National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-02-10
A NTBBEE.
"The star OF Empire

This planet, which Ia said TO be following
Horace Greeley's advice about going West
seems to have encountered somewhat similar
fate with the soft-pated young man who did
the same thing for just at present the clouds
have swallowed IL; and what with our natural
children, the Indians, our Burlingame proteges,
the Chinese, and the Mormon interlopers,
Western civilization seems destined to have
ldecidedlya hard time. The deep interest with
which our people regard the Indian was pretty
clearly indicated In the crowd that assembled
to hear what he had to say for himself when
Colonel Meacham held his first Indian council
have to thank that gallant gentleman for
leaving mouse hole open, through which |
crept in, and l would like TO say also that l
considered his speech the best part of the per.
formance; IL is so refreshing in this "glded age"
to see n man thoroughly in earnest about any
thing with no money in it and the source of all
that eloquence must surely be acute enough to
sec that the Indian gamo is q losing ono all the
time, as 1t should be- for wheel within a
wheel produces too much friction, and 1t is no
better In the policy Of nations than in mechan-
les, where 1t Is sometimes unavoidable. This
country Is ono country, and to be truly great
1t must be one nation. IL cannot afford to sup
port secessions of any kind, either civilized or
savage.
But a national government should protect
all its people. even If they do stand in the way
somewhat Of tho wheels of progress. One man
is no bettcr than another IN this Republic, and
the story Of wrongs which was told by that
man Joseph, whose honest face seconded every
word of it and impressed one irrcsistibly with
It's truth, is shame to civilized nation.
What right has the white man 10 wrest
his home and the burying ground of
his fathers from him2 Tho differ
cnce in their color surely cannot
constitute such right, else why all this parade
about ha cnln nd
brother" Right here in Washington you have
most stul born example of a mans right to
his home, even when it Is in other peoples
way. An old negro by the name of Queen
owns shanty on Mcpherson Square, right in
the midst of the most elegant buildings in the
city; he is very Mordeca in the gate of pro.
gress and pride, aud has been offered q hand
some sum for his property, which he refuses
every time, because it does not satisfy his eX-
orbitant demands. Why does not Haman
erect gallows for him, to match the one on
which the Indian swings? Because he fears
he may hang on it himself. Tho negro votes
1t will not do to tell the Indian that he is a
savage, and has no rights on that account,
while white men are far worse than savages in
their treatment of him. he is a reasoning,
sentient being, and what must he think of your
Bible civilization, while you offer Gods word
D with one hand and the muzzle of your rifle
with the other?
l do not believe in the tribal theory, because
l happen to have a weakness for a civilized
government in a civilized country But why
could not the Indian be allowed to hold his
t own property on community principle till
Y he is educated up to the standard for taking
c care of himself? He fears to hold property
alone, because civilized swindlers will cheat
f him out Of it, piece by piece, and 10! a worse
0 than savage government robs him by whole
r sale.
, As for me, cannot say that l love the In-
I dian much there are no laths and plaster in
his wigwam to make barricade for me, and II
there were the forage would be too poor to sup.
port even decent mouse. The fact is the
J Indian is too lazy to work, and when folks 1.-Two
Oh charity they seldom 1.-Two very high. l do
, not like the way he amuses himself, either
think 1t is highly improper fol him to kill and
) scalp his white neghbors, even If white gov
: eminent does furnish him the steel weapons
: with which to do 1t. But l strongly suspect he
s will 20 on doing that same just as long as his
n land is taken from him and given to the whites
and guns and ammunition furnished him in
, exchange. What would you think of an idiotic
!, woman who took the baby's rattle away and
gave it the hammer and lookiug-glass instead
3 to say nothing of her spanking that babe be.
cause he broke the glass in place Of dscours
I, ing dire discord with his rattle?
This man, too, WAS once the natural lord of
the soil. Yet, while he is driven from point to
" point, you harbor in your very midst IN ele-
| u
that, to my thinking, is quite as hard to utilize
as the Indian. The Chinese who live without
y wives and will not even contribute their bodies
to enrich soil, may braid their pig tails un-
y der their own vine and fig tree, and you will
II have to pay good price ere you gather either
q grapes or figs in their garden and yet you re-
ceive with open arms tho poverty and 5qualor
. of China, with it's opium, its lewdness and its
> leprosy, because it can work like draft-horse
/ and live ON rats. believe l prefer the lazy
Indian, for at least he has his own wife in his
wigwam, and will never debauch American
women.
!, And after ALL though the Indian is an OBJ
II stace to Western improvements, and tho Chi
d naman is n mildew upon civilization, 1t Is In
Q the angelic white of the Anglo.Saxon race that
IS the greatest danger to this country is de
S. veloped. The Western Mormon is loath.
: some leprosy that must be cured, or it viii
d spread till 1t rots to the great heart of al
Observation-Disclosures love and peace. The
Indian is a gentleman and scholar beside
Z. that man who dishonors his own mother, hi.
wife, and his daughter. 1t will not do to ex
ID cuse his disgraceful cOncubinage with the mis-
deeds practiced by many in the dual state
Ia Two wrongs never made o right since Adam
n. tried it first by gobbling the biggest half o
:. Ewes apple and then turning States evidenc
v and throwing all the blame on her. God wa
r more just than the jury that convicted Mrs
Id Cobb, of Connecticut, on the sole evidence of
rs confessed criminal, aud sentenced Eve only OF
her own confession 1t will not do either t.
squeeze out sentimental sympathy for thos
D. female idiots who have already exhibite,
c. themselves to the world as vulgar fractions
r. instead of digni6ed integers 1t is good .ioll
Il. for a woman, who herds, like tho cattle, a
n. home, to rustic in her silk to Washington an,
talk about Congress disgracing her, or he
~, children either. To my thinking sho dis
~ graced herself on her so.called wedding day
he and also, assisted by their father damne
es her own progeny to all time aud eternity, too
es unless mercful God assisted by a wis
~ American Congress- shall save the FL
N, ture for them. But this woman pre-
no fesses to fear restitution also, and here
of something tangible from which to protec
ue her. If the Mormon marriage were really
eT sacred institution in tho eyes of those practiC
ny ing it, no adjustment of that relation by oul
ir- side legislation would prevent the Mormo
+, husband aud father from still providing fC
In. those who were separated from him. But
ess course the Mormon wife knows all about tina
he aud she declares that soon as she is prevent
on ed from pandering to his pleasure she and he
~, children will be left to starve. Let Congress
''' therefore prevent this by provision grantin
IN. her certain percentage like divorced wife
nlimOnV and that pronlx cd meas will thus 4