The Arkansas advocate., 1832-01-18

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 2ncion upon the offers of assistance that Fare made to him. These traits ot char
 acter, though not universal, are yet M general; and the practical difheulty # they present, in changing the condition H of such people. IS to satisfy them oi
 s,nr sincerity sasssata aid the xalne of the ald
 we offer. to hold out to them motives
 for exertion; to call into action some powerful feeling, " hsic!i shall counter act the tendency of previous impress ions. It is under such circumstances, and with these difficulties in view, that : the Government has been called upon to determine what arrangements snail
 be made for the permanent establish
 nent of the Indians. Snail they be ad- vised to remain or remove2 ! the tor-
 mer, their fate is written in the annals
 of their race; if the iatteFs we nay yet hope to see them renovated ia charac. ter and condition by cur example and instruction, and by their exeftioiis-
 But, to accomplish this, they mhst be first placed beyond the reach of our settlements, with such checks upon their disposition of fhostilities as may be found necessary, and with such aid, moral, intellectual, and peeuniary, as may teach them the value of our i'm provements, and the reality of our friendship. With these salutary pre- cautions, much should be left to them selves, to follow such occupations in the forest or the field as they may choose, without too much interference. Time and prosperity must be the greatagent in their melioration. Nor have we any reason to doubt but that such a condi- . fion would be attended with it's full
 share of happiness; nor that their ex- ertions would be stimulated by the se- eurity of their position, and by the new
 prospects before them. By encouraging
 the seyeralty of 9oil, sufficient tracts might be assigned to all disposed to cultivate them; and, by timely assist ance, the younger class might be brought to seek in their farns less precarious subsistence than is furnished by the ehaee. Their phisicai comforts being increased, and the desire of acquisition brought into action, a moral stimulous would be felt by the youthful portion of the community. Newwants wonldap pear, and new means of gratifying them; and the great work of improvement would thus commence, and commene- ing, would go or.
 Te it's aid, the truths of religion, to- gether with q knowledge of tho simpler mechanic arts and the rudiments of acience, should then be brought; but if our dependence be first placed upon these, we must fail, fail as al! others who have gone before us in this field of la Dor. And we have already fallen into this error of adapting our efforts to etate of society, which is probably yet remote among the Indians, in withdraw. ing so many ofthe young men from their friends, and educating them at our schools. They are there taught vari- ous branches of learning, and, at some of these institutions partial knowl- edge of the mechanic arts, and of the principles of agriculture. But after this course of instruction is completed, what are these young men to do? If they remain among the whites, they find themselves the member of a peculiar caste, and look round them in vain for employment and encouragement; if they return to their countrymen, their ac- quirements are useless: these are nei- ther understood nor valued; and with lhe exception of n few articles of iron, which they procure from the traders; the common work of our mechanics is useless to them. Irepeat, whatisayoang' man, who has been thus educated, to do? He has no means of support, nc iii- struments of agriculture, no domestic animals, i5 ssr:: Taken ;;;issen n early life from his own people. he is no hunter; he cannot find in the chace the means of support or exchange; and that, under such circumstances, he should abandon himself to a life of iniemper- ance, can scarcely excite our surprise. however it must our regret. l have been earnestly asked by these young men, how they were to lire; and l have felt that a satisfactory answer was be- yond my reach. To the Government only can they look for relief, and if this should be furnished, though in a mode rate degree, they might still become useful and respectable; their example weu!d De encouraging to others. and they would form the best instructors for