The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-02-26
senator NcSrccry .

States. At Washington he has been
notable and distinguished man, his
massive and imposing presence al
WAYS commanding attention. On
Monday, 10Th inst. he made his final
address upon the Indian Bill This
bill contemp,rtes the transfer of the
management of the Indians othc War
Department. Ii having been noi>ed
abroad that our Senator would make
his farewell speech, the floor of the
Senate and galleries were crowded to
listen to the last eloquent effort of the
Senator. In an almost inimi,able
manner, he skeichcd the rapid settle
ment OF the gold regions with gangs
of prospectors, delving. blasting
sweating. swearing and praying for
gold" The solemn treaties, compacts
and agreements made and broken with
40, the poor Indian" until he be
came a vanderer upon the face of the
earth. "If he raised his battle-ax in
defense Of his home. n court of death is
summoned 10 decide the issue. and,
right or wrong, the Indian looses. I"
The peace policy in dealing with the
Indians he declares a flat failure. and
considers it great mistake that ever
a preacher was called into the Indian
service" result that might have been
expected from the mirgling of religion
in the affairs of State. The orator
pauSes to administer as sarcastic a re-
huke TO the 'pcace policy as we have
read in many a day, aud advocates
the transfer ofthe Indian affairs TO the
War Department. The peroration is
so affecting. we give il entire, merely
saying that at it, close the galleries
applaudel loud and long, when the
Senator was overwhelmed with con-
CALCULATIONS:
AT the closIpf the Nez Perces war,
Joseph aud about half his tribe were
set,led in the northeast corner of the
Indian Territory and very near the
Missouri line. They did not find
health and happiness in their new
homes, but they found disease and
death. The yellow fever, the scourge
of the Southern States, in its most ma
lignant form never left such a death
rate in cisy, town or village as afflicted
these lndi3ns during the months of
August and September last. During
those two months | was iuformed that
20 per cent. OF their number had per-
ished. You could read i'm their mel
snehoiy faces the story Of the terrible
visitation. Their tents were silent AS
the tomb save when wall arose, which
must Lave been for the dead. solemn
aud impressive as anything that ever
fell from the pulpit or altar. Their
religion even in the forms of express
sion seemed 10 bear a wonderful re-
semblance TO our own. DO unto
Others as you would have others do
INTO YOU" was pronounced by Nez
ferces lips in tones so earnest and per-
suasive that it sounded ike a last ap-
peal IN behalf of dying race. As
they dwell upon the possibilities of
restoration TO their old homes and their
carly friends, CLEAN of hope would
throw momentary light before them.
10 be driven away by the shadow of
the cloud which hangs over them by ,
day and by night. The climate and
atmosphere Of their present locality af. |
feet them like 4 slow and deadly pois-
on. If they stay where they are,
Judging the future by the past, two
will die to every one that is born
among them. They were reared in a |
land where the water is so transparent
that you can count the rocks in the
bottom of the streams, and where air
Is so clear and SO free from impurities
that you can see an object at a distance
Of twenty miles as distinctly as you
could across the Patomac at the Long
Bridge. They cannot withstand the
damps and fogs and malaria of the In.
dian Nation. Ifthey were sent there
as a punishment, their crimes must
have been great. Joseph took up arms
10 resist the force which had come to
drive him from his country. In his
warfare | have never heard it charged
or insinuated that he was guilty. of
single act of brutality or savage feroc-
ity. Ifsuch a charge were m lde |
should require the most convincing
testimony before / would believe il:
for such form and such a face never
covered the heart of a villain. He
met force with force in "a cause which
he believed 10 he just, and was van
pushed in the fight. He has lost his
lands and his horses, and is now pris-
oner and an exile. Will a great and
powerful GDvernm .nt finI more sails
faction in applying the slow fortunes
that lead 10 certain death or in gen.