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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22
CIVTLIZING THE INDIANS.

One of the greatest disadvantages under
which the Poor Indian has always labored has
been, if we may say So his Picturesqueness
1t has been taken for granted that he was a
child of larger growth, and when the poets
piped about him he was always The Child Of
the Forest. In the eyes of the Government he
was a sort of baTbarOus Harold Skimpole, not
in the least knowing the value of money, not
ayerse to blankets and tobacco and whisky,
but preferring to have those agreeable things
presented to him, and not inclined at all to
earn them by his own labor. Almost every
writer about Indians has assumed it to be i'm
possible to induce him permanently to ADAM
don his nomadic or yagabOnd life and to be-
come the resident of q regular village. The
advantage of these theories is obvious. Being
a child, the Indian is to be treated as a child
In all controversies his wishes are not to be
regarded as of the slightest Importance. One
place being to the wanderer like another place.
if his presence becomes undesirable at one
point all that is necessary is to transport him,
with or without his own consent to another.
Treaty making with such an irresponsible
creature may well be regarded as solemn
mockery and farce-a mere palaver, full of
conventional and nonsenscal babble about
" The Great Father and The Spirit andn
and the Lord knows what beside. Then the
Child was put into novels. Then he figured in
poetry. Then he was brought upon the dramatic
stage, and Mr.. Edwin Forrest gave us his ten
der conception of the Child Then the
painters depicted him, surprisingly truculent,
perhaps, but always with a maiden daughter
by his side of melting tenderness and the
most ravishing beauty. Then the sculptors took
him in hand, generally representing him as
wounded and dying, which, of course, intens-
fled our pathetic regards. Altogether, if we
may believe according to legends and deduce
according to literary fiction, the Child was at
once the brayest and the most helpless, the
savagcst and the gentlest, the most unpleasant
and the most generous, the meanest and the
greatest of men-a sort of Juvenile Copper
colored and most interesting Lord Bacon of
the Wilderness. The Puritans, who had rea-
son to know the Indian well, did not con-
slider him TO be Child at all, or if he were
he was Child of Perdition and the Devil
and no more lacking in energy than his
august, ancient, and most reprehensible parent
Perhaps the main mischief is in assuming
that the Indian viii not settle aud ciyilize-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22

been curiously enough conferred upon men OF
marked simplicity and modesty in their lives
In one case the funeral was 50 long deferred,
in order that no requisite honor should he
omitted, that the relatives and executors had
time to enter into virulent dispute as to who
should pay the expenses, and the poor body
itself was so chopped and relieved of heart
"and liver" and injected in the process OF
embalming, that very small portion was left
for the final platoon to fire over, and that lit
tie had "turned into a substance resembling
"tallow." In the name Of dccency, if natural
feeling is extinct, let us put an end to this
remnant Of barbarsm among us, both IN pub
lie and private. Let Us no longer taunt our
vulgar vanity in the face of Death. Let US
assume civilization if we have it not and learn
to keep our money, and fashion, and ourselves
in the back ground when the Voiceless Angel
comes TO do his inexomble, iTeyOcablo work
From good breeding, if not from feeling, let
eternal braggadOcia be mute, at least for that
moment when
"God makes a silence through Il ali,
And giycth our beloved Sleep.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22

discussions of the English Co0peratives at
Manchester, upon which an entertaining letter
in another column treats at length, that Illus
trations of the advantages of Cooperation are
frequently drawn from the comparatively new
experiments in the United States. While we
have been seeking TO learn from the European
Co6peratives it appears they have been edu-
Gated in one of the most important principles
of Cooperation by us. From America they
have imported the idea thatlCo0perative Asso-
Citations ought naturally TO supplement the
Trades Unions, and that they are the proper
weapons with which to fight the manufacturers
and proprietors. With this principle to guide
the English and French associations they ought
to accomplish great results
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22
SPANISH IuBECILTTY IN SPAIN

