The New York herald., 1870-05-19
THE SWEET INDIAN wAa-wHooP.
Speeches by the Cherokee Observation-Disclosures
ColIyer and Others In Favor Of More Lcuicut
Trenrment of the Noble savaue.

Speeches by the Cherokee I,c,esatIon-vIncen
Coliyer aud Others In Favor Of More Lcuiout
Trenrmrnr Of the Noble savage.
meeting of tho favorable TO q peaceable policy
towards ths Indians was held yesterday a. room "a
Cooper Institute. Peter Cooper called the meeting
TO oder aud Benjamin Latham was made chair
man.
Ths CHAIRMAN said that the object OF tue gather
irg was to sus ain the policy OF President Grant
towards the Indians He thought it was about time
that they should adopt pacific course towards that
much-ablsed race.
A letter was read from the President OF Griswod
college. recommending thit the Indians have the
right OF suffrage conferred upon them and De pro-
tected In their reservations.
Delegates reported from the Methodist Episcopal
Church OF New York, tne Cherokee and other Indian
tribes, the Secretary OF the Indian Commission OF
Washington, delegates from PoughkeepsIe, the city
OF Winc hester. the Land Reform Association. &c.
letter was read from the Secretary Of the In,e
rior in which he amened the fact that the efforts of
the Indian Bureau had not been attended with more
success.
A letter was also read from General Sherman, In
which he sugg ed that the Con, ention might ad-
Journ to Fort SulIy OF Rice, where he would be
tempted to Join them. He did not think they
could possibly know anything Of the condition OF
ttiu iiiuAohs "hAiS tuob III anu NtW
York.
Wendell Phillips was heard from by letter. He
favored the granting OF the right or suffrage to the
Ind ans. He saw NJ other way 10 ciyilizc them and
max, them good, industrious iii ems.
The Sec elary, Mr.. CROMWELL, could not read the
letter or Senator Morrill, it was written In such
"iunny" way The President siid that he had con.
yer arion with Senator Morrill, yester av, and that
the Senator declared himself very much In crested
on the subject lie was about to prese 10 his views
In his place IN the Senate and he did net ike 10
come 10 New YORK be ore he had done so. He
a IN AIp hx. auh hutff ffa1 IN tina
people In reference to the Ind ans.
A long letter was read from Friend Jermer, Indian
Agent az Omaha. In WIN he stated that the indians
had not been treated properly. lie believed that n
mild and gen rous policy hal been adopt d The
ton. He favored the introduction Of good Christi
families among u e tribes.
A letter was read f,0n william LLOYD Glrrison in
which he denounced General hefldal for having
re. Omme oded the promo ion OF Co oel Baker Tor
HAVING sa gl'ered SO many he pless Indians. He
IN ,ugnt II WAS shocking OIL the part OF l tie Phi,
10 counteuance sucn u but:hery.
Le ters were also read from L. y. Richards, Z.
Cromwell, A. sarpeant NJ. c.; John Hll NJ. O.; J.
A. Logan. NJ Csc. W. M0neypenny, &c.
Tn. PRES IDENT, In speaking OF General Shermans
lett r, said he r. greted 10 have received such ct
ter-a lstter viii Ia he could look upon In no other
light than that Of sDe r. IL was evident 10 him
That here was an attempt on the part OF hg Oti-
they could settle the Iniivn que iion with the te-
rest Of the money tat was used In the baIbarous
war against them. tAppans..l
At twenty mnu cs past eight p N. the meeting
was cal d to order, the secretary the MIN
u OF the morning session. et,r was read from
ment Of Indians. who we've quiet In time OF peace
aud their allies m war. Had reeomm sndcd
u similar course to Gong css, which, having &C.
coded This right TO he rest of mankind, should not
eNciude the Ind ans Mr. Booth recogalz-d the
moral OF TIE alb we. but thought Enga1d cOu Il
MT sh me the United > ate While size pur-
sueI The same course towards the New re ,land RS
which we pursued ward The Indians Mr. Dorsay
read copy ,f resolution presented In behalf OF
the Friends in Pniade pia. Loiyne Vaun, OF the
Cherokees stated that he tribes would not give uD
their right 10 set-2ove nment, rendered sacred by
forty trea ie-. Colonel 1appan, VI the Cherok es,
stat that the be, uke the 100 900 other lndIa
on the p o n. had their own lOcal gove eat and
had abolished slavery prior 70 the act on OF tie
general government. Rev. Vincent Coll er referred
to the Ind an ring OF which General sherman had
statei that he lCoiiie) was member and
mad not received dl.iar OF the $1,000 600
appropriated by Grant Dr. Ho.ditch Presile { OF
the Methodist Home Missions, gave re lew OF the
Methodist Missions among tue Indians sine, 1sl4.
Columbia College, st ting that the letter Of CoiUnel
Ely s. Parker HAS ,-n0-an da) the Commissioner of
mediate action OF Christians ~ extend tue, civii
"a on. Colonel Downing. Ctief OF the Cheroke g.
as received WI n great appliance. H. said tn u bis
forefathers had made treaties with Wa ,hingtOn as
their descendaats had from time TO lime con.
iinued them. Tley hal alwa pee ed these
com mpacts though the government had sometimes
disregarded them. He remember red as cl III being
driven from a beautiful county In the South which
contained The graves or his fOrelathers fr1 IN time
imme .norabe-drn en- at tn point or tie bayonet 10
The wild lands beyond the Mtssiss ppi-an now they
had m de tn II Wild 10 BLOSSOM as garden all lley
q ked was peace.
Coiouel vaune of the Cherokees sa that this peo-
pc had granted - their freedine all the ben u s
secured by he Chil Rights IA tJ the II ,dmen ii
the States anu III ~ did this Our We RS ago, giving
tn I'm als) houses and lands. They had SCHOOLS,
semmaries and newspapers