Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-17

vengeance OF q mob. The mistaken e,v IN
take law Into our own hands is the egaenoa oS
rebellion Itself. As citizens we have tbs cias,
right to ask our rulers to punish the 0nIItv
Inc state has right to arraign these men for
murder In her civil courts, but anything like
mob violence is subversive of all law.
IL is o question for the judge 20 weigh calm
~ now iar any man who was driven into thin
Dy savage leaders, and who committed no VIC
Ience or murder himself, shall be deemed guilty.
Whatever that decision 10, we ought to bow be-
,1re ,1 the majesty OF the law. There are Others
.iae uS Weosshsw' Taopi, Good Thunder, Lapa-
claim to our protection. Conscious Of wron.s
suffered, they resisted the outbreak. and To the
iass refused to join 1t. 1t 10 due to them that
.hese captiVes we're rescued and the RuiIty were
oelivered up. In the face Of death they vs,e
the white mans friepd. Are we TO rews,S
their adelity by cry Of xterminatIon9 JJo
not believe our citizens are capable of sncl,
wiokedness The examination of tbIs awSn,
history will show thst the only CLEAN of Iiph,
on its horrors Ia the influence OF the Christian
religion! Even farmer Indians for the moet
Part stood aloof. "a man is not civilized he.
cause Government official has cut his hair
ano pus on him white mans dress,) - ~
AS one whose life must be spent in Mipneso
"a Wh1se nome cannot be changed at will;
whose lot for good or i'll must be indent;t;sd
with her veal of woe, feel 8 deem sol;ci,nSe
shat Onr settlemsnt OF this war shall be snch oz
to call down the blessing of God TIE nation
is passing through suoh trials that we csnpot
aiiord to De unjust. l stsnd aside for no man
IN my deep heartfelt sympathy for the innocent
Wctlms OF this massacre or 10 my deep indig-
nation at the guilty actors of this bloody dra-
ma IL Is because1 would forever prevent such
scenes that for three years I have plead with
inc government to reform system whose
perennial fruit was blood. Canada has not had
an Indian war since the revolution. We have
hardly passed year without one. The ZANE
tribes there are bound by ties Of affection to
the English oroWn--we spend millions TO sup
press Indian wars.
Because We fear God let us fear TO cover up
ioiqulty-because we also hope in His mercy.
letus reform q syatem which has proved 80
pernicious =
have written as briefly as could of some
OF the causes of this Indian massacre. nv
object has been to speak OF system which has
developed like results under all administrations.
l have waited, hoping that an ADLER pen would
take my place. My only excuse for thus OBJ
truaing my thoughts upon my felloW-citizens,
10 tue rear lest passion, shall usurp the place
o! reason, and we fail to understand the lesepu
Wnicn has been written In such eharp school
OF suffering. Concerning the propriety and
necessity Of the removal Of the Indian tribes
OF Minnesota, will simply cay, that If this
course Is deemed the true policy for ourselves
and them, 1t ought not to be done, as /. has
often been, without q thought of Justice. As
to olany schemes of concentrating the thousands
OF Indians in one ration, fear it would only
prove larger powder magazine; that it would
give to bad men the power to organizs q larger
force TO lay waste the border, aud that, under
any system like the present, would prove it
SELF mischievous and wicked, alike destructive
to them and to ourselves.
Many of these Indians have been removed
again and again. and each time been solemnly
pledged that this should forever be their home
II removal now takes place, We ought to see
to Il that our nation does It's whole duty, that
they shall have a strong government, on ind
vidual right In the coil, q just system of trade.
wise system of civilization, aud Just agents.
Nc is due alike TO ourselves and to them, that
this system shall no longer be the foster parent
|&o nurture savage violence and blood. Such
reforms demand the oalmess thought of the
best men In the nation.
'"- H. B. WHIPPLE
..'.s Bishop Of Minnesota