Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-03-16

language, he must read our books, he
must enter into our cons iIuilonai doc
trines, he must become somewhat &C
qualnted with our political characters
and our party politics. He must acquire
notions OF separate property, OF regular
Industry. He must throw aside his pro-
pensi'y for ranging, for hunting, Tor war,
for revenge. How many generations
will this take Ina word you must change
the animal. Can you do tins Has 1t
ever been done ? and yet il has been trled
often enough. Ameliorate Their condi-
ton, as far as their nature and the cir
cumstances OF their existence will per-
mt; but you cannot make an Indian
Whine man, either outside or within. How
much superior is he to The negro Is he
more teacbable Who viii venture to
say this Yet would the southern dele
CATION consent to admit the back man
TO participation of the privileges that
the secretary claims for the red men
There is no practicable Knowledge IN
this strange position. SaVa9es and TO-
rests 60 together. Destroy the forest
and the savage retires. They have been
tried often enough, they canot bear civil
lization. grant this Is assertion, but
you, sir, know /, to he the assertion of
matter OF fact, now beyond dispute.
| beg permission, sir, to refer yon to
the description of Ma,hpee, an Indian
colony In the county OF Barnstabe, under
the protection oil the state of A4,sdchu-
sets, dated Sept. 9, 1902, and published
& .
Historical Society. The extracts 70 the
purpose will be found in Tuaor's North
American Review, vol. II. p. | 70 e SIG.
Il Is an account of !ruuiea5 attempt Ia
civiize some Indian tribes, very honest
ly commenced and very perseyerngly
pursued oy the goVerumenl Oi that state,
bat in VAN. They have been constantly
visited, AMI unre nltlingly attended to by
the committees from the society Tor pro-
pagating the gos el among Tie Indians,
by the committees Of the Legislature, by
overseers specially appointed 10 attend
TO their Interests, to listen To their com
plants, to re'iress their grievances. But
they have renamed IDLE, drunken, Sus-
picIous, apIect and dscUOtented. " ibey
have neither become a religious or d
happy people. The eXerusns that nave
been made for their benefit are honora-
Bile to the government and 10 the spcl3-
ties who have coltrinlted Their lrne ann
their wealth; but tbs W~lenCnoiy rtbec-
ton that thry nave Iebored III .an con-
tin1aly mlrudes itset ON the mud: with
a hundredth part OF he pans that nave
bsen bestowed IN tHese -, Is, a town
might have been raised Oh the ground
occupied BY them, winch would contain
four tines as many white inhabran'a,
enjoying all the comforts of clVitzed
life, contributing by their industry to the
welfare 81 the state and ny the taxes whiCh
they pay to the snpporto of gov ernnent. Hut
let them renain; and ieltne plaus nd ne.
nevoent still pefsevere ~ them ended-
vors, however hopeless, 10 mike them
good IN IN AMI good cnrisuAns.'
Mucn has been sad, (pbserves the
editor of this review, Mr.. Fndor) aud
written about the oppression OF the na-
tives, by the hrst setters OF tnls country (:
many phllanthropisls have regretted that
pains had not been taken to cyilize !
them: many weli-meanlns, devonl peo-
pie have deplored their heathensh con-
d,uon; with how mich reason aud lus
tice these complaints have been uttered,
this experiment may serve to explain.
1t viii not be contended, that the expert
meat has been il-conducted, inindicious
and extrava5ant, since II has peen under
the particular patronage oil that most
useful Institution, the society for propa-
eating the gospel among nc indians. 1t
will not De alleged th,t il has bten hasty
and incomplete, Tor II has nov lasted one
hundred and sixty hears.
| perfectly agree IN these sentiments.
Do them cool II you can, but before they
can be induced to acquire the habits OF
civilized life, they will be pressed upon
by White population, and the habits ac-
CURED, will be the vicious habits of the
frontier whites.
In fact, il 90 Indians require 10000
acres for their subsistence; and twenty
white men, Members OF civilized society,
can subsist more Comfortably and raise
amore numerous progeny on thousand
acres what right has the Indian to MO-
nopolize the larger quantity. merely be-
cause he chooses to be IN 4olent and idle
However, am desirous as much as
Crawford, Of doing them pernanen, good
by civilization, il it be possible; ant
therefore, shall not dispute about the