Mr. INGERSOLL. This bill proposes to give the State of Kansas a power which she does not now possess; that is, the power of taxin Indian lands. But it is not anywhere propose that these Indians shall be represented in the Legislature of Kansas, notwrthstanding they are to be taxed. Thus it is proposed to violate one of the cardinal principles of republican government, that taxation 5 ould be accompa nied by representation. The lands of these Indians are to be taxed, amounting to 1,000s and 1,000s of acres, but the Indians themselves are to be allowed no voice whatever in the legislative body which is to pass the laws imposing the taxes. That isa species ofinjus ties that I can never support. Then. again, ifyou are going to impose this obligation upon these Indians, these half civilized Indians and those tendin toward civilization, you should confer upont cm the right of suffrage and let them have a voice in the election of members to the Legislature which is to make the laws for governing them and taxing, their property. This bill, therefore, should be defeated, because it refuses the right of votin and the right of representation, which shou] accompany the obligation of aying taxes, unless the person taxed has for eited his right to representation by taking up arms against the Government. These are some of my objections to this bill. Ifyou are going to taxthe Indians for the purpose of supportin the State government, then Iain in favor of al owing them to vote the same as the white men. If you do not want them to vote, the alet their property alone. I hope, therefore, this bill and the amendment of the ComIndAffrs, will be voted down. If there is any necessity for legislation, I prefer the substitute of the Gentfrom Penlfnistylvania, [Mr. SrevsNs] is true that these Indians have committed crimes, then they can be punished in the U.S. courts. If it is true that the property, liberty, and lives of the citizens of Kansas can be protected only by conferring upon her State courts the jurisdiction over these ndians, then confer upon them the right to try them before a jury just as in the case of other men. But that does not necessarily involve the right to steal their lands.