Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-25
The INDIANS

quent address on Our sbor:..
tribes by that silver toaguea . s S,sa
Wendell Phillips delivered !. s ~
York at the request of the ;r. s''
mutually OF the Negro and ~
Indian Mr.. Philips said: ~'
The I:.dian Chiefs Of the Ann.
hoe, Cheyenne, and Wacb;.a ,s:s
who recently visited wssbisr.'
by invitation OF the President, s h..
also had very cordial public ~
comes in this city, and in Bo.,a s''
A very large and enthusiastic unbr,
meeting was held in Irene.
temple, Boston, on Tuesday e,enir"
the 9th inst, to listen to address
by the Indian chiefs; Wendell ptS
lips, and Others. Gov. Claaiu ~.
sided, and made brief adlre', :,
welcome. followed by Mayor G,..
ton, Hon. E. S. Tobey, Of the I.x.
an Commission, Mr.. Vincent Can,
err, and Others. Wepresent, as M,
AS cur space vii! permit, ifruu il.
Adrert'scr's report, sketches Of i.
addresses by Mr.. Phillips, and II.
Indians:
ADDRESS OF WENDELL PHILLIPS
LADIES aid Gentlemen, and y.
Chairman The extremes Of II.
earth meet on this platform to-pivs,
Here We are, the fruit of tvoo,
three thousand years of civilizat;o,
All that art and letters and re5o;o,
could do for us We have inherited
We harness the steam; we send "A.
lightning on errands; We subiacss
nature. More than that, We bu.
learned the omnipotence, the st,o.
lutte omnipotence of order v.
know what patient, perseyering &.
fort, generation after scneratia.
marrying the ages together, can q.
complish. We are educated by
thousand years into the consclOv.
ness of the sacredness o. bT
These are very great powers. Nv
we stand side by side tonight viii
the rude tenants Of the forest; M
with few ideas, scanty traditiOu
rude art. They come to US viii
only three elements of humaliy
One is the indestructib,e sens 4
right and justice, which we neva
found q race so 6emoralized til
they did not possess it. In tlG
case these are added to an eloqrec
to assert their rights, and a cou.
age to defend them, which p.aes
the Indian side by side with ih I
Saxon and Greek. No race ca
outdid him. There is a class d
men III our country who gatbrE
the tradition of Indian yioldo
from Massachusetts, Bay back .
Colorado, and try to fire the hssH
with revenge. Why, fellOw-ca-
zens, if from Philip OF PokanOss
down to Black Kettle on he Il
plains and prairlcs, the Indians N
! not resisted us inch hy inchs
every acre of land that we si0i
from him, I should be ASHAMED
the soil that fed him and tie ~
that looked down upon him. "S
is to give our children cour4s
This same climate and this siri
sun. Is our race in the next tAs
sand years to run out into ccVNT
ice, into pigmy thoughts III
standing coward and at bay' 10
The Iniian who taught US VIZ
this American continent can hN
of manhood has written that rt'"'
in resistance that neither the or
impotence of civilization nor U
overwhelming numbers Of IVY
millions of people could ever 'c''.
into yielding to us talnely 'DA
him. 1 am only proud Of my''~
as q continent, because the y
that proceeded us was no raS
yield up tamely Their ri:n4s
should be ashamed to he the -
cessors of some of the roues 'u''s
out in history. Why, YOU b.
fellow-citizens, that the darsF'' =
in human record is the contact ps,
civilization and the abcrigne.
contact of civilization with pn''.
is the scandal Of history. lns
lied man approaches his vlc,rD :,
moralizes him with him. crl''~
under his feet. And if we "~'
measure the justice orthe mer'"N
zation by the fringe which coz 80,