Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-26
the modoc war.

We are in daily expectation that |
we shall hear of the execution OF the |
Government edict for the utter cx-
termination of the entire Modoc na-
ton Of Indians, to atone for the
treacherous action of their chief,
Captain Jack, in the assassination
of Gen. Candy. Doubtless, speak
ing after the manner of men, and in
keeping with the spirit of the age,
Captain Jack deserves to feel the
tender mercies of grape and canis-
ter; but we utterly fail to see that
the women and children, who knew
nothing of, and bore no part in the
tragedy, ought to be exterminated,
or harshly dealt with. The history
of the U. s. government, In its deal
ings with the various Indian tribes,
has been a history of treachery and
wrong, and il the red man, ia his
native ignorance of the duties and
amenities of society, suffers his in
dignation to rise, aud in the might
of his own right arm, seeks to a.
venge the multiplied wrongs and i'm
suits of his race, by shedding the
blood of the prominent actors in the
wrong doing, it ought not to be
maryelled at. Human nature is a
good deal alike in savage and civil
lied, and if the case were reversed
and the red men had trodden upon,
insulted and mistreated the whites,
as the whites have the red men, our
indignation would be good deal
modified, if one of our race shonld
become the avenger, by the destruc-
ton of the oppressor.
The Southern Methodist Monthly,
Is the name of a new thirty-two
page monthly magazine which has
Just reached us from Mcdinnville,
in this State. 1t is edited by Rev.
VIM. Baker, and the contents are
far better than the mechanical exc
cution of the work. Let there be
an improvement in that respect.
PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.
suggestions 10 the Mayor and Al
deFmen and Citizens of jackson.
Great solicitude is felt, and much
talking done, especially upon the
occurrence OF a house-burning, as
to the steps which should be taken
to prevent the devastations by fire
in our city. While the house is
burning, and for day or two after,
the remark is made by hundreds,
''l0e must haze an engine! 1t is a
burning shame that we have no en-
gine." We have, for years, advo-
Gated the same idea, but obserVa-
ton, experience and little reflec-
ton, have caused us to change
front, and we now suggest that
which can be quickly accomplished,
highly efficient, for which we have
ample means already, and would
probably accomplish more in saw
ing property than an engine.
Let the Board of Aldermen re-
quire of each otoner of an inhabited
house Occupied as a dwelling or
business house, to keep constantly
on hand a ladder or ladders, that
will enable the working force that
so promptly turns out in this city to
fight fire, and two leather water
buckets with the initials of name
painted on ladder and buckets
Let an inspector pass over the city
quarterly, to see that these articles
are in place on each and every lot,
and in good order; and report all
failures to the Board as proper sub
jects for fine. If this measure is
adopted and efficiently enforced, it
will, in our opinion, save more
property than an engine with our
present supply of water. The out
lay by each property holder is small,
the requirement is reasonable and
not burdensome. How often do we
hear the remark eff had found a
ladder at. the house could have
stopped the fire with two or three
buckets of water" Upon fire alarm
each proprietor would carry or send
his two leather buckets; they could
be thrown from the tops of houses
without liability to break buckets
or the heads of men, and every fif-
teen year old boy could render yeo-
man service. Think of it.