Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-21
THE INDIAN WAR AND DEMO
CRATIC ECONOMY

The Nsz-Perces Indians In Idaho
have begun = war Of determination
against the white people Of the Tori.
tory. Numerous other disaffsctsd tribss.
whs have been cheated BY Government
agents. and svindlsd by white traders.
have formed an alliance with the Nsz-
Psrcss. and = general Indian war is nov
imninsnt in the Territory. We all
know what an Indian war means. Il
means the indiscriminate slaughter Of
men. women and children. When the
blood Of the savage IL oncs aroused hs
stops for nothing. The victims Who
fall into his hands are subjected 70 all
the torturss which Indian Imagination
Can invent. Mercy il . word unknown
to their language. They nght to kill.
and they kill to amuss themselves.
They recognize the claims Of neither age
nor sex. AL arc alike nt subjects for
slaughter. 1t Is no wonder. then. that
the citizens OF Idaho near the seat Of
war. ars flying from their homes. and
sesking safety In the cabins Of strangers.
They know the reuorseless nature Of the
foe with which they have to deal. and
they are making . very practical appli-
cation Of FAlstaff's thte apothsgm.
Discretion is the better part Of valor."
The first battle in this new Indian war
has BEEN won by the savagss. The small
body Of troops which were available to
send against them has been almost lii.
orally wiped out Of existence. This
might have been anticipated. The SOL
diers numbered q hundred and Atty. all
toll; the Indians were counted ct
twsnty.iv hundred. The odds alone
were terrible. but besides this the In
dians knew their ground. while the
whites were In an unknown wilderness.
They were surrounded and slaughtered
like 40 many sheep. II Was an awful
disaster to the United States. . grand
thing for the hostile savagss. Other
tribes, hearing Of this victory. will coms
to the conclusion that the power Of the
nation Is not 50 great after all. Bslisv-
ing this. they will join the Neg Peress.
and . general Indian war in Idaho will
DO the result.
And the conclusian Of the now peace
full Indians will Be fully justified BY the
facts In the case. Here Is . little mis-
cradle company OF one hundred and
nifty men sent out 10 meet aforcs nearly
twenty times their number. aud 10 rep
resent the power aud dignity Of this
great nation. What would Be the log
teal deduction Of IN ignorant savage
who knows nothing sIcep, facts that are
brought directly to himp Naturally and
reasonably that We have no army to
bring against him. and that instead Of
being strong. as he has believed
US TO be. we are weaker than be.
Aud in forming this eonclu.
sion the Indian would not shoot
very wids Of the mark. A nation with.
out an army sufficiently strong to pro-
tect itself against enemies within. to
say nothing Of enemies without. Ia
weak indeed. She deserves to learn .
lesson. and tho probability is that We
shall learn IL daring the progress Of
this new Indian war.
We are now about to reap some OF
the harvest which has sprung up from
Democratic economy" The layt House
Of Representatives refused to appro.
pirate money for the sustsnanes Of the
army. The ostensibls plea was, that
we needed no army. and that money
must be saved for the people. The real
object was 70 make political capital for
Samuel j. Tiljsn; to capture the votes
Of poor men who never pay any taxes.
hut Who are made by the denagogues
to believe that they are being ground in
the dust by oppressive taxation. The
result Of this failure to appropriate
was. that u great many soldiers have
bseu discharged. while those who re-
main in the service will receive no pay
until Congress meets in October. II they
Il, then. Consequently We have moth.
ins like nm available force to send
against the Indians in Idaho. and the
probability is that success will make
them bolier. aud we shall find ourselves
engaged in a war which may net be
ended for years.
The beauties 81 Democratic ''ecouo-
my" are unfolding themselves just now
ia grand style. Gen. sherman has been
applied to by Gen. Mcdowell for an
extra supply Of Indian scouts. The
answer was that no money was appro-
pfis,.dby the model Democratic House.
and that therefore no more scouts could
is engaged. These scouts are absolute
" necessary In the prosecution Of an
Indian war. Without then our army
supposing We had an army-would b
useless. But Democratic ECONOMY
steps in ami tells us that We cannot have
Oh. requisite number OF scouts. The
Indians may go on numbering s~ettlsrs
and d'fyin: the Government. and We
IRE powerlsss to check them. oh. the
leau'ies OF ECONOMY whvn will
the pcopl. begin To learn that Democrat
10 ECONOMY" Is n sham ? When will
ths people begin To learn that true
economy CONSISTS in providing, for
future contingencies and paying reason
ably for the provision ?
TINS Is ,ouehod for by the Boston
Tnfrelsr NJ being as true as most Of the