Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-11-25

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ruption Of their mpraIs, the Degrade
ton in which they have been plunged,
the phi1anthropist mourns for them.
The American history Is replete with
the sufferings of the original inbabi-
tants of this country. If there is a.
ny humanity implanted within our
bosoms, five know how to commits
serate the woes of fallen man, we can
hardly forget the natives oil this coun-
try
Speaking of the rapid disappear.
ance of the indians, he makes the
following eloquent appeal:
where now are the Mohawks,
Iroquois, Catawbas, and other great
nations I l repeat the painful inquiry
where are the natives. whose popnla.
ton covered these United States, and
whose sons once drank the waters OF
Massachusetts,? Alas! they are gone;
As the falling leaves before a mighty
storm they have misrepresentation.
thing now RENAME of them but a mere
| name, excepting here and there one
| of their sons who had the fortune. or
may rather say the misfortune, to
! escape the ravages Of war. He alone
| is left to witness the subjugation Of
| the country. When prompted by his
| religion to visit the repositories and
graves of his ancestors, as he walks
lonely in the streets of New England.
| oftenis the finger pointed to him, say
ing, 'there goes one ofthe savages Of
America Friendless and forlorn
does he go. No one to drop a sym
pathetic tear with him, while be sighs
for his country and weeps over the
sepulchres of his fathers
Speaking of the influence Of Chris
tianity on The Indians. he makes the
following remarks:
sNothing can bring the untutored
sons of the forest to the blessed walks
of science and religion, but the Gus
pei of Christ. When a barbarian
becomes christian he easily becomes
a civilized man. The missionary o.
perations Of the day, therefore, de
serve the attention as we'll as the ad-
! miration of all. The heralds Of the
cross have already gone TO carry the
glad tidings of salvation to the chill
dren Of the forest
He thus briefly describes the pro-
gress of civilization among them.
The Indians are making rapid
advances toward the standard Of mo-
rality, virtue, and religion. Cordial.
ly are they receiving the useful man
ners and customs of Europeans
These assertions are particularly ap-
plicate to the Cherokee, Choctaw.
Cbickasaw. and Greek nations.
whose council fires still burn on the
eastern side of Mississippi. Bright
is the chain of friendship that links
these nations of indians. to the go
vernment of the United States
| The bow and the culver are convert
ed into utensils of industry, and the
tomahawk that used to be batlled in
human blood, is buried deep. 1 hope
] to rise no more.
| Again
| the Cherokees and Choctaws are
extremely well pleased with the
Christian religion, and are willing to
adhere to its divine precepts. That
religion which teaches to love and do
good 10 all men, even TO those who
hate them, to love God supremacy,
they think far supasses the religion of
their fathers. 1t must be gratifying
to the Christian public. that some of
the most influential chiefs in the Che
rokee nation are now members of the
church, and christianity is general.
ly respected by those who had oppor-
mites to know sometlling about it,
He concludes with the following
affecting language:
The Cherokee and Choctaw ma.
tons have appropriated many thou
sand dollars for the support of schools
among themselves. To complete,
however, a work so extensive, large
funds are requisite and many hands
to move the grand system. Mission.
aries to the Indians Of the west, let
it be in remembrance, are not from
Great Britain, France, and Spain;
bat they are from New England,
they are year friends and country
men. They have left your firesides
and gone far from civilization and
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