The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-31

ooner Hred than s'o", ~ psospecss ass>puss,ed.
he Hecesaries OF life were chespsned traie
eurithed no monetary dinS~a ties occurred
be nsopie forgot party an, national rivalres
nd gre~ loyal : be fu,.ss rose; ard outwardty, |
very thing fourishe9. On the other hand the |
ews OF the war cs.ue upon us 10 the midst of
% OVERLOOKING tide of prosperity, which foreign
ispufs' " s said, were sure to enhance. A
ew mont 3 have passed, ard we have been
',slfedr - turn by all the calami les the direst
var 0,uld have inflicted. Our crops are strait
III the want of means to pay for our exports
Our financial credit Is shaken y stupeadous
fraDds. Our securities, one afser another have
fallen in price; bankruptcy staring our great
est enterprises in the face. Tn necesssries of
life have risen. Cholera has terrified us, and
when it disappear. the yellow ever takes its
place. Tomatoes spread destruction and dis
may at the West. A general distrust of
the future paralyzes every mind. What war
could be worse than this?
OF Anaisamataoa- Baa Pelacy - Whats 10
be Done9
We published, the other day, an in
terestiDg philan 'hropio article in reference
10 the Indian tribes Of the lifted States.
The article in question approves The
plan recommended by Mr. Senator john
son, OF Arkansas, in which he proposes to
group together, by way of experiment, into
three Indian TERRITORIES kee Mascogee,
aud Chahta-a number Of the more civilized
and enterprising tribes, consisting Of Choctaws
Seminolcs. Cher okees, and Muscogees or Creeks
These Indian Territories, partly occupied %
present by the aforesaid tribes, are to be To-
Gated in that vast region lying west aud south
west Of Arkansas. Should the aforesaid tribes
succeed under their Territorial Organizations
Mr.. johnson next proposes to consolidate them
into single commonwealth, and to admit them
as . sovereign State into he.Union, at the dis
cretion of Congress.
Such Is ubstantially theplan of MIR. john
son, of Arkansas. as proposed to the United
States Senate. In discussing it, our cotem-
porary very truly Gays, that " our relations
with the Indian tribes have arrived at that
stage when we mnst soon select between the
ruthless policy Of entire determination or the
more mild and Christian plan of education
and civilizations" and that the idea of exter
minating half million of human beings, with
out first making effort to avert the nee essity,
for purpose go remorseless, is calculated to
shock the moral sense of all just men," Very
true; and it is also true that the wild game
constituting the subsistence of our wild Indians
will soon be destroy ed leaving the poor red
man, unless otherwise provided for, no other
resource than plumber or starvation.
The government, however, has not been
altogether unmindtul of its obligations OF
humanity to the Indians. OF the whole
schedule of the several hundred tribes, civilized.
semi-civilized and savage, reported by the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs as making up
his grsnd aggregate Of 100000, there are pro
baby less than so, GOO that are not included in
the annual bill of Indian appropriations,
amounting every year to some two millions Of
dollars, more or less. There ere many tribes,
especially in the Western and Southwestern
States and Territories, established in their
reservations by government, which, being sup
piled with the necessary materials and imple-
ments are working away, with different degrees
of success, in the cultivation Of the soil. Some
have schools and churches; others are wasting
their annuities in idleness and whiskey drink
ing; but even the North Carolina and the
Arkansas Cherokees, the moet advanced in the
arts of civilized life, are, we believe, steadily
diminishing instead Of increas:ng in numbers.
The Iudian Is destroyed fine resists the sd-
vances of the white man; he willis and perishes
if he attempts q social amalgamation with him.
Yet civilization and humanity repel the idea
that because the poor Indian" cannot be en-
grated upon the community, he must be
".wiped out" Mr.. johnson, Of Arkansas, how
ever, carries his philanthropy too far, in our
estimation. There is something reasonable and
feasible in the plan Of concentrating our red
brethern into Territory, or in several Terri
tories, to themselves; but the proposition to
admit them into the Union as sovereign State
or States, is more romantic than prac ticable.
The idea abounds in humanity and Christian
charity, but will not, we fear, stand the test of
political expediency. Admit an Indian commu-
nifty to the footing Of equality of the people of
the State of New York, or of South Carolina.
and the saving line of distinction in this con
federacy between the white and colored races
is obliterated. The next step will be to place
the mulstto upon the same platform Of equal
rights; and the next move will be to elevate
the black man himself to the same general po-
litical and social level.
Let us avoid that political mixing of races
which has led to such disastrous results, politi-
caIly and socially, to all the races and mixed
breeds of Mexico and of Central and South
America. The great distinguishing and saving
feature Of the political and social institutions
Of this republic is the recognition of the white
race of European extraction as the ruling
ara hot al p