Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-01-06

/ NHNiO ~ ~ &c w hpt'''H ioi INV ui
my TO do, it may safely be reduced
to numbers barely sufficient tt
take caT Tp,of tho Indians, man tn,
forts aAd barracks, and take care o
the Arsenal stores if the peaceful
Indian policy Of which the prcsi
dent speaks. and Of which the ad
ministration organs boast, is as sue
ccssful and effective as we are told
| it is, and if the Apaches, Kiowas
and Sioux have become rs amiable
and heavenly-minded rs Mr.. Vim.
CENT CoLYER assures us they are,
our Indian relations ought to cul
for very small number of fighting
men. in fact, with no foreign war
al Nandi ~ even threatened, with
the bloody and hostile conflict
with the British happily avertcd
by the treaty of Washington, with
no civil war at home, with the coun.
try enjoying the marvellous pros
pcrity depicted in the treasury re.
port, and with tho Apaches grown
50 g5htlp ,thdt The only need OF
troops ii Arizona is to protect them
from being massA cred by barbarohs
white mon, we eight to have next
to no use at all for an ARMY, and
our military establishment ought to
oc reduced to L limit barely sutfi
ciGnt to do barrack routine, and
servo as q nucleus for II real army
in tho event of IL war. 10 plead
that we ought to maintain u large
army as ii precaution against insur-
roctions and disorders aTong our
own people is 70 E1Mc down to the
level Of European political logic,
and to imply that our pcoplS rrp
not capable of self:govcrnment and
need 20 be governed by force. IF
there is condition of things in the
country which justifics an argu-
mcnt in favor of the maintenance Of
an army 10000 strong and costing
S44, ,OOO, ,OOQ, then President GRANTS
administrator is not Tic slccess IT
is boas,ed to be; it has not restored
peace to the country !; and the un-
prccedcnted prosperity of which
Mr.. boutwell, talks is dclusion.
But what arc the uses of our ar
my? In answer to this reasonable
question, II mny be replied that. one
Of its dntiea is ID kefp, the WAN
MOTH Republicans out Of the Louis
lana state convention another is to
''act as police" at Chicago as the in
tercsting and very instructive cor
respondcnce with Gov PALMER re-
Gently submitted to the Illinois, leg
islaturc deveIopos; another il to
capthrb tnrc.isting citizens ofSouth
CaroliiN and put them in Jail; an
othcf Is to assist Gov. DAVIS in in
timidNting thcpeoplc OF Texas and
anotlicf Is to assist in maintaining
tNe Military aspect of affairs at
WH$NlngtHn. All the Indian fight.
ing that has Been ,dtne during tic
year could have RtsSH done with
500 men, and all the fort, Gayr,tck
and arsenal duty performed could,
we presume, have been done by
5000 more; so that tho bulk of the
army has either been employed in
the services we have desi gnalod, or
held in reserve for such service.
1t may be said that only three
companies of infantry, and artil-
lclyiiien sufficient to man two pieces
were employed in kGcpihgr the
WARMorn Republicans out Of the
Louisiana Republican state convsn-
ton; but it is to be remembered
that other Republican conventions
are to BE i!Gld, in which there will
be the same necessity for keeping
anti-Grant Republicans out; and II
prudent foresight dictates that Il
sufficient force of ofintantry, artillc,y
and cavalry Should bo kept in re-
sGfvG, in the vicinity where such
conventions are 10 be held, to re-
peat the tactical movement so sue
cessfully performed at New Orleans
on the 9th of August last. 1t is
true, ,qlscNth at the Washington au-
thoritics sent only four companies
of infantry TO Chicago "to act as po-
lice;" but who can tell how soon a
great fre may occur in some other
tity, or how soon a run on the
banks may be threatened in Boston,
New York or Philadelphia; III how
soon some other "emet'Senty" may
occur in somo part OF Tie country,
which, in the judgement of tho de-
partment commander can be met
only by himself and the troops un-
der his charge? Then, ag,lih, It's
martial law is Bctot.ihg an iilHo5t
evci'3. dts ,IEiltleF, wo need Il large
martial establishment to enforce it.
An organized army of Ku Klux, of
we don't know how many thousand
strong, is said to exist in the South /;
the Brindletail Republicans in Ar
kansa. show increasing signs of dis
loyalty to President GRANT; the
Warmothites in Louisiana, though
Defeated, q,still malignant Gov:
BRowS Hf Missouri ills declared
against the Administrative party.
and Gov. PALMER of Illinois is aG-
cused of open malcontentry. While,
therefore, our army has no enemy
to fight, it still has plenty to do in
Its c;ipacitty of imperial military po-
lite. Indeed ii is .thoHglit III soliie
ddarters that it is too small for the
varied and indcscribablc duties al
lotted to thunder the present policy,
and that il ought to be enlarged
CS. Louis Republican.
We have recently had the pleas
uec, of esattinitg specimens dfstone
coal, fouiid u u recently disGotettd
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