The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

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q Thursday, April II, 1873,
THR INDIAN IDEA OF "PHACE."
- The weak aud validating policy Of
tho government in dealing With the
Modoes has led to terrible result, but
Sone wholly 10 keeping With tho lndi.
IN charlottesville treaeherous msssao, .
Of Gen. Caaby md I've Of The Peace
ConuinioaWs.
These Indians, after murderiaE sst-
tlses, had taken refuge in natural
! stronghold. ksovn a. tho Lava Bed,
On Tho California edge Of Oregon, whore
skirnish between them aad . small
- body Of troops took place in January.
Since then, tho military have been held
in check while Peace Commission,
the birth Of that uawk,sh, siekly, ssu.
timsntaliam pervading the East which
makes an Iodian . creature of romance
and an object Of sdorasion, held
parleys with the murderers. These
dallyings have been absolutely dis.
graceful to the government. On tho
ono side has been insslsnoe and on tho
other weakness. The indians refused
to make CONCESSIONS, while tho Com.
missiouers tried to secure compliance
By promises Of reward. Tho great
government Of the United States has
occupied the position Ola supplians,
while the handful Of Indians dictated
the order Of each day. The sequel to
al this ~as on last Thursday, whom
the leaders Of tho Modoos, making 40
appointment with Gen. Candy and the
Commissioner outsi 10 tho liues Of the
troops, = talk over ''Psaee" matters,
By tie foulest trsaehsry murdered the
Gsosrsl and Two Of the Commissioner.
The terrible death Of Gea. Cauby
he roussd the govsrnnsat 70 what il
should have done from tho first evi.
dsnos Of contumsey on tho part Of the
Modoos-dsslsre . VA Of sxtsrmins.
ton. Experience has shown th.t no
other policy will serve With hostile In.
dams. For days before this massacre,
it Wa evident, from tho reports, that
peace talks With tho Modes were worse
than folly; but the death of Gen.
Candy Va necessary to satisfy the sniff.
ling spi1t Of can't which would invest
. hyena With the aspirations of . bu.
mai being. The ide. Of oiv,li.inR
these bands Of rowing Indians fathons
tho depths Of absurdity !; and the sor-
row OF il oil Is that the evils Of the OK.
pertinent fall upon those who have lit.
tie Or no share in the responsibility
All the Indians that have been "oivil-
ICED" aud "christiaoi1ed" STAGE tho
days of Columbus arc not to DO held IN
tho estimation of . feathers weight
when compared with he life of Gen.
Candy, let alone tho lives of hundreds
and Thousands of noble and brave Non
and women who went to tho frontier %
pioneors and fell victims to savage
hatchery.
The plea Of mercy for any hostile.
disposed Indians il the eow.rd's pIss.
Those who make. it arc thvusands Of
miles away from Ill danger, and sit in
their comfortable homes aud gather in
conventions and safely and sanetimoui.
ously resolve that the Indians shall b
ehristainissd. But these thin.skinned
philanthropists g Ne further in this
work Of "ohristianizing'' than to
tic tho hands Of tho government against
protecting ito citizens who lead the van
of settlement. Even on Monday even
ing, alter the aevilish treaohery of the
Modocs, . gathering Of these sleek
,Pseksniffs 10 Washington insultsd tho
righteous indignation Of the country
with their mouthings Of "sonversion aud
regeneration" relationship aud chris
tian civilization" These things arc .
horrible mooksry Of christianity,
and the men who can utter them are
little to be snvisd either in their man.
heed or their religion.
The New York Times bstr.ys it,
weakness BY asking that The Medoos,
instead Of being extsrminatsd By tho
troops, bs "ssksu alive, tried for their
crimes and hanged" Never ! This
would be only sacrificing the lives Of
many additional white men in ttsir oap-
turs in order to insure the ultimate q.
esps Of the Msdoes, Who, bsfors their
trial was over With, would become he. |
ross in Nov York aud gncs Christian
Conventions IN Washington. That
souzss has been tried. After the Sioux
had psrpetrated the most horrible CRU.
elites in Minnesota, in 1862, three
hundred Of them, after . fair trial,
we're senteseed to bs husg. Bat tho
Humanitarian Of the East were %.
pslled At this course of justice :; they !
,whined AID SMILED around President !
Linsolo uotil they secured the pardon
Of oil but thirty Of tho murdersrs; and
1t IL matter Of record that = majority
Of ths miscresnts Who escaped were
within two years, engaged in massaores
in Dakota. This sentimsnt alism makes
no consideration of tho lives of white
settlers j.; it is only On Indian that 10
sacred !
II is to be hoped the management Of