Prim and his fellow cOnspirat0rs have GER
tainly made Spain the most contemplate Gov
eminent in Europe. With the power in their
hands, with the people at their back, and
without fear of foreign interference fIom any
source. they hesitate to establish the Republic
they began by declaring. Their revolution of
1863 was peacefully effected and completed
without bloodshed because of the belief of the
people that they were not only to be rd OF
the despised BourbOns, but of hated monarchy
forever. They are as eager now as
then for the Republic. The late debate
which, by establishing the rule that no hlng
could he chosen except by majority OF the
whole COrtes, made the election Of King I'M
possible, was hailed as happy augtlry for the
Republic. Yet SerranO is too c0wardIy to ac-
cent this enthusiastic support OF the policy ne
has the credit of honestly inauguratnsj and
Prim. more bold but also more ambitious, Will
not let the will of the people prevail. Thus of
full liberty and free republican government
the people of Spain allow weak and wicked men
to cheat them by intrigues as thin and trans
parent as they are ignoble.
1t is not strange that leaders who are too
weak to establish liberty for themselves should
hesitate to grant it to those always held az
slaves. The most enthusiastic Abolitionist OF
the country, the most positive Democrat OF
Madrid, Moret, is now the Minister of the Colo
MES and has the power 10 declare, what all his
unofficial life he has been demanding, the free
dom of 100000 Spanish slaves. But suddenly
elevated to close official relations with Serrano
and Prim the young enthusiast of Abolition sud
denly becomes a colder and more calculating
Emaneipationist, and submits a bill which,
instead of decreeing Slavery extinct, as the
temper of the Spanish people and of the times
demands, provides for its gradual emancipation
10 sixtysyears or more.
How long will the Spanish people endure
such leadership For nearly two years Prm
ayid his fellows have been patching up rev.
hblution which was complete success from its
Y inception which was so unanimous as to ac-
cept and indeed suggest the boldeSt leader
ship and the most radical changes in the ex-
listing form of government They have ac-
complished nothing of reconstruction; have
dampened this generous ardor for liberty [;
have repealed the advances of the most earnest
hearts and the wisest heads have plunged the
State deeper than ever in debt; and placed it
| in that attitude of indecision and doubt which
invites foreign aggression and internal dissen-
sion. 1t is a sad result of revolution which
began so hopefully 1t can only be remedied
by the overthrow of the existing Administra-
ton by an indignant populace; and to this re-
suit the present inaction on the part of the
Cortes and present intrigues on the part of
the Cabinet, if continued, must lead.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22


Little has yet been done by the Dock Com
missioners in the great work for which they
were appointed. True, there has been gala
sail around the waterfront, marked by the
usual dinner and speeches; S250,0O0 has also
been obtained, and for aught we know spent
in taking dim and distant view of the piles
of rotten timber that serve as docks; but be-
yOnd this we are not aware that anything has
been done. The Commissioners have not,
however, been created wholly in vain. They
hold meetings occasionally, at the last of which
delegation from the Nineteenth Ward ap-
peared to complain of the neglect to provide
that district with piers. Out of this complaint,
incidentally, came the revelation that in 1855
an appropriation of $4,000 was made for
building docks along the waterfront of this
Ward, that the money was deposited with the
Controller but when required for use the next
year it had "mysteriously disappeared" Else
where an allegation of this kind would be
considered something serious, but in New York
it is 80 commonplace, and the sum 80 pitifully
small compared with the average stealings,
that we do not suppose that the Dock Com
missioners will consider it worth while to in
vestigate the matter. We are very sure the
charge will not disturb the Tanmany mag
mates now disporting with their purchased Re-
publicans in Indian Harbor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22

Whenever there is a change in the Health
Officer of this port there are cries of griey-
ances from the merchants 1t is perfectly
natural, and trouble will exist as long as the
present system of quarantine prevails. The
new officer as an old physician has little prac-
teal knowledge of the commercial needs of
the city, and while he is careful and energetic
as regards the public health he unwittingly
Injuries other public and private interests
There is no reason why the grievances of
which the merchants now complain should not
be removed by DR.. Carnochan, and we have
no doubt they will be as soon as understood
by him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22
ADJUSTMENTS. fctiures, etc, abis euenins

