The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-03

Tho Indian War-sheridan's Plan.
We have been trifing with the Indians, and
hence, according to the policy so long pursued
in dealing with the savages, the government
has always been at disadvantage General
Sheridan comprehends the situation. He
knows how to bring these barbarians to the
only term which can ever prove effectual-that
is, the complete crushing out Of all the hostile
bands who infest the section Of country where
white settlements are established. With this
intention he has taken the lead Of the army in
the field with the assistance of such able
generals as Sully, who knows the Indian char
acter and all the modes Of Indian warfare
thoroughly, and General Custer, who has
proved by his late gallant fight near the
Wachta river, as reported in our columns
yesterday, that he is not going to lose any Of
the laurels which he won in the late civil war.
1t is to be regretted that we lost two or three
efficient officers-Captain Hamilton, Lieuten-
ant Colonel Barnitz and Major Eliott-in this
fight but it is satisfactory to know that whole
encampment of the Indians was destroyed,
warriors sent to their final account. It is
evident that General Sheridan is going to avail
himself Of the advantages Of the winter sea-
son to inaugurate vigorous campaign against
the savages, and so thin them out by the de-
strnction Of their lodges and families and by
80 harassing the warriors that when the
spring time comes they win be so decimated
and weared out that they can make no fight
This is the true plan of dealing with the
Indians, and General Sheridan sees that SUCH
course must be pursued if we are ever to
have peace in the Indian Territory.
Europe Drifting Towards RepubIicaaism.
The nations of Europe are in that peculiar
condition in which it is extremely difficult to
say what is to be the character of their imme-
date future. They are under conditions which
are entirely new, and they are as yet but i'm
perfectly alive to the fact The railroad, the
telegraph, the printing press and the numerous
other forces which in these last days are Civ
ing birth to thought and impulse to action
have, unconsciously to the nationalities, been
making them discontinued with things as they
are and compelling them to look and long for
the uncertainties of the future. Spain fur
nishes US with striking illustration at once OF
the condition of the nations and the rapidly
transforming power of modern forces. Until
recently she was VIGOROUSLY living under
conditions which had not only not improved.
but which had grown worse since the palmy
days Of the Great Charles. Her condition was
deemed not merely bad, but desperate. Re-
generation seemed impossible. The railreaA,
the telegraph, the printing press, alias tho
newspaper, have found their way into
France, and behold the RESULT Spain
by one grand bound has leaped from
the sixteenth to the nineteenth century,
and like Mercury, who sprung complete from
the brain Of Jupiter, she reveals her maturity
by calling at once for republic. A republic
in Spain will revolutionize France, and through
France Europe; for the conditions are new all
over and the impulses are the same. II is now
no longer question which Power shall be
most obstructive, but which shall be most re-
ceptive. The new religion in the shape Of
steam, electricity and their cOngeners Ia
everywhere being worshipped, and wherever
it is worshipped, and in proportion to the
depth of the devotion, there and so is the
vital force. Europe is rapidly learning from
us. The nations see what the railroad, the
telegraph and the printing press have done for
the United States, and they are beginning to
yield to the influence OF good example. The
day must soon come when the nationalities OF
Europe, realizing common interest, viii
merge their Municipalities, and through tho
aid Of the new forces win make the Continent
a unit. Such q contamination will be benefit
to Europe and the world. Let il speed on.
Farewell then to dynasties.
Our Railway StockjobbinG swindlors-Th0
Duty Of Congress.