The Kansas herald of freedom., 1854-10-21
Tha Ahoy;oinea

The race of Indians must eFer figure
conspicuOusiy upon the opening page of
our territoria. history. What 70 them are
d be the resulting; effects flowing from the
organization aud settlement af these Ter
riisoriies 4ssir mode Of lifs ia an un-
armed condition, without inherent vitality
or power Of resistance civilization
is aggressive, as web as progressfve;, q
positive state, attacking and overwhelming
exery lesser agency and obstacle, and I'LL
ing np every avenue in The moral and
physical world :
The red man Is fixed 10 the soil By q
fragile and rreearieiis tenure. while the
civilized man seizes il with grasp that
defies displacement.
What shall be theiT future destiny in
this Republic is an important and inter
estipg question, and oHght to win the
warlnest sympafhies OF the philanthropist
and the wisest aud most beneficent action
of the Federal Government. Are they
to be aliens in the land of their nativity 2
Or are they to fade from OR sight, as from
the ear the echo of their footsteps. in
the prineYal forests, once their own
Without written language-without a
city-a government without a record
fieeting as the deer, or the wild-fowl, CO
tenants of their hunting grounds; must
the race, like their council firea, become
extinct. leaving only the arrowhead, the
rude pipe, and the ruder works of art, en-
tombed beside their bones, at once the to-
ken of their superstitions and the proof of
their existence? There is room for phi
lanthropy, and cause for public and per-
petual sympathy. This Republic is ac-
countable to the civilized world for the
disposal it makes Of the Indians.
Is it enough that the system of super
vision adopted By the National Govern
ment, finds its highest aim and ultimotuna
in the adjustment of their difficulties from
day to day? On, should it not look above
and beyond these temporary considera-
tions, to their final fitness for, elevation to,
and enjoyment uf, the rights and privileg-
ea of American citizenship?
All they can receive, al ace ran giUe,
in exchange for their birthrigh,, won by
aggressive civilization, is protection and
instruction. They have reached out their
hands and laid hold of the implements of
agriculture. and opened their minds TO the
light of knowledge. Shall they crave in
vain?
When the "pale-faces" first came over
the waters in their winged canoes, the red
man was lord of the soil; he held an in
defeasible title from the Great and Merci-
ful Spirit; he roamed malestically, like a
lion, over his own domain, without offense,
and without fear; he took the feeble pale
faces to his lair, and gave them food, and
warmth, and foothold. Now they are
mighty people, while the red man hasteth
to his declise. Solitary, yet proud in his
desolation, he stands like sturdy oak in
the midst of a prairie, with the winds of
adversely shrieking through its branches
and witbering its verdure, with fire kin
died on It's roots and the worm in the
trunk sapping from its heart, vitality
Forced from the spot where the bones Of
his people rest, he sees floating past him
toward the setting sun, the wreck OF his
wigwam, and hears, without the power of
relief, the wall of bis kindred; he seeks
for his eouheil-fre, but abides in darkness;
he calls for his home, and echo mocks him;
he asks for his kindred, and a spirit speaks
from the cloud of adveTity, 10 tell him
they are not of earth.
IL is not enongh thai we plead ''nlani-
fest destiny in relation to the decline of
the red man. Let the national govern
ment, let philanthropists see to it, that no
principle of justice is violated, no effort
omitted, no near untried, to rescue them
from their perilous condition; let all be
done that right can accomplish, or wis
dom suggest, and enough will still remain
over which TO lament in the unrropitious
fate Of the aborigines.
Shield them against future aggressions.
mature and practically apply such sys-
TEN of supervision aid instruction as will
ultimately raise them from the rudeness
of Indian life, to the possession and en-
joyment of the rights and privileges COM
mon to ourselves. "He that ruleth over
men should be just p @
But few years are necessary to achieve
these magnificent results in relation 10 the
Indians of these territories, and place their
manifest destiny on abasis at once grand
and indestructible, and make them broth
ers BY civil as we'll as b5y natural ligaments.
They are no more savages by nature than
pale-faces-haEe as strong a natural ten
dency to what they regard as moral obi
gation-do not lack ability nor public
spirit and it is not believed to be an sx-
uberant fancy which suggests that they
are apt and teachable-that they are not
destitute of those qualities of head or
heart which constitute true manhood
that conspicuous talent, and the brightest
genius may emanate from the Indian citi-
zen, and hold high position 10 the civil
history of this great Republic. A prom
inent feature in the mind of Washington
was the early attention-the deep solici-
tude with which he regarded the future
Welfare of the Indian race; it was also a
favorite element in the policy of ,JeffeF-
sons administration. Here, then, is an
almost untried field wherein philanthropy
may labor, and crown itself with imper-
ishable glory-a field wild and destitute
of laborers as the territory Of the Kansas.
Would to Heaven it could have exhibited
hitherto the moral splendor it is so potent
to slistliu.
Bread Stuffs.
Our friends in the eastern States who