BooTHs THEATER, Twenty -thiTd-st and Sixth
aver" The llrSu uoL"
FIFrH AVENUE THEkTER.-" Fernando
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Twenty-third-st. and
Egtth-syc." Twelve Temptations"
OLYMPIC THRATER.-Mrs. James A. Oates's Bur
e.iue Company-A d and .; The Field Of h. Cloth OF Gold"
WAIIACR's THFATER. Broadway and Thirteenth-st
--Nii aud Q: e" Rel Light" John Broagham-
WOODS MUSEUM AND MENAGERu.-At and .:
"Jscko" sni PopseJ Wopsey." MSrtinett Troupe.
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN-Theod0re Thomass Pop
s,sr Concert
KELLY e. LIONS MINsTREIs, No. 40 Broadway
q" TIE Last z, nation"
NATT0N.t ACADEMY OF DESIGN. Twcnty-tlird-st.
AMI fOurib src-Fotya0h Annual BKhbdon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM


With very little preliminary fuss and debate,
a radical reform in the system of appoint
ments to office, similar in its general features
to the great change advocated in this country
by Mr. Jenckes. An examination of candidates
for certain civil offices has long been prac-
ticed in England; but hereafter, by an order
of the Queen in Council, this rule is to be
greatly extended, so as to apply to all appoint
ments except under the Foreign Office and
very few others expressly mentioned. Any
body who wants Government place may pre-
sent himself for examination upon his physical
fitness, his moral and intellectual character
his general education, and his special knovl-
edge of the duties he desires to fulfill The
candidate who appears by the report of the
examiners to be best qualified will receive
the appointment on a probation of six months
during which he will be still further tested !;
and at the end of that time if the results of
the trial are satisfactory, he will be perma-
nently assigned to duty, subject only to re-
mOval by the chief of the department to which
he is attached.
Here is a sweeping change by which politics
as trade ought to be revOlutiOnized if not
entirely abolished. II il not so many years
since British statesman would have thought
the Constitution subverted and the country on
the brink Of ruin il the party which had the
good luck to come in could not displace the
app0intees of the party which had the bad
luck TO 20 out, and fll the comfortable desks
OF Government with tusiI own most useful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22
FRANRING-OUR LAST DEFEAT

Senators received the announcement, yester-
day, of the defeat of the bill for the repeal OF
the Franl1ing Privilege with rOars of laughter.
A great deal of fun was pOked at Mr. Ram
sey, who had the bill in charge" adds the
faithful and prosaic report. We commend
the triumphant rejoicing to the attention of
the people. Here was proposition that those
who use the mails should pay for them, to
the end that the Postal Department may be
self-sustaning, that all may have an equal
right to its advantages, and that postage may be
made as cheap "a possible. Its opponents in
sisted on maintaining privileged class.
They demanded that the miner in Colorado
should pay a higher rate on his letter to his
wife in "the States" and larger sum
quarterly for the village paper which
brings him the news from his old New
England or New-YOrk home, in order
that they might receive their letters and papers
free. They wanted 20 tax every newspaper
in the United States for the benefit OF that
mausoleum of undelivered and unread speeches,
| The Congressional Globe. They wanted to tax
every writer of letters in the United States, 20
pay for the transportation to their sup
pOrters in Conventions and wire-pullers
! IN CauCuSSeS, Ol CdI loduS Va 1"CN-
| Office Reports and volumes of testimOJ y
| before Investigating Committees-of wlflcl
whatever is valuable had appeared, six months
before, in all the newspapers. They defn9 .nded
for themselves privilege denied to thefQueer
of England, and to get it refused Americans
the advantages of cheap and prompt! commu-
nication accessible to the meaneSy British
subject And their success was received with
roars of laughter. We thank the Aaughers at
least for their frankness- Let the tens and
hundreds of thousands who throughout the
last Winter, from every State in the Union
sent up to Congress their, petitions for the
repeal of the Franlins Privilege, understand
that the denial of their prayer was greeted
with rOars of laughter by their Senators; and
that these are the neN who did it:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22

