, 1858-10-08

lengthy leader with homlly on Ihulah wars
commencing with the memorable Florida war
and ending with the late war in this and
Oregon Territories. The article is charac
teristic of that journal, and remarkable for
its fipPancy, perSersion Of history, and want
of generosity to the American people. dur
attention was particularly called to it BY the
following startling ebullition, which we ex.
tract -
"Do Americans ever ask themselves how and
why we are visited with so many more Indian
Wars than our neighborsf For more than
thirty years, commencing with the conquest Of
Fort Astoria in 1912, the British, through the
Hudson Bay Company, held practical possession
Of the Valley Of the Columbia; they hunted,
trapped and 6shed over the country, thus inter
fering directly with the savagcs' means Of sub.
sistence; they traded and acquired lands; but
who ever heard Of their being thereby involved
in an Indian War; How many serious Indian
lwars have the British had in all the region
north Of US, during the century which has all
but elapsed, since they conquered QuebecI or
course, We know that some savAges living on
our side or under our influence have been launch
Cd against Canada in our wars; but that Is quite
another matter. We firmly believe that our
Government has paid more for the prosecution
Of hostilitics against Indians in the paltry pcnin
Suls Of Florida during the forty years that we
have he'd it than Great Britain has expended
i1r . like purpose in eli North America during
her century Of possession. Yet the British
have, In tho average, been in contact with 10.
dams over as large surface as We have, and
with tribes Is formidable and belligerent as ours
And an history proves the British very hr
from models in their treatment Of weak and bar
barOus races Nay; the French, who had pos
session Of Canada for the century and . hall
preceding the British conquest were quite as
fortunate IN maintaining tho habitual friendship
Of The sAvases within their colonial Jurisdiction
IL in thinking Of the trials. suaerings and
bloodshed incident to the rapid expansion Of
the Territorial limits required by our 10.
creased population, which have been caused
By Indian wars. Americans should ask them.
selves question having 50 little bearing as
g Why and how We arc visited with 90 many
more Indian wars than our neighbors," they
would. e eonversant with the history Of the
Hudsons Bay Company, find the reason
quite apparent From the highest officer to
The most unimpOrtant diisehs or employee Of
that Company, with few exceptions, smalga.
nation with the Indians is Practised. British
subjects ha . come here single, without fam.
lies; the American pioneers have brought
families with them, to settle up the country.
Thus with the two the case Is entirely re.
verued, with respect to the manner Of their
coming here This we regard O. the grand
though simple secret BY which that Company,
which holds nominal possession Of 80 large
. tract Of country inhabited by Indians, are
enabled y maintain their posts with 90 little
mOlssiatiOn frOm the savage tribes. They
60 among tho Indians TO hunt, trap and fsh !;
they erect f1rts TO protect their merchandise,
and cultivate but litsle land; they assimilaie
- ihr - practicable TO the manners and Gus
toms of The Indians, marry the daughters of
chief. and thus have had career Of remark.
able success. But they have not been en-
tirely free from depredations, even in the
valley Of the Columbia. Is the bones Of
many loyal Briton now bleaching on the
banks Of that river and its tributaries will
testify. & as dsa psi NJ n
How diGeEsnt d The object which has
brought AmsFicans to thess distant Gair and
fsstlle landA We come not 70 assimilats or
smaleamnts viii the Indiana, nOi do We
come 70 make war upon them. and thus en-.
danger the lives Of our wives and children,
and defeat the very object Tor which we
CONS. Wa acoms 70 make here our homes,
| 70 cultivate The lands. and plant American
Institutions on tho shores Of the Pacific. Il
our only safeguard against the dspredations
of he Indians is the adoption Of the policy
of,ihs Hudson Bay Company, We can fore
sss . brilliant field lor he editor Of the N.
I. dfibuns 70 indulge bis slanderOus propen-
sities In. Il would afford him an excellent
opportunity to heap unlimited abuse upon
thnse who, in obedience to the law Of des-
| tiny and the spirit Of the age, have emil
grated T. ths Pacific to bu;h an empire
whose wealth and magnifssnce viii stand
without . rival. seas
ASnA1D scR-0h Tuesday moruing last,
our town presented an unusually animated scene.
Two steamers and schooner nrsiv,a m ~