The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-02
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

WASHINGTON, May /, 1874
Mr.. POLAND, (rep.) OF Vt, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported bill changing the time OF
holding the Circuit and District Courts In Vermont.
Passed.
The House then went into committee Of the
whole-Mr. POLAND in the chair-on the Indian
Appropriation bill.
Speeches on the general Indian question and the
policy to be pursued towards the Indians were
made by Messrs. Hancock, OF Texas; Richmond of
Pennsylvania; Knapp, Of Illinois, and Beck, Of
Kentucky.
ARMY CONTROL OF THE INDIANS.
Mr.. BECK (dem.) ridiculed the recently made
treaties with the Indians, particularly the treaty
with the Apaches Ki0was and Comanches, which
provides for supplying them with clothing car
penters, farmers, blacksmiths, engineers, &c. The
absurdity OF such provision was that you could
not catch one Of these Indians with q
lasso. ., They were on the the war path and
millions under pretence Of educating them.
He believed in civllizng the Indian. but that could
not be done 80 long as dishonesty and fraud were
the leading elements in their treatment He be-
lieved that so long as men were put In control OF
ence SO long as Senators nominated and con-
hrmed their brothers, cousins and kinsmen as In
ment and on the indians. He preferred to turn
the Indian over to the War Department, for what
else might be said about the officers and SOL
diers OF the army they could not be made thieves.
Their education, their esprit de corps and their
standing depended on their integrity. 49,
Beck, and id:-rhis was not govern.
ment OF propagandism. Money was not put
@ TSe seV was 0 not eve
q Christian government. Before the Indian
could be Chrstianized he must be civilized, ana be-
fore he can be civilized he must be educated He
ilization and Christianity. He quoted from re-
ditioD Of the Indians in Iowa last summer, in
which an account Is given OF an interview with
his reservation. mo, he does not want schools"
"Why notf" Because schools would teach them
70 have "wny Sd they not went
teach us to quarrel about God, as the Catholics
and Protestants do on the Nez Perces reservation
that. We may quarrel about men sometimes
ana about things on this ga earth, but
NOT w w nsHs % uA'r Know 00d how do it.S
more robDeries than all the army paymasters from
the foundation Of the government. There must 90
the Indians and he did not believe that honesty
could be got outside Of the Officers OF the regular
through their respect for power. They had no
respect Tor the sneak thief, for the men who sold
them wney and stole p, taer oanse nd so
war. rnere was no glory In such war. Onncers
and soldiers knew that there was no more credit
nghting q nest OF bumblebees.
PRoPAoANDrsn AMONG THE REDS; .no
sickly sentimentality which entered INTO
the consideration OF the Indian quess,on.
and he also criticised the propagans
dism undertaken by the Quakers: n! ne
believed that, SO long as the Indian serves 10
o source OF patronage and profit tne ihu Tros
would never be Chrstianized or civilized. ameg
would be continued useful and lrultlui e
OF plumber and profit just IS the c0ioIeu peup.o
were kept ct the close OF the war, under Tue PR
text OF philanthropy, only TO be made tne ins'lu
ments OF plumber and profit. o.on r,d,
Mr. ADAMS, (dem.) OF KY, made speech Ilu.-
culing the Indian peace policy Of the adminlSsta-
'''.' THE PEACE POLICY UPHELD.
| Mr.. SHANKs, TepJ OF lnds arRueu AGAINST TURN