Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-10-19
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The excur>ioa Of President Grant 70
the Indian ceaatry has already been
fruitful If goed results, We 6nd the
worthy Chief Magistrate Of the nation
delivering addreS>sS and making return
speeches with as much faeney and acll-
isy Is if il had been his daily habit for
years, and We find. tee, that though lack
ing the foweEy style aud peculiar elo-
Quenee which distinguished the efforts
of his immediate predecessor, in the
Presidential chair. the utteranoes are
marked With at least as much sound
eomnen sense, and. above all. are prae-
teal. Now that the ice is broken. we
may not unreasoaahly expect something
in the same line after his return. and
the chances now seem to be fair that the
shouts Of Speech Speech :" from the
crowds that gather about the depots and
hotels On the occasions Of his appearance
viii meet with reader and fuller CON-
plianee than heretofore.
The excursion. TOO. has given mag
niEcent chance u the chronic grewlers
70 belabor the President for wandering
Off On pleasure trip-for they all in
siss upon calling it pleasure trip
when he ought 70 be in Washington. at
tending 70 the affairs Of the nation. 1t
seems 10 Be fixed idea in some minds
that all the hours Of the day from : till
Q should De employed by the President
IN consulting with his Cabinet, or sign
ing documents, or redressins the grley-
anees Of the South and if not absolute
II 50 employed. the country is swindled
cut q 50 much time. Ne shall be in
formed, Eery likely. that the journey Is
part Of deep laid plot On the part of
the President 70 make further capital
for = third-term nomination. Il will
oe shown that no other President of the
United States ever went West and made
speeches 70 Indians. and the precedent
thus established viii Be denounced as
shaking the fabric Of national dignity
and prOpriety to Its foundations. We
have every reason to believe that the
President and his party can stand it,
however. We hold TO the opinion that
he ought 70 stay at home and attend to
business mere than he does, but in this
instance he is doing his duty.
Another and very important result
Of the excursion is the renewed attention
II viii call 10 Indian affairs. MANY
people viii rad with surprise the state
ReDt that 1.-The Governor, the members
q the Legislature. and Judges Of the
Court Of the ChOctaE nation" gave .
reception 10 the party. forgetting that
ne have Indians both Wild and tame On
the Western reservations. The fact Is.
that 80 many things Of greater impor-
lance are continually happening that We
have had no tine 70 think about matters
% distant The Credit MobiIier. the
stokes-Fisk murder. the Beeeher-Tilton
scandal, and dozens Of other equally
Eeighty matters have engrosssd the at
teutiOn and consideration Of the public
50 long that change Of topic Is not on
il desirable, but viii b beneficial. In
discussing the trip. good deal Of IL
formation vii necessarily be brought
out which some Of Is have forgotten and
which many Of Us never knew before.
Half the readers Of the daily newspapers
have all their lives. perhaps. been igBor-
ant Of the fact that the problem Of the
possibility Of eivilizing the Indian vas
solved. forty years ago: and that two
OF three q the most Earlike nations Of
tie Nest have grown into people of de-
elded agricultural tendencies. with
schools. academies. churches, courts and
Governments as regularly organized Is
that Of the Commonwealth Of Massaebu-
sets let, such Is the case. ard il i
among these people that the President
Is nos taking notes possibly 9Th the
idea Of gaining some hints for his futnre
guidance In regard to the settlement Of
the Indian question.
In his speeches. both in the Greek and
Chocta'F nations. the President dHeIls
upon the fertility Of the soil and the
salubritF 81 the climate. and expresses
the belief that the OCCUPANTS will in
tine become the most wealthy citizens
q tie United States. This is a good
deal to say. bu. President Grant has
never been aecased Of talking idlv.
There Is No doubt that the territory oc-
euPied by the reservations in question
Is che Of the finest in the world and
noihlng Is needed but it, development
Ii TIE prophecy Of the President should
be fulfilled. and it i. not impossible il
would Be > striking comment On the
oeeszratson 50 constantly made Ia these
days that Indian civilization i an i'm
possibility Further particulars Of the
Flslt zIlI soon cone 10 hand fron the
lneFlfaole correspondent. and. in the
meantine. tie public can wait.
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