The notable extracts concerning Mr. Aker-
mans past career rs a Georgia lOyalist, pub
lshed yesterday and to-day, are not needed
to assure the country of the wisdom displayed
by the President in his last selec-
ton of Cabinet officer. They may
serve, however to stimulate the Senate
to speedy action in the case. Let us show
former Rebels that we are willing to forget
the past when we have security for the future
let us show Southern Union men that their
unsefsh efforts since the war have been APP
preciated and let us see once more Cabinet
containing representative and loyal man
from an extreme Southern State.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22

The House is happily rid of slr WhittemOre
He retires to obscurity covered with odium
only increased by his parting threats of
returning again to the next Congress. There
only remains the duty of dismissing him with
a word, and of commencing the promptness
with which the House disposed of him.
The House, however, owes the case fur
ther consideration. 1t has virtually settled
by its refusal to receive Mr.. White
more that a guilty member cannot escape the
penalty of his offense by resignation after his
examination has begun. Let it see that the
decision has clear and positive expression
henceforth in its Rules, that there may here
after be no decisions of tie Chair az compi-
eating as was that Of Speaker Blaine in this
Instance,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22

We are not disposed to indulge in exultation
over the rejection of Whittemore, the cadet
warrant peddler. 1t does not seem TO us much
of triumph that the House has been induced
to accept our view that a man pronounced by
itself guilty of Penitentiary offenses,
could net properly be admitted instead to its
membership. Nevertheless we are heartily
glad that merited rebuke has been admin
istered, that the good name of Congress has
been preserved from this last deflement and
that ga line has been drawn somewhere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22

There is little to be feared from the Currency
bill which lately passed the House with all its
merits stripped OF in way clearly exposed in
our Washington correspondence, but perfectly
unintelligible according to Congressional re-
ports. The Senate Finance Committee has
unanimously recommended non-concuuence
in the bill, and as the Senate never
loses an opportunity of putting itself
IN antagonism with the House, the cur
rency is not likely to be expanded by the
S95,OOO0oO which the latter body would thrust
upon the country. We should be glad if in
stead OF the present imperfect one-sided and
every way unsatisfactory BILL Congress could
mature at this session some measure which
would secure the certain REDEMPTION in
AcT-Ioik Of all National Bank notes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-22

The General Amnesty bill introduced by the
House Reconstruction Committee yesterday
has the demerit of not being measure of
General Amnesty. The excepting clauses are
too many, and the excepted classes too large.
The country is strong enough to be generous
without stint. The odium under which the
Rebel leaders exist, and from which they can
never free themselves, will not be increased
by continuing what is to them only persecu-
ton, and which is practically no protection to
the nation
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circulation thus secured to be determined by
the business wants of the country. Perhaps 1t
is too late in the session for such measure
Perhaps such measure is at once too simple
and too nearly in entire consOnance with the
wants of the business community to merit atten-
finn In Con rrnsa
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There was. bare majority OF TWO against
the repeal A dozen SenatOrs-d0ubtless
among tho lOudest of the laughers-weEe pres
ent, but refused to vote. These were the
towards who gloated over their share in the
continuance OF the swindle, but lacked the
courage to bear their part in uphOlding it. Their
names may be found in the list of those absent or
not voting. Whoever, of those whose names
here follow, was absent from the Senate
Chsfnber on legitimate business, will be ex-
cused by the people who sent him there; the
rest will be held even more odious upholders
of the Franlling enormity than the men who
had at least the bad COuIage to vote for it:
Abbott, Hamilton Of Nd, Patterson,
Anthony, Howard, Reves,
Edmunds, johnson. Salisbury,
FentOn, Kellogg STOCKTON.
Flanagan, Lewis, Thurman
Hamilton OF Texas TltOn.
We hope soon TO to precisely who, of these
gentlemen, lodged. Meantime we find cause
for cOngratulation in the vote. 1t came within
two votes of repeal! When next the question
comes up two votes more will not be lacking.
Trust the petitioners whose prayer has been
answered by rOars of derisive laughter for
that Next time we shall win This is our
last defeat!
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LOST.

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