, 1876-09-04
aha Has Something to Say on the
indian Question.
MIN Rev. Mr. Burrell and tie Olorgy
Generally Hauled Over the
Goals.
Mr.. Lo No Better linn n rerizzitc, aud
Should Do Trentci Similarly.
rao 1;ttlo ekin-Gamo" that William
Penn Played upon tie Unsophisti-
Gated Aboriginoa.


7,tpz1o. Saxony, Aug. G.-TAn TRIBUNE has
....,'s5 us. with tile Rev. Mr.. Durrclls sermon,
H. whc1 he charges tho Lord with killing aud
N.,lotfur Gen. Custer and his nlcn, In defense
u tin1inn rights. This view Of tic question
Sann..,,n an endless discussion of foreord[nn-
,',r md 1 shall not touch II. Tho reverend
ssr,,emau does not mean what llo appears to
b. ~. Int wIy docs lie rush-n between The In
'sns ,rd The Just punishment OF their cri'ncsa
Thv docs lie set up tllcir wrongs Us plea for
pardonl
,.htod when those savagcs butcher Christian
,conlc, not only with impunlty. but with pre-
miu,nh anil rcwardt .-...-.
Some fifteen ycars ago, poor German woman
+, Eastern Pennsylvania poisoned her husband.
liz, nlea in cxtcnuatlon Of her crinIo was tli's'
nMy man l,o peat me sol 1Icpeat me 80 hard!
,ro mike work go lnooch! Ven my paby sicls
md cry, and 70 do it, lie peat'ncl 1fe make nc
iav mtnc paby III DC corner oy dc fcrcc, and, ven
!, crv, year dc snakes llave ptto It, and 60 to
= md ho pcnt me, oh! 50 pndl ! vas so slcs
.nl no di.el; but ho pcnt me, nnd make mo
vorkl 1 want to leave him, put he take mine
,jl,1er yrom mel Obi coult not pear 1t no
more, au' dnks kivo him soom stuff. aorry
1kll my man, put could not pear 1t no1'c
moTci"
son,o effort was nala TO save the lifc Of this
noor PENNSYLVANIA stayc; but never preacher
ruiscl voice in extenuatton of her crime. Nay,
The religious press 1al Amen! TO tho scntcnrc
that hung her BY the neck until sho was dead
md left her bnbes orphans.
When wh!to or hlack man or woman conf
mits murder, tho whole Influence OF the Pul-
Dit is In favor Of hanging. Then the law as de-
lLycrcd to Moses Is MI inspiration par excellence,
"a wall Of wisdom which forever bars all future
or further progress, but, WHOM the UntcdStatcs
Government undertakes to spread civilization
and Clriatiau Institutions on territory claimed
and held by few warrlng savages, who utterly
.efu.o to live peueeab1y beside my other peo-
pie, .,...
zun CHURCH IS STIRRED TO ITS FOUNDATION.
The Pulpit thnndcrs forthts wrath, alll this Or
tholox divine Informs us that " We arc now
swing In tho lnys of Jcbusitcs and porizzttes."
Will Alr. Burrcll please to rise mud e1plainl
II God, "who hath matlc Of 0ED blood nll ma
liens Of mc,l,n did really commission the d.
pendants Of Abraham tn march from distant
onatry and wagc wnr Of extcrln'nation Oh
coplc who never injured them, but .soms of
yhofa had, OH tic contrary, trontcd them with
hospitality mud Kindness, did He act In accord
ure with any general Inv, Or was 1t u mere OK
rscIsc Of arbltrary pnwer4
Now, wns brought up In church good dca!
,luer thnn the Westminster Presbyterian. and
vas taught by It to believe thut tic lltttftes.
he perzz!tcs, tlie Jcbusites, und all the rest q
hem, had, by the!r crimes, forfeited thsir H5
sraclites as tic uxecutiunors Of q lust sentence.
Was also taught to believe tlins In passing TINT
entence, tho Loru of the Universe neted " ac-
ordance with inllnutablc lava law rcat'irna-
d !u Chrtst's pnruble OF tllu Talents.
TLu la& Ia flint f3ni n trrnu}fnT IN nntf0ra
ldlyiduals auy property, lHpoaes CERTAIN obli- :
ationH; that, II these arc not met, the title s
DID, The chief obligation always Is usei Its
pposltc Ia abuse. A tnan or nntion which does
No who abnses 1t, loses Ills title. Then tile
reator, to promote activity among Ills crea-
ures, gives tho forfeited gilt to some ono who
Thus, iii,y years ago, the blucst Of all tho
resbytcran Churches taught nls principle
hich thee hurch now regards as Darwlniun
leresyvlz.:
TMB PRESERVATION OF THE FlTrEsT,.-
law written on every page VI Nature ata Rerc-
Now, God either never did gtvo Canaan to
sracl, and the Old Testament Is Il false jewish
l!stury; or, In giving II, Ilu was arbitrary. md
,n]usi, Or llc ncted according to Just at'd gen.
raj law.
assume the last proposition, and hts Rover.
nee Gull take either Or both III tlo others, as II
'cst suits Ills purpose. 30 far as my knowledge
b)6ttTT rQCS, LlG OtlSllESA Ql tllIH NnFlu llHa
cen conducted on this hypothesis, with the
Iuglc exception Of o,,r 1ntlIaii system. Every
o,.itry In Tho world ls held by the right Of dis
every aud conquest. Thv lot on which the
Westminster Church stands Is hell BY the right
conquest, Every charter given by the
panial, Frc,lcl,, or English Government, to
iuds III Amcrlca, was founded OIL the right OF
onquest
Pennsylvania Is no exception; for, wliilo Penn
rotestcd to tllr King tat his Majesty had no
4ght to the lu,il, stiff ho purchased aiil thus
cknowlelged that right, und claimed and held
nler It. This aftcr-purrhaso from tho III
lans was thu initial step toward our present
ud!nn systcri; WIS tho ilrst, aud perliaps tho
rcatest, OF our lMdIau frauds. by superior
Inning, hD ptOfcsseuly putcl.AAGl from them
.l.ds Ut Immense value for n few bea.ls s,d
lankuta. Regarded Us mercantile transac-
lon, It was
SHAMELESS swINDL,Es
snrclfgtous obligation, It was nero cant; but
Is SUCCESS Us NIL lndinn trader Is always quoted
seyldcncc that the lntlfans must be grieV0usy
rongcd by ali subsequent traders.
This does not follow: When he purchased,
hny were Ignorant, aHtl Z was easy to cheat
hem; but tnoy Learned that ~ t,ad cheated
!e1n,an1 this Maiu IT harder Tor ais successors.