Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-04
GRANT AND TIE INDIANS,

tnclT ltlIuTlcS, hc pu'c ,hchi w uh'oi
stand that they must submit to the
requirements Of their oppressors with
out murmur. Not only this, but he
further told them that they must give
up the homes secured to them by sol
emn treaty, and move into country
which they knew nothing about.
This was tho marrow Of the Presi-
dents cold and harsh speech TO Red
Cloud, Spotted Tail, and other chiefs,
who had been deludcd with the hope
that they were at last to have fair
hearing in his presence, and a long.
sought opportunity to tell of their
wrongs. That expectation was rudely
dismissed at the outset, when he told
them, ~ expect no reply on your
part !" and in the end, when he coolly
turned them over TO the Secretary Of
the Interior and the Commissioner ol
Indian Affairs, in whom they have nc
faith.
Threatened with the power of the
Government on one hand and with
starvation on the other, the poor In
mans have no alternative left them
but submission to this edict, by which
il is intended to rob them Of lands
long coveted by the plundcrers who
infcst the White House. The scheme
was invented by Mr.. Delano as q
means of getting possession of a rich
territory, about the value of which h,
and Others interested with him, have the
most accurate information.
In every aspect this is n scandalous
job, made more glaring and oficnsiv,
by the Presidents completely and sup
port. His son, Fred Grant, and {
chosen set of companions, are now OF
their way to the Black Hills, Lacked
by every facility which the Govern
ment can bestow, to select the choicest
lands in advance of . new treaty
opening them to settlement
Meantime, the army is to keep ont in
truders, whom the gold fever is al
ready attracting by thousand, under
pretence of protecting the rights o
the Indians. When everything il
put in shape Fred Grant is to resigr
his commission in the army anC
then, as a private citizen, with the In
terror Department to sustain his pre-
emptions, the best of the Black Hill
country will pass into the hands of 1
Ring, which has been in process of or
ganization for the last two years. Ant
this is one of the reasons why Delanc
has been upheld so persistently by th,
President, in spite of the proofs OF his
corruption and the demand of thu
country Tor his summary dismissal
He is the pivot upon which this spola
ton has turned, and his aid, therefore
is necessary to ths consummation by
which great fortunes are to- be nc
quircd by abuse of official trusts.
There is one admission in the Presi
dents speech, the effect of which h'
and his advisers did not foresee, wher
using il as an argument to coercc thu
Sioux chiefs into obedience, by threat
ening them with starvation. III
said
'Dy the treaty Of 1858 clothing was guaran
teed to you for seven years, and provisions onl,
for Eve years. The food giren 10 you for he las
tso years has been a graiai'y ." tic part Of Con
gress." |II
Now, although Congress has many
sins to answer for, this is not one o
them for which it can be held to I
strict account The appropriation
made for the support Of these Indians
rested upon estimates sent to Con
gress by the President himself, anc
furnished to him by the Secretary o
the Interior. They are presumed t'
be made in compliance with treaty
stipulation. If not, a fraud was per
petrated on Congress by the interior
Department, in asking for this money
for the last two years, when accord
ing to the Presidents statement not {
dollar Of it was legally due. Severa
millions of dollars were thus obtained
not for the benefit Of the Indians, but
for the profit of the Ring of whicl
the Secretary of the Interior and th,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs ar,
conspicuous member, and the Measur
er Babcock its worthy representative
at the White House.
We have at last reached the bottom
of the peace policy, which was a frauc
from the beginning and soon discov
cred TO be such by the distinguished
Commissioners who were entrappct
into his support by false and dcccp
tive professions. Selfrespect com
PEELED them to resign in a body, wher
they found Delano and his associates
the pillars of corrupt combination
organized TO cheat the Indians ant
the Treasury at the same time.
During Mr.. Lincoln's administra
ton the Indian service cost sl6,03i,
1882, from 1861 to 1865, inclusive
During the last five years Of Grant
from 1870 to 1874, inclusive, il cos
s32, $40, ,S3l. .3S, with a far less number
of Indians to feed and clothc Tn,
difference of expenditure between tn,
two, sl6,5O6,032, represents tn,
amount stolen by the Ring and il
confedcrates, or about s3,500,OOO il
round numbers every year. No won
der they grow rich fast at Washing
ton, and that Grant, Delano, Babcock
Bobcson, and the whole crowd VIII,