The Disposition of the Public Domain in Oregon: Memorandum of the Chairman to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Transmitting a Dissertation ... |
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Page 99 - It also appears that the sale of the public lands is largely on the increase. It has long been a cherished opinion of some of our wisest statesmen that the people of the United States had a higher and more enduring interest in the early settlement and substantial cultivation of the public lands than in the amount of direct revenue to be derived from the sale of them. This opinion has had a controlling influence in shaping legislation upon the subject of our national domain.
Page 32 - An act to create the office of surveyor-general of the public lands in Oregon, and to provide for the survey, and to make donations to settlers of the said public lands...
Page 22 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 22 - Chiefs, head men, warriors, and, in many instances, entire bands, expecting presents ; making known that the whites had promised, from time to time, that when the laws of the United States were extended over Oregon, the Governor would bring them blankets, shirts, and such other articles as would be useful to them.
Page 6 - The editor of the Ohio Statesman, a free-trade Democrat rejoicing in repeal, was unreconciled as late as June 15, 1846, to any partition of Oregon. He wrote: Withered be the hand that dismembers Oregon, and palsied the tongue that consents to an act so treasonable, foul and unnatural. Let Freedom's holy banner be planted upon the farthest ice-bound cliff, to which our title is clear and unquestionable, and our answer to our arrogant foe be given in the words of Vasa — 'Here will we take our stand.'81...
Page 22 - Congress assembled have thought proper to issue their proclamation, and they do hereby prohibit and forbid all persons from making settlements on lands inhabited or claimed by Indians, without the limits or jurisdiction of any particular State, and from purchasing or receiving any gift or cession of such lands or claims without the express authority and directions of the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 106 - The United States agree to pay said Indians the additional sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, a portion whereof shall be used to pay for such articles as may be advanced to them at the time of signing this treaty, and the remainder shall be applied to subsisting the Indians...
Page 72 - ... that he does not apply to purchase the same on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to his own exclusive use...
Page 25 - ... another superintendent tells us another thing, and another great chief removes him. Who are we to believe ? Who is your great chief, and who is to tell us the truth ? We don't understand the way you act. With us, we are born chiefs; once a chief we are a chief for life. But you are only common men, and we never know how long you will hold your authority, or how soon the great chief may degrade you, or how soon he may be turned out himself. We want to know the true head, that we may state our...
Page 15 - ... destination ; for suitable employment immediately after arrival cannot always be relied on, and there is nothing more discouraging to the new-comer than to become a subject of public or private charity. This caution applies particularly to heads of families, who would be cruelly derelict in their duty to expose those depending on them to the risk of destitution on arrival. Families who contemplate settling on lands will require, after providing for all traveling expenses...