The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-11-12
A Word of Advice to the Government Of
the United states.

"EfOrts are being made to secure per-
mament peace with the conquered Sioux of
minnesota, without the wholesale hanging,
which letters from that State anticipate, and
as the action of General Pope implies
|-tTslegraphic dispatches Of this morning.
Day before yesterday We understand that
General Pope te)egraphed to Washington
the finding of the court martial in the case
Of the Sioux convicted of participating in
the recent massacre and other outrages upon
our people ; and this, we suppose, is the
answer.
1t is an answer which, if authenticated
will fail like thunderbolt of doom on every
home in Minnesota,-an answer which, Il
there were no appeal from it, would depop.
ulate every acre of its soil.
Thank God there is an appeal from it.
an appeal to power above Presidents and
Cabinets-the power of a people banded as
one man in defense of their hearthstones !; &c
law above ali laws-the law Of self preser.
vation.
The people Of this State wait only t.
know the final and authorit:ve decision o.
the government in this matter.
II it refuses them it's protection, let it be
assured they viU protect Themselves They
will protect themselves to the last EXTERN.
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What has life. then, become so cheap in
America and the wasted blood of it's citizens
Of SO little account, that murde: has ceased
to be crime The blood Of five hundred
husband ;snd wives and brothers and sisters
and daughters, cry to the authorities for
vengeance on! their assassins, and these IA
and easy functionaries coolIy telegraph back
to the wa;ling homes which these arch de
mons have left desolate that "eforts are be-
eng naatls to SEIZURE a permanent pcesce with
the conquered Sioux Of Minnesota"
Is Government mad ? Do these sleek
Scribes and Pharisees of Depar
~ sitting with feat on fender, two thousand
miles away from Indian bullets, and hal
million bayonets around them to keef
them safe from nearer harm-think that on,
threats are less valuable than theirs ?
"A permanent peace with the conquered
Sioux, !" isIt ? Not, BY the Lord OF Heaven,
IS the VOW Of 100000 American citizens, or
the soil Of Minnesota, and not on any soil
adjoining it, except through the death OF the
guilty and the removal Of every surviving
lo'SN 0uA IculI0uL VI IulS u8tcU EdCO.
This is no longer the petition Of the PEG.
|ple Of Minnesota. 1t is their demand-a
demand which they will exact to tho las,
re'r!bution drop Of Indian blood and they
will not stsp when they shall taks-( If they
are left to take)-the work OF vengeance in
their own hands-they will not stop tc
measure justice by the rule and square, and
make nice adjustment Of the account o.
blood. They are not in temper fer q deli
cate balancing of evidence, or judicial dis
elimination Of the degrees Of guilt.
II the Government wants wholesale hang
ing by the acre IF they want the western
plains turned into wide Golgotha Of dead
Indians if they want them hunted down
like wild beasts from the face Of the Contin
ent, they had better refuse to perform the
act Of justice which the people Of this State
demand, and turn the unshriven criminals
over to their victims. @o.Tv 2
+ We ask the Government. then, in the
name Of humanity, to take the work Of pun
Ishment in its own hands. II they would
save the innocent-if they would save the
citizens Of tho United States everywhere
and anywhere in this broad contnentr any
small remains Of confidence in the protec:
ton of its laws-if they would save the
North west from an Indian war Of years
duration, which millions Of dollars will no.
conclude, they viii SEQ to it that Justice
now has its full and fnal courss.-Prass.