The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-03-08
AN ANNIVERSARY.

INTO BOOT ToPs.
The lessons OF history and of expert
ence teaching by examples demonstrate
that poor countries are generally moral
countries that none bat the weak are
tolerant, and that even as corporations
have no souls even SO people ana com
munities have no gratitude. Under the
impulse of immediate circumstances
masses of men may be muniiicent but
they are never lastinglv grateful. This
has been shamefully demonstrated 10y
the treatment melted out to the Indians
Of New England. New York and Penn
svlvania. The only government which
has ever treated the red man with com
parativeiv consistent justice was. and
is. Great Britain The Dutch were
equitable 10 q great degree. but their
power was - circumscrihcd and when
definitely established. 80 short lived in
the same region which they coionzed,
that the historian can only hope that
the honesty displayed by the first set
tiers from Holland would have endured
with the increment of their numbers
and the extension of their dominion.
The knickerbocker can boast with pride
that his forcfa,hcrs obtained the site Of
our present metropolis. New Amster-
cam, now New York, by purchase, and
not by fraud or hv violence What a
contrast 10 the course pursued by the
Puritans. who repaid the welcome and
hospitality OF the ahorigiucS hy cNter-
minatiOn, or by slavery. or worse. much
worse. What a fearful list. beginning
with the great sons Of the hosplablc
Massasoit. and ending with Tecumsch
The last. who had saved so many pris-
oners from torture and slaughter. was
ilayed after his death ia the Battle of
the Thames, and the skin which cover
ed the body Of a Paladin like those of
other chiefs in 1919. converted into
razor strops or boot tops or some such
other shocking purposes by white men,
with their lights and advantages. more
savage than the noble chief,ain they
stigmatzed a. savage
One hundred wears ago the Congress
of the original Thirteen States ratified
hy Il sweeping vote what might bee Justly
STYLED Re-oiuriua OF Vengeance In
whatever -pril Il originated, iIs results
mas lcil stain upon American history
lis ~xccuiion was directed hv malice"
and completed without rcmor-c or pity
There we're generous hearts among
these entrusted with H. application
, hui, among line thousands bearing the
steel and the touch these followers OF
the great cXcmpiar constituted a little
flock"
This Resolution pl Vengeance was
directed agalrsl lie Romans If Amer
lea. the Confederation Of New York
Indians. WI" Tor centuries had presented
the greatest proofs not only Of admin.
is,rarivc POKER of military prnwr>s aud
Of social development, ever exhibited hv
the Red Men. Like the liarritt
tha,rie -hogU Of he primitive Grrman,
their war whoov Lad been the signal Of
desperate courage and ronqucrins en-
tcrpri>c from tine Lakes to the Gulf,
from til" Atlantic 10 the Mississippi,
aud perhaps even into the region then
uneXp!ored hv white men and almost
unknown To ,h'" beyond The Father OF
a'et'
lhelr victorious haiii" h"lhS form
cha'h OF mem"rahir exhibitions "i the
soldiers vaior and renown. from the
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SOL was soaked with loyal blood, ITS
ridge was 'Hms"ned ~ the conflict
al a""i's'ha' "">iN a. gallant - the
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For over century The colonies Of
New En-.and ami the Province o. New
lprA i"nHa III TIE N"ha"k~. or SIX
Nations, barrier against France and
k"manlsni. How often did thcs" noble