The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-20

claims have the Indians which civilized
nations should respect2 The Indians
AT Q savages, and therefore have no righ hts.
(As I quote the Gazette from recoilec-
ton, i can only use its language approx
mateiy, but am acting faithfully. Then
the Gazette Tor Randolph says: "Ihe
author of this (my) pamphlet is sentl-
mentalist, and sentimentality Is always
TO be abhored, but sentimentality on the
Indian question is perfectly nsusesting
Whether IN making my plea in behalf
of the Indians was sctusted by sentl-
mentality or not is not now debatable,
nor has this anything to do with the
question. l shall not stop to say now
unfairly the writer IN the Ga
.zete spoke of my pamphlet
when he chose TO make an extract from
the Introduction, and offered that as a
specimen of the entire work. we nave
recognized rights on the part OF the In
dians. We have recognized their owner
shin of the soil; we have dealt with them;
we have made treaties with the "lgno-
rant. bowling, jumping savagef,' Tor II
they had no claims to the soil, why treat
with them at all2 1t is now too late TO
discuss the question Of ownership OF the
soil-the original question. Ny object
was to show that the United States gov
eminent had dealt unfairly with the IN
dams. Was that sentimentalltyI
Ssyages have no rights! What nation
applies this doctrine to its dealings with
the csnnibal Fiji Islanders, or with the
nomadic, sooty races that have heio tnelr
clanish, if not ethnic rights on the banks
of Lake Nyanzs for ages before the re-
searches OF Livingstone brought them
within the ken OF modern times! VINO
ever sought appropriation OF these no.
madic and barbarous races, or who, seek
ing appropriation, would find support
among the civilized governments OF the
world2
And now the Gazette, with commends.
BILE consistency, advocates the passage OF
the bill making Indians citizens. Ii
they had no rights before their ciIlzep-
ship, will they begin to have rights after
they cross the threshold OF CIVILIZATION
When they come in, perhaps Sidney
Lanier will give US an epic, for this d.
dsctic genius is the only writer uncon-
demned by the Gazette, which
never puts in good Wora
where there is a possibility OF
putting hard one. The other day IL
took up Mr.. Leighton's new drama and
endeavored to show that it was "crl6bed,
whilst the brains Of the literary world
have recognized Mr.. Leighton as u writer
of transcendent purity, deep originality
and marked genius.
HAYT, INDIAN COMMISSIONERS.
Mr.. Hayt's appointment as Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs is generally
looked upon as being not only very
improper but u very bad one. one OF
his most earnest opponents IN the SENATE
WAS Mr.. Teller, of Colorado, who did al
he could to prevent the confirmation, but
Rayt rode trlumphantly in on the votes
of Democrats who should nave TAKEN
into consideration Mr.. Teller's obJec-
lions, gathered us they were from a very
accurate knowledge of Hayt's career and
his theory of managing the Indian Bu-
reau.
A correspondent of the Washington
Post says OF Hsyt: "SOlne OF the arti-
cles of Hayt's belief are edltying, viewed
from a moral point of view: First
He believes mat the Supreme Ruler Gre
ated him especially for the office OF In
dian Commissioner. Third
That the Catholic doctrines must be com |
bstted and proselytes to Professionalism
made at any cost" And then the cor
respondent adds, and with good deal OF |
earnesthess: "What task this Ia may |
be seen when it is known that the Catho-
lies claim as converts the members OF |
some thirty.eight agencies, about one
half of the whole number, or lO6,OOO
Indians, brought under their intiu-
euce and al their own cost. 1t
is through the bigotry of such men
as Hayt that the frontier disturbances
are largely due"
HON. wM. MORRISON.
Thechairmanship OF the Texas Pacific
Railway Committee WAS declined ~ Mr..
Morrison, rs he Is opposed TO the enter
prise aud to all subsidies. No man In
the House OF Representatives or even IN
public lie, since the tragic death OF MIR.
Kerr, mas served his constituents so
faithfully and conscieDtiously as Morri-
son. Throughout his policy has been
marked by the strictest devotion to the
highest principles of rectitude and yet
his daily life as n member OF Congress
has been so plain and unsssumlng that
the great city OF Washin Lton knows but
little OF the capacity, innate worth or the
elements out OF which this man Is made.
Mr.. Kerr once said to me, pointing at
Morrison, There's man who, in his po-
litical lite, is rs pure as the Angel Gabriel,
he is noble in his manhood and brilliant
in intellect. | wish the country knew
him as we'll as do. He Is never wrong
and sees farther ahead than any man
we have had since Abraham Lincoln
died. Lincoln WAS political prophet
And Mr. X err WAS rIpht