Daily national Democrat., 1860-06-23
The Killing Policy.

l Ni NhAilbi IA" hhA Ahe EASTERN ElNptt Is ubW
being very seriously discussed 10y some of
the newspapers. The Spirit of the Times is
in favor Of it, (according to report for we
have not read the remarks of that paper on
the suljeet) and the Red Bluff Beacon is
very decidedly an advocate Of the policy to
a certain extent II says:
There is but one way to settle the matter aud
that is to gather tgether the squaws aud
their children in some safe aud convenient
place. where they can be properly taken care Of
under strict surveillance ana putting to death the
males Of all degrees"
The precise meaning Of the above is little
vague, but we suppose the idea is that, while
the squaws md female children are to be
spared. the grown up men, lads and boys are
to be massacred Whether the State or Gem
eral Government is to take charge Of this
work. or whether it is to be result Of an ade
| quately aroused public sentiment, we cannot
determine. from the Beacon's article. At
any rate there were to be no more California
Indians reared. The breed is to be stopped
This is a pretty etTectual way of settling
the Indian question, we must admit. But,
il occurs to US that the business would be
much more complete, If the squaws and
female children were also all killed off at the
same time. Were these all mastered. the
possibility Of the propagation of the race
would be pre-, ented whether the males lived
or rot and as it would be much easier to
kill the females than the males, on account Of
l - ols ,>f tha 70
WIN, it seems to US that blow for extermi
nation should first be made in that quarter.
The possibility Of any increase being thus de-
stroyed, the struggling males would be hunt
4 ed up and finished, as opportunity offered.
q Besides, to leave the squaws and female
children alive, would be to put the whites to
an unnecessary expense in feeding and taking
care Of them, for they would doubtless be
left in "a suffering condition. These sugges
tions we hope will be taken into considera-
tion by the leaders in this important move
ment.
There may be some who will consider that
this policy Of killing Indian women and
children would be unchristian and not in ac.
eordnnee with the Gospel according to ST.
Mark. ST. Matthew, St Luke ana St John
But little observation will show any one
that, while the New Testament does not
ljtStiI the killing of Indians, it nowhere
contains any provisions against slaughtering
any number OF them, whether male or female,
old or young The Old Testament does not
precisely atlore precedents for killing b,dida
women and children, but it does afford pre-
cedenis for killing women and children, of
other races We think it was the Amalakites
whom Moses commanded his people to slay
right and left, and to be very particular in
slaughtering such women as we're old and
ugly. including all the children. whether
male ep-fe,naie CnIy such females were to
be spared as were good looking and had ar
rived at a certain age. 1t is true that when
the Indians Of the Eastern border used to |
kill women and children, it was considered
very barbarous and wholly unjustifable. but
the sentiment was owing to a selfish obliquty
Of opinion on the part of the white race who
were unduly prejudiced in favor Of their own
lusttVet7. l'es'oto IL Noeo MT lolloW ludl,
hecause it is not right for Il savage people to
kill women and children, it is wrong for
civilized people to do SO, whenever they feel
like it.
But, whatever the moral uspeet of the
question may be. certain it is that all sent
ment or mere feeling, and all coniderations
Of morality, must give way before public
policy, Ii public policy demands 'he killing
of innocent babes, let them be killed. They
had no business to be born. To get up any
sympathy in their tehalf is mawkish What
has policy to do with sympathy? BAIL
We hear it suggested that the main diff
fculty in the way Of this scheme Of extermi-
nation, is the getting men who will kill the
children or the women This is the least of
all the difficulties There are hundreds who
are now lying idle and who would consider
it an honor to d. this business 1t is very
easy work ami wholly unattended with dan
ger Why there are numerous individuals
up in the northern sections Of the State who
have been killing Indian squaws and pa
! pooses, gratis Don't you suppose they would
It do it for pay? Most assurcdly, and much
], more efectualy.