, 1876-07-10

''7ht cmbattlcd nrmch wait Thy sign 10 sfAJ,
M fHi naa sRsa ..t a. sss as nsESi y
hnyc no desire To underestimate tho guilt Of
these who pcrpetEatch this awful massacre; yet,
on the other hand, would not he tnmil,liul
q the manner IN which these Indians l,ayo ecsl'
hloctl. No one will deny Tint t1lcr sarnEc m.
Tires have hocn fed abundantly with wrong. Let
us remember, naso, that whatever their former
deeds . may saye bcc IN s present e Sc
dIvistons Of armed men were advancing upon
them from different t1ircetions With tho purpose
OF destroying tllcm. Their tents were nre.l up
9 thsT sa L. rs not s
tho cruel bolAncas nf desperation. We cannos
bnt mourn tho death Of that fcar1esA bantl nf
men whose bodtcs now lie t1tittlr'cd ~ the vii
lcrncss. Yet let II be horne in mind that their
lives wero offered up rs sacrifice to the nn-
non's greed, and falsoness, ana dlslIos,nr.
God Ia ttamrlfng ont the viatngo where The grapes
lie hath iaoset tio stoia lightning of Ills terrible
His truth Ia marching oni
II. hut what IL to be tho fannl issue Of this
disaster, and where shall remedy be found Tor
In The lrst plnec, 1t Will he necessary 70 ia'ict
nj sss 20 sSi mael ~ ts s"se sst q ma1dss
which was done largely II 5clt-lefGn.c, rs for
fold cri1nes that preceded IT, Tho fact that these
crimes wero wrougit under provoeaton duss not
clear Tho tho skirts Of tho otEcndess: 1twtll bc
ecdtul TIM. holy tefrGr OF oi.or,w thS lnw ad
. our oss dovcrn'nent should Ss eakindis'l il
Their savage 'hrcnsts. With the popular
demand for their extcrminntiou I lavc
no sympathy At all. Wca not living III th9
bc very easy thing for Gen. Sheridan 70 mArcf!
against them with ten regiments OF soldiers aud
Wipe this whole Indian tribe from tho face Of
tho GARTH; hut whether cutting tho, GordIa1i
oi Tho God !" WHO hath mat.c mud PRESERVED us n
nation" is worth considering. No deMbt this
would DO the quickest why out OF the difficulty;
but It would leave us with our cscutellcon yet
swcr @ for. We cannot afford It, No nation that
Inns adopted that mode Of dealing with its pcn-
plc OF oven With its foreign foes hns ever yet
i,rospcrcd. Thcrc arc other methods, slower IN
we'll adapted to accomplish the desired cnd.
We have learned from our experience with thuse
engagcd In the great Rebellion TINT mercy is not
always inconsistent with the trucst and most
tar.sectng policy. Tho leaders In That Civil var
dians arc, yut wo found II wise to forgive them.
It Is not becoming In nation that has won tho
worlds cstccm BY Its broad ottcr OF amnesty. to
rebels, to draw the flaming sword of externina-
matter how guilty and deserving Of death they
| may be. Let them DO dealt with in u nati-
| ncr consistent With the dignity md honor OF q
! Chrissinn Government, nnd OF one TINT, even
| In large degree responsible for tho crime.
| In tic second place, let those Of our own clti.
zcns who, by iniuring aud defrauling this md
other savage tribes hayc Eo1dea then to aesas ,,,
man, searching for gold, inyadss ~ Indian
md not cornpasecd about W United States
troops sent On to the frontier for tho express
| (,,r evtj ipai Jf a
white man Kills m Indian, lot him be adjudged
| guilty OF murder and hanged BY the neck till he
Il dcail,-who ever hcard Of the llkca II he ca.
ters wlgwnn and does violence 70 tho property
tile person, OF tho vito Of on Indian, let hiI
suffer accordingly, Let traders be forced to Oh
scrre tho common laws Of right and honesty
and let the solo Of Intoxicating liquor be, II moi
prohibited among thcm, ut least restrained ,,
where. Tho fact is, We hayc all along been re
gnrtlng these Indians as law)ess beings, mt
havu met them always oil their own ground
treating them with absolute lawlcssncss. Fo
But But il il wcro onco understood among them tha
their rtghte-those which ssall men {evcn In
iars) nro born viii, THAT their rights ot ''lif
and liberty and the pursuit Of happlncss" " wcr'
mont, there is little doubt that they. would los
their anger and vndistyencss, ,a'itl perhaps Il
courso u time, they might, as osle1e 1ave, ~ bG
come ylrtuous and iaw-abiding citizens. 1t !
AZ lE0AL WOEku u LElAls
In tho third place, tho grund remedy for TIL
evil, as for ali others like It, must be sought 70
In thut graeo Of God which leads US to Icgar
all mcn, whatever thoir color or character, a
s'a KS 'qa Erest srotherood @ ts1e WA eve
n time when the Church should cry aloud IN til
words that Paul uttered on Areopagus, Go
l,ath mndo OF blood all the nations OF men !!
struggling, With most ndmirab!e spirit ot r r:
, tlcnce md hopefulness against the thick ba
, riers OF prejudice and caslc, need us to lccla,
! TINT they arc men: Tlc Chinese. cfowding !
our Pacific coast from the persccuttons o. o. IN
) they may rest tho solcs Of their, fec
! whipped, stoned, spit upon, rcy!lcd even In Q!
political platforms, +" denied the refuge Of u
, sivtl courts, treated more like dogs th9
Ss2 cSa1sS ia 0ens ts name ss' Of m m A1Sa %So was
OF us TINT VIC should bcfnend md shield the
ne our fcllow.mcn, And thcse Indian tribe
1ehninclites with every man against them, WI
and while tho vo!ccs OF tho multitude arc rase
= In a demand that they shall be utterly exte
VICE. % s1 e s eesssgs ae IL : %f9
Q 1athcrhood, and It doyolycs upon us, SO fur ns
us lies, to SEQ that they arc at least Justly dc1
3 with. Let us stand aluof, therefore, from I
! conference Of those who aro crying out for t
blood Of these poor, degrudcd tribes, md,
: Christians, lat us dare to be ChristlIko in as
> Ing mercy and not Judgment in their bcla
Q VIZ may thus do somewhat to hasten tho d
: when Barbarian and Scytlian, bond and frt
u shall stand on the samo broad lcycl OF humanl
J. With Gods banner Of lore over nll.
). Its coming yet
y That mnn IN man !he who!G wnrld o'cF
u Shall hrpthcrs b. for n that!"
;, In tho meantime, let us prny for these da
sons Of tho forest that God would make b1
Ills arm IN their behalf, aud asscrt Himself
tho champion Of their rights oven rs now lie
=, proving Himself to 10 tho aycngsr e.; nf n l.
@ ing aid enlightened truth, tho Gospel Of
r well.bclovcd Son, mny. be made to appear
o their eyes as worthy Of nil accGpiattnn. Til
., Ia no other hope for this rapidly expiring ra
N They nro waiting, with eyes yet ilullcn, to !
sr the wonders Of that truth; w0itlng for tho d
u sprlng from on high to ariso upon them; vi
r ilg for tho "manltcstation Of tlu sons Of Oot
~ ~ SECOND ANNIVERSARY
10 sERMoN Ut TIM REV. D: u. cHEaEY.
to The Rev. D. D. Cheney preached tho sect
rk anniversary sermon fn the Fourth Dap