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The popular Drauch ohall"leirish!ures-hwibe5iT'.liua.;
ble to be led astray by the influence of some popular
speaker acting on the impulsive temperament of the
young and inexperienced who nrojoAen found in this
seal of Solonr And even the more wary and the groy-
" JieadedjiHreometimes" betrayed into gross errors or se-
ducid.inlb base' connivances hy the chicanery ofun-rincipled-jtiggfers
who substitute falsehood for f.ict :
nsscrtionibr argument: and hypocritical professions of
a zeal'thatvwould uircad the ic'uie jiress alone? for pat-
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'Ehe'jifices Cof the member from San Augustine
wluctf5crTsited fortlie most part iu Uc assertions
nnil inductions equally false had procured the passage
of the Cherokee laud bill through the House of Re-
presentatives" with the word "mened" engraved on-
1 'Its frontlet.. jBut happily for the country Uiere was
.discernment and integrity enough in the Senate despite
the most virulent efforts of a few adherantsto the Che-
rokee advocate 10 jtrilce out that false word; and not-
withstanding the illusory promise of au overflowing
treasury to place the Cherokee claim on its proper ba-
sis and tor con cede to them only a simple dependant
possessory right to the land they occupied.
No one so. far asI am informed was opposed to the
governinant deriving a fiscal benefit from the lands
lately occupied by the Cherokees. Some considerable
expense had'beeu incurreliu expelling those intrusive
and impudent savages from our territory; and it was
reasonable that the government should be remunerat-
ed for that expenditure provided it could be accom-
p'lshsd without infringing the rights of individuals.
So the iMexicans were expelled from the Brazos the
Colorado and all the. ultra western streams; and the
blood of western citizens w.is most piofusuly jhed; their
properly most freely squandered and their families sub-
ject to most intense suffering-' in effecting their expul-
sion. Is it therefore reasonable that the laud-holders
of die west shouid defray the national expenses inci-
dent to that great event? As well might the land hol-
der of the Brazos or the Colorado be required to yield
his title to laud to reimburse the cost of the one public
"Vservice as the bona fide landholder of the country Iate-
. -lyoccwifeitjiy ne Cherokees be 'asked to surrender
lIis"claknlio indemnify the government for the expeu-
. seCiffeKUier. .But this is a matter which requires
no elucMjalii. The firmness of the Senate has pi e-
" 4.ervcd uslrom the odium audjjie dangerous example
4 of an unJHSt and oppressive law Avjnch would have
violated many individual rights and have subjected
the government to a querulous expenditure of the pub-
lie fuiidsjiuuprofitablelitigations with its citizens. .And
Ihe ojti'.sen& of thejeouutry has already oj-will soon
t detect" the ialjacy. and duly appreciate.thc acrant false-
hoods of tliememberfrpni San Augustine on this sub-
ject.' It is howeveirof some momeut'to the country to
its' reputation its;interestsand its internal tnmquihty
to ascertptVis iiearfa.s.Tnuy lie llia'tnie character and
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nragtrciiPfesnlVsk " v Tf t l " JTA 'mid convey the soil oranypoition of it to whomsoev-
covert jdesTofindividual speculation whicnmay .
haveln?coMcon? behiud the great 'zeal of the .mem
ber "fromSan Augustine and -his proselytes to retain
theJSrduow.NED" in the bill; Without'supposingsome
sucK secret desfgn it would be very difficult to account
for the vas't importance the "Ajax in debate" attached
to that little' word. Its- retention could' have had no
beneficial relalion to his kindred Cherokees; iot'their
tftle' was ack'nowledired toliavebeen forfeited and t$2
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cr they pleased.. Now 1 ik jW assert for I cannot
prove that Sam Houston and others really had a deed
Jr-.m Hie Lherokees for one hundred or more Jeoones
of land. But 1 do recollect that such a rumor was
abroad in Texas some ycais ago: that it travelled its
little round as many others had done without exciting
much notice orenqniiv. and then sunk in the watcrsof
vJLethe beneath whose daik and sullen waves many
similar iniquities lie hidden cm.opi to the view of Om
niscience. 'WThe late disciiiMon of the Cherokeerlpnct
uui nti3i.cin-uiiui.-u iu iuvhl; iikii iiiiuur wiiu mors
than its pristine interet.t: aim to awaken suspicions that
there was more acu'eness iu the declamatory zeal and
fustian eloquence of the member from San Augustine
than is dreamed ol iu common philosophy. Cunning
is one of his chief attributes: and with all his seeming
liberality of the genuine loafer stamp he is as covetous
pf filthy lucre as he is false arid vindictive. The zeaP
-ous advorate says: "If the amendment prevailed and
Mhe word "owuctP' was stricken out; itmvould destroy
the bill altogether." And so it would so far as any
transfer of title by the Cherokees to himself aud oth-
ers was concerned in its.passage.
