The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-31
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The indian Protest.

u The IndianS asSctIiVtSue ~ y"
: ,ie,ibcration OF THREE days, rcso's ca taa'.
shey were grateful for fhe Efforts Oh tae
fsnyernlnent 10 save TO then, sac possessions
..a,s a,,,ar* Tor chem and the negroes, ana
~ rith decided euaphssss the continued
, :, Z of the land marked out fos:
them against inroads aea ontrages ny. ass'sa
force. =, ]. xsa
Ia.,ians are inspired and the whole pro
xeediny IS gotten asp by persons wte d's-
ezra sosne way to do same harm, wssae they
cam NOT see: how they are to do any good In
moving along wsfs the slack wv isfea hetero-
peresss settlements. s.5.. ].
= Tae Indian Territory was set apart by inc
Republicans Sr the Indians ana Inc ne.
groes. They haze a great bias 10 iavof o. y.
m;yinp nj, ueeroes and Indians, although
{ .sssI.. i nothing between those races tna Oh,
ssssa, pathetic and agreeable. Al. the very
threshold co the question OF settlement ee's'
there is mass OF impractscabi!ity. Two
races OF People could not be more unns 10
settle a lasyd together, and there can be not
doubt that they can never thus happily SET
tie a land ana make themselves permanent err
occupaats i - q q. e
The Indian Territory is reported to De
rich and fruitful and picturesque. Now, all
who Euow anything know that such land
will never be settled with advantage to the
country save by the white man. He alone
eat, remove the forest and bring tue lano 70
sfIiaeae. The negro will not take part In
ciyiiising the land, and the Indian cannot
He NAV begin the vague and feeble efforts
at systematizing iillage. lie may scatter
about his patches OF industry, unsecured eu. py
any plan that can prolong the >existence: OF
signs of thrift or growth, and the seasons
wifi close, leaving 30 surviving sign OF that
sort Of industry or forecast which gIyes
the remotest promise Of life or improve.
nent in land which deserves the hand OF
industry and patient, consideratc toll: Such c
people are not fitted for such land. 40
matter how many OF them came, at the enc
Of every year it wonld be seen thatfhe Ill,
Iabitants for the land had not come yet.
TIE country would have no settlers untii
the right people came. ~
This has thus far been all the time the
case. What has been will be again. Ihe
only remedy at last will be to throw the Ter
ritory of the United States into the hfst
stage OF the State, and then let the Cauca-
sian citizen enter the arena and carve out
his own fortune. He will establish order
and make State, and in time that State
will stand as one amongst States-States ca
pable OF performing their duty and main
tanning their relations amongst States.
Shall we expect such things from Indians
or negroes? We shall wait long time.
There is folly INDUCED by some very alb
surd politicians that will take another turn
in the wlld,goose chase of this "1ndian !"
drama" 1t willnot last long. The coun-
try has driftcd through number OF these
scenes. The white Caucasian has settled
every State. No other people could. The
fanatics and grannies met together and set
apart the Indian Territory to be settled by
negroes and indians. 1t was an absurd
coDceit-a foolish idea. 1t never cun be
matured. SHERIDAN and bis deluded fol-
lowers may vex themselves with possiblll-
ties that are never TO appear, and be as far Oft
at the end OF their work as when they began.
When they reach that point they will have
to do as has been done in time past--let the
Caucasian come in, settle the land, estab-
Iish mills, reduce the fields to tillage, estab-
lish order, diffuse civilization, partition the
country, elect representatives, and bring
forth government full-fedged and perfect.
This will be civilization and peace and Or
der. This is something better than the vain
and absurd essays OF barbarism to establish
in land cut out for civilization the rule OF
disorder, decay, ard barbarous increase. =.