The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-09-11

Nov, the only title.deed from al. -.
'ighty God which any nation csn
how is the original charter-"Be faith
III and multiply, and 1epleDish the
aftn, and subdue it, aud have domin.
on Occupation and cultivation are
ne only title. d eds to land. Ameri-
ans acknowledge DO other. When
he Pope gave the king Of Spain all
bic continent west to .Iodis, did th.t
,rapt bestow . lawful tile On Ferdia.
nd and Isabells 2 If it did then CAL
tornia ii . rsbellious spanish colony
;o.dsy. When Queen Elizabeth a..
'uped I'll the province Of Virgins,
rom the Atlantic coast Is far ives, as
and eztsndsth, did her colonial grants
bestow title upon her Governors? If
70, then New York and Philadelphia,
and oil the great west ought at once to
return to colonial homage to the Queen
of Great Britain. But it is alleged
that the Indians were in possession Of
this continent. What kind of poses
sion? The British navy ouco claimed
possession Of the oceap, because their
ships sailed over it j.; bat the Americans
soon dissolved that fiction. Has the
Arab the ownership of the desert ovez
which be drives the camel? 1 have
hunted over The prairies of Minnesota;
does that give me right of ownership
Of those prairies? If not, Why not?
Why is not my right Of hunting as
good as an Indians? p? Is this continent
to be reserved as great Indian hunt
ing.ground? When King William
ousted the people Of four COUNTIES, and
turned their land into a great hunting
ground, all Christendom lifted up its
hands in horror, aud pointed to his
death by an arrow in that hunting
ground as an instance of the retributits
justice Of God. And shall We recox.
nize rights of forestry in red Indians
which all Europe has united to desy
to the best blue blood Of feudal chivsl-
~ The Indian can claim no other
title to any more land than he occupiss
and needs for his family, than any 9th
er man. He can not sell to othsrs
What. he never owned nor possessed
himself. The so.called Indian title is,
a gross swindle and the treaties pur-
porting to convey it to the United
States are Is worthless IS certificates of
Arizona diamond stock.
The communism of the Indisns de-
mands notice here; inasmuch as some
plead their right to manage their own
affairs in their own way, whether We
allow their title to public lands OF not.
They plead their right of self.go.ern-
ment as free citizens. But their ri ghts
as free citizens of this Republic ex-
presslY cohtraveue the whole tribal
system, which is that of petty mon-
arohy Of the most tyrannical character.
Our constitution guarantees Eepub-
lican Government to all our people ;
but the Indian tribal system is tho very
reverse Of Republicanlsm. The chiefs
are most odlous tyrants. Tho law Of
God commands that all men earn their
bread by the sweat of their brow, and
that if any will not work, neishsl
shall he eat; and no system equally
powerful to counteract mans native in
| doleuce, and stimulate him to health
full industry, has ever been devised By
the wit Of man. 1t has operated well
in making meu work in all ages, and
every land and not the least bsneh.
Gently in our own, where. the principle Of
individual enterprise, aud the security
of the results of individual labor, have
bad full scope; and Germans, and
Swedes, and Negroes, and Chinese
have prospered under its influence.
But to the Indians alone we refuse
the operation of this primeval law Of
God, supporting among them the very
worst form of communism. The red
Republicans OF Paris demand that every
male shall work eight hours day b.
fore he becomes entitled to share o.
the public meals. But our Indian com
munism makes no such requirements
1t places the lazy drunken loafer on I
level with his industrious equaw, and
compels the industrious hunter to Civ,
: his belly full Of the fish or game he ha
toiled to procure, while the other v.'
drinking aud gambling away hia chill
dren's last blanket. It is monst:ous
that such system of commusislA
slavery, po'ygamy, batbarism, and IA
pine, should be tolerated IN . Chrietisr
nation, much more that it should b,
sustained by tribute from = eivilizet
people.
'.What then would you have W do - ;
Break up the whole tribal sJstsa
} d,sarm the warriors, and compel taez,
At any cost, to submit to the laws, q
other citizens do. Give sach Of thsn
his homestead, aud protect hin in tht
possession ofthe fruits Of his latsrl
from landsharks and liquor dsalsrs
Establish common schools, and comps
tho attendance of the Indian children
1t is much cheaper to school lndisH'
than to shoot thom. We can school
an Indian child tor thousand dollars
but it costs US over ten thousand dol
lars apiece to shoot them. Aboye ell
bring the influences of the gospel Il
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