It is easy to propound questions; and I might seri-
ously ask S.ji IIoustox if such a deed was ever exe-
cuted or not. To my own mind the enquiry would
be preposctcrous and absuid: for we know lull well
that the answer would be in the negative; and if any
loiee could be superadded to ihe denial it would un-
hesitatingly be solemnized by au oath judicial. And
still the ciiquny would lemam. as uiatisfied and un-
satisfactory as befoie. The deed having been render-
ed invalid and of no advantage by expunging the little
pregnant word -owiit'd fiosn the bill it will of couise
bedesaloyed asii document depict and the knowledge
of its existence caiefully suppressed.
Rumors of base conduct d 'live or loose credibility
from the known character of the subject of them. Iu
this instance theio is much to corroborate the truth of
the report. Sam lioivrox in his great speech dis-
coursed many bittpr saicasms against Hand specula-
tors' :'laud thieves" '-petjuifd villains"' and dial-
ers in fraudulent land certificates supposed to have
been located on his favoute Cheiokee domain. "Satan
rebuking sin" is no novelty iu the world. Vindictive
demagogues have justified metaphor in many instances:
but seldom more fully than iu the piesent. Sam
Houston will not venture to denv (for he "eschew'
exposure in tricks which may -Have a political bearing)
that he himself is a dealer tn fraudulent land certifi-
cates: that he is a land speculator in the most odious
scuse of the term; a speculator in fraudulent and base
titles which he hopes per f cm et nefas to make good
and valid: and that he has invested at least six thousand
dollars in the iniquitous traffic in copartnership with
his convenient friend and souhrcttc of gambling noto-
riety in tlse Red Lands.
1 have shown conclusively by official documentary
evidence thai the Cherokee- had no proprietary title to
land in Texas previous to the passage of the national
colonization law in 1S2-1 excepting the provisioned
permission to cultivate the ground they then occupied
which constituted them no moie than tenants at will
aiid vested in them a right to the emblements the pro-
i'ducis of their own labor; but not a color of legal title'to
the soil. On the -lth January 1S23 the Emperor Itur-
mnE piomulgateda Colonization law in which no al
lusion is made to Indians foreign or domestic. The
usurper was dethroned in he spring of that year and
his law was superceded bv another passed by thegeneral
Congress on the ISth August. 1S2I which law is the
2basis of the colonization system in iMexico. Neither of
4hese general laws speak ot Indians; nor offers any
invitation nor confers any rights much less "exemp-
tions" upon' them. And it will be recollected that in
theofficiallefter of the Mexican Secretary of State for
internldaflairsjinserted in my last number itis ex-
Dressfv stnted'Tn 'advance that the Cherokees could not
participate miheTbenefits of the colonization law ihen
:
obligatiowB'ofhis legislative oath 'we catx Trace' it; pniy-
to ftis oytf jertile braiu whichindes'pite'of lotiiabit-
ual inebriation is still prolific of lovfMeviees. aiid of
fouinach'.uations to iirjuru others and cunning coutri-
nouncedooe if precedents are always authoritative :
for thousauds7bf other' assertions equally tcersustaln-
ed may be traced to the same source.
