President. to reimburse this money now it seems to me would be wrong. The Creeks forfeited every claini against the United States by their participation in the rebellion. The money was used by Congress for the purpose of supporting the loyal refugees from that country. the money was appropriated by act of Congress. and .yet the second and third items are made the basis of this claim not -only for the full amount thus appropriated by Congress. but for interest at 5 per cent. compounded since that time. Let me read: 2. BD the sum of $68.956.29. taken without authority of law from said fund and applied to the general purposes of the Creek Nation. The money was applied for the purpose of supporting the loyal refugees from the Creek Nation. 3. By the sum of $106.799.68. taken without authority of law frm said fund and applied to the support of loyal refugees of the Creek Nation. And the appropriations made by Congress were made to apply these two funds. the general fund and the special fund. so that the Government of the United States. having received $106.000 in 1837. invested part of that in bonds that are still intact and in existence on which it has paid the interest without any legal obligation to do so. and it has paid the balance of the fund for the support of loyal Creek refugees during the civil war at a time when the treaties were confessedly not subsisting. The money was paid and thus applied. .and now it is proposed to pay these sums over again. Mr.
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