TWENTY SECOND CONGRESS IN SENATE.- First Session.

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1832

Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted the following resolutions:

Resolved, That the Government of the United States is bound by terms and stipulations of several treaties made with the Cherokee Nation of Indians, and also by the provisions of the intercourse act of 1802, to protect said nation from all intrusions upon their Territory.

2. That the President of the United States does not possess the constitutional power of dispensing with the execution of the intercourse act of 1802, and of said treaties; and that until the said act shall be repealed, and while the said treaties remain, it is the duty of the President to enforce the provisions and stipulations.

Thursday, February 2d.

Mr. Sprague presented a memorial from sundry citizens of Augusta, Maine, praying that the treaty made with the Cherokee tribe of Indians may be preserved inviolate, and that Congress will protect them in the rights secured by said treaty; referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

The following resolutions, submitted yesterday by Mr. Frelinghuysen, were taken up:

1. Resolved, That the government of the United States is bound by the terms and stipulations of several treaties made with the Cherokee Nation of Indians, and also by the provisions of the intercourse act of 1802, to protect said nation from all intrusions upon their territory.

2. That the President of the United States does not possess the constitutional power of dispensing with the execution of the intercourse act of 1802, and of said treaties; and that until the said act shall be repealed, and while the said treaties remain, it is the duty of the President to enforce their provisions and stipulations.

Mr. Frelinghuysen observed, that he was not disposed to interrupt the progress of the debate on the tariff, assigned for to day, and he would, therefore move to lay the resolution on the table, and made it the order of the day for Tuesday next.

This motion was adopted.

The House resumed the consideration of Mr. Everett's resolution on the subject of the Chickasaw Treaty.

Mr. Clay of Alabama, addressed the House until nearly two o'clock.

On motion of Mr. Polk, the House proceeded to the order of the day, and took up the apportionment Bill.