Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-06-24
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Inv alse.dy Imprssu ss.slesnts
||nels No NerthlksstS ~ bos dary our
State, urge Us this week 70 a. earnest
appeal q our Senators and IA Represents
tives il Congress to press upon that
body, 81 the proper arm w tho govern
ment, the necessity of atfording prctec-
ton TO those pioneer colonies, by N Me
Immediate location of troops, IS !. some
eligible poiet ~ ths Red River w # The
North Il st liYa fsyss ssattsw III i,ss,f
Eccaomicai objsetioAs insyie% ofths
extraordinary drafts upon HE treasury
this year'by The Wa Depsrtaient e =
qaeN disturbances elsewhere, h and to
defend distant frontiers thatsare already
Tia i state Of war, will, We are aware,
|be presented is obstacles in the way Of
throwing. during this season. any mill
|tary force into that country. But the
exposed sluatioa of that region and the
history DC nearly all Of our expensive
Indian difficulties ia tie past, force upon
Is the conclusion that AZ such otisction i
are well taken, and that u longer ne,
glect on the part Of Government would
be inconsistent with even = prudent
economy. Il is'we, known 10 all who
are at all familiar with the early settle
ment Of other portiona Of the country,
that where the setteysiiave been expos
ed to collisions with their savage neigh
bors, millions have been u many
instances expended in guiding disturb
ances afterthey had broken out, and in
furnishing Indian tribes after that which
was at first but depreciation upon proper
|ty had ripened into actual war. that
might have been saved the Treasury by
the judicious and timely disbursement Of
a colnparatively insignificant sum in
locaiing troop, 50 as 70 impose con-
slant check upon savage lawlessness,
until the settlements should have become
strong enough tos protect themselves.
An intimate acquaintance with the
northwestern frontier. and the progress
Of its settlement for . great manysyears,
has satisfied US thatethe mistake in our
military system for the past thirty years.
50 far as il has referred 70 the defence q
the Indian frontier, has been that too
much money has been expended il the
building Of Forts and Barrcks for troops,
and that they have beea. occupied TOO long
after the frontier had gone beyond them.
It has seldom been the case for the pas.
twenty wears, thatstke frontier Inns long
remained stationary; or thattroops have
been needed 81 the same point for more
than three OF four years but i i, the
restraint imposed rather blythe actual
presence Of troops ia the neighborhood
than display Of expensive military for
ti6cation that has been wanted, For
all purposes Of defence against Indians,
or protectioa Of the white settlements,
if, insteadof vast outlays of money il
erecting expensive barracks, cheap bu,
conceivable quarters were provided and
occupied only 90 long rs the settlements
were in their infancy our little army
would have been inuchf more efficient,
and q = comparatively trifing cost j,
would have been able to prevent the
waste Of blood and treasure which oul
Indian difficulties have involved Index
tie system which we isngg test !, aid whics
experiences 50 irresistiblyy endorses,
whenever the settlement ~ the vicinity
cfgone, Of these military locations be.
comes strong enough Ito oyerAwe thu
Indians, the position, wodld bsryacuated
and the troops moved opt 10, simaal
quarters stiA in aadyanne Of Tie frontier
thus afiording by their constant presence
among them, . continual check upon TN
|thieving and lawless propensities'of ths
sayages. and At the same time operating
~ yipdncementa to emigration 10 Is.
tend'wit impunity westward; andmors
rapid Improvement and purchase of u.
Public domain maj II would result nd fbs
lanassf the government be eahancediir
yshrs .asd its revenue tisus sincfeassd i,
IN anHount more than suIii cient .'wglcon6.
DENLY believe, e dsffay tAs yxpssrse =
i tho 0vats