Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-01

~ oA1O ~ CcCLI QICSSul6 OI news we nave
cut of its opening remarks upon the cor
ruptieqs Tef the Indian management and
the vieiOaS mode OF making tlIe Fndian apl
pointmepts, and upon thesuspicious ankle
Xty Of army men 20 get the acpbtrQ Of IN
dian affairs, and upon the notable fact that
the WarBepartment, tosWhich this control
is to be transferred to stop the corruptionl
has inStwo years spent thirty millions In
Indian wars, with nothing to show for it
and we begin at its objections to the army
control, and It's proposed remedy. % We re-
gard these suggestions as entitled to weight,
from the experience of the writer in Indian
affairs, and from his earnestness in the
.2ktibiect.a eonsmm0o a9oloo4 Is FIsT3 si'5'od
Another Word About Iudfans.
1T JTrpnBle lexfsts S0nIEhe Hfbntier, afiElI eof-
ruption abounds, and the remedy is to put
the Indians UNDER the discipline Of the
army. [Se far as the hostile Intentions Of
Che sInalans are In qdesti6h, Lam satisfied
this is exaggerated. % Theadvoeates for the
transfer appear to be impressed with the
idea that the officers of the army are so in+
cornuptfbley their integrity of 50 high an
order, and their lh1maHisy SO marked. that
all the evils now existing would suddenly
disappear If the Indians were only turned
oyer to the army. It is certainly 9efresh4
iHEtb be toldIthat we have one 6rsnch sOf
the public service that is pure, and that in
its custody the peeuniary and moral inter-
ests of the Red men may be safely intrust7
ed. Lido not desire. to disRaEags the army.
1t is made up. of men, and drwhen thatis said
nothing need be added, except that MANY
of the officers are pretty fast men, and 70
such most 3t&ely the Indians would bo con-
signed. a;,.fsg -...r...r,
AS a class, army offieers do not like the
Indians, aud have .nOIsym pathyswith them.
I'm its very nature. the military arm issa
sdespotisn. The private soldier cannot 6 j.
preach an officer of the lowest grade wltn-
.IOut aasafutation due from an inferior to
superior; and instances are not tincon1mon
where the soldier is subject to indignity
and humiliation IL have witnessed the
treatment of Iadians at military posts in
the indian country divers times, and never
without 2 feeling of disgust Never did
observe them treated aas hurnanobeiEgS and
can anxiety manifested to ascertain their
needs and desires and In four y ears e4-
-aperienee j can lnewareealh but few instances
wherein the military in the Indian country
operated with the Indian Bureau In its
efforts to promote efficiency and order,
while my recollection isn fresha of numer-
Gus instances wherein every obstacle was
thrVN1rin the WaYSby Ehesarmy yroobstruct
the efforts of the Indian Bureau in the dis
charge of its duties. ,stf,j 5a.5a ,5 =,
d. PGeneFalc Sherman, in. the letters written
by hiFnl season while going over the
plains, to Headquarters at Washington. ao4
pears to be deeply i'm pressed with the n
pOrtance of protecting the whites, and even
stimulating the adventRrous spiritof those
who 90 into the distant Territories. and
likewise taking care of the great yrailroad
Interests pushing across the continent.
But he does not appear to be Impressed
with any special desire to regard the In :.
