The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-07-30

gessive ch like the srow before the OF the
The memorials OF race, manly, fierce. aud ~ake,
fast fstng away and Tradition, becoming diluted with
fabulous narrative is losing all claim 10 cfedibiiiy
la this slate Of hings our government, some years
since, directed by law the coeeuon Of The remnants
OF those memorials; they made prsiseworthy ehor
10 snatch fron oblivion that which ceusin
aud imbody IL In a work which should have Tor the evil
denco OF its authenticity tho seal Of the department TO
which l. was conhied To perform II, one was Sc
lected hose personal knowledge OF the pecuiaIites
aud the history Of the Indian combined with
high literary attninmens and yet higher moral quail
hc atioos. life spent In association with and
profound sympathy for, the aborignes, qualified him
perform the task In manner which commends his
work the confidence and admiration OF the world !;
and by IL the Of Henry X. Schooicrah will descend
postey canonixed the friend and historian OF
interesting people. now rapidly away. said it
praise worthy effort the part of have
mark Of their veneraton for science and history,
which would endure, was well said by my friend from
Arkansas Mr. JohnsonI when most probably, we in
divduas would be forgotten. will be honorable this
Congress direct the OF this
well a. literary enterprise. cannot DO insensibs to
the obligation which rests upon 10 preserve from
utter oblivion the memorials OF those whose posses
slons have orcbly SEIZED redeem from
the just impu,atons OF being more barbarous than
the savage to whose domains have succeeded. The
war-whoop has been exchanged for the lamentations
tribes driven from the homes and the graves Of their
cestors No ruined cities, dla pdated plies,
ods, in horogyphics, remain preserve The
the character Of their institutions and would be
treason against the laws OF literature scence, and bcneyo
lence, 10 before the accomplishment OF this
feel H. sir be sacred duty our portion
to the learning OF the wofdto vindcae the truth Of hso
by relieving it from the shadows OF tradition fable
have heretofore opposed the large book king
| oil promiscuous works upon which government has
entered, and shall continue do so but will not COM
mencc by gushing OF the most praisewohy and vau.
able which have ever engaged our attention y
LCong Globe
However other nations may have treated their aborgi-
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tice and humanity on the subject as the United States
II has, from the inception in 1916 been observant Of In.
dian rights and claims. 1t has acknowledged and paid
for their possessory right TO the soil For this purpose
il has treated them independent foreign nations
II has heaped up annuities upon Them often managing
grauously, The treasury their fiscal and land affairs
and acting for their education and instruction, in concert
with religious societies And whenever the violence 81
The contact OF civilization with barbarity has temporarily
interrupted peaceful relations has ever reverted at the
earliest practical moment, to its steady plan.
Benehcence, and the encouragement OF education,
peance. labor, and peace have constituted the base,
oil the American plan. Verify. if Europe ASIA the
early ages. show such plan with regard to aborig
nal races. we do not know the examples AS for Gea
Britain. Whose reviews and diurnsl press still rankl.
with bitterness this head she should forever shut he
NOUN on the suoec after her dealings with the native
tribes Of Australia, New Zealand the sacked and plum
dered and enslaved nations Of India sad even her
examples at the Cape OF Good Hope Spain. by the sys
TEN of "Ieparmenlos." conveyed the personal services
OF the Indians with the coil and all the eoquence O
Las Cassas Intellectual permanently to reverse tina
policy.
The United States has regarded the Indian tribes as un
der its sovereign wardship and uiorage. Her statute
books repete with laws for their protection and he
Indian Department and military power on the frontiers ar
employed enforce these laws Thas polio,
will be rgidy enforced by President Pierce-who seek
their admission 10 every just and practical rgh-o tn
setting apart of further colonies Of refuge for them, wher
they may dwell and develop themselves. under thei
own lave, and reach to respecably in arts labor, lei
tiers, and relxon-we have assurances OF the hishes
moral weight, and cannot be mistaken.