New-York daily tribune., 1843-04-06
VOL. TE. NO. 3O7.
Col. McKenney,s lecture.

Col. MChRSNEY delivered the hrSt OF his Lee
lures on the character Of the North American
Indians Tuesday evening, before good audience,
at the Tabernacle. Its chief purpose was TO show,
By series of gances at the principal events IN the
history of Indian intercourse with the whites that
the unhappy aborignes Of our Country have dis
| played uniform sense Of justice, and that those
who have stamped them as cruel treacherous and
base have grossly belied their character and done
them harsh injustice. He spoke some length
Of the efforts Of the early settlers of New England
10 cultivate the friendship OF the Indians, and dc
clared that Of all the wars with them which we
have waged, there has no, been one which has not
owed it's origin to the intrigaes and talsehoods OF
! the English. With the single exception of the
treaty concluded by Penn, he said the English had
uniformly used with them the law of force, not OF
peace and kindness; and to the i'll treatment ot
their Christian foes is due much OF that apparent
barbarity in the Indian character which led them
to torture and murder their victims.
The partial efforts which have recently been
made to enlighten the Indian tribes have been at
tended, according to his representations, with
good degree of success; and he illustrated and
established this opinion by several very Interesting
sketches of personal character among the Indians
He spoke especially OF Cusic, the famous Tusca-
rora chief, who served with Lafayette in The
Revolution, and instanced the Cherokee, Choctaw,
! Chickasaw and other tribes, as ,hase in which ed
ucation had made most evident progress. he
alluded to Red Jacket, Logan and others, as
models of eoquence, to Tecumseh and Pontiac
for bravery; and quoted as an illustration OF the
Unborn humanity Of the Indian character, the res
cue from the sacrifcial stake, of young girl, by
the noble young chief, Petlicaro, COT whom
splendid full length likeness was exhibited,) and
who had since performed similar deeds OF vlrtuous
daring.
Col. McKenny gave several very interesting
sketches connected with his own intercourse with
the Indians and forcb!y urged TIE injustice which
is fast forcing their several tribes towards the IA
cific on whose borders they must soon become tor
ever extinct. His second lecture will be delivered on
Friday evening.
20 TIL" SKETCH OF LADY BuLwER, which
we recently republished, at length, from credible
writer, personal friend, in Sargent's Magazine,
has called forth the following per contra remarks
from Mr. Willis, who also has some personal know
ledge of the parties:
The defence OF the anthofess SheFeies
generous, eloquent and graphic ana aouo.sss, a.
far as the writer observation went pe''e'uS ius
But there are two sides 10 most stories 'a,'ou-
arly to scandnleus ones, and MRS befhiey ac'
count of Sir Edward Bul"er should be taken w we
think, with more than one :" gram OF SAT- we
have heard very highly cooteh e1nn'Gp s.als-
ment' though never wo,a aga,ns. s oG."s ,.r,'
nodesy as me,a. viii ,nrer ors
psau.,u, aan ,Sonob n, cbo.ti,y man BE- a.
,o,cb . rer;t -, The beau.v--ana no more. We
are not prepared, nor do we WISH, 10 enter INTO
any defence of Sir Edward hnwer, but 'hat ne
ever fell d TO the grduhd woman o' twice ,'.s
size and strength we nave our i''''e dTuol we
know TOO, Tor a tact, That hai"et' WINE i'S'"s
himself IN London, bought an exquisite eo'tase d.
Acton, te~ m,e' ffom L'Nh ana 'u'.''S"g' -
with unequalled Taste aod luxury, to give Lady
her Ladyship preferred London aod Paris, and
the obtrusi,e g12s an'i ss"nrnihy OF tue world 10
this elegant privacy ro' -. ,;,l,
conhding her sne'anres 10 al 'le "''o'to'e c-.l
.el VI &C.. ,h of .ch portions