The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-25


district In the land. Men thereby act In concert to
carry out great fundamental principles In the ad,
Ss O unite IN poca &
forts for the purpose Of placing and sustaining the
responsible offices OF the people those Q, tn<fr
own. Thus the public affairs OF the cation
are administered upon such repubcqn prin-
Tes na s@er a will r
is strictly representative government, and there
fore recognizes, throughout its whole system, the
the restrictions and Limitations OF the Constitution
and laws. II is not only right an6proper, but abso-
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be pracised to Enforce the popular win and signify
It's wishes to. the government. This. in my juds-
ganization Of political parties for, however Just
and correct fne opinions OF all the people Of North
Carolina might be- they would avail nothing unless
direct voice OF their Representatives.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The republican party from the first was cOnsti-
ence after the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
slavery into the Territories, and il laid no hand on
slavery in the States. 1t s not my intention to re-
Cali in review the @ Of that These
have, happily, passed away. The most compact and
condensed system Of wrong which governments
ever tolerated or the depravlty OF man ever in
vented is claimed to have had Its origin In war
and true to its natural instincts for little longer
made war ON the American republic, and per-
ished by the sword In that day four millions
Depending on the issues OF that event We're many
weghty considerations. War DESTROYED all civil
government In the rebel States. The tenure OF pro-
perty was shaken and lost; poverty overlook the
peaceable and the loyal: many precious lives were
sacrificed, and general disaster was extensively en-
dured. But to compensate for these great evils
you have gained freedom and unity for the State.
No complaint can now be lodged at the bar OF
Eternal Justice against the enormity of American
slavery. This work has been accomplished by tho
republican party
ton, again rebelled. It's leaders in Congress- and
its newspaper press denounced these acts as I'M
constitutional, an open war on the part of the
opposition being found impracticable.
RESULTS OF REPUBLICAN POLICY
now come to inquire what results have been ac-
complshed by General Grants administration
can party. All the great questions which were
raised by the war have been settled. Emancipa-
ton, reconstruction impartial suffrage, general
amnesty and civil service reform have all been Sc
cured, either by constitutional amendment or by
provisions OF law Important and threatening
differences with foreign nations nave been settled
by treaty, and are now In process OF amicable ad-
lustment, and new and important principle has
been introduced into our foreign intercourses
which proposes to settle differences between
foreign nations upon the principle OF arbitration
which, it is believed, will secure the government
against the recurrence OF war in the future with
foreign nations and tend greatly to advance the
Sivilizaiion peace and happiness Of the world;
parties profess to acquiesce In these results No
considerable faction in any state to-day continues,
measures or dispute the justice and wisdom Of the
republican policy.
tive of the British nation and the British debt,
which formerly spoke In disparaging terms OF
American credit. and was never very friendly to
American interests has expressed establishment at
what we have accomplished, and has frankly adj
mitted that no nation in Europe could have borne
the like strains upon her resources without the
most serious embarrassments.
OUR INDIAN POLICY
I feel compelled in these remarks to refer briefly
n wi "a n nrp
ent administration.
It Is not denied nor has there ever been on the
fact that there occasional acts of theft robbery
and murder by Indians. These have been most
frequent in Arizona and on the Texas frontier, but
they have often been provoked and increased by
the cruel and wicked conduct of bad white men.
These acts of outrage have not been committed by
organized tribes, nations or bands OF Indians, but,
on the contrary, by individual associated Indi-
ans acting against the wishes of their nation or
tribe, and not under tribal authority The TACT is,
there are bad Indians as we'll as bad white men,
and II, under our civilization 1t is impossible always
a and tSr Il
are more frequently committed and seldom pun
ished among the savagess
ton there has been an organized and systematic
attack upon its Indian policy. The plan has been
accomplished and to exaggerate for sensational
purposes every wrong committed by the Indians,
and sometimes to assert that indian outrages had
ton whatever in truth. Many OF these statements
have been suffered to pass SUB Sle,atO Some have
been corrected, others denied. 1t is too apparent
however at the present moment, that this system
is to be continued with increased vigor and audac
longer silence. have resolved, therefore, to ex-
pose these misrepresentation; and in order to do
SO with the greatest accuracy, have applied :" the
General +. A. Walker, for certain facts connected
with the Indian service, which ! am about to
present. shall put these facts against assertions;
or to speak more plainly, truth against falsehOod,
ana then trust to the Judgment of a candid and
honest people for righteous verdict.
Upon the authority before mentioned therefore
assert that during the present year more than
TWENTY-FIVE thousand Indians have been added to
the government During the three years OF the
present administration more than eighty thousand
Indians have been brought to agencies and placed
under the care and supervision OF Indian agents.
Not to exceed fifty thousand Indians still roam
ing beyond the supervision of their agents. notwlth
standing the immense extent Of territory which
yet intervenes between the settled portions of the
country. 1t has become almost certainty that the
coming year viii see the number OF roaming ln-
dams so far reduced that, substantially,
THE WHOLE INDIAN RACE
within the United States will be settled upon reser
vations These reservation are located with ref
erencc to allowing the finest development OF rail-
road communications, the largest extension ofagri-
cultural settlements and the safety OF white citl-
zens. They are also located with a view OF secnr-
ing the best interests OF the aboriginal population,
and in order TO afford the members of that unortu-
nate race the opportunity to learn the Is and GUS
toms CT civilized life and, trust in the end to par
cipate in the happy destinies OF the American peo-
pie. Such q result would be well attained at any
expense for the free development OF railroad conf
m1nicatons and the extension OF our settlements
Is OF incalcuable value merely from a pecuniary
point of view. Every year the advance of our from
tier takes I'm a new extent Of lands teeming
with agriculture and mineral wealth equal TO
the area OF many OF the largest States OF the
Union or some Of the most powerful empires Of the
world TO accomplish this without delay or EN-.
barrassment to the abOrignes Of the country is one
of the first duties of craftsmanship at the present
time, and this is being done under the humane and
Christian policy of the republican administration,
not only with strict justice to the Indians but in
the spirit of mercy and peace. or the 800, 600 In
dams within the limit of the United States exclu-
sive OF Alaska according to the last estimate which
it Is possible to form, 1870, 900 now supporting
themselves upon their own lands, receiving abso-
lutely nothing from the government beyond the
interest Of their own money, or annuites granted
them In consideration Of the cession of their lands.
Tie lands which they have coded have been sold by
the government to actual settlers at three lve, ten