The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-05-05
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tinus your associations with thc0e hostile to
the whites, ypu win be chased - enemies, and
b followed end punished as such. Those
who persist in continuing hostilities he pro-
poses to regard as enemies, and - such to pur-
sue, harrass and destroy them, until they yield
offering, In the meantime, the olive branch
of pesce TO all who may desire to abandon their
hostility and surrender themselves to the au-
thorities OF the government. @
In short, Mr.. Bnrleigh proposes to barter
goods for peace, while Gen. Pope offer, peaes
and protection to those who desire 1t, and war
to those who desire war. Gen. Pope, by his
policy reaches all classes of Indians, while Mr..
Burleigh can only reach that class that has
heretofore disregarded all the obligations they
have assumed in their treaties with the govern
meut. .-ls y. ---.-s.. -.=..'' T.
Had Mr.. Burleigh obtained an appropriation
TO Advance the agricultural interests of those
Sioux who have maintained their friendship for
the whites and their fealty to the government,
regardless of the insults and outrages to which
they were subjected By the hostile bands, Its
expenditure in that direction would have pro-
NOTED the interests of the government, exhib-
tied to the indians an appreciation Of their sac
'rilces and . disposition to reward the merito-
rioua. Tho diversion of the appropriations
made in pursuance of the provisions Of the Fort
Pierre and Laramie treaties from the objects
contemplated by them to the one have sug-
good, and the annuities would not be spurned
BY the Indians who neither merit nor openly
accept them. .... ........., en-
: The system Of Indian treaties has been tho
source Of all our Indian difficulties; It ia fraud
ulent and unjust In all its ramifcations,. and
beneath the dignity of this or any other gov.
eminent. It processes to recognize the Indians
as equals on the treaty ground, but they are tho
wards Of the government 10 all other places it
professes to purchase the land Of the Indian
at price satisfactory to both parties, while In
reality tho Indians have Hobeons choice of
taking what the government offers-or moth
ing. 1t ID only when the government asks the
hostile Indians for peace that the Indians have
the advantage and they know 1t; they say to
the government, We will give you peace for
the Price we specify. and on no other terms: As
their wants increase beyond the supply received
they return to hostilities, for tie psypose Of OBJ
tanning ddd;aosa compensation, and they gener-
Gen. Pope has forbidden the distribution of
snnuities and the negotiation of treaties, and
this Is the time when his interference Is neces-
sary to the attainment of peaceful relations
with "the hostile Sioux OF the Upper Mis-.
souri, !" to give the Indians . true Impression
of tho justice and poUer of the government;
and to abolish system 20 pernicious to both
whites and Indians. /
The time hasa arrived when the condition and
progress of our frontier settlements, demand
( wise and permanent Indian policy. To So
cure this, the old system, which time has prov
ed to be failure, must be abandoned, and ell
IT. prominent features discarded. Let the In