The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-23

THE TIMES ON srDIAHs.
The Chicago Times don't ike negroes as the
public have reasons to believe, at least, it is
disguised with free negroes. But then to
show that its antipathies are not indiscrimi-
nate towards colored men, it processes very
great admiration for the red man Of the coun.
try and much sympathy with his wrongs, and
in view of the late massacre of 124 soldiers of
the United States at Fort Goodwin, Arizona
the admiration Of the Times for the Indians,
and its indignation against the whites COWS
to burning heat. And the indignation is all
concentrated in one burning focus upon the
devoted heads Of the accursed Republicans,
who in being guilty Of crushing the rebellion
and putting an end to slavery, have become
responsible, in The estimation of the Times and
it's conferers, for all the evils that have hap
pened to mankind since Noah cursed the son
of Ham. "The truth is, that to the vicious
radicalism which took possession of the gov.
ernmentin in March, 1861, are to be ascribed all
the troubles and atrocities which characterize
our Indian relations
Now according to our recollection ''the
troubles and atrocities which characterize our
Indian relations" are not Of recentgrowth at
ALL The story Of Capt. Smith and Pocahon-
tus, in Virginia, and of King Phillips War, in
New England, are not Of as early date as
the chronic troubles growing out of our rela-
tons with the Indians. Even while New
England was engaged in the holy missionary
work Of importing slaves from Africa, Indian
massacres were not uncommon, and the rela-
tions of the Colonists to the Indians we're char
acterlzed by "troubles and atrocities" Wy
oming Braddocks field and other memorable
incidents and scenes bear witness to the ex-
istence and connivance Of the same charac
teristic troubles and enormities before and
during the French war. The Declaration of
Independence and the history of the revolu-
tionary war is full Of proof of our Indian
troubles The pioneer settlers of all the r.
gion West Of the mountains, in their day. ex-
perienced much Of the horrors of the enormi-
ties and troubles arising from proximity to
the Indians. The clark and bloody ground
the ancient designation of Kentucky bore
witness to similar unsettled condition of our
Indian relations. The massacre of Ft. Mimms
MUS. which first brought General jackson
into the field as an Indian fighter, and his
campaigns against the Indians in Georgia,
Alabama and Florida will be numbered with
the .'evidences'' of the troubles and atrocities
which characterize our Indian relations, Old
Mad Anthony Wayne could give much valu-
ton and experience to the same purport.
The Mackinaw Massacre, River Raisn and
Tippecanoe; not to mention the Florida War,
and the Black Hawk War, and the Indian
massacres Of the early emigrant trains to Cal
ifornia and Oregon, are rich in ample stores
oflegends, still unforgotten by living wit
nesses in confirmation of the same continuing
condition of our Indian relations. All these
things which have been happening during two
hundred and fifty years past, during every
decade, before Abolitionists or Radicals had
anything to do with the Government or with
the Indians officially, indicate that the troubles
and enormities which characterize our rela.
tlons with the Indians are no worse and no
greater during the last few years than they
have been during our entire history in this
country.
Doubtless the Indian troubles in Minnesota,
as in the southwest and on the Pacific coast,
during the past five years have been excited,
fostered and stimulated by emissaries of JEFF.
Davis, who were not more successful in firing
the hearts of the red men Of the forest to
massacre our frontier settlers, than their fel.
low emissaries were in doing him similar ser.
vice by exciting the copperheads to engage
in anti draft riots in New York and elsewhere,
and finally to massacre President Lincoln
himself.