The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-06

3NfiH6s ffm 4 Senso Of hsticae sTh4]
kbst posSble way. thep, An SSotd vSf, III
q ddlo lot oA ipjusticss w hsns sWS lsstn]
that Me sAmStule holdGsgpoH With 1n-]l
diauS,s the c6ief di1ionltys 1ss raMovsd.
But, Il IL said, our wars viitks them Fave
been almost constant: .HaTe We been
uniformly unjust? We snsWst. nnhesi-
'tasingiy, aJbsl That he.goes 10, Wat Il
not astonishing; he 10 often compelled to
do CO.. Wrongs are. borne BY. him in siy
leie77, that never ss;l to Idri.s osv;lfzsa
men to decide Of violence. When he 10
your friend, he will sometimes sacrifice
himself In your defence. When he is
your enemy, he pushes his eDmity to the
excesses' Of barbarit5.N This e6ooks ths
moral sense, and leayeH him without de-
tenders. f'tf
II the lands OF the white man are
taken. civilization iustifies him in resist
ing the invader. Civilization does more
than this; il brands him coward and
slave if he submits to the wrong. Here
civilization made its CONTACT and guar
snteed the rights of the weaker party.
It did not stand by the guarantee. The
treaty was broken, but not by the savage.
IT tie savage resists, civilization, with
the ten commandments In one land and
the sword in the other. demands his i'm
mediate determination. We do not con-
test the eyer-feady argument that civil
ization munt not be arrested in,its pro-
gress by handful OF savagen. We earn
estly desire the speedy settlement Of all
than we TO ace their agticultdtal and mi
neral wealth developed by an industrious.
thrifty aud enlightened population. And
xuc fnI1 10 m 4f,ok hn IT,
dian must not stand in the way of this
result. We would. only be understood
as doubling the purity and gbnuinehess
Of that tiyilization which reaches it's ends
by fsiHehpod and violence. and dispsnses
blesses that spring from violated rights.
Theae Indians saw their former homes
and huntipg grounda over r-run by greedy
population, thirsting for gold. They
saw their game driven Eaat to the plsins,
and soon found themselves the objects Of
jealousy and hatred. They. too, mttst
go. The presence of the injured is TOO
often pafdful TO the wrong. doer, and In
nocenee Offensive to the eyes pf gnilt. 1t
now became apparent that what had
been taken by force must be retained by
the iravfsher. ~ =
Wynkoop then ordered the Indians to
move their villages nearer to the fort,
And bring their women iahd children,
which Was done. In November, ( this
officer was removed, and Major Anthony.
Or thB, lat Colorado Cavalry, ordsfSa TO
take Command of the fort. He.S4po,
assured the Indians. Of safety. They
manifested about 500 Ap4sn, women and
ohna tsn,ioa II was here, Under the pledge
Of pfoteation. that they were Slaughtered
BY the .3lCoiorado and q bal attalion yof
the lits Colorado NGavaIryi -a6det com
nand Of .Cofuuet :; !Ohivington. He
mafchSd from Denver to Fort Lyon; snd
about day Light Un tie morning Of the
29sh Of November, surrounded the In
dian camp and commenced an indieori-
inmate sIanghter. The particulars of
this massacre are too well known TO be
repeated here with all its heart-rending
scenes. It Is enough to say that il
scarcely has it's parallel in the records Of
Indian barbarity. FIeeing women, hold
ing up their hauda and praying for
! mercy, we're brutaily shot down; infants
were killed and soalped in derision; men
we're tortured and mutilated in q man
ner that would put to shame the savage
Of interior Africa. No one
will be astonishsd that q war ensued
which coat tho Government $50, 600, 900,
and carried oonasgration and death tc
to the border settlements. During the
spring and summer Of 1866, NO less than
5000 troops were Withdrawn from the
effective force engaged in suppressine
the rebellion to meet this Indian war.
The result Of the years campaign salts.
fed all sensible men that war with In.
dians was both useless and expensive
Fifteen or twenty Indians had been
killed. ct an expense of more than
81, 900. 900 apiece. while hundreds OF oul
so!diers had Iost their lives, many Of on,
border settlers butohered. and much
property destroyed.
II it be said that the savages nre un
reasonable. we answer that If civilized
they might be reasonable. At least
they would not be dependent on the
buffalo and tho elk; they would no longer
want country exclusively for game
and the presence of the white mar
would become desirable. II it be SAT-
that because they are savages, they
should be exterminated, we answer that
aside from the inhumanity OF the sngges
ton, it will prove exceedingly difficult
and, if money considerations ore per
mitted to weigh, it costs less to civiiize
than to kill.
| To say that no outrages were commit