The New York herald., 1870-04-27
THE NOBLE SAVAGE.
Advocacy Of New Indian Policy-Pub!ic Meet.
ing of United States Indian Commission
ers-speechss by Peter Cooper, Vim
cent colyer and Mr.. Clarke.

public meeting, attended by very few persons,
was held las night in the Cooper Inst tute 10 ad-
vance the views of the United states Indian Commis
sion comm ssion recently established for the pur-
pose OF promoting more just dealings with the In
dams anu inauguiatng more magnanmous Indian
policy
Mr.. PETER COOPER was In the chair and sad:--
We have met, my friends. TO advocate the GLAZING
Of poor, persecutel remnant OF suffering Indians o
people WHO were on ne sole owners II the wnoc
from their ancien homes by every form OF cruelty
aud deception tal the arts OF civilization coud in
vent. We have met. my friends, To call and fx the
q ienon OF our whole community, State an nat on,
on the absolute necessity that me Illn should bs
adopted By the government OF country ihat Will
establish Justice In our deal nys with the In ian
rites. There Is nothing short OF tie establishment
OF justice IN our lie llinss wtl We In Ian, that WI
ever IN. ure domestic tranquility, provide { o
common ne ence, romote the general welfare or
secure the blessing OF liberty Tor ourse es amt
This was the very object for which our oyernmens
wa established We nave reason 20 know nat e.
sideni Grant 4 ANXIOUS Tor the adoption OF some
In ian, aud prevent ir III ure me horrors Of ron
uer war. TAe In ians Ell that icy have rights
which ought and mu be lesi &C Ell. Ihey must 70
re ar e an lro ei o. as ruman beings; they
shout lie encoura2e ed 10 Top our aw' an y como
AMI ther grievances In ne 90, ernment OF our
counry. Avery sua par. o the noun mat VIII
nave 10 he eNl en'ei N an In iin war wouli reno
them 70 4 ale re err ion' wher e, won.d be
able TO support anu roiec Il emseyes irom tie
uc, reNati us Oh ul. rincl lei IN n.
1t Is now arly seven year. snCe took the OPP
p,rtl niy TO snow IN an adGr IS l delivered before
| NJ Mer an!ie College Of lhis ny N great klni-
IS mani sfed by he Indians o IA. Lrsi white
man ,ha. landed on his is.anl. h n referred 10
he his ory of III, Ia't 70 sh,w the h rid cruelty
hat B prlclisei on n, lniAni IN return f,r tho
| kid 81 ,h,y hid shown 10 the d g. whlIe settle
| m,nt that was r.net.
| Hudson, he d.s5overer, who was the frs. whte
man mar landed on this islam tells us hit h. found
The Indilns peaceaDlc, gooi-ntur AID pDistlg.
Hudson says '',ht they were asri ,unis 8. cul,i-
nrt h.. and ,nl, md rluLy mn ri a r
vege a)les" He also says h. salei 10 me sh re In
ons cr heir cano wi an old lllial chicf: There,
bark, circlnar IA rn VA h an arched roof. Hudson
| states that the house he found contailed q
arge quantity or indian a,s esn an AMI beans , OF
heds near h house for hs purl ose o driving co n
enough TO load three ships, besides what WAS then
standing IN the neld Tnese Indians we've on the
rgntfu owners OF all tn- county W. Os>e-s. They
| have bsen, as saii. diven from heir homes by
every form OF crue.ty that III, arts civilization
| could invent Soon afer the first settlement was
formed ON this Island We find course OF cruelty re-
corded that almost surpasses beieI. We md IA he
history OF that line an account of an Indian chi
| q dressing the ambassador OF IN, then Governor
| kiet and complaining OF The cruel tea,ment hey
mad received. h.ir hi t-lis IN anlbass Tor III r
when they he colonists) hrst artv hey were Of
EN- hungry He says:-"we inca gave you cur corn,
our beans, our oysters and oar rish.n In reply to
this complaint we find he GOV srnor framing excuses
or his cruel conduct. saying lhat n; had express
orders to pcrsecute The lnlans wh.n there was no
real on nee and TO consider partial cnence real
| One.N
| The Governor seems to have been heartless
Nrant Tn same HI tory tells us thai lie co lected
rCy ana saliied OFT IN tn night ana murd, ID
more THAI 100 or his IN Inspecting vi, tins. The
same HI tory tells us tina that &C OF cruelty lroul ht
on a terrible lnian war nat de tie the fel Is OF
The coonit lie troying teir crops ana their Cat le
| and Killing great numb r o. her men women and
| children. Some lime aftr this W fnd hat the In
| ence OF single man toov rnor Stu,Nesant)
Drought order ont OF confusion ana = cured pros
| porous trade Or the lOni.s. lngu ar ev .dence
| Of the advantage or hone and fair dea NJ tn
| tne In ians 10 fount IN the cour'e pursued by
| Wllam Penn In the sett ttement OF Penns anla
where seventy years passed " tlOut the nece ~ OF
| niing $ n lie gun IN 20 del c Nothing can be
more certain. my friends than tn tact tla small
| part of the blood and trea-tre tnat has ie n e<-
| pended IN driving tie In sian' rom Their homes
wo Ill. have purchased th-r iands ana wou.d nave
| secured the last n FIRE ldsh p
| MI CoLyER read u r.por, Of the sosie'y. which
stated tat ne socie y was established In 1868. TIE
| tribes Of In lians VISITED by Mr.. Colyer Kansas
were lie scribe by him as people w4o lad rue
nj signs of cyilizaon as marked as those II th,ir
waite neghbors. The giea disiincAve dneren q
AMI In Their mann r con- seq Ell. np n the nvic;on
Liat they lave p rman n; Sc TEN NJ III. lads
| The indans IN IN, u we grea ly ciyii zed, and
ne, owed thar clyiza ON 70 the genero,ily OF the
Cni ed Sates government and The lntiring eXer ons
o IN s'lonaries. they had plillc sci,JI -ysem lud
Z ulicary cutie equal :, ha OF nor: civ ized
ates The Wchaans i've ON tn banSs OF
streams, TIE grlss whiel, they md o. tAe
They were an agricultural people, ana had been 20
for a ng time They wished TO have siar OF rub
lie teachers. This story was The same, d Mr..
Colyer, as had been toil Tor wo hundred ana dlry
| years past. Mr. Colyer exh bt,d spec.m,rs of
| Indian apparel OF elegant m,iu acture. wnic1
| showed considerable skin. H. ms anced as a Iroof
%! the acne spirit OF the In as that seventy ii ye
thousand people ssed the Pa is TO U ah, ana not
| one person had been mUlesied. TAere LAD been five
people killed by troubles arising out Of the iaroa,,
but these were the only s ,ferers by the indian
| tribes.
Mr. CLARKE, chairman Of In Ian Affairs. addre Il
the meeung al consider able length, AN said tia no
indian policy cOu.I be 81 ul that did not TAXA
| into consider aIion the inevitable demands OF cur
| civilization.
ResoiutijDs of lengthy character, in harmony
with The views OF the speaker, wee thcn submitted
10 tie meeting and unanimously carried. These re 40
luOns included one In whic it was re olved thar
general convention OF tie ir l. Of lie In lians lie
held IN THIS city on the Is p OK. an anDther resf
ilon deprecaing the inta of lie Osega reserva
| ton IN Kan as.
| DR.. CROSBY afterwards addressed the meo ing,
| which wa, bi ought TO u close about ten o'clock.
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