The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-17
THE INDIA QUESTION.

If IL n precious prnepln In the moral oean-
omy If Now England philautfIopists not 10
ipt thcir zeal spoil their business lhDy Ia
not desire or design Indian outrage for lis
own sake but tho stock in Indian philanz
threpy II good stock. Tho perpetual peace
commission. and The periodical howl avar the
cruelty r. tho n0fle savage practical with
rifle mud topo undar tho old ayeten If the
War Department. is the Christian element
through which the interior Department has
been retained as the theatre Of Its operations
Tho heavy invoices of supplies OF every de-
ecrption for tho reservations, spoiled nui
worthless. got furnished by the phlanthro-
pstss at the highest market prices for perfect
ami first quality goods. Il the chief CONNER
oial Oh business nlemonf After every Indian
massacre II border people comes an exposure
ef thi4 raEcality. and the public mind IL In
dgaant for season at the vilainy, which.
nevetthplnss has gone ON the even tenor OF
IL way for moro than thirty years. An in
stalment Of popular Indignation always To-
wives the sicbly and exhausted purpose OF
restoring Indian affairs to tho army
But Mr.. Welcb. or, in future. some other
missionary. ~ that sincere and esti-
mahle gentleman has. we believe, lately
loft these lower reservations, steps in
with tho cflelty SCHEDULES furnished him Nv
the merchant pailanthTopist. and lis gospel
treatment which he supplies. aud tho Indian
periodical pastfmes with gun and pony. such
as tho sealptng and murder Of II few scores of
women and children, are made to appear as
little deviations from the even course OF hor-
der life and fade out of tho public mind. The
Nav England member easily manages thu
measure In Congress which proposes to re-
store the Indian }ursau to the War Depart
meW now ranking next TO the French spo-
liation bill IN antiquity. Each now outrage Of
the nohN red man goes through these emo
tiona stages Ut development without other
effect The rasealty Modoes from their lava
hods shooting down our helpless soldiers, and
the troaehefous killing of the lamented Gen
Candy aroused The DISCRIMINATION to send the
copper-skIunod villains ineontnently back to
the custody Of the army. Il was at that time
finally. as every ono Thought to
put an end to tho practice of having our brave
TROOPS called Ia by II commission Of thieves
whenever their game grew too Desperate to
be pursued with tracts. But tho Indignation
balloon hurSted on the hanging Of few Of
the Modoc rascals. which served tho turn OF
the phlauthruplstsa traders quito too we'll
to ho made the subject Of any congratulations
or protest The Custer nasEacrs would not
have occurred, nor any of the atrocities in
which the soldiers have been made Victims III
the army were masters of occasion and were
not merely called III by the robbers. rs police
man at q row. when things grew too hot tor
them.
Now tho Tito affair will rovivo for little
season the old farce In Congress, and another
landmark will be left OF the progress Of
human philanthropy in its Indian Bureau
aspect. The soft representative from come
border vicinity will move the question AMI
bring t. his fo~t tbs ancient from Nassachu-
setts or Maine, and a lively debating society
will be organized for day by send
Ing the question into committee of the
whole, where it will stay till some other
Agent Mee1tr and a new batch OF border vic
Tins furnish the new ovation of another
tribe Of cnpper-sknned murderers, or OF the
same villains under another name The jour
mails Of the country can do but little 10 reIe-
gate the Indians to the charge Of the army
The outraRes will go on till tho people take
the matter np at the polls aud send repre-
sentatives to Congress charged with the