1 shall endeavor by- exploring the legitimate and
veritable authorities on the subject to shew that the
Cherokees nevei; had anyother title to land inTexas
than as; tenants by'sufferance as occupants under a
provisional temporary permission to enjoy the 'usu-
fruct of the soil without power of alienation antl at $
all timessubject to the will of the government. Pro-'
iring these things will indeed prove many deliberate
falsehoods irpon Sam Houston but that is a sequel
of smallirnport. It is become too common to excite i
surprise in others and too familiar with himself to in-
flict'a twinge' of mortification.
PUBLICS.
C. Van Ness to a
mg5;fprwaWto vthelfe of 4 18tHr August (and
jiJ&iiecM the snbject?
Tttidiaw0ffflrds'.thenlirfefrw
kxmsit'ne said "triotindi
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m extenaea to lnauce mem to settle rn'ine counirv;
ibatey wer aanla in their rirtti tot heir lands
ittiofe.of: "tlierrriffhis.fcetitnot he forgotten thnttheiWiM
that'thetllball iwt'WI xcept to-- hn.defiaes to be the "exclusive ownership" of the lands- ! their cause. te?f&a frlll3r remote
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Extract of a letter from the Hon
geutlcmau in this city doted
Han Antonio. April 19 lS-IO.-
Gen. Canales has been in town some das with a
portion of his forces encamped near. lie ira Yeryrgen-
tlemanly and intelligent man honest and patriotic iu
his views and intentions and in my opinion determin-
ed that his causesjf; succeed llis flight into Texas
is no feigned movement; feeling unable To resist Aris-
ta's combiued force when his men were badly armed
and almost without ammunition he divided his own
with the view of separating the other force into small
divisions and thus meeting them Zapata being ta-
ken prisoner to effect his lele'ase Canai.es with Sl)
men attacked the army of AkistAj but was overpower-
ed and only 120 of his men eseaptdr riieMfitraTists"
report CO killed of thejrmen; they of course do not ex-
aggerate the utimbcr. The federalists make.a very dif-
feient report and I presume -much nearer the truth;
for that they fought bravely and even desperately (as
at times they were entirely surrounded) cannot be
doubted; and as they had two pieces of artillery well
managed they must have done execution. Zip"ATA
though at first well treated was shot and his ijendtut
off and taken to Guerrero where he resided ailtl-hoist-ed
on a pole in front of his house; and forty out1 of forty-
two prisoners were shot. You can imagine what fate
awaited Canales had he fallen a prisoner. 'With 'un-
disciplined troops and only a portion of those armed
with fire-arms and scantily provided with ammuni-
tion they resisted to the last before availing themselves
of the protection of our territory. They certaiuly are
entitled to our warmest sympathies; forat iimes when
in possession of the frontier our citizens (and several
American merchants have visited them) have been al-
lowed free ingress and egress and have received every
friendship and protection. The centralists have never
failed when au opportunity olfeiul to despBil. and in-
carcerate and generally conclude by murdering. In
fact the federalists for ihe last eighteen months hajug
served as a barrier between us and the enemy! TlPy
have been fighting our battles and alone and unaided
almost repudiated by us have been doing- what wo
should have done. We want and need no better protec-
tion on the western line than the possession of that
frontier by them. With the federalists established there
I believe we will enjoy a security and a free and open
trade which "we would not even in a state of perlect
paco with tbo present jjovcrnment of-Mcxrco '
"1 have noticed in one of the public papers a com-
plaint of the violation of .our territory by them. Then
it is a violation of our territory for them (andihey are
the citizens of Tamaulipas and Coahuila and owners of
the soil not forced and hired soldiers) after fighting
agamsrcOTrnpttnisrule and- oppression and being driv-
en from their homes and their families and having lost
their all to seek security within ourhmits; and it i
violation for 6uropens word and"thless fo&too
py and garriMB'cLarado to.send in Quinto alias Man-
uel de la'Lwsi.renegade Mexican frbm'ijBS town
with- 300jmitpowejjroad to scour wrfer as he
can safely'Ji1tida$fttcfr mawndjog ad rob-
bing' paratV-ldW ad fcxicairf on the "otherroutes' lorine sane purppseaiioLwoicn oaa oeea ana
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Bonnell, George W. Texas Sentinel. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 29, 1840, newspaper, April 29, 1840; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80043/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.