The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-27
.tFor the New Orleans Sunday Crescent
L. HEAD REMONsrRATEs WITH
GEN. PHIL. sHERIDAN.
Mr.. IsvNG's TAVERN,

Mr.. IRvTNG's TAVERN,
New York, Dec. Is.
My Breuet Friend-I desire to counsel you In
regard to your singularly unkind treatment of the
injuns, for whom appear as counsel "for this
occasion only" Your action towards our Red
Brethren is not only obnoxious but exceedingly
unpleasant to them. and would seem to emanate
from q spirit of prejudice on account of their
color. vide Blackstone's Commentaries, PIP.
l776.) Besides your course ia not justified by the
evidence in the case. What have they done that
you should pursue them thusly. destroying their
scalps with which they were born, defscing their
residences, and scattering death and canned shot
among their Apply uniting grounds Is it gentle
manly?
You cay they burned the homes of our pale
faces with red noses), scslloped the men, mar
dered the women. and killed the children; and
what property they could not carry of they
destroyed. Now, Phil. suppose they did, what Of
~ They wasn't to blame. They didn't know
what they did. They was "insaner' You
needn't take NY word for il; but If you'll come
TO New York or pay my expenses land mel out
to where you are, I'll show you plenty of prece
dents from trials going on and gone on, that them
injuns amt legally responsible for KILN. They
got excited, and for moment was reckless and
made mince meat out Of some Of our white set.
tiers, which it was settler onto them, of course;
but II you'll get bail and give me 60 or 80 days,
III demonstrate TO the satisfaction of any IL men
selected from their most respectable savage
tribes that they was insane" when they went
into the msssakreein business, or III prove lul
laby: (Vide Tommy Hawk on Frontispiece, LIST
edesbin.)
You may wonder that take 80 much interest
in the injnns but can't help 1t; they saved
my life onst; beerd they was on the war
path, and as / wasn't on it, | kept of of it so
they spared my life
There is reasons, Phil, why you should feel an
interest in them on principal. There was an In
jun oDst as had the same name yourn they.
called him "Php '-King Philip Ali what
memories cluster round that name He, too, had
a mother onst. His father didn't marry sec
ond squaw) Perhaps has mother called him
"Pbiy. dear" like your mother has you, only
his mother said il in lpjun and your mother said il
in irish
Then there are other reasons why you should be
merciful TO your-iDjun. They can't help their
coloT-haven't they soles?" Heyy Why not
then, take out some tracts and let your soldiers
make tracks home? What the injuns need l.
maps of the seaboard section of our country, that
they may see how we live, and carry on cleo dons,
and hberate the oppressed criminals without re-
gard to color. They can't sppresheate these
bessins, they're SO fur in the interior. You
know all about it. Git the injuns to give you
bigger fee for lettin' 'em go than Uncle Sam pays
you for vhlppiu' 'em, and let 'em go TO their
happy huntin' grounds on the other side OF the
Missouri or the other side of the Arkansas, or the
other side of Jordan.
Also there was celebrated injun named Red
jacket, after whom the Justly sellebrsted |"
Red Jacket Btters (full brother to he Jacet)
was called. If you have no yearning towards
him, no affection or feeling for his name aud
fame, have you not for the Bitters? D, think be-
fore you speak
Then there was the well known " L. the poor
ipjun /" of whom we have oil read. BE is out of
business row. but on account Of his name all the
Lo injuns ale entitled to your consideration and
support
But it is on higher and more moral grounds
approach you on this subject. The injun needs
the ballot. Give him the ballot If you would
make him great. gelorious, intelligent and pros
porous nation. Let him set in our kongres-
siopa end legislative halls and smoke the calomel
of peace and drink whisky with us. Gen. Grant
says land he knoSs) "Let US have peace! " Now
you just cay that to the injuns and see how quick
they'll do it
Phil, you may forget your ride against time at
Winchester you may forget your brilliant attack
on New England (dinners) you may forget your
innocent childhood when you hooked watermeons
and rdsnests. and you may forget you, 2nd child.
hood in New Orleans: all these but do not, o,
co not forget that the injuns is insane.
Peacefully yoars, A. HEAD.