;■ tq s - of *i l’i ofie who pppcsoi
'•it ' ? v ’’ *”
Mr. W^LEyi* eallqij fo'r.tho 1^* id ing
of the c iglii li^'t iel<j id'll)e.t i*dy!Sy with',
the Chproi<e« fc 'diidiqr», otjtjie';
Mississippi. flfJ%y?2a* 1828; Ware* <t'.oddcpd mth'lh<l*d^^is’b»jytisf?tf
ply tr>\ ’(VeH resolution '.iMMt.' K'f 8 , • *
STORRS. ** C. • •coiK , :ludej1 ; tit.ei^hf >0 cUocK^.vy^cji tpc f
iadrf ;l^’i*lfrfe (SltfrhlVec.fi;
!j.Ai{ss«ssip|)i r Jl .bad, bq
M0-. VINTCH^ni^tirf
t reat ylAT’a3 mad *' 1 ’ *' “* *
West of f\)e .
binding effect pa' tint Clio
os*re-
.'n rv . '■’v; • ;*
rnai 11 i 11 g oirtKekIjjt stjaf ;jlkvMi*5isa-rp
vAR fqf die qpeqt jop #w1 gift* -
efiVt rfml. jjp'fliJfei: gen^j|tiiair Halijg to.
> f tfdmii<W .% • -.- w . ' f .
-.f-'-.t'Irfft qiprsCdkvfatrputqn.ibeeniend-'.
iu 1S1V » VI J w luiiji.tw v* I T 11X1 • V'lvWV » «» 1 lilt'll I <1017 Alllt]
Whose brief career forms the bright- stated his determination to VOtq.ng£pnsit- .. _ ^
’estqTnge in history r the wonder gud the bill. . ' * 1
gia’M^rfflha tvorldf Freedom’s hope,t Mr. TEST then obtained the 14