The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-05

the poseibility Of hunting longer, they pack up
their meat and peltries, and start for home,-haole
lose, in an hour, the labor of Of whole season.
Thus pass their hvtsaway. II they are success
full. they can buy whskey enough to lie about the
dirt OF their cabin hoors, In state OF maudla m
toxicahon, during the winter il otherwise, then
famine stares them in the face, and they must re.
sort to the most revolving food to keep soul and
body together Souls Il is sad TO see the little
one such wretehes possess for II intellect, nteiii-
gence, and all those moral virtues which purliy,
ennoble, and dignity the human character, elevate
mans being, render him a little less than inc
angels, are deemed the essential evidences OF the
soul of man, then declare openly that the Indian
soul is small. indeed. And yet there are thousands
in our land of light, who are spending their hun
dreds for the benefit of the poor heather, who may
better spend their money where It will do some
good. Ii is better to SOW grain in soil where Il
will take root and grow,-not upon the moral
desert of an Indians heart
But the answer to all this is, "we will teach
them better y we will show them the superiority
of civilized over savage life, so strkngly, that they
will abandon the present mode OF life, and adopt
the manners and customs of Christian nations. But
| the tragedy of Dr. Whitmans family, Is COM
plete refutation of this doctrine. This gentlemin,
eraced with every virtue that can adorn man
and Christian, with nine of his household, was
murdered, in cold blood, by the Cayuse tribe, after
he had labored among them ten years, in trying 10
instruct them in the arts OF civilization, ana the
moral precepts and duties of Christianity! And It
is positive matter of fact, that the Indian popua-
ton of Oregon is not half what il was thirty years
ago. The natural depravity of the Indian, super
induces the vices without the virtues and DEMENT'S
OF civilization, They see the fields cultivated by
the whites, under their very noses, yielding an
abundance for the sustenance of man, yet prefer
10 wallow in sloth, and die OF famine They see
the hardy pioneer, with nothing but his axe RAISE
| comfortable cabin in the space of week, yet
| profit not by the example Their misera Die
huts are little better than sleeves. The consequence
of this want of comforts is premature old age sick
ness and death Such i, the Indian IN this country,
and 10 greater or less degree, the same through
out the world. Now and then an isolated instance
| occurring where one has been taught to read and
write, only confirms the general rule. An elephant
may be taught TO dance, and hog, TOR aught l
| know, to whistle but all will admit, that neither
the one or the other class would AXE quail
| he'd musician or dancing master; Let US mol seek
to counterfeit nature, for if we do we shall surely
fail Nature has made the Indian untittor social or
civilized life-for moral culture. They must give
way to those that are; and thus will be fulfilled
that declaration OF scripture, 81 will give thee the
heather for an inheritance. They have gwen
way, they must give way, and it is law OF God as
| the moral governor of the Universe, that they
should give place 10 better beings than themselves
The time is come, when intellect must govern the
world. Mexico Unjust surely fall to the United
States; China and all Asia to the British, with the
exception of Liberia the whole OF Africa will soon
be under the dominion of the United States, Greal
| Britain and France and ignorance and wretched.
ness--savage orgies, with their cruel and bloody
sacrifices of human victims Indian tortures. and
the massacre of helpless age and infancy--the
| funeral pile, and all those horrid customs which
abaee the man to brute, will vanish; their follow
be utterly exterminated, and the places that now
know them shall know them no more forever. And
il is perfectly right that it should be The world
was never made for hunting desert, nor for the
qualification Of savage lust and passions, but for the
developement of national greatness and mans mo.
raj attributes in the highest degree OF perfection
Hence the savage must either be civilized, or sure
determination will be his fate. And it is perfectly
right that it should be God DEGREES il, his wore
declares 1t, and his dspensation moral governor
| hows that he will carry il out. Grant that these
eyes once behold that day, then give this worthy
body to the worms "A RIFLEMAN.