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SECRETARY HaRLAN AffD THE SALE OFIKK CHEROKEE LANDS.We invite the attention of the country to the letter of onr W«Mbuigtoii correspondent in this paper on Secretary TIaklan8 management ofthe treaty tale of the Cherokee lands. The narration fa made from the records If any one after a careful perusal of this statement can believe that Secretary Haul an has anyi character lor official integrity left, he is p j-l peescd ot a credulity which transcend* the realm of tacrs. The facts are established that the lerms of the treaty we»© violated by the sale; that the Indians were defrauded of a large sum of money; thn* ihe land* of the settlers,\ which were specially excepted by the treaty, were sold by Haklam iu the whole lump at $1 per acre on long time; that Harlan afterward 1 tried to dir-parage the value of the lands by alleging that the best of them were already takeu up by settlers when he had included : tbe*0tattler*' land* in the sale; that he reni«cd t higher bids miv4 cash tern;*, and showed a re-ronTkHble desire to give the lands at a great sacrifice to this company, w hich was already cotoiiou* for fraud upon the Govartnne it, and that the bargain which he gave to this ora* pany was one for which a large bonus could beafforded *u d could he promptly readiedNeither we nor our Washington corespondent have any motive or interest iu this affair ‘ but the integrity of the public service. Is there ! A ifctfn that, alter perusing General Boynton s j Hate men t, will Say *1:? «1| this part in the Cherokee affair is fit to be trusted in any capacity? Is it possible to re*; li*¥# his integrity at the expense of his compel©! cy? Could his real to place the**e lands ( in the bauds of the Connecticut Land Company***' * 7]at a noiuiital price have been greater if be had ; been nfmrti.er in thespeculation?The Hon. J. B Gmnnkll will see himself in rather an unpleasant light in this letter.It integrity is to be regarded a* a qnaliSca-lioti for high official po-ition in thi** Government; if official peculation is to be regarded a3 anything more than a pleasant joke, while it diaws friuiultaueou.dy from the bung hole and from a multitude of little spigots; if honesty is to he deemed a virtne in the administration of government, Fuch a man as this reveals must no be permitted to remain in a high place.
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Cincinnati Semi Weekly Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Jan 18, 1870
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