The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-05-18
Correspondence.


THE DIFFICULTY SURROUNDED.
II ia settled that army officers who have lately
been crowded out Of service by tho consolidation
Of regiments, be employed as Indian agents.
The order Of the War Department designating
whom, and assigning their duties, is already
made out
At first thiu looks inconsistent with tho stimuli
tancous employment Of Qnakers, selected espec-
tally for their peculiar extreme peace principles,
in, nominaly, the same office. But President
Grant is right In one Of the most difficult prob
lens Of his administration his "hard sense" lin
negro phrase), has stood him In right good stead
Of other mems statesmanship aud philosophy, TO
which, if you please he is pretty much a strang-
or. Without ever having read oomte, or Buckle,
or Mill, or Spencer, probably conceded 10 be de
philosophers, par eroeteaoei Of modern times-he
has, 60 far az the new Indian agencies are con
eerned, pnaeticed exactly in tho line Of their
preaching. In these two classos Of agents back
ed by the military power Of the nation, tho Pres
ident has supplied all the elements practically
applicable 70 the case IN such manner as TO be
admirably sef-adushng TO the requirement Of
the circumstances
Tho Quakers diiIuse their peace principles, and
exert thor humanzing influences to4he utmost,
in their Official and personal intercourse with the
1 Indians, and with the scarcely less savage FROM
ticraman to whom, by the way, an Indians life
il no more Aocred than lhat Of buffalo or bear
and 10 whose sgsressons many Of the Indian out
breaks and atrocities arc only natural sequences.
The officers under their military accountability,
I discharge their trust 10 the letter. aud, At the
same time, while carefully avoiding, on their own
part ard preventing on tic part " others, ail
cause Of hoshities, noe 10 Il, az precticed dlaei'
/ plinarians, that al tho supulatious and rgala-
I tons are observed.
\ II, now, the Indians and frontiersman shall
/ prove ponetrhblo b. the principles q peace and
good will, the Quaker element Is the one that viii
lpreyail. aud may be The only one u which they
I need have any practical knowledge II any Do
/ gree othorsise, The military officers arc On tho
ground 70 take note ssh The precision u iboir
profession, exactly what degree u the element of
/ force IL demanded in The premises, aud y de-
spateh 70 Government, nteiigenlly and techni-
cally, the necessary information AID acquisitions
an nmpISr - oozsBeIos
Herewith IL worth mentioning. General Max
vel, q Michigan, recently appointed suporn.
tendont II indian Aaairs FOR Vow Mexico, return.
"a here to-day from tIip - bis Old home
whittier he had gone 70 arrange foF bis bonds.
lie found that during his absence an army officer
had boon detailed 70 Gil his place. Az oen. MAX.
well was regularly nominated, conhfmed and
commissioned snd 40 complaints arc siieged,
the suspension caeiles considerable comment.
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