The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-28

sece't tss.tsd VIII Kindness and humanity, or
tho public hear little or nothing. Hence ~ az
:. t,,at thew have been heretofore left com, tt
unprotected from violence anu d.
"nSer The influence of unbridled passion, p
or in the pursuit of their own vepal ends. b.
~ such men, unworthy Of the name, they o,
are often cruelty beaten when unprotected, 9
and not unfrequently shot down, wnen de' o
fenceless, in mere wantonness. The bloody n
revanoe. which sometimes follows, becomes q
the general theme, unaccoppanled with p
tha circumstances of cruel prOvOcattOn q
which gave it birth. A border warfare Q
springs up between the pioneer settlers
twho are really tsesPassers On tne,I 10 lan ~
government being invoked for their protec-
ton. wars take place, which are carried on I
at much expense and at the cost of many {
valuable lives, retarding the progress OF
pssRs by sna oosOs psTbap
with the humiliation Of almostS entire
tribes. This process of the destruction OF
q people of whom Providence has given as
the guardianship, originating In suGn
causes, is uai,oorthy of the civilization OF the
age in schich zoe liUe, and reuottvn9 70 eoe7y
sentiment of humanity"
The history of the Red Man, the inhabit-
ant of the forest and the plain, the wrongs
that have been done him, the resentment
which these wrongs have kinaaea e;n ,m .hat
Hts
pursues him, touch. all just and merciiai
hearts. and wiring from them tears OF pity
Tha Immense region which he formerly &C.
capied is rapidly filing With ~ hiee men Dol o.
European races. But aOOov 1872 wn "nnn .nvy
thew have increased to "a ,OOO,OO and Pc
fore the end of the present century tn1s
figure will he more than trlpiea. ~
we consider the astounding rapioiSy
with which everything progresses on
cannot Out aCk-
noWledse that, if events take their
nasuraI course, the Indian must succumb,
and that the time is fast approaching when
dis race will be entirely exterminatea. AZ 70
the same time We must confess tna tSo et's ths
a cruel fate. 1t seems evident that the
American Indian can never conform TO Tue
laws and customs of modern civilization
His Independent and restless nature revolte
against all restraint. In proportion, there
fore, as the white man ektenos ms Comm IA,
ont, The tides of European emigration
follow each other like the waves of the sea
thew must roll onward further and furthe
into the wilderness, until the entire LIANT
is covered.
the eloauence of Red Jacket; the indomit
Able resistance Of Tecumseh the iD1urte
and wrongs inflicted on Osceola the hero
IAN of Logan, the friend of the whites
pfunged into mourning at the sighG OF On
The noble resignation of the Patriarch
fhe Foxes: the devotion Of Pocahontai
and the virtues of Catherine Tegahkonit'
Che illustrious IroquOis virgin-these on
longt to history, and have served as snem ha
for our greatest orators and poets %
. ;eznillious of others, whose hearts were =
5armiy attached to their homes ana u
graves of their fathers have passed Int
oblivion, and no pen has perpetuated u
memory Of their @isfortn mes; ana 1onS Sa ING
fheee primitive inhabitants OF this beaut
Fnl country, the excavations OF an upJui
and cruel world have been ,plentifuli
showered. They have been sly led savag'
pitiless, vindictive. sangulnary:, bue nav '.
they not often been surpassed by whit
men In bloodthirstiness, cruelty ana OF
preston of the weak When the !ndsaI
see their homes pass by fraud aud yloienS
into the: bands of their pale-faced neigt
bors, when they behold the WINES 1871 =.
melt away before them as the snow mel
beneath the rays of the ascending suu
whea their weakened tribes are DRIVE {,
from the hunting grounds wnlcn y
bounty of the Great Spirit beetoWe1 uPs
them, and in which repose the asnes
their fathers; when they are forces :,
abandon the green and smiling Piai
whore now herds of wild animals PastuH
but which the plough will soon doSf0N
when they must bid farewell to the n
jestic rocks, ancient forests and Peacet
groves, over which the white man Som ;
axe and hammer In hand, TO assert MS =
minton-is 1t Wonderful that, IN this Q
apair, they yield to the iupulses Of th,
wild and: excitable nature, and conn
-exeesses which rebound with redoubl
violence on their own headsf To PPe
Of the thousand coDQuests OF the VIII
would be bat repeating Thousand tiu
tho history Of their first arrival on Anne
can coil, and OF aets ef injustice and cEue
each bl&cksg than the other, II 10 cad
Ace the Indian RraHes rapidly disappear
:. Enefnro che plough VITA them perish
30 sno1usnehfS 81 The bFaves who a