dams beyond such temporary expedients
eialG int6 aif8hilltr a e ten I. n DRs zaryi
romantic way, how the Indian is shot
down as q hrgte; Vow 4eais thrust west,
and again east andHaay thfis the. "poor
dexil Hriag4es against his doosH.,' Nov, if
thepe0ple of the United States have accept
ed-dDalterably the conclusion that the In
ee Is 5 KR $P 01ghs! 3! to to
tie iR9rears fapd fapd al authority TinT Ipdian
WI have been eakea.3 Some dtrfhy officer
@ ou5 4 s q xsSjaP1H sSa bs
correspondent of the Ne11 York Herdldeays
that HepeyaAS ASherna9 q has ugge dYtH is ps1lcy
qlIGekgf4f 8 rant.s Il st eah hardly credftflle
sta4eLmeat.i ,4Eb410MsKsr, such, ideas bdlar-i
Ho4ef in high xpilLtaEF eirGles, and they
should prevail, the 1aurels won by military
mehin> the great rebellion will fadeawayi
TaPtdlF. The Secretary of War Informs
Congress that the Department @assspent I'M
two years SRpWard of thirty millions of
money in hdihn wars yaRd what has been
mplishedE9 THAT tfme General Sully
E~sstS' ss e VgH1 & U, 18th
cabture al tiahh Z u IA Whit has Geneftal
Pope done sipee he took cepmand in the
Northwest4h1e63,>h having npto the fall of
1866 been On the war path p Mobhing, real
ly ppfhjng ands abowg after three1gears of
fa1lqSe, General Rope pleadsfo rthe Indians
to be turned over 20 the9arnp. and then he
c9R manage them Las asEainndelasion. Cen
Sral Grant maEaexRepds lad Ian hostihties
4ftE millions per annum for ten years to
come, aud heYifl scar feefy have beenzaPle
tomakes ea impressiep on the Indians by
way Of subdui6R them. a
In singular contrast with this idea of a
war Of ex8df late csooirrrespend
epee between General Sherman, GefleFal
Graht, Sse9et@B Iataueeh and the Chairman
9tthe Indian committee of the House Iof
RPpreseatAefves.9 G1eheraf Sherman, in
forms f s GsesEaa Sfse T that M g @ sell
the6 6eeHetaSyfqfT Wa esof sthef fact, andssaIs,
ifisact Ithin 60 sseeaBhnte, Ssr do rot seakfiat
any course is left open TO n, hutHto with
draw our troops to the settlements.1 Gen-
eIalf SherraAaf, IN Vhis letter, says tits an
aBsnrd isysrR IS stssopt Solkeep the peace on
tliefrohtier II ctr tders can legal leland en-
4oufageeOu dslaig elfoHs a tra ffic. Secretary
Stautpn says 1T is providing our e9eMies
With theEmeaps tor our sdeStrQe etion, = and
ttiae the Indians are 50 an xious to obtain
4Hhs ana ANN uifitior That for a reFalV yer
IsG yiIa aiys 1sa saS sEa% twenty 3Ey
GtuOc tOS- NEdNtCS aGAu OilhO OuC 1uuI0HS are
flayipgcin laEgefsuRPlies es1prep paratOfy to an
0utbTeaA1, 93u65e.i &bcg From che eFeGpihg g
exSfacts it ehld seem that the; mi Hilary
aath0rIties are alarmed at the faet tR at
sdme LndiaRahas &Ltia Fev6l lver.s and hence
itRtay be they will surrender at discretion,
and dabande9t che idea aefs DETERMINATION NJ
doubt the Indians are solicitOus for arms
aye eFgTeQHaYipg any pricev thetFader may
dfn5anhI iBhtt this Is no EVIDENCE lofshbs-
tili6gt IN former yearSNEhe GOvernEnent
PlFeb based p seryieeable, gun .anDt Hhli Ike
the Nor thNfst GAM .PEeYfded by the
Hudspn Bay Gorpati 1 for f. the Indians i'm
tAeh In, ,propersnumbsrs prop 10 Indians, to
PeNsed in ling game !, and this gansWas
! necessity. y A bout 1859, atsthe instance oi
It. RABlair, jr.dthega atien Tor guns
was >sttieken outgfashe Indian sAppr0pria-
distribHtioV by the Govefnpent. But the
Indians stiu pbeained guns i6ferior ones
bowever-bdt stih 1theYagot guns, and
will get them\ The Go=er6ment should, in
fact, restore its \old policy, and distribute
guns to the Indians, bat exclude the traffic
IN .sfR RS s51sss sass Ga "a @
but not IS forRid@hlf 1WeapaA for wal
as he bow and arrow.
Erroneousa6piai aSitF reference to the
true character of the Indian geRsrallyzpre
vail. LIE IS indeed the victim OF prejudice
and regartledsag tJeT iFrec1aimable savage,
who in war spares -peitAeFage nor sex, but
with rheaTtless and cruel baFhaEit itK objects
the fnhocefiS and defenseless to iihuman
tortueea iconnnftting aVitl1 axdlGaGt delight
the most horrible massacres,, These are all
chroniclea As they pechra and not unfre,,
quently highly coIored, and are indeed sac
chapters in our annals. But the history o
the sufferings of the Indian race, and the In
iaries donesto the Red man, have neVer1b beer
written; the story of his wrongs have nev-