The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-16

| "ltn INC hhne excellence rs IN tnepht, Ill
then, Texas is not doing her duty toward
educating tho colorel race, we do not know
why, or what more she could do. Although
tho white people of the state pay the taxes,
In the main, and Of their means support tn
public schools, yet the colorsd children
share equally with the white children tho
advantages Of the frse schools. Now we
think this is right. The interests Of the
cOlored people in the south are identical
with those Of the white people. Tboy live
here they are dependent upon the cultiva-
ton Of the soil in great degrar fof u Twill
aood, and as the country prospers, they press
p7r They arc citizens among u.s. and the
more capable they are Of enjoying and IN
derstaRding tho rights and privileges aud
responsibilities Of citizenship, the better
citzohs they will mako. If reared in igno-
rNce, idleness follows, and idleness begets
vico and lawlessness, and we have in our
nidst sn element to give US trouble, 10 re-
quiro wslchfulness, to give undue work
for the officers Of the law and tho courts
sad 10 constantly menace and joopRrdzO SO"
cisty. Elevate the mind and the morals BY
culture and We make of the negroes citizens
worthy of tho grand endowment bestowed
upon them by the government. But tho M.
ticle in the Ledger FROM which We took our
heading and on which wa have based thia
articls, embraces the Indian too. Well, why
should not the Indian be educated! We
certainly owe him something. We have
taken from him his lands; wo impose upon
him whenever We want TO and recognize no
rights that he may imagine no has, not even
the right to live, ifa good opportunity offers
to kill him; and why should we not educate
the children Of tho Indian race? The OK
pertinent has been going on for year or
TIVE at Hampton college and tho fact has
been demonstrated TO certainty that
the young IRdian can DO civilized
and made to learn all that books
can teach. This, 10 our opinion,
i, the solution for The Indian problem that
has SO long puzzled tho braias and philan-
thropy sf the statesmen and the humanitEri-
ans Of this country. Provide schools and
send to them the children of every tribo of
Indians under the supervision Of the gsvern-
meut. Let the parents object Just rs much
SIS they please, but take their children, boys
and girls, and send them 10 educational in,
iitutioEa provided for them by the general
government, where they can learn what civil.
cation is ard A pursuits, as well SO what is
10 be learned frem books. Teach them tho
mechanical arts, farming, eIo., the boys; and
aad teach the girls how 10 sew, how to cook,
how to keep houTo, how TO live IS ciyilisad
women live, as well as the lessons of
the text books, and then, .csdinc
them back to the land sc! apart for
them, they will follow industrial
pursuits, instead of living as bruts and go
Ing on the war path whenever the fancy
strikes thom. With such policy uaiciousy
pursued, generation will end the Indian
wars, the expenses they entail, the stsalirkS
of agents and contractors, and We will securo
apopulaIon that is at least peaceful md
prosperous, for an element that il lawlsss,
murdorous, troublesome and vastly sxpsns-
i've. This, wO take it, is common sense
way of settling tho Indian difficulties. II
will cost tho government something fer = few
yeara at least, but if it will stop murder and
make producers of consumers and stop the
expenses of Indian wau and Indian agents,
is it net money saved?