South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-03-05
The Indians and the Negro.

4uo AuO4duo 00O b00 N6STO.
The negro was fret brought to this
country as q slavc--and held in slavery
for over two hundred Years. The In
dian was the first owner OF the soil--by
right beyond which no title deeds can
go; the divine right OF possession. We
make every allowance for tho dem ands
ofprogress-the advance Of civilization
-soscalled--and all that. And yet the
blood Of snake would boil 70 hear the
nasal>twsngiDg hypocrites and outlaws
OF the Radical party whining and she'd
ding the crocodile tears over the wrongs
Of she poor colorcd men OF the South
the while they are numbering tho red
men in cold blood and stealing from
him possessions guaranteed by the most
binding treaties and hottest pledges Of
the United States Government.
! We arc led to these reflections from
tho review Of book, just from the press
by George w. Manypenuy. who was
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs during
Pierce's administration. The author
declares that the Indian has many noble
qualities; that his courage is undoubt-
ed, but that the manner in which be has
been ou;lawed has naturally made him
cruel and revengeful. He details their
wrongs from the earliest period OF our his
tory-presenting picture at once hor.
rible and pathetic.
The white mans aggrcssions date
back to 16l4. In that year, to give but
q single example, one Thomas Hart, a
shp.master, betrayed twenty-four Of the
poor savagcs aboard his ship. and most
cruelty and inhumanly carried them to
Malaga and sold them into slavery
Thomas bart must have been a lineal
descendant of the FIRST Christian states.
man who ever set foot on American
soil.
Rejecting The splendid example oil
William Penn, the Governor of the
province OF Pennsylvania, in 1763, Of
fered bounty for Indian scalps. And
ever since, in respect OF moving the In.
dams westward, removals have have
been brought about, not through ncces,
sity, but with view to plumber and
profit that were expected to result from
the operation.
In 1873 the Winnebagoes and Santee
Sioux were moved to Crow Agency, in
Dakota. Sent up the Missouri river in
steamboats,, they were so crowded to.
gether, like negroes in slave ship, that
ell route three or four died day. Ar.
rived ct the agency they we're fed on
the unwashed entrails of beeves, until
they persisted like dogs on offal, which
no other than O brutal master would
feed his dogs on.
The author relates the blood -curd
ling story of the manner in which a mob
OF Americans aud Mexicans butchered
q band OF friendly Apachcs, in cold
blood, at Camp Grant, Arizona. Chill
dren were shot while asleep, and wo-
mems brains were beaten out with clubs
and stones. "rhe massacre" says the
author, was approved by men of prom
inence and influence in the lie rritory.''
The Idaho Legis lature passed an ACT
to organize Indian hunting'-offerine
500 bounty for the scalp of "buck -
$50 for that of squaw, and $26 for
the scalp Of an Indian child under ten
years Of age. And now como Colora-
dos Governor and her members OF Con
gross TO the front. to declare that the
Utes must gol This, Notwithstanding
the Government, in 1868, set apart "a
them, by solemn treaty obligations, q
certain reservation Ito be Stree from
intrusion forever. Well may this un-
fortunate tribe ask, "What encourage.
ment have we to settle down and be.
come civilized, when, ere we can scarce
ly call our homes our own, we are thus
ruthlessly driven away? If the Gov.
ernment cannot protect US here, VIVA,
assurance have we Of protection from
further aggression, 60 where we mayf
Might we not as well meet death dc.
Tending our right on this spot as Any
otherp
Such arc the groans OF the Indians
as they reach US from the West. Hu-
manity might blush from shame at the
revelation; but mingled with all VIC
daily hear the SWIVEL of Radical bypo
critics, bewailing the fate of "the poor
colorcd men OF the South''--the wellfed
happy and contented freedman, whose
only misery comes Of needing the vii.
famous cant OF such purilanical phari
sees. But The negro has vote-the In
dian has not; and when we reflect how
the form is coddled, csjoIed and swim
died, while the latter is robbed. plum.
dered and murdered, we regret tina,
Bob lngersoll, in abolishing hell, die
not leave the hottest corner unmolested
for tho special benefit OF such specimens
of the Radical persuasion. - Wash ing
ton Gazette.
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