The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-11-28


mar, spelling and debating are the order of
the day. The old question, "REsoLvED,
That the Indian has been more oppressed by
tho white man than the negro, = was ably dis
cussed last Tuesday evening. Messrs. Holmes
Taylor aud John Abbott, we've chief disput-
ants. The affirmative opened with heavy ar.
tillery. threw shells at old Columbus. and adj
vanced his skirmisherx Internationally close to
Sambo's works, and fiually carried them by
assault. History and the daily news, although
partial. prove beyond 4 doubt the resolution
true. and it was so decided, notwithstanding
the powerful arguments TO the contrary. TO H.
lustrate the sunrrings of poor sambo. It was
shown by the chief disputant that poor me-
gro family, consisting Of father, mother,
and two children, who once lived happily
together somewhere near The Ralk y
Mountains on the banks Of the Chick
ahominy, in the State of Kentucky, were
ruthlessly torn from their happy home by the
monster white man and sold into bondage,
scattered like chaif to the forewinds Of heav--
en- never again to see each other. The argu-
ment had stunning effect and for time
threw us into terrible state of lameutation
and geographical confusion, but IL soon trans.
pired that John had probably been roughing
it on the Pocono, and from that high stand.
point, Of course considers the Balkans q con-
tinuasion Of Catskills and the Chickahominy
the south branch Of the Danube. So after
smart little chicken hieving story by the OPP
position, We were again able to regain our
level, but we had no sooner become squarely
balanc I'd before an anvil exploded right in
our midst, which threatened annihilatiou both
to white man and Injin." It spoke IN thun-
der-tones of tho suffering Of poor Sambo,
even in this enlightened age, to say nothing
of the days Of Slavery-how he is compelled
to work at ten per cent. discount on his days
labor, with scarcely shoe to his feet, aud be-
tween signs and groans, gnaw the bones,
while the white man eats the meat and after
dragging out wretched life of toll, starva-
ton. and oppression, he must be dragged
out into the cedars and buried like mule.
and his suffering still continue from the fact
that he hasn't been decently buried. But
that we think depends more upon the kind of
a life he led not SO much ON West Amweil
or the cedars. II Mr.. Bishops argument in
regard to the chickens IL true, the case is Ger
tainly in doubt. g #@9
Mr.. Mathews read from newspaper Sit
ting Bulls declarations, in which Mr.. Bull
enlarges upon the uncertainty and foul deal
ing Of the white man. aud might have repeat
ed Mr.. Bulls recent Prayer to advantage,
wherein Mr.. Bull invoked the Great Spirit to
strike dead the first, and every man that told
a lie. Poor savage he did not know the ex-
tent OF his request. e GA
Mr.. Tutor, on the negative, challenged the
opposition to reconcile this little bit of thought
" Which would you choose--to be driven west
over the Rocky Mountains, that abound in
game and tuckleberries, or be carried off to
a foreign country and reduced to slavery -
Thus the last ditch was handsomely carried
BY Gen. Bishop, who attacked the position
with such impetuosity rs to compel the gar
risen to surrender Internationally. He said
the poor Indian was shot down in his track
before he reaches the promised rocky land
He also gave us an illustration Of the whiskey
frauds perpetrafed by the white man how
the Indian was cajoled out Of HIS property by
an internal application of black water one
second, aud pony for the third, and so ON.
until the robes and ponies we're all gobbled up.
when white imam crked his bottle, put 1t
clear down to the bottom Of his coat-tail
pocket. packed the robes and ponies aud
left the poor Indians destitute. The General
might have truthfuly included the white man
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