The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-11

DAYTON, OHIO,



and rocks and rivers and coasts, and ISL
ands and forests, with the inhabitants and
wild animals thrown In, claimed by the
Car of Russia as belonging to him, lying
up.at tho northwest corner OF cur conti-
nent, the Massachusetts schoolmaster, Mr..
CHARLEs SuMNERdelivereda lengthy essay,
very learned and erudite. Of course, all
about the country and people offered us 10
barter.
Ills effort, which was called n speech, has
been published-without the injunction Of
secrecy being removed-and one man has
been brave enough to read 1t all through !;
but he soon disappeared, in an exhausted
state, and has since not been heard Of. His
friends arc In deep distress aboht bis mys-
terious absence We have seen extracts
from the speech, sufficiently indicating Its
general character, but found nothing sug-
gestiye Of the object Of It. On the surface,
it is simply n kind of splurge, to show OF
the scholarly attainments OF literary
academician-whc Is the main element Of
SUMMERS transccndant political statesmdn-
hip--for SUMMER, you know, affects to
show that he wears bigger mantle than
RUFUs CHoArE, as does the "Natick cob
bier swell and snort IN much larger
Senatorial toga than ever covered old DAN.
WEBSTER.
The motive of all this zeal and extraor-
dinary Senatorial labor, however has just
been disclosed. A book of travels In Rus
sian America, by NJ. Lutte, has lately
been freely translated and condensed. SUM
MIR, doubtless, had read it; for, 1t contain
ed matter of historical knowledge which
would naturally seize upon his fancy and
form the stimulus fora great Radical effort
in his peculiar line of politics
VI. LUTKE, the Travelled author, found
that the people of the entire northwest
coast, from the fortieth to the sixtieth de-
gree Of north latitude, were evidently
branches of single stem and although
divided into numerous tribes, had an al
most similar language, and were all com
prised under the generic name of Kdloches
We give II quotation-evidently the one
that gave to SUMMERS speech not only its
Inspiration but its inception: f
The kaloches of Sitka recognize as the
founder of their race a man whom they
call Elkh, who dwelt under the especial
favor and protection Of the croic, Il bird
whom they worship as the first cause of al
things. Among the Kodiacks, who are
evidently of the great Esquimeaux race, II
is held that the crOlC is the creator Of The
tuliCerSe. What created the crow, or what
gave that Interesting black bird such power
the kodiackS and the Kaloches equally pro.
Tess Ignorance, and they dispose of tn,
question 10y the customary answer. e
that it was so ordained from the begin
ming
There Is the SUMNER key-the cro,o !--th
"causc Of all things"-the creator of tn
universe!' What, in the history of
strange people, would so instantly chal
lenge the curiosity and excite the grea
philanthropic mind of a statesman, lik
SuMNRR, as knowledge like this2 "Tha
interesting black bird" and worshiped a
"the first cause of all thingsw quoth thi
traveller. SUMNER had, so long, been des
canting and legislating OH the African Gro,
of the South, that, of course, 1t WAS re
lief to him to have such novel featur
added to the topic, and here he found it. /
an unexpected source.
SUMNER, through his whole Senator's
career, has been the Massachusetts "Kal
oche,' "under the especial favor and pre-
lection of the crOte" of the South, and hi
worshiPed it, too, politically, rs the fir
cause of all things, as devotedly as do IL
tribes of Sitka their interesting black bir
BY the acquisition of that interesting pc,
pie he will find no difficulty in enlargiu
considerably his negro phylactery, and v
shall expect to hear from him often, wht
Congress again meets.
SUMNER, however, while he will probab
turn his eloquence into beautiful rhaps
dies over the Interesting black bird"
our new possessions, will find a fresh eau
for agitatiop-a loud appeal to him to lei
off in another "irrepressible conflict
The Kaloches of the new territory of Wa
russia, or Crowland, hold sldVesI Ma co
science! NJ. LUTKE, on this point, says:
They have few religious observance
but it Is sad to find that human sacritic
forms one of them. The victims are alwa
slaves, and the only slaves in Russi
America are captives taken In war. L
master has plenary power of life and dea
over his slave, and cruelty toward their c
emies isa distinguishing feature of all the
savage tribes. In the midst Of most
them every stranger is regarded rs an G
emy,"
slaves, the slaves captiyes taken in W
and every stranger regarded as an enen
and, of course liable to be carried II
slaYeryl This, we arc delighted to be
formed, by the author, is not so bad as
might be-om Kaloches only roast tn
slaves - +" they never edt human -fiesl
whereas lie adds, their Asiatic eous
of Nootka Sound are reputed cannibdl'
man. They are great lovers OF feas
and this means among them eating a gl
tonous quantity of food, and following
up with dance, II is their custom TO bI
the bodies of their dead, at great funt
held in the presence Of weeping relati
of the departed"
Now, we are not posted, just at the
stant, on an interesting geographical poi
Docs SEw1RD's treaty eircumscribe
Nootka Sound Cannibals-those prOspe
i've American voters, under the COngr'
ional Radical aegis, who make slaves Of
they capture, roast all they catch and
tt,o,v ,noapt9 IA glhiaCt