The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-23 00:00:00

LINCOLNSHIRE POLITICS"•

Lord R. Cecil, M.P., Sir S. Nortlicote, Bari.,
Trollope,
M.., and the Right Hon. Sir J.
M. 1)., were present at a grand banquet given at the
Town-hall, Stamford, on Wednesday evening, be
the mayor of that town. Upwards of 200 invita-
ro
tions were issued. After the usual loyal toasts,
osed.
The MAYOR, in terms of high culogium, p p
" The Members for the BOrough."
Lord It. CECIL, the first to respond, said he was_a,
Bart.,
P
stating merely a historical fact when he said th
his lion. colleage and himself were sent to Parlia-
hold a
meet to support a certain cause, and to up _
certain Ministry ; and he was again only statir!g
failed,a
historical fact when he said that they had *
and that they appeared as defeated men with .
arms and standards soiled. But since that time
c. 01:
party warfare had fallen a good deal into abeyan
and lie must confess that he was not very sorry!
it. He valued party feeling as a means
ing on the Government of a country, and fully the
cognised the benefits it had conferred upon _
State ; but he was bound to say that during the few
last years we had seen the worst side of its
ing , for in a period of nine years no less than seven _
had been wasted in Ministerial crises, which 'worse
neither valuable nor useful for the purpose of
lation. (Hear.) After alluding to various pen_
of carrr)e..-
tical topics, and reading and replying to set
of the charges of Mr. Bright against t
aristocracy, said that his belief in reference to a.
former wars was that the English
sometimes have been enthusiastic, seine;
times over hasty ; but he thought the records oil.
history would show that they would spend theln
last farthing, and give up the last man, rather than
suffer a foreign enemy to pollute these shores;
people might
rather than suffer any one to injure an empire
h
which they were proud to belong, or to diminis
the value of the institutions which they loved so
well. (Applause.)
Sir STAFFORD NORTIICOTE, who followed said
—I must differ with my noble friend upon eue
party,
point. Ho spoke of our party as a defeated
which no doubt it is ; but T must dissent from hug
either as to our arms being broken or our banners,
soiled. I deny either one or the other. (Cheers.)
I say that though we can no longer claim to exec"
cise the privileges of government, yet that we have
duties imposed upon us, and we have privileges to
exercise as an Opposition. (Hear, hear.)
have a duty to perform to the country whilst NVI:
are on the Opposition benches, which I hope o.e;
trust we shall perform just as conscientiously as if
were on the other side of the house. (Cheers.)
How is it, I would ask, that progress takes place in
England ? How is it that any measure which is
carried through Parliament is regarded by t
is
common
consent as one which must be maintained.? lis
because, prior to any measure being carried, it
thoroughly well discussed and fought by both par-
ties, and having been so fought, it is adopted per-
haps with certain modifications, or after difficulties
which might have presented themselves to the
minds of its opponents had been explained awl'
And if you look to the history of England for the
last 30 years, during which we have been making
great progress of all kinds, you will see that mach
good has come out of the party struggles hick
have been going on ; those who have been in' OPPe"
sition forming, as it were, the balance of the cnstani-
-
tution, and thus rendering great service to the c.
try. At the present time it is of great importance thst
we should, if possible, support the Governraent*
(Hear, hear.) It is very true that it may beconie
our duty to take strong measures to opopose that
be
Government upon matters which may f great
and vital importance ; but at the same ti looking
me,
to the general interests of y to the state
of affairs in the East, to tour financial condition,
which is such that there must be very
importing',
financial measures introduced ;_ looking to Oil
great question of the defence of the country, 11°
to the necessity for adopting measures for piacl,li
ourselves upon an independent footing which will
render us free from those degrading panics to Whie
we are from time to time subject, and at the sainatime
command the respect of foreign nations; looking t°
all these questions, I say thatit is particularly iniller:a.
tant that we should adopt a line of conduct 'which:,
at once firm and not factious which should show; ",
have a policy of our own, and prepared to enOred
it; but that as long. as we see those measures carp
which we consider to be for the good of the country/
we will abstain from all factious proceedings. (Louu
cheers.) That is peculiarly important, because ewe
number nearly one-half of the House of Common.'
and because it is in our power—there would be no
difficulty whatever, by taking advantage of C3'
opportunities—to embarrass.and defeat the Govern'
anent. But this ought not to be the object of
so
Opposition. Until you can command an absolute
and clear majority you should not thus disturb the
Government. What the Opposition should.do is'
to take care that the Government gees straight":
to take care that those feelings, which there are in
the present as in other Governments, shall have
fair play, so that when urged on by their more
treme supporters to measures of which they did
unne:
as a body approve, they should be able to turn ro
and say, "We will not do these (Lona
cheers.) If that is the spirit which animates the
Opposition, I believe all will go well.

