The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-05-08

about two months, public sentiment
will no doubt demand that these noble
red men Of the forest shall got their
food and their blhnksts, and Govern.
will add Z ope1oer" rife .pisee, and
Rehard willbs himself sg.io.
il: Why boti Ars the lives Of Geo.
Caoby md two Pesos Oonwissiosrs of
more importance than those Of sta,
Thousands Of good and true men snd
women who havegoue to carry civiliz.-
ton to tho West, and have fallen vic.
TINS to the treaehery aod cruelty of
these Government pets2
rHE SECRET OF THE CONTINUANCE OF
THE POLICY.
Eastern philanthropy has net hesits-
ted to hand over the frontier settler.
bound, as tho sacri6cial Offering, whose
death shall atooe for the wrongs ioaict.
ed to poor Indian by the General Gov
srnment. The same philanthropy will
surely not grudge a Brigadier. General
and couple Of Peace Commissioners
as further compensation for his injur-
les! 10 be sure, it was very naughty
Of Capt. Jack and Boston Charlie to
shoot the Commissioners; but then tho
poor fellows are savages. Savages love
to shoot folks; should we interfere
With their favorite amusement? Catch
them BY ill means for this will afford
such . 6ue opportunity for talking to
them about tho uupleasantness Of their
ways. It will be the best way to get
them into prayer.meetings, and sup.
ply each one with smother photograph
Of Gen Howard or somebody else. They
can have . good rest, with plenty of
pork snd beans. Supply them with
-four, At 81 per pound, to feed their
ponies. Give them improved guns,
With good supply Of powder and lead
and few tracts, if yeo can get them
to accept them; add an abundance of
good sdvice, and bid them = fearful
adieu. Then take it for granted that
they will never do wrong any more, uu-
less these horried frontier settlers pro.
yoke them beyond endurance.
This has been the Government poll.
cy dictated by that same class of men,
who insist upon capital punishment for
white murderers. 1t will continue to
bo its policy for some time to come,
notwithstanding the present excitement.
There is money in it. The Indian
Bureau gives unparalleled opportuui.
ties for peoulation. The cunning r.s-
Gals who use the poor Indian as a pre-.
text for robbing the Government will
not permit tho interest of philanthro.
pists to l.x. Through their Ignorant
connivanoe, the robbers carry On q
thriving trade and if need be, they
will furnish . osrt.load of afidavits
proving that the Modocs are tho injur .
cd party. Iustead of exterminsting
them, there will be special appropri-
alton for their benefit, and another set
Of Commissioners appointed who will
be quite certain that the two who ar.'
gone fell victims to their own impru.
dence.
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY RESTS
This would be wild prediction if
the nation was not hopelessly insane op
this Indian question but that it is so
is manifest from General Order No. 3,
issued by Gen. Sherman, in Washing.
ton, on the 18th INST, in which he
says that Gen. Candy had been seot out
to remove the Modocs 'fto a reserva~
tion, where they could be maintained
and protected BY the civil agents of the
Government" Thiok of q sane GOV.
ernment undertaking to "maintaiu"
thousands of able. bodied men and wo.
men, during the terms Of their natural
lives. Must not the great employer Of
idle hands vary the standard work of
playing poker by more exciting en-
pleymeat7 What government has a
right to tax its Industrious citizens to
feed such hoard Of idlers What but
insanity could induce any set Of mon to
attempt to oivilize or Christianize a set
Of people by oultivatlus their besetting
siu-contenpt for honest industry
How do missionaries aud peace commits
siouers expect to teach the duty and
dignity of labor while excluding from
their systems hunger and cold, tho two
great teachers which God has appoint.
cd principal and 6rst assistant in tho
common school in which he educates
oil his creatures !? The talk about
teaching Indians the "art of agricul.
ture" must have originated in q lunatic
asylum. The squ.vs know how to
raise corn, beans, and pumpkins, and
when the warriors have mastered this
occult science, under their tuition, it
will be time enough to establish agri-
cultural colleges for their benefit. It
is not knowledge, but will that is want
ing, and only stern necessity can sup.
ply that. The only cure for our Indi'
an troubles is to tumble the Indian
Bureau into tho Potomac, as the most
vermiu.iufested, rotten, old piece Of
lumber that ever diseraeed Uncle Sans 8
housekeeping put washstand in its
place, and let the old gentleman try to
leleau his hands of the blood of thous.
| ands of his noblest sons and daughters
Who have fallen victims to his mistake
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