Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1850-12-27

iniin,src.s ID The character and tradition Of the
rndiah sbeu 81 Cur eoniiasnt Mas ssways been man
ffssses ~ COR people This inieses Hay Be highly
grafieea b. afperuzaI Of de Report II LIKE La,
Esq. EsmmissioBef Of Indfal Adairs-a document
vhiek ssregrsteaauos y psaeed before all Of our
re.defs i
Tx number e inaizns nader The eyntrol Of our
govssnmenl has been greatly increased BY our =.
qaisitioSssf New Mexico and calilpenia . 4 an.
sppfVyEiaios. s.ce-sary Tor the Indian ren.rs
he psesent year viz .xreed tlro nn5,,, 49, M.
lrs1 tlexiass doilars. Msaylof n. ,,;l... =.
esedingIy sild and iniraesf;.e IA Il. IA .,.,rv
q msukiad Fire water" istsIIl PrSs,ae agent &
mischief
heill slwaya % difhcuis % suppress the Indian.
naasrsl psoSensi,Y for war One Of the Agent.
writes Gsps-- +
Amhsiion 10 acquire the fame aud ianrels which
are W al nations awarded Of martial Prov
sss. ]. ruling passion IN The breast Of The Indian
Nor = Il strange thar il shosld Be 20. The young
man, beiurs Ne can claim therightto speak eouD-
ell must appear there Fl1med with thu feather d
the var eagle. and The same emblem OF success Re-
the var path entities him u seek wife sse'ag sns
sassss's e e as = sss . e Sse,9d hat q
sfe ubeiviized .fiI<. yirsaans TX. ind; aas
N 4
5.ystSs Elm * his and he viii seek excitement in
gambling and inioxicaiion
TAis clsarly shows that the vices or the white
man ere the most degrading Of all those engaged
10 By he human family
Coy. Ramsey. Of Minnesota, embojies a. great
many slfiking facts IN his Report u The Commis-
sioner Speaking Of the effoFts to spread education
among the Indians he Governor gives a decided
-. NAannaff -.
"ofihe emineni superiority Of manual labor,
over ethef schools toslilnulale habits Of industry,
and meliorate their modes oil life lis unnecessary
% speak The total failure ihes-uler failhIessness
Of other syslehs has been repeatedly demonstrated
under iheir operation. fesf alter year, sangnine
antefpaiions have been formed 10 be Succeeded by
disappointment and despon1eBcy; manual labor
instruction by dispeing the stigma of disgrace
which Indian attaches TO labor and by exhibiting
Ito him the practical trnmphs of industry and cut
ture, "a agriculture and lhesmechanic arts alone
promises adequate return, The Indian is a moral
phenomsnnn, an anomaly among the races OF man
- he NAY win the diploma of an university; he may
be subjected to the training and stern ordeal
icf schools be may become Tree and accepted
member of the Repnbic Il Letters; bit not then
are his pristine habits essentially modified his
material condition radically changed II Is due 10
truth Jhst this admission should be made. for the
world has bsa enough Of idle romancing"
dent spifs,s have been the hane Of ihe race, and
though tie public sentiment 81 This community in
dignantIy feprobaies that absninabe traffic, which
more perhaps than any Other agency has contributed
70 the derlension and deterioration Of the Indian,
stiIl. in all communities will be found sordid
vFeiehes sufficiently depraved to alieppt for filthy
lusre, 10 elnde The laws which prohibA their sale"
Thus viii be seen that white eiritisatioa in its
original efforts, is worse than Indian barbarism.
dov. n describes The Winnchagees as nsad Wit
Aesses Of the abstract proposition importing deep
reproach, that tn neghboThood OF a white popuia-
tfondegsades the Indian and depresses his condition;
and thas,h intercourse Of the white man imparts
TO the ahofignes notihe virtues df the former bat
vices which with the latter seem fatcd to acquire
dcadiier and more destructive energies
= Blu, We have no. room TO multiply extracts nor
snlargr upon the reflections produced BY reading
the Report of the Commissioner. We fear fur
sher consideration ofthe subject would put US out
Of eoneeil Of lhea pale faces" and cause us TO- be-
lisve ertli alton to b something of AEmbag.