Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-05-04
OUR SOCIAL PROBLEM.

OUR SOCIAL PROBLEM.
The negro element on this continent
celebrated their first Jubilee on the
26th ultimo, which we have no hest.
tation in saying is the dawn Of THEN
decline if not extinction, instead OF
their liberation and multiplication
They are doomed to a worse slavery
than that from which their peculiar
friends liberated them.
If the Mongolian and Indian can
not endure competition with the
Anglo.saxon, how will the more stu.
pid African fare in the great contest
awarded him by mistaken zealots
The following article which we take
from the Hartford (Md) Democrat,
in measure solves the problem and
is worthy of perusal:
"a bill is now pending before the Legislature
Of California forbddng all corporations or indi-
yiduals receiving aid from the State or from any
Of the counties for the construction Of railroads or
other public Improvements, to employ any Chinese
or Mongolinn laborcrs upon such work. ."-Er
Ishcridan to Grant, l7th October, ls6l.l
(Exirncts)
"Liout J. r. Mcgl, my engineer officer was
murdered beyond liarrisonburg. near Dayton.
For this airocious net OIL the houses within an
area Of five miles were burned
In the same report he adds
81 have destroyed 1900 barns filed with wheat
hay and farming implements; over 20 mills filed
with wheat and aour; have driven in front Of the
army 4,OoO head Of stock, and killed and issued
10 the army not less than 5000 sheep.
lGcn sheridan's Picgan ordSr.l
MiLrAnr DNisioS OF rnE Missouri,
Chicago, H., January -, 1870.
Brevet Major Gcneral james A. lausc, Fort
Shaw, Montana Territory
II the lives and property Of citizens Of Montana
can best be protected by striking the Indians. I
want them struck. Toll Baker to strike thom
hard. 7. II. sTnpAS,
Lieutenant General Commanding.
We have thus grouped together a
few undeniable, but very significant
facts for the consideration OF those
who desire TO anticipate tho probable
solution of the great "social problem"
upon which the people are now cnga-
ged. The first is a matter of general
notoriety, as well established as any
fact can be by newspaper authority ;
the second and third are contained in
the official report of subordinate
officer to his commanding General I;
and the last is the military order of q
"Lieutenant General Commanding"
to his subordinate "Major General"
For the solution of any problem,
moral or mathematical, one well es.
tablished fact is worth moro than an
infinity of theories; and as those given
above, taken almost at random, all
indicate the same thing from distinct
and remote points Of view, their com
bined force cannot be disregarded.
1t is not our present purpose TO cham
pion tho cause of our "Chinese or
Mougolan" fellow-citizens of Calilor.
mia; nor Of the sturdy farmers of tho
valley Of the Shenandoah; nor yet of
the red.skinnod victims OF the Peigan
massacre; but we simply put them
upon the witness.stand that each may
testify as TO tho value of the "inalien-
able rights Of life, liberty aud the
pursuits Of happiness" 1t is evident
in the case of John Chinaman that be
holds his "inalienablc rights" by a
very insecure tenure whenever he
comes into competition with his
neighbors whose rights happen TO be
little more iHdlieRdbie; while the
smouldcring ruins and the deserted
hearth.stones Of Virginia show the
possible value Of such rights to pure
blooded Anglo.saxous under like cir.
cumstances, and the ghastly corpses
Of squaws and papooses on the plains
o. Montana, tell the result of nc con
met oI "rights' when diseased, half.
| frozen and dcfcneclcss Indians hap.
pen TO be "pariies OF the other part.
We approach this subject not as
apologist nor as sentimentalist; we
are not the author either OF tho
Declaration Of independence or hu
man nature, nor do we recognize any
absolute necessity that the divergcn
cios Of the two should be reconcilcd
but if they can be we leave the task
most cheerfully, TO Others; we shall
be fully satisfied II, by correctly inter
prcting mems actions in the past, W,
can truly anticipate what they vii
do under similar circumstances in The
future.
1t is possibly true, in theory, tha
all men are by nature endowed witt
certain inalicnable rights;
'But ochi mankind are uuco weak,
And little TO be trustodi
If self the wavcring balance shake,
It's rarely right adjusted
In the eyes of the Sovereign of tn,
Universe, probably, the rights Of In
dians are as sacred as tho elves anl
property Of citizens Of Montana bu
& not so in the eyes Of General Sheridan
or in the estimation OF the white race
"Tell Baker TO strike them hard" j
. the order, and the result is too fresl
in the memory Of all to require re
peating here. IL is difficult 60 Sc
how the Inhabitants Of tho Valley O
tho Shenandoah had, in 1864, forlcitel
any Of their natural rights, much les
. those which are indiinabie, and ye
!, the official report published abov
! shows the respect which was paid 3
those which seemed to imperil tn
supposed rights Of tho section &
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