American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-10-03
An IMPORTANT QUESTION sErfLED.

An IMPORTANT QUESTION sRfTLED.
Tankeedoodledun is indebted to thu
far-reaching mind Of correspondent o
the Chicago Times. for sagacious plsl
by which the elephant is to be disposed
of. The plan is altogether unique, and
We dare say, entirely ''rspturous'' to
those Yankees whose ingenuity. great II
is. has not yet been equal to che task
of retaining the wealth of the South,
ern States without loosing little Of their
precious blood. We commend this letter
to the Ape at Washington. or Philadel-
phia. or wherever else bis long legs have
carried him:
To the Editor of the Chicago Times:
Ever since the rebellion broke out, our
wisest statesmen have been puzzled with
the question of what to do with the
blacks. But. strange to say, the nude
aborigines of the Northwest have fur
nished practical solution of this dis
tracing problem They have lit upon
the northern sky with the lurid blaze Of
their war-6res. spreading carnage and
desolation in their train. while the nigger.
the ''irrepressible nigger." has plunged
both North and South into the most ter
rible war Of modern times, 1t is meet,
therefore, that these two races of brute
humanity should be pitted against each
other in a war of mutual determination.
1t would be delightful warfare. in
which each participant might crafty to
repletion all the ferocious propensities of
his nature. and no civilized persons need
care which whipped, but those who
footed the bills. Such a war, if properly
conducted, would lead to beneficial re-
suits it would rid the country of two
internal pests,-a wholesale blessing,
which millions spent in legislation could
not purchase for US. Think of it, mig
gers" and "Injuns" seeking the shades
of the other world together.-why. the
thought is truly rapturous for any true
patriot to indulge.
Again, in such contest, the field is
wide and ample for both parties but.
for the niggers, it is pleasingly exhaust
less, because, when they had "est up"
the Sioux and restored peace to Lower
Minnesota. they might try their hand on
the Chippewas, and then to the south
west the Arapahoes and Camanchs, by
which time. if there were no more inn
portations from Africa, the "cullud gem.
men, would be agreeably thnned out,
and the atmosphere of the United States
rendered thereby much more salubrious.
True, there are millions of niggers and
only thousands of Indians, but the su-
perior cunning. sagacity and intrepidity
of the latter would about equalize with
the great numbers and stolidity of the
former, and their reciprocal destruction
would be inevitable.
The excellence and thoroughness of
This plan should commend it to the ap-
probation of every statesman and philan-
lhropist who thinks this subject worthy
Of his attention. Wendell Phillips will
GO into ecstacies over it.
and in all probability he would seek the
of generalisimo of the Eth
opian forces in the Indian country. to
direct their operations and give
hem policy" Phillips scalp would
ook funny in wigwam for pappoose
% play with. This plan has also another
feature to recommend it. 1t will relieve
our President from dilemma. by ena-
bling him to put the "colored citizens"
IF Massachusetts and Rhode Island into
immediate and protraeted service. and
he con6scated Indian payments will 60
argely towards paying the expense.
Let no one say hereafter that we don't
Know what to do with the blacks. Let
Is arm them to fight the Indians. and
he destruction of both races of barbara
ms will make our country resound from
md to end with peans Of joy.
G. II. B.