, 1873-04-21

had roaBon 10 belicyo TINT thoy had beon ILL.,
treated, thore existed a .goncral feeling that q
| cortain forbaaranco toward them should prevail.
Put 1t has been evident fog long time past that
totally unroliabloI that thoy bad no sincerity,
and woro aiming chiefly for an advantage.
This at last tloy gained, and did not fail to I'M
prove. Ono Of our most valuable general officers
citlzon, Methodist Clergyman, whom to know
anothor of tho Commissioners Of whom wo know
but little, nayo that ho was brnyoly trying to save
white mon mud Indians from tho necessity Or uao- y
less war, have all boon shot down while under tho
guaranty Of negotiations for poaco. III oil the
history Of the contests aud Intercourse Of tue
whtcs with the nativoH Of the aoi thoro has noVot
boon q moro damnablo and o1abporating mas
saore than this. And we hopo that tho lainonta-
bio exporionco will be enough to satisfy o,1r Gov
ornment TINT stern measures alono arc suitod to
tho Indian mind. Prayers Of oonventtcles, OF
conferences and Of churohea, Of Wha.oyor n9n1o,
will no. do. :Feoding With roast bcef and cloth.
| Of Indian thiovea with warm bankotB from our
factories, will noithor oiyilizo chrstianizo, npr
| restrain them any longer than until thoy think
| thioying and murder iH moro profitable.
That tho policy Of our Government in this In
stance, aa In Bo1na others, las boon losing one,
cannot bo denied. Tho Quaker policy Inns boon
| triod and faoA. We havo dealt With those out
as wh reasoning nege a9a as heVfbs ~
| aborigi1,o. We havc sadly found tho mistake.
It is not tho first time. We not 80 much BLANC
tho Government, for ithns erred, II tho mercifnl
public will admit that 1t has erred, through liate.
false representations Of the peace policy mon and
women. Because William Penn got along With tho
Indians without warfare while there wore SO Tow
whites In the country as not to alarm Or inter.
fore with tho BayngoB, these modern "Qunkcrs'
contend that tho SAME thing eau bc dono now.
And 80 thoy havo boen listened to, and peace
policy, which consists in ytolatng everything to
tho savage and gaining nothing for our own poo.
ple, has boon adopted This samo policy ruled
| In Arizona against tho experience and history Of
the country until 1t Was found . dead failure.
All tho hypocrisy Of Colyor aud tho praying Of
Con. Howard could not make II otherwise.
That our Government has always intended to
doal honestly, fairly, and generously ~ WITH tho
| Of tho agents OF tho Government hayo taken
advantage of their position to chent and swiu-
do them, is also true. But thore is and can be
| no excuse for this wanton md devlisl Outrage
govern tho actions Of 1nenr eyon savages. gy Whn'
now will tho Government do? Will socro..
tary Dolano who now supplies tho place o1
Secretary Of War, order siill further
policy Of miserable tampering. called mercy
mon, civil aud military, to bo riskod and lost in
obedience to q so-callod peaco policy which hat
| mover yot resulted In anything bottor tha1
treachery, theft, vast ekponditurcB Of tue
country : funda, and murder wilcnevor It has
suited tho blood-thirsty snvages to commit It
and the occasion favored? Will tho Govern
ment stlll laten to aud follow tho pro-lndia1
| policy Of Colyer and I1owardP Or will it fo
once yindlcate Itself aud protect tho liyea Of ou
own poople2
From the San Erancisco Rmlletin.
This horrible shock will probably put an ent
to tho policy which has required the troaohorou
| Ar51 1,rI1f01 tn In ttnRtnG With nrGutG
confederation than wo would give to ono OF th'
most civilized people. Tint thoy have wrongs
deep and continuous, il not denied, but tha
they arc proper subjects for such negotiations
hayo been made undor tho auspices Of Con
Howard and other Peaoe Commissioners, It sure
" needed not this corowntng butchcry to do1non
Htrato.
| From the San Frdntisco Chronicle
How Impossible 1t is to trent with Indians q
with reasonable human beings, how unaafo to re-
gard thom as other than 1onas incarnate witt
whom the considerations Of conscience and h11
manity have no weight, this droadtu! act
treachory fully domonatrates
Tho lfodocs hayo by this bloody decd place
themsolyes without tic pale Of civilized warfare
and it seoma to booomo necessary to hunt the1
other Indian wars. What will the doycrnmen
as temporIao Ma nSi VIII It W eontnuo ' to sea sea
Christian men among them in the vain endeavo1
by gifts, by schools and farms, by blankets al
wild Indians Of Arizona and tho North? Or vii
tho Government now be compelled to turn Owe
tho whole raco to tho War Department, with in
structiouB to lay down for them certain rules
govern them, and III ovent of their troaohery an
ddisobodenco' declare against thom war3 Can til
Administration listen longer to the teaching tha
regards these wild warriors Us guilcoBs inne
conts, as wards and pupils Of the Government
Or will they troat them ~ bloody, merciloaf
| iii %r@$ Vim
to be-lncnpable Of Christianity entl civilization
aud to whom tho asts Of poace aud pursuits {
industry arc impoaaible2
From the San Francisco Morning Call.
INDIGNATION ] M has | ssept M through tho hearts Of IL
people on this coast, as will be felt Oh hoarin
the news that Gen, Cnnby, one Of the best Ill
most popular OF our army officers. md tho Con
: mssioners appointed by tho Government to q
Motloo Indians, have boon butchered in col
blood by these cowarilly eayages, even Will
they vera III the actof exteuding the oliyo.brauc
Of peace to the murdorera.
, The echoes Of Capt. jacks platol will bo 4 pa'
! sionato cry OF reyengo from all q1artors Of til
lind. Tho most nrdent indorsor OF tho "peac
policy" must now SEQ that further tampering wit
/ these moroiloaR bruteB is a crime to tho countr
Con. Canby's life Is fearful price to pay {
such result; but we trust that III the ond tn
, doyilish decd Of tho Modocs may bo tho means
, saving much innocent blood, not only in Oregol
: but among tho Apachos Of Arizona. If in,
I thing wero needed to convince MI pooplo that
It worao than folly to treat or tonporize with Ha
ages, who aro by nature utterly incapable Of ovc
approaching forbcarance when it is exercise
toward them, or Of keeping tho appearance
faith whom they believe anything can DO gaine
by treaehory, surely this murder OF galla1
officer aud his associates must suffice. Az we
J call for morcy toward tiger, reloasod from h
cell and furious for blood, or toward mad tlo
, raging with horrid fangs through Htreet orowdd
with pooplo.
From the Portland {0r.} Heraid
The mistaken policy OF temporizng with til
ModocH IL producing itB legitimate results. En-
boldonod by the spectacle Of Captain Jaok wit
! paltry baud OF warr1ora bidding defiance to Il
United Btatea troops, twcnty times their numbe
tie altogether probable that the Indians
other trbcH in Southern Oregon and Nortles
California will at the first favorable opportunit
join Captain jacks band and inaugufate ri
! on our foeble frontier settlements which will b
Efan fr i{u t1o mil