Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-07
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~ Justice to draft the Military
1nmtttee of the House and compel
I'm this hot weather to go and
~ the Indians? Imagine Ban
InK on foot at the head OF few
rapenies Of half paid regulars,
~ Hewitt, OF the Appropriation
on nmittee, with Blount as COM
oion, doing picket duty Wash
Cf0n Cbr0nicle.
Buncombe and Blatherskite I!
ather send the infamous MEM
~ Of the Ubiquitous Indian Ring,
M Congressmen and contractors
ho have "stood in" with such
klevlng agents as Livingstone of
Ao Crow Greek agency, and his
1r0totypes, who have reduced rob-
Sefy to science, and have stolen
nllscrimInately from the Govern
oent - well as it's wards. These
nfo the men who should be made
Md for powder. How could 1t be
<pected that the half starved Red
oan, for whom the nation makes
Ibornl provlsion, would not be
|<iven Into armed hostility, when
- sees starvation staring him in
he face. Not even the artisan or
1he laborer, though the creature OF
&lvlization, would bear with such
Suppression. How then can the un-
(ptored savage grin and bear il?
There has not been an Indian
TAR within the last decade that has
ut been the result of outrageous
Injustice perpetrated upon the alb
Eotlgines. The spread of civiliza-
bion by no means includes the ex.
tlDctlon of the Indian. We have
10 right TO get rid Of the incon-en-
1ence Of their presence by shooting
fhem down as so many wild beasts.
IL shaping for our wards of the
Wild Western plains new destiny,
Ne must prepare them for 1t. The
Iudiaus must not only be made to
feel and respect our power;
they must be Instructed in the
arts which civilizs-in agriculture
prinarily-they must be surround.
81 with schools; anl where, with.
nut extraneoi- istluencp, they pre-
f.r the ministra JUS If c!ergymen
of any particu ar iaith, their choice
should be promptly fulfilled.
What has been done with the
Chectaws, Chickasaws, Cherok ees,
aud other tiibes in the Indian ter
ritoiy. shows what can be done
with others by exerting 1.-THE Of
the same energy and less expense
than now attends the system OPP
Grated by The Interior Department
through horde If canting, thiev-
ing agents, who bless God that
they are not as other men, while
they slyiy pocket nine-tenths of
the appropriations set apart by a
/ tenlga but hoodwinked govern
mont for the maintenance of its
wards. Not long since leading
I indian fighter denounced the prac-
tice Of firing upon starving In-
diane. whsse destitution has been
wrought by the agents of the gov
sr9ment bound by the most sacred
oMigations to protect its wards.
n II Is quite undeniable that Il Q
pontrol of the Indian question
should be tr ansferred to he War
Department.. The experience cf
tle last decade and half shows
the utter folly of leaving 1t TO the
Secretary of the interior, who dur
Ing that period has proven himself
= knave or fool, rarely the latter.
Who eau have respect for a gov
ernment that fails to respect its
treaties with the red men? We
charge upon the Republican party
the responsibility for ali the In
dian massacres that have occurred
during the past sixteen years, in
which 1t has been in power. To
1.s other sins of com mission and
omission, to its other blunders, to
tts sther crimes, must be added
that Of fostering an Ia iian policy y
which has for its essential features
diabolism.