The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-11-06
earned treasure, we enumerate the fol

earned treasure, we enumerate the fol-
lowing:
| /. The dissatisfaction of the Indians
in consequence Of having sometim es
been betrayed into the cession Of theiy
lands by pretended treaties.
q The constant failure of the Gov
ernment to fulfil in good faith, its treaty
obligations with the tribes.
8 The frequent and unprovoked ont
RACES and murders of Indians by soldiers
and white citizens.
4. The impossibility Of obtaining
justice in local counts, or of Furnishing
white criminals, tor the reason that the
testimony of Indians is not allowed in
those courts.
5. The unlawful occupation, by the
whites, Of lands not ceded nor treated
/ for. & zsazs st7s za 5zl71H e4 eze ~
6. The shameful fact that. Of all che
appropriations made by Congress for
their benefit, but small p0rt ever reach
es them. H
1t is affirmed, by the sane authorities,
that the Indian race 10 not only becom-
ing not only morally degraded, but also
| physically undermined by the most
loathsome disease which infests our CIV
/ ilization; and that one Of the finest phys
ical types of man has already become
seriously enfeeb}ed; and that tribes,
originally comparatively pure, are fast
! sinking into 9rossness of vicv which
threatens their utter extinction. This
latter evil, in all it's destructive extent.
seems to be an inevitable attendant Of
the presence of our troops in the Indian
country. All these, and many other dis
| graceful facts, are attcsted by. respecta
BILE officers Of the Government, by a
large number of Indian chiefs, and by
many trustworthy private citizens. The
unprovoked butchery OF several hundred
Indians, chiefly women and children, by
Col. Chivington, as detailed in the Off
cial evidence above referred to, is
enough to brand with lasting infamy
any nation that could suffer it to pass
unpunished.
Bishop Whipple Of Minnesota, read q
long and interesting report on the pres
sent condition of the Indians in the Uni
ted States Territories. After some in
trOt1uctory remarks, he proceeded to
show the difference between the treat
ment, by the English Government Of the
Indians in Canada, and that Of the Uni.
ted States Government to those in this
country He stated that in consequence
tribe among :he large number here, had
yet been converted to Christianity. He
drew q picture of the manner in which
We act toward the savages on our bor
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they must become civilized eE perish.
The treaties we make with them he said,
are ostensibfy for their civilization; but,
instead, they are merely means to fill
the pockets of political plunderers- We
do not properly consider their social
condition; they have no patriarchal gov.
ernment; the head is only chief Of a
savage Tube. whQ can only control their
instincts to a limited extent. The civil
!ized and Christianized Indian is a per
fec:ly helpless being The Indian in
his wild state he considered as superior
to any savage people on the face Of the
earth. He spoke Of the recent war, for
which, he thought, the Indians had am
! pie grounds, and which would have been
considered so by every civilized people
on the earth. We take from them not
| only their lands, but their annuities
Our people have committed every atroci-
ty upon them; they have outraged their
wives; and inflicted such wsongs upon
them that they have been driven to
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three hundred miles Of country, and
| caused the massacre Of eight hundred
white people. The Cnristianized Fndi-
ans were true as martyrs. Bishop w
proceeded to point out how the conf
dence of tho Indian might be obtained.
The Indian Bureau. he contended, must
be reformed, and a Cabinet officer .hould
be at the head OF it.. All the employees
should be married men of good moral
character. Commissioners should be
appointed to adopt means to civilizc the
Indians; the Peace Commission should
be enlarged, by adding to it the best
men in the country, to carry out that
object.
After addresses by Drs. Bellows,
Washburn and others, Mr.. Peter Cooper
moved that the Executive Committee be
instructed to petition Congress to allow
Bishop Whipple to read his report be-
fore that body, which was carried; and
the meeting was adjourned with the un-
derstanding that the Committee would
convene again st an early day. r.
Observer.
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The blessings they imrsrtI
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On some nigh fan.pg heart!