Mr. HEN person. This is the most re inarkable of all the opposition I think 1 have ever witnessed. The Senator now leaves the 11th section, which we have under consideration, and goes back and attacks the 10th. Now, what is the 10th section? That said Kansas and Ncosho Valley Railroad Cpru pany. its successorsand assigns, shall have the right to negotiate with, and acquirefrom, ring Indian n‘ation or tribe. authorizedby the U.S. to disposeoflands for railroad purposes. Is it possible for the U.S. to make a treaty with the Cherokee nation permit ting them to grant alternate sections of these lands to a railroad company, and is it possible that we will say beforehand that they shall not do it? 1st, there must be a treaty made with the tribe to authorize the tribe to do this thing before this section of the bill will attach at all. The remarks of the Senator would leave the impression that we are attempting to originate a new mode of treating with the Indians. It is not so. A treaty must 1st be made authorizing the Indians to permitit to be done or else it cannot be done; and even after the treaty has been made it cannot be done until the action is submitted to the President and approved by the President. That is another guardian ship over their rights. Mr. President, the Indian tribes are not at all damaged by this bill and cannot be. The Cherokee nation has already passed a resolution through its representative bod allowin either of these roads, whichever shall buil 1st, the right of way, and appointing commissioners to induce them to build. It is a note rious fact that such is the case; and this is the only tribe we have not already negotiated with an secured the right of way tobuild railroads from. They are aiI anxious to have railroads. Is it possible that this rich country, the Cher okee nation, is to be kept closed up forever without railroad facilities? As the Senfrom NewHampshire [Mr. CRAGIN says, there are intelligent men there, very able men representing them in their Legislature. They are entirely excluded from the outside world; they have no communication at all with it; and they are begging for a railroad company to build a road there. They passed resolutions to that ef fect by their Legislature. We have cramped and bound up these companies in every way possible in this bill, and yet I hear objections made. 1st a treaty must be made allowing them to give theirlands; 2ndly, even after they ive their lands, their action must be approve by the President an additional guard and protection and yet we are told we are trying to robthe Indians! I am sure I would not robthem out of a cent; I do not desire to do it, and I would give no company the power to do it. If this bill is not protected against any wrong, if it is not so guarded that no wrong, can be indicted on the Indian, I myself will not vote for it.