TWENTY-SIX TEARS AMONG TOR

INDIANS.

One of the moat extraordinary narratives to':
we have had the, fortune to relate has just con!
under our notice. It was told us by the hem
himself, and the most searching investigatlew
fails to shake the truth of the story, asterl'shi.ol!
as it may seem to be. If there is any decePtl
in the case, we fail• to see its object. Aber,
twenty-six years ago some Canada Indians AI.
in Cleveland, and did some trading witil,, tie
people. In the course of the trade the Inds
an
they had been cheated, and in order to re;
venge themselves stole a throe year old 1309,frfae
the city, and carried him off to Canada. As la'
au
can be learned, the child was stolen from a 9131,,
brown house, but in what part of the city, or an
further particulars of the theft, cannot be learn :
The captors kept the boy in Canada for a few daYl
and then, fearing his recovery by the whitest In%
him to a party of Pottawotamies, who kept hhe
about a month. By these he was again sold to
Rawpaws, in which tribe he remained a ruclen'ea
but as there were some fears that he would be trll%.
wandintnaekbeangobeys tohfenwlihnoitiessa,nhde.wwiasesontrsaind.ed off to tm-
' he remained in the keeping of this tribeli o
has
l long
been ascertained, but he was eventually transfer',
again sold him to the Sioux Indians of
from them to the Chippewas of Wisconsin, Iv°
Minnesota'
Twenty-five years ago• he was sold by the ChiP-
pewas to the Snakes and Copperheads of lova.
' When this tribe removed to Missouri he accoir
panied them, and afterwards went with thern
in
their migrations through California and Oregon;
That portion of the tribe with which he remains'
finally proceeded as far north as the Russian pos-
sessions near Behring's Straits, and there, with
portions of the Creeks, Utahs, and other large
of Indians, they at present remain. Their princi-
pal point f settlement is about 300 miles from
Nthe
North Pacific Ocean, and about 2,200 miles to the
north-west of St. Paul. One of the points in the
Russian territory where the tribe occasionally visits,
is " Russian Fort," which is laid down on the
map as near the Colville River. The hero of this
strange adventure says the fort is in the vicinity
of a small river, the name of which, other than that
given by this tribe, he does not know. The Snake
and Copperhead Indians trade with St. Paul, having
a semi-annual train to that place. The train has
about 2,000 Indians. One party starts from St.
Paul about the same time that the other starts fr°lll
their hunting grounds, thus meeting about hall,
way. The furs are packed on ponies, elks, alla,
dogs. On their last semi-annual trip the hero a
these adventures received a pass from one of the
chiefs (Ma-00-chew.a-wa) to seek out his relatives,
and, if found, to remain with them awhile. The,
pass requires his presence in St. Paul at their next
trip in 1860. Seven of the tribe accompanied "
Mo
kos-e-que-qua"—for that is the Indian name of th
young man—to Chicago. From that place he has
footed it most of the way, and arrived here yester-
day. At Freemont kis features were recognised by-
a man as bearing a strong resemblance to one Josepn
Todd, who is said to have resided in Cleveland about
30 years since. For some time past the young ins,„"
has been diligently engaged in tracing up his
tory, and what we have given above is the result of
his inquiries. He says he has no desire to leave
his Indian associates, as he has a wife and two
children among them. He speaks English Well
phaavniln.gHleeasiamyts itth,athheissabyas;
winasheinst,trading at St-
changed, to "conform to white usages
leaving St. Paul, We have given his narrative
as he told it us this morning. It seems extra-
ordinary, but a close and rigid cross-examinatifn
failed to shake his story in the least. in
far as we can learn, his account of numerous misur.
Nortn
details of the Gountry and manners of the
and his cbloetfho:
What
west regions do not differ from the facts.
motive there is for deception we cannot see at pre"
ent, as he only desires information as to his pa-
rents. He is slightly made, speaks rapidly, eeed.,::
at present spfferinerom ophthalmia, oceas_iernkets.
says, by sleeping without his customarybbi
awoods
He says that as soon as he can get into t
°Perhaps
to search for roots, he can cure himself.
slime
n on
e subjectof our
of older
the settlers
alleged csre
nr ogw. b
ys
the
light
no:
and whether this " white Indian" is not the son
one Joseph Todd.—Cleveland herald, Aug. 30.

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