Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-30
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1t Is related Of tho late Senator Fes-
sender that. in one Of those %protracted,
s%oul-vexing conference committees at
the end of a long session Of Congress,
when everybody's patience was badly
worn out, some small minded antagon-
ist, who had been harassing him, and
whom he had snubbed, remarked, with
mock humility, ~ suppose a cat may
look at a King" "Yes," retorted
Fessenden, sand = King may look at
a cat" In the light of this precedent,
there is, perhaps, no reason why MIR.
Vincent Colyer, and his partners In
the trade and business of Philo-Piegan-
thropy, should not look with all their
might at General Sheridan. There Is
no doubt that General Sheridan needs
a bigger enemy than the Piegans. 1t
is q sort Of defilement which no Regll-
lar Army officer seeks, or would touch
if he could avoid it, to have anything
to do with the wild tribes Of Indians.
While it Is a disgrace i~rretrievable to
permit eyer so small q detachment to
be waylaid, cut of. aud overcome by
them, it is an equal disgrace to demand
any large number Of men TO deal with
them, and a browning infamy ever to
punish them. II a settlement is mas
sacred there is \ demand for a new
| General. If 10 settlement is massa'
cred, it is proof that no General i:
needed. If the General retaliates or
the savages, and Furnishes offences OF
the frontier, it Is suddenly discovered
that the dead Indians were all "goot
Indians" though those who make ant
verify this discovery would sooner
swim the IIellespont than give II o
these "good Indians a fair chance a
their scalps. Altogether, therefore
Indian fighting is a field in whicl
there is no glory and very little justice
to be won. 1t is which the army
and all its officers would avoid If the!
consulted only their own fame or com
fort. But our frontier settlers demand
protection. The pioneers Of civlliza
ton and industry demand security
Even our prospecting miners have a
good n right to hunt for gold as TIN
Piegans have to hunt for buffalo. Thu
pretended right of the Indians to hole
large portions Of II continent sacre'
TO barbarism is 4 pseudo claim, whicl
must give way before the march o
civilization. If the Indians like civil
ization, we'll il not, it cannot stop 70
them. Savage life consists simply ii
making crime the normal occupation
Of the people. This is all that dis
tinguishes it from civilization. AS W
crush out savagery and crime amoni
our own white people, so must W
among the Indians. As General Sherl
dan says, the choice is simply this
"Shall We kill them, or shall they xii
us:" We believe that within the poin
of safety General Sheridan will slo'
the Indians as much humanity as
consistent with duty. More would b
inhumanity to the whites. 1t is barrel.
possible that the Philo-Picganthropist
may have the audacity to approach tn
President. or the General Of the Army
with 4 request for the removal Q
Sheridan; but, knowing him and trust
ing him as they do, MS IL Of the ables
soldiers the army ever produced, Their
would seem to be but N answe
which would beft such an application
That would be to direct the servant
show the Philo-P ieganthropists to til
door