The New York herald., 1876-07-30

VINO KNOW tne lnulan cHaracCer, anu WIN
would go into the war as men fighting for
their homes. Nor do we wish O war of ex-
termination. No humane man thinks of
this for moment. We should be quite
willing to have Wendell Phillips himself de-
termine our peace policy toward these tribes.
First, and above all things, we must put an
end to these fighting parties who wander
over our Territories killing men, women and
children. That is question of self-preser-
vation, of civilization. That can only be
done by a large military force under skilful
command. Once that we have shown Sitting
Bull and his allies that they cannot roam at
will with the tomahawk and scalping knife to
fall on unprotected settlements, and we can
gather the remnants of those tribes and give
them a reservation. Let us put them under
the control of the army. Let us end the
sentiment about tribal governments and
treaties. So long as we deal with the
Indians as tribes and allow them to roam
over vast spaces so long we shall have a
war with every spring crop Of grass. So
we must bring them within the jurisdiction
of the government. The laws that govern
white men must govern them. We must
end these tribal wars, just as England ended
widow burning and child killing in India.
Let us recognize their savage state SO far as
to do what we can for their education and
to enable them to live like civilized men.
That is our duty and the government can
not discharge it with too much loyalty.
The whole question has become one of bar
barism against civilization. Our first duty
is to defend ourselves by an aggressive and
vigorous war; Our next duty is to bring
every Indian under the benefcent influence
of the laws. Let US prosecute the war SO
that we may have n lasting peace.
Terrorism To Be Put q Stop To.
Burglar and assassin would seem to have
become interchangeable terms. The terrible
affair on Brooklyn Heights, in the home
of Mr. Hondlow, shows that the burglar
of the period is prepared, upon interruption
of his nefarious business, to resort to murder
to cover his escape. The burglars have
apparently agreed among themselves the
course to be pursued in certain situations
and the public should be aware of it and
frame theirs. From several indications that
inals of New York believe the time has come
for them to take the upper hand of society
and carry on their avocations with bold
ness and profit heretofore unknown.
The murder of Mr.. Noe, the stabbing
of Sergeant McGiven and the attack
~, all INT
direction. Once convince the general
run of the people that they will be MUIR
dered if they interfere with the sneak thief,
the pickpocket or the burglar, and the
thieves can reap harvest which would leave
Greece or Sicily safe places for portable
property compared with New York or Brook
lyn. This is the state of affairs, broadly
stated, which the criminal classes desire to
bring about. Dolan was caught and hanged;
King, who stabbed McGiven, is in Jail and
should be hanged Kellow, who attacked
Mr.. Hondlow so savagely, may providentially
die of his injuries, but if he recovers and
Mr.. Hondlow should die, he should be
hanged. Burglars count this way:-''If 1
kill him, I'll escape; if wound him and
am caught, it won't make much difference in
my time" He has before his eyes the es-
cape of the murderers of Rogers, Nathan,
Panormo and dozen others. He knows
for a fact that the escape of burglar who
has wounded or killed man frightens So
ciety more than the fate of Dolan frightens
the thieves, because Dolan's case was one in
fifty. He strikes at his victim, therefore,
for his own good and that of his class at
once.
How is this to be met? We have no hest
tation in aaying that the neglect Of the police
to meddle with the thieves, so long as they
can avoid doing so, is principal cause of
this audacty of our criminals. The burglars
are allowed to put up" their jobs without
interference. Bands of pickpockets patrol
the streets day and night, jump on the cars
and jostle citizens on tho sidewalks without
molestation. Most significant Of all, there
is personal acquaintance between the
police and the thieves which is very demor-
alizing. They walk on Broadway and recog-
nize each other under a sort of pleasant
truce. We never hear of these we'll
known thieves being arrested on sus-
picion. The facilities for tho disposal
Of plunder nre very great-a facility which
an active police force could put an end 10.
The remedy, SO far as the police are con-
cerned, is in increased activity the arrest of
suspicious loiterers at unseemly hours-in
word, active prevention MS we'll as active
pursuit. Our citizens should deal with bur-
glars as with any other dangerous animal on
their premises. No man in his senses would
attempt to capture wolf unarmed. 1t is
best to give an alarm at once, to arm ones self
before pursuing them, to use no lights, if
single handed, in seeking them, and to strike
upon the first symptom of resistance. That
crime should lift its sloping forehead so