In other cases the position of these intruders is one of
simple and barefaced wrongdoing, plainly questioning the inclination of
the Government to protect its dependent Indian wards and its ability to
maintain itself in the guaranty of such protection.
These intruders should forthwith feel the weight of the Government's
power. I earnestly commend the situation and the wrongs of the Indians
occupying the reservation named to the early attention of the Congress,
and ask for the bill herewith transmitted careful and prompt attention.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 5, 1888_.
_To the Senate_:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 28th of February last,
requesting the President of the United States to obtain certain
information from the Government of Great Britain relative to the
proceedings of the authorities of New Zealand concerning the titles to
lands in that colony claimed by American citizens, I transmit a report
of the Secretary of State, together with the accompanying documents.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, January 5, 1888_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith, with a view to its ratification, a treaty of
friendship, commerce, and navigation between the United States and the
Republic of Peru, signed at Lima on the 31st day of August, 1887.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, January 5, 1888_.
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