The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-02-24
Indian Policy.

The San Francisco Chronicle of a recent date, says that General Custer, whose expe- rience of Indian life is considerable, and whose opinions upon the subject are valuable, has recently given his views in an article in one of the Eastern magazines, from which VIC quote as follows:
 To those who advocate the application of the laws of civilization to the Indian, it might be profitable study to investigate the effect which such application produces upon the stfeuB<h of enc tsfoe as expressed m num- ben. Looking at him as the fearless hunter, the matchless horseman and warrior of the Plains, where Nature placed him, and con- trsstinp him with the reservation Indian, who Is supposed to be revelng in the delghts full comforts and luxuries of an enlightened condition, but who in reality is groveling in beggary, bereft of many qualities which in bis wild state tended to render him noble, and heir to a combination of vices partly his own, partly bcqueathed to him from the pale face, one is forced, even against desire, to conclude that there is intending antagoniSm between the Indian nature and that with which his well-rneaning white brother would endow him. Nature intended h.m fora sav- age state; every instinct, every impulse of his soul inclines him 10 it. The white race might fall into barbarous state, and after ward, subjected to the influence of civiliza- sion, be reclaimed and prosper. Not so the Indian. He cannot be himself and be civili- zed he fades away and dies"
 This is the experience of all who have stu died the question. Lamentable as it may seem, the civilization of the savage appears impossible; and in the case of fhe wilder races, such as the Apache, the subject is mar rowed down to the simple proposition, either the progress of civilization must be stayed or the red man must be driven away or exter minated, and it is for us to choose. It is to be hoped we may choose wisely.
 The ARIZONA MINER signaled its entrance upon new year and volume, by appearing in an enlarged form, and with new type, thus presenting a greatly improved appearance geographically. To improve its editorial and news columns would be a more difficult matter In the latter department it exhibits an industry that is something wonderful. It continues, as We pronounced it one year ago, "a marvelamong frontier journals and with out rival.-Los Angeles Ners, Jan. IT.
 The Santa Barbara Times quotes the above and endorses it.
 
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