Special Message
02/20/1853
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I herewith transmit, for the advice and consent of the Senate, a treaty recently negotiated with the Chickasaw Nation of Indians.
The consul having evidently acted with good intentions, the claim is submitted for the consideration of Congress.
The nature and objects of the treaty are fully explained by the report of Mr. Harper, who negotiated it in behalf of the United States.
Great was my surprise to observe this morning in one of the public journals a statement of what purports to be a proposition, jointly signed...