The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-07-03

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houses aud estates. I''That is so-they
have been swindled."1 For great is Dr.
ana Of the Ephesians. TLaughter,] Ne
groes can be enslayed, Indians can't
Four distinct races are on the face of the
continent, representing four types of
horse nature. The whiteman is the Ara
bian horse, the black smat the donkey
and. bears the burden, the 'fddiaB the ".
brarlgpu can never tame him-while the
ilstto"ss tho mule, who iphoriss 4nosl OF
the vices and few Of the virtues Of his
fathers. Loud applause by a Democrat.
ic Senator. "That is alibel on the mule. u
The Indian will not be slave. -Four
millions Of blacks were enslaved, bnt
nary red. The reds believed in the
whites and have been driven from hunt.
ing field to hunting field, until every In.
dion nature rebels, from the Atlantic al.
most to the Pacific. They hardly get
settled on their new reservation before
we eovet il, we drive him out of it.7t
Shame. Scarcely five thousand out N
every hundred thousand dollars voted ITO
them ever reaches tho tribe. The IN.
dian agent divides it with the Indian ra.
der. The Indian trader divides with The
farmer and the ranchman, and all get
rich, while the Indian, having lost his
lands aud bis game, is left 70 starve.---
lSensation.) San-tan-ta told the whole
story the other day 10 General Hanccsk
and tho Indian agent stopped the coun.
oil, for he couldn't stand the Indians
FIRE. An Indian war will stop emigration
stop gold mining, and throw the West
back twenty years. ''-'01e l1se
General Sherman says we can have
peace or war. Give them Justice and we
can have peace injustice, aud war is Ger.
tain. If Billy Bowlegs could keep us al
bay twenty years in Florids, those hostile
tribes, unless paoifed, will make us add
one hundred millions to the debt. Gan
We afford it2 (Covode, mo, 'tis big
enough already.") Most frontier towns
like war, it makes trade good hence ira
ders and military men soon become act.
i've, for we are not a virtuous people,
("Good," and laughter) The wheel
within a wheel system works charminply
in this enterprisiug community. Help
me cheat the Indians and | will give YOU
half The officer on small salary saws,
DETERMINATION" and the war buple is
sounded. ,---2-
One fact: The powder and ball with
which they shoot us down, we sold them
the other day That is our Indian poll.
oy-anOther fact: The Indians are the
best mounted cavalry in the world-we
are sending out infantry to fight them, -
Bah what nonsense Again, one front
iersman like Major North or "old Wich.
ed" is worth hundred new recruits from
the east. If the Church and State say
war, let 1t be done as expensively as pos
sible, The more IL costs the more taxes,
and the surer we are to pay the national
debt. l hope General Sully and Parker
may succeed in separating the friendly
and hostile tribes in their northern
expedition With the chiefs, but I doubt it.
Sully is good man for oonciliatipn.--
Was it not his men and bis whisky that
massacred the Indians IN the North be-
fore Phil kearney was attacked 7 Keep
faith Respect treaties Don't cheat
chem ! Don't lie to them Don't steal
from them, and the Indians are at peace
The Indians always keep faithl The
whites generally lied. What outrages
occurred before 1887 Did not the over
land emigrants pass the Indian hunting
fields in safety ! This was the year 0
scamp OF an emigrant shot at an Indian
to test bis skill. Revenge was audden
In two days the train was destroyed; then
more ambuscades--whitcs against Indi
ans. Babbitps mail party was destroyed
Lieutenant Grafton was killed, with
his men in pursuit. The Sioux war Of
ct '54-5 followed. When Harney and
Cooke, at Blue Water, that year, closed
the fight with q solemn treaty, giving
them all the land between the Platte and
Missouri. "This is your land" said Har
ney to Little Thunder Chief Of tho Sioux
"and you can kill any white man who
tresspesses thereon" Brt Prestol Mon
tana gold was found. Miners pour in
With revolvers. The treaty is forgotten.
Outrages are frequent; massacres are re-
ported. Human nature was simply Iuli
an nature. Then came the age Of Brig.
adler Generals and Indian Commission
ers; big pow-wows and sham trcatics,-
The Indians refuse the right of the Pow
der River route to Montana-more talks
more treaties, when Taylor meets them
at Larmie aud sells them tho powder and
ball that was used at the Phil Kearny
massacre. Then the War Department