, 1869-03-10

fition has constitutional indlsposIuon
o labor, which may be regarded,
Esriously, as misfortune, lazinesa or
.otal depravity. But whether II be sin
Or misiortuno this government, with an
Indulgence which is more tender than
wise, has practically exempted the red
man from the ope1suon OF that
law which says: In the sweat Of thy !
face t1lalt thou cat hread.' Idleneas is
his FORMAL condition, and, in spite Of the |
horrid tragedies with which he fills the |
lard, he Is regarded, IN official circles, not !
only 81 national phupe1 but national
pet
The reason for this parado1ical copdi- |
ton Is very simple. The Indian, in his !
present condition, Is the occasion for the |
continuance Of that peculiar institution,
the 1ndiAn Bureau, and the bureau is ca
pahle Of such management Is to yield
large profits to the managers. Let us Gee.
There may bo 225.000 Indian paupers;
and the national oge1seers Of the poor
have them in charge These phllanthro-
pists, who devote their lives TO the
interests OF their red brethren,
would probably tx the figure much
higher. But no matter. An error Of
ten or twenty thousand in the estimates
OF some wandering tribes Of ssrages Is Of
little account amorg thirty millions OF
while people. But when blankets and
powder and buttons and other things, or
funds with which to buy them, are served
cut by the government for 800 600 Indlsus,
then ii there are but 2e5, 600 to be acsually
supplied, OF course thero B little mar
gin with which certain persons may re-
ward themselves for their philanthropy.
Who KNOWS W1thin Ten OF twenty thou
sand bow many saVages there are to be
Kept IN blankets ano powder and but
tens and paintf When was census ever
sakcn' Annnities by the million are dis
bufsed from the Treasury into the hands
Of The ofice1a Of the bureau Tor tribes
Of Indians, without any accurate knowl-
| edge Of their number, Suppose tribe
becomes decimAted or reduced ono half,
as Is the case with m&uy tribes xnd
bands, there Is a further reward for the
white men who care for their poor be-
| uiehled brother. Besides alI this, Ger.
tain commercial interests are stimu-
lated BY the disbursements of the bureau.
The Utes. for instance. need. ny $500
rcd and white and blue blankets, and ffty
or sirty other bands have need accord
ipe1v. How much Ia 3 "red' blanket
wc,ihy and a "whlten blanket and =
"blut" blanket, for tbesa ara the kind.
| Of blankets cs,ied for In tha aayertfse-
men,a NJ the hnreau With m othpr de-.
kcrintion. e1cent th.t thew are named
Mnck,nnc b1nnkc.s, and AZ If three Ger.
tain MI nr.snrenents IN len 9TH and width
How much is "a gun'' wpr,h. or dozau
ouarts of hrass EAR rinpsl Be
Tond ali donbt II tnsnec,ora Ire
~ n, nert,,ent fsnt mr h. Il from ns n
sccuss thsm oi such an of{.ncel thsse
h;1,s n.v he m.d. . eor-ca ot coss;dsr..
h7e e,in ,o 1hoeo rho f,rnish s,,nn,;oe IN
the Indi.n Hureau. esneci.1lv 4 therr
are manutsctories establishcd to mo-
duce The peculiar qualities Of goods re
qui1ed by the Indnn marker Com
plants have sometimes been made ths
the payment OF aunulues 81 certain time
has been altogether omitted, but ther'
seems to be nothing wrong In the &C
, counts OF dlAbuzsenents as the Treasury
An IudtAn war 10 likely to come o. shi
: absorption Of ths annutilcs by the friend
t of the IadiAnA Into whose hsnds the