The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-03

land employed the tomahawk Of the red
man the musket of the Hessian to muir
der Americans for the crime of defend
ing their homes. Twenty years ago the
generals of England shot off the hapless
Hindoos from the lannon's mouth for q
like offence. George Ill, according to
the Declaration of Independence was
monster who ''waged cruel war against
human nature itself
a prince whose character is marked by
every act that may define tyrant." If
the Declaration of Independence tells
the truth this King of England was
most inhuman savage. And yet on the
Fourth OF July last the coroneted brow
of this ferocious and tiger-heartrd Eng
lish barbarian, painted on canvas and
put in!a conspicuous place, was deemed
worthy to grace Independence Hail.
in the very same room where one hum
dred years ago that very day his savage
acts were proclaimed to an astonished
world, and the New York Herald says
we should recall his memory with ire
spect and admiration" for the heroic Ell
forts put forth by him to '.save" his pos
sessions; while England, whose parlia-
ment legalized King Georges atroci-
ties, is glorified by the hunky press, of
which this Herald is chief, as holding
the front rank among the civilized ma
items!
1t is not our purpose to open up the
Indian question, nor do we feel called
upon Just here to assail or to defend any
act OF any man ON either side OF the
present story, but however people may
| be divided on the question this howl
about determination is a most ruffianly
and unchristian one. To cherish such d
sentiment is as hurtful to ourselves as
it is to the Indians. ''Exterminate
them" Are these men christianized?
Are these journalists civilized? Such
acts and such sentiments are burning
disgrace to the American name. One
could scarcely believe, did he not see
these things with his own eyes, and hear
/ them with his own ears, that any man IN
this land would have the impudence to
give them publicity. But these men are
not Americans. They may have been
| Uttered on Americas soil but they should
not on that account, be saiuted with the
honorable title of Americans. Let them
be recognized rather as the descendants,
by blood or in spirit, of the brutal To-
ries Of century ago who warred against
Justice and sought to perpetuate the
reign of fraud and wrong over men o.
all faces. That is what they are. Dive
below the surface aad you will find the
cause of this savage howl about eek
termination" 1t is the nature of the
beast. Scratch a Russian and you'll
catch Tartar. Scratch John Bull aEt
you'll catch savage. Scratch hunky
or hireling Bohemian-who eternal.
bores you about English civilization
and You'll catch soulless-slave. Ih'
,, Hessian quill-driver OF to-day is en-
gagged in the same cause that the hes
sian cut>throat OF q hundred years az
was employed at, and is d creature to y
despised quite as heartily. Both are dt
void Of principle. Both work and high
only for their feed. The literary Hes
sian is not supposed to be quite as lg
) norant as the brute-iorce Hesslan, bu
what he lacks in stupidity he more tina
makes up in roguery and, therefore, n
!. is more dangerous to the cause OF civil
zation and, rightly considered, should
deemed the greater toe to the true int
/. ests of America.-Irtsh World.