St. Cloud Democrat., 1863-08-27
LETTER from MRS. sWlssHELm.
Regular Correspondence.

AHy"t0| correspondence.
WAsn.HGrOx, Aug. 10th, 1868.
DxAR W'LL.-Thc quanLary of yourself and
''Ruth llall' as to my possible whereabouts is
rather amusing. Since came to Washington
my mail has never been Lett in the Office more
than two days. Generally it is brought to me
every day and a letter or package requires no
other address than my name and "Washington
D. c." I have had two letters from Ruth
Eall'' and have answered both. How a letter
could be returned is one of the many mystic
rics Of tho Washington Post Office. 1t is i'm
possible should answer nearly all the letters
receive, for my time is very much occupied,
but there has never been any mystery rs to
my whereabouts.
am sorry for the modification in the offer
Of bounty for Sioux scalps. That is the true
policy-the policy l advocated a year ago,
and the one, and only one, which would then
have rid our State of these murdercrs. am
sorry the Adjutant General should have paid
any attention to the sentimental twaddle of
people who can afford to be very highly civil
lied, inasmuch as they and theirs are out of
danger. It is these who are in danger, or in
full sympathy with those who are, who have
a right to choose the means by which they
will secure themselves in their right to life
and liberty, to pursue: their lawful avocations.
In the estimation of reasoning, practical men
everywhere, the men of Minnesota will be
stamped as pusillanimous il they fail to make
a clean sweep Of the Sioux nation on the r
soil. To do themselves full justice they
should follow them, if necessary, to the end of
the continent and hang or shoot every wolf in
the pack. The duty Of killing ordinary wolves
is small matter compared to their inexora-
ble obligation to rid the world of these wild
beasts, that others may not suffer by them a:
they have done.
trust there will be no ''lct up in the poll
cy indicated by the Adjutant General until
the most timid Of our people can rest in peace,
secure from even the fear Of these monsters
The folly of carrying on . pretense OF warfare
against them, on the military expedition plan
ought 10 be apparent to the. bllndest philan'
thropist by this time, and to refuse to meet
them on their own ground is to give up the
Slate as an Indian hunting ground, on which
men women and children shall be the game.
When the rebels thu eaten to hang prisoners
of war, the whole country and the world, SEQ
the necessity and the justice Of neeting them
on their chosen ground, life for life, gallows
for gallows and who would hesitate about
hanging Fitz Hugh Lee and Winder, innocent
as they arc of any crime than such as they
share in common with thousands whose lives
arc held sacred? Why Was the President and
SO many ether people shocked At the idea Of
hanging the Sioux murderers We held last
spring? Even leaving out their conviction II
murderers, when tried by the laws Of Wal
there was every reason for their execution. or
the grounds of retaliation and intimidation
aud the failure to punish them Is murderers o.
retain them IS hostages, to be hanged in re-
talistion for the lives Of any Of our people who
might be murdered BY their brethren and &C.
compliees, was an invitation BY our Govern
ment to the commission Of the massacres since
perpetratcd on our soil.
These massacres are the direct aud nat"ra