The Goodhue volunteer. [volume] (Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.) 1861-1864, 1862-12-03
Execution Of tho condemned Indians.

to allow the execution of the Indians, who
have been condemned by the military com
mission instituted by General Siblcy.
The meeting was called to order by p.
P. Fnrber, Esq 5. '~
VIM. 4. Mobiles, Esq, was elected Pres
ident. and 10. A. Ward, Secretary.
The President briefly STATED the objects OF
the meeting, when, on motion of. +. Kid
der, Esq, \ Committee was appointed, con.
sisting Of j. T. Kidder, Morris Lamprey
Geo. A. Nourse, B. +. Hoyt. and Il. NJ. Met.
cali, to report resolutions expressive Of the
sentiments oflhe meeting.
Geo. A. Nourse, Esq, presented the fol
lowing memorial to the President, which
was adopted by the Committee. and ate,
addresses by several gentlemen, was also
adopted by the meeting.-Pioneer.
The memorial is as follows:
To the President efthe United .S'u'es:
We, the citizsns OF Saint Paul, in the
State of Minnesota, respectfully represent
that we have heard with regret and alarm
through the puplic press, reports Of an inten.
ton on the part OF the United States Gov
|ernmcnt, to dismiss without punishment
tha Sioux warriors captured by our soldiers
and further, to allow the several tribes OF
Indians lately located upon reservations
Within this State, to remain upon the reser-
vations. ~
Against any such policy, we respectfully,
but firmly protest. The history of this con
:lnent presents no event that can compare
with the late Sioux outbreak, in wanton,
unprovoked, and fiendish cruelty. All that
We have read Of Indian warfare in the early
history Of this country, is tame in contrast
with the atrocities of this late massacre
Without warning, in cold blood, beginning
with the murder Of their best friends the
whole body Of the annuity Sioux, commenced
a deliberate scheme to exterminate every
white person on the land once occupied by
them, and by them long since sold to the
United States. In carrying out this bloody
scheme they have spared neither age nor sex
only reserying for the qualification of their
brutal lusts, the few white women whom
the rifle, the tomahawk and the skelpng-
knife spared. Nor did their tiendish bar
barities cease with death, as the mutilated
corpses Of their victims, disembowelea, GU,
limb from limo, or chopped into fragments
will testify. These cruIties, too, were in
many cases preceded by pretence of friend
!ship; and, in many instances, tho victims
|of these more than murderers, were SHOT
down in cold blood, as soon as their backs
were turned after cordial shaking of the
hand, and loud professions of friendship on
the part Of the murderers.
We ask that the same Judgment shonld
be past and executed upon these deliberate
lnurderers, these rayishers, these mutilators
of their murdered victims, that would be-
passed upon white men guilty Of the same
offence. The blood of hundreds of on,
murdered and mangled fellow citizens cries
from the ground for vengeance. "Vengeance
is mine. | will repay saith the lord,'' and the
authorities of the United States are, we be
lieve, the chosen instruments to execute tina,
vengeance. Let them not neglect their plain
duty.
Nor do we ask alone for vengeance
We demand security for the future There
can be no safety for us or for our families, I'm
less an example shall be made of those who
have committed the horrible murders anG
barbarities we have recite1. Let it be oncs
understood that these Indians can commit
such crimes, and be pardoned upon >urrend
ering themselves and there is hencetorth q
torch for every white mans dwelling, s
knife for every white mans heart upon GU,
frontier.
| Nor will even the most rigorous punishment
give perfect security against these Indians sc
long as any Of them are left among, or ii
the vicinity OF our bordered settlements
The Indians nature can NJ more be trusted
than the VOLTS. Tame him, cultivate him
strive to Christianjze him as you will. anc
the sight Of blood will in an instance cal
out the savage, wolfi>h, deyilish instinct 0
the race. 1t is notorious that among tn,
earliest and most murderous Of the Sioux, IL
2erpetrating their late massacre, were man,
Of the civilized Indians so called, with hal
cut short, wearing white mems clothes, an(
dwelling in brick houses, built for them b,
the Government.
These facts are we'll known to our border
settlers, land appreciated by them as they can
not be by those who live in the midst Of pop
ulous communities, far away from the say
age foe.
These facts have made the question simpl,
whether the Indians or the white race shall
Ipossess Minnesota. What emigrant viii
bring his family to land where they are il
such close proximity, that he is liable AM
|day to be shot by an ambush foe in his owl
door yard, or on his return home from hi:
days labor to fad his family outraged AM
murdered ?
Minnesota is the best farming State in the
Union by it's natural advantages Of soil. eli
mate and position. 1t is capable Of sustaining
IA purely agricultural population Of millions
and in addition possesses great facilities 70,
manufacturing. Shall we who have made
our homes here under the promised pro
lection Of the National Government, who
have paid that Government the required
price for the land on which We have made
our homes, be driven into exile by the savages
from whom Government bought the soil O.
almost the whole State and against whom
that Government is bound to protect US ?
We respectfully ask, We demand that the
captive Indians now in the bands Of our mil
Itarr forces, proved before military commits
sion 10 he guilty of murder and even worse
crimes, shall receive the punishment due
those crimes. This too rot merely as :
matter of vengeance, but as much more 3
matter Of future security for orr borde,
Esettjers.
We ask further that these savages proved
to be treacherous, unreliable, and dangerou:
Ioeyond example, may be removed from Gloss
proximity to cur settlements to such dis
lance, and such isolation as shall make tn.
Ipeop.e OF this State ssfe from their fu,ur,
attacks
We hope that men whose friends and re
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