Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-16
s~LAUGMTERGNG NDIAS WO.
mEN An EmlLDREN.

ed lis fair name 10 be furnished
by the atrocities perpetrated by
the new element which crept into
It through the influence Of the late
war. Prior to this period the pro-
fessiOn Of arms was an honorable
one; it was sought and filed by
gentlemen Of pride and character;
the tone Oft was such that one of
its members engaged in a dishon-
orable or disgraccful transaction
would have been forced out of it
to the virtuous scorn and indig.
nation of his brother officers. At
that period men we're educated
for this high and honorable pro.
fessiOn not alone in the science Of
planning battles. controlling armies
and constructing notifications. but
they were educated to estimate
the honor of Il soldier as supe.
rior to all other considerations.
But the war came, and through
political influence another element
was introduced and then began
the era OF conduct which has
made the name Of oil American
soldier one Of rcproacll. Through
contact with this new infusion
men who, from their military edu-
cation, should have preserved some
Of the high sense Of honor which
it is presumed was instilled into
them by their ante.bellum militia.
~ education, began to dabble in
these disgraceful and shameful
transactions. and hence we have
the political trickster Ames, the
cruel, inhuman and vain Sheridan,
and u host of similar men thrown
to the surface, and placed in com
mand Of the once respectable and
respected army of the United
States, Such men not only sane.
ton, but order the massacre of
women and children, and then is
sue congratulatory orders for such
inhuman deeds. This spirit has
been c~XcmpliGied in the wholesale
massacre of the Picgan Indian
women and children. This afro.
cious crime has justly aroused the
Indignation Of the true men Of all
parties. For awhile, Generals
and Sheridan attempted
to do away with the growing scnti,
ment by buster and bravado, but
the sense of horror was too great
to be removed in this manner, and
now they attempt to apollo.
give for it by saying that
the Indian women fight as well
as the men. If the women do, we
failed to have discovered the evi.
dcnces Of the martial exploits of
the babes at the breast who were
Drained by Sheridan's soldiers
But Of the women. Probably our
own women would fight too, if
they knew that themselves and
their children too, were to be eX.
terminated. Most men would think
not the worse, but rather the bet.
ter of them for this. The maid Of
Saragossa, who shed no ill.timed
and was celebrated by Byron
and the engraving artists because
she mounted the fatal breach when
her lover and father fell, had a
touch of the same nature as the
squaw who takes up the rifle
or the tomahawk for her papooses.
A hen will give battle for her
chickens. Not that the Amazons
who are actually engaged in fight
ing should not, whether red or
white, be met with their weapons.
The question is not even who be.
gan this sort of war, but who can
end it. Our race in this, AS in all
other affairs, have more power
than the Indians. Then there
should be law for the Indian as
well as for the white. The savage
cannot be- expected to appreciate
very highly what does not exist
for him, and is only a friend to his
antagonist. He thinks this is not
justice. While he is to he kept
on his reservation let him also
that q fair portion of it at
least is his, and that he will be
allowed to remain on it.
What We soften and circumIo-
cute under such phrases as the
operation of inevitable destiny
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