Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-08
DALLAS WEEKLY HERALD.
ID. MoOALEB, Editor.
Capt. Conner's Indian Speech,

| We arc in receipt of publish
ed speech delivered in the House
of Representatives by Congress
man Conner, on the 18th ult,, rcla
tive to tho establishment, by Con.
grcss, Of q government for the
"bctter protection Of life and prop.
erty in the Indian territory" Mr.
Conner looks at the question from
q Texan stand point, and can see
no sense in tolcrating longer tho
fruitless efforts Of the quaker move.
ments towards the protection OF
those national rights which the
"gentle savages" are constantly vi.
olating. His speech is full of facts
in which he clearly shows the
tendencies Of tho whole Of the In
dian breed to return to their orig
iual barbarism, and how they are
ever ready to take saxon lifo with
out cause, reason or right, upon
tho slightest pretext. Mr.. Conner's
head is about level on this ques-
ton, and We arc ready TO believe
that he was talking by the book"
when ho unveiled the motives of
the Indian delegates in the flaming
reports they make of the progress
of that people, and in tho deep
toned protests they never tail to
sabmit whenever Congrsss begins
to consider any plan whereby their
places may, become vacated by a
change of tho policy of tho general
government in its Indian relation
ships. We think, as does Mr.. Con-
ner, that the per diems and stoala-
ges Of these sanctimonious scoun-
drels who supervise Indian affairs,
has alto do with the sanguine hopes
they arc always expressing of the
rapid approach Of higher civiliza-
ton, and the consequent absence of
any necessity for change in the
Indian roles, which now furnish
to them their daily bread, and
which they eat every day, notwith.
standing the fact that it is favored
and colorcd by whitemens blood
snilied by the bullets and scalping
knives Of the red,skinned children
OF the President. If some Of our
! old Texans could be allowed to
stand on tho gorgeous floors of the
national council rooms and tell
what they know about the advanc-
ed civilization of the hair raisers-
of the respect they entertain for
the rights of others, and of their
reverence for law, we are sure that
it would tend to the establish m ent
Of something which would place Il
qnetus upon tho invasions and
outragcs these Internal dovils of
the plains are constantly making
witliin the confines of this State,
whoro two separate and distinct
civil governments profess to be all
powerful in the protection they af-
ford to "life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness" There is no
longer any virtue in trying to civ
ilize the Indian. All the quakcrs
and missionaries beneath the heav-
ems can never convince them that
it is q moral as well us civil wrong
for them to murder whitcmun
whenever and wherever the OPP
portunity TO do is afforded. Gen.
Howard and his entire bureau, ed
ucated in scoundreliSm as they
were during the reign of that piece
OF national furniture known as the
Freedman's Bureau, can do moth
ing with them, except to so manip-
ulate the entire Indian scheme of
legislation as to turn its resul Its
into dollars and cents, and empty
them whole and unbroken into
their own pockets. We have hun
dreds of thousands Of acres Of the
finest lands on earth which are now
idle, uncultivated and wasting be-
cause it is not safe for immigrants
to people them on account of the
presence of the "poor. Indian.
Give 10 tho famishing thousands of
thrifty men and women in the old
States who are longing to come to
this beautiful country somc guar
antee against these pets of the gov
ernment, and Texas will soon be
filed to over lowing, and her pro-
ducts become the basis of untold
wealth 80 her people. Wecommend
Mr.. Conner, in his bold stand ta-
ken on this question, and hope that
he will continue to urge the exten-
sion of the provisions of the bill
which called forth his speech until
every Indian tribe shall either be.
come subject to the laws of the
government or extinct.