The true Democrat., 1854-09-27

PlAVueSe O1 sung Tn our courts; the right Of testlfying in any case in which white man is concerned. Why should the Hungarian, the Italian, the Cuban, receive more of our sympa- thy than those who were the original owners o1 tnlS broad continent; who struggled bravely TOT tnelr rights and their possessions, as long, ana longer, than the struggle was availing, and who now he prostrate and mute before our feet, lmplorlng us to save them from entire annihila- ton?
 "The great object of the bill is SO to do this act o1 duty and justice No one who has any regard for the faith and honor of the nation no one who believes that the iniquities of peo- pie, as well as those of individuals, draw after them punishment and disaster as necessary re- suit and consequence, can have failed to note with alarm and concern, that it has already been announced by those holding high places in the councils of the nation, that the most solemn treaties, pledging the national faith-the most solemn grants, conveying absolute title--the most farmal promises that the Indians west of the Mississippi shall never be included in any State or territory, nor the laws of any State or territory be extended over them, are to be but like threads of flax in the fire, before the irre- slstlbe onward rush of native and foreign emi- grafton The conclusion that the Indians must be destroyed and annihilated to make room for us to expand in, no matter what solemn obliga- tons may. be violated thereby, Is as coolly an- nounced as if the Indians were not made like us in the image of the creator; as if those could expect his mercy, who, themselves, show none to the weak and unprotected.
 "Ths clearly indicates that it is absolutely indispensable for some new system to be adopt ed in regard to those of our Indian tribes that hov 1o =.
 these tribes cannot long exist as isolated and in- dependent communities have become obvious. When the stronger has coveted the possessions of the weaker, 1t has never been difficult, in any age of the world, to find pretext for rapine and robbery. The history of the wars between the White and red men is written by the fonner- The encroachments, the wrongs, the outrages which, committed on the frontier, have often goaded the savage to resistance and desperation. are not chronicled by the pens, held by white fingers, that write the annals of Indian wars.
 The object, therefore, now to be attained, is to persuade these Indians to open their country to emigration and settlement-to cease to hold their lands in common-to divide them out in severalty, giving to all their people the right of free sale and disposition-to intermingle with, and become an integral part of, the people of the United States-to merge their useless na- tionalities in that of the American republic, and to look forward with confidence to the time when they will constitute a portion of the Union, and add another starto its flag. This, and this alone, will preserve them, and such result will be the highest eulogy that history can pronounce upon free government. It will demand and deserve the admiral on of the world.
 "This bill invites the people for whom it pro- Inrf tl,,n,r. H.. emigration, leaving 1t for them to determine when and how it will be properto do so. Know ing how sensitive they are, and ought to be- upon this subject-knowing how they dread an influx of white men, speedily to out-number them, and to dash them againt the eastern slopes of the Rocky mountains, unless their rights are so guarantied and secured that they cannot be in- vaded-the bill has wisely provided that their fered with-that it shall be for them alone to say who shall settle on their lands, and who shall be citizens and voters in their territories their laws shall continue in full force-that they may punish intruders upon their lands-that they may hold them in common, or have them surveyed and divide them out, as they may see it. We we'll know that the Indian feeling is tinseo daaaos ct dona eretes, for they have had
  sions. Their wounds are yet too fresh They shrink instinctively when our finger approaches them They do not need to % back into past centuries to find examples of panic faith.
 But it is to be hoped that when they see us in earnest; when they find that justice, mercy, generous iberality and jealous regard for our national honor really outweigh our hankering for more land; when they are made citizens of the United States, and the broad shield of the constitution is extended over them; when our courts are opened to them, and they have a standing there; when their voices can be heard on the floor of the House of Representatives, to make known their wrongs and demand jus tice; when railroads reach their borders, and their magnificent lands become too valuable for their common people longer to let them lie idle and uncultivated as common property, then they will naturally, controlled, by sef-interest, divide out those lands and allow them to be sold, and emigration to come within their bor- ders. The day for over-reaching them will then be over. Schools, academies, and colleges we'll endowed and prosperous, will fit their youth to perform the duties and share the hon. ors of American citizens, and the great problem as to their fate and future will be solved.
 "The provisions of the bill have been care fully framed for the attainment of this object. In no degree interfering with the quantity of the executive power, it proposes to the Indians to vest it in governor for each territory, elect ed by themselves and commissioned by the President-the only change being in the per- son, the name of the office, and the source of the commission. By authorizing the superad- dition of certain powers under the government of the United States, and paying them salaries from the national treasury, sufficient is done to m ake these officers regard themselves, by de- grees, as officers of the United States, and fre- quent elections will soon remove the last vestige of the oligarchial system of chieftainship-per- haps the greatest obstacle to Indian advance ment-and so far go to change their ancient usages and customs.
 "The legislative power in each nation is to remain as at present. The Cherokee and the Choctaws and Chickasaws having already legis- latures, composed of two branches, regularly or ganized under written constitution, 1t is pro- posed that the expenses of those legislatures shall be paid by the United States for limit ed number of days and members; and, to in- duce the Creeks and Seminoles to adopt our system of government, it is proposed that such
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