Mr. DOOLITTLE. Indians not taxed were excluded because they were not regarded as a portion of the population of the U.S. hey are subject to the tribes to which they belong, and those tribes are always spoken of in the constitution as if they were independent nations, to some extent, existing in our midst but not constituting a art of our population, and with whom we may 1. treaties. There is another reason whv the Indians not taxed ought not to be included in this grant of citizenship. Ifyou make them citizens, of course they will not only have the privileges of citizens, but they will be subjected to the duties of citizens. They will not only have the riglht to sue but they will be liable to be sued. hey Will not only have the right to make contracts, but they will be bound by their contracts; and that is a policy which the Government has reSisted from the beginning in its dealings with the Indians, except with those Indians who have become citizens and are liable to be taxed. Then they are regarded as citizens of the U.S. Without oing into the argument at len th, I am decidedly of the opinion that if by eclaring the Indians to be citizens you are going to bind them by their contracts and pet" mit them to be sued as other cithensnrein the courts of the U.S. the Indians are not yet pre)ared for citizenship. Another answer to my riend is, that so far as relates to the Indian population they can he provided for special 1y by other acts of Congress when the question shall arise. It is not necessary to provide for it in this bill, for if you do, it will give rise to difficulty. Ifyou undertake to prowde in this proposition that every Indian born in the U.S. who may not be for the time being incorporated in any tribe shall be a citizen of the U.S. you may compel some of us to vote against the amendment altogether. Although some of these Indians may be disconnected from their tribes, and may be wandering, in bands and in families, as there are some in the State of Wisconsin and in other States, I do not think they are yet in a condition to be incorporated as part of the citizens of the U.S and made liable to be bound by the contracts which they may make and to be sued upon their contracts.