Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-12-29

the capitals of their respective nations, al
other things are added unto them. Tn,
sovereign and his advisers, and the head
OF departments, must of necessity, have
residence at the seat of government. The,
are people Of means, taste and luxury
That makes demand for the advanced
appliances of the highest civilization anc
| pleasure. They demand with a power
too, which can well-nigh compel gratifca
ton. In this way the capital becomes the
hcad-centre of all that is courtly, fashion.
able, pleasant and attractive. First the
moneyed, fashionable, and ambitious are
allured. Wherever else in the ma.
ton they have a home, they
must if possible, have ga house in torn, y
as London is called all over the kingdom,
to resort to for the season." as the ses-
sion of Parliament is called. So, fine res
licences are built for these incomcrs, from
time to time; giving occasion for mechan-
les, and for other business people to sup
ply the mechanics with their needs. And
so on, until great city is agglomerated.
These fine residences built by the money
cd, fashionable, and ambitious, is the point
of resemblance. Washington is the Cap
ital of Uncle Sam (no matter who for the
time is Prcsident.) Ithas heretofore been
something Of winter resort for wealthy
and cultivated people from the South but
had feeble attraction for corresponding
classes from the North. Now, however,
the wheel is reversed. All the non-resi-
dents in this list who live in mansions
that am aware of, are from the North
ern States. Senators Morgan, Sprague,
Sherman, Pomeroy, Il think of just this
moment,) Hon. Ira Harris, ex-senator,
Gen. Butler, and others | cannot stop to
mention, own fine residences, or to,o7,
houses, here, and, day or two ago, Fer
nando Wood added himself to the list by
purchasing corner dwelling facing Sena-
tor Morgan's, on one side, and Senator
Pomeroy's on the other, for s4o,0 cash.
"Houses in town" is plainly getting to be
a Washington feature.
There are two opposite opinions about
the treatment proper to the Indian. held
by two equally respectable classes of per'
sons. Commissioner Taylor thinks it bet
ter to feed the Indians, if necessary, than
to fight them; and attributes their outra-
ges to non-fulfill nent of our Government
engagements with them, by the bad faith
and cupidity of Government agents, imro-
sitions upon them BY other whites, in 9TH
er instances, &c.; that they attack settlers
under the goading OF absolute
hunger, and being engaged on a mission
of violence, cannot be expected to stop
short of murder, if life stands in the way
Of their purpose, They were savages, it
should be remembered, without the advan-
tages and responsibilities Of civilization;
and civilizing influences should be brought
to bear upon them, rather than the mill
tary power of the nation.
Mr.. Higby, representative from Cali
fornia, took similar ground the other day
in the House. This is high view very
creditable to the humanity of those who
take it. But it so happens that in the
mixture of good and bad, of which human
affairs consist, the highest view is not al
ways the truest
The other class, represented by the
House majority in favor of transferring
tbe Indian Bureau to the War Department
and exclusive military jurisdiction, think
that the numbering of innocent men, wo-
men and children, and all sorts of diabol-
col outrages, which have no possible or
connection with any benefit to
he perpetrators, are no more acceptable
,r tolerable to the victims or their friends
,r to humanity at large, because commit
led by savages. Wolves are animals still
over in the scale of being, and have few
:, opportunitics of learning better J, yet 1t
nav be conGdebtly aairmed that such
b;nos would not be tolerated in them. 1t
nav be that some of these Indians will be
cheated again by white men, in the mat
;sr Of tobacco, whiskcy and gewgaws; but
ire we willing an indefinite number OF in
,occnt people shall be tortured in the most
insulting manner to their humanity ana
slaughtered with all the refinements OF
,nlelty. therefor? We must prevent 1t,
md we must adopt mode of prevention
a,;ted TO The nature of the animal. Gene
al Sheridan's winter campaign and the
of the Indian Bureau to the
War Department, are thought by some
he nearest approach to this mode practl'
cable.
Still. tie ultimate Judgment Of Congress
.beuld be governed by all the facts ascer.l