The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-12-15

Of indictments against persons formerly CON
nectod with that service, accusing them OF
cfienees against the United States. have en- N
the conduct Of the cases on the part of the Gov
elnment, and upon the eminent counsel, who,
c cenofc \. ny accession to the Presidency, were
cutting with he utmost vigor Of the law iii
ess .61 ,, who m. may BE- found charseable with
m. 81. +s unH1T1D STATES coUn1s.
tetn Of the courts Of the tinted states. q fie.
Il % dss saSsre% increase Of
n our Federal tribunals became greatly ex-
panded after the close Of the late M. 60
l0n& - that expansion might be attrib-
which the oo%@nsy Sona i Ssast i%m.d T.
reqSired that no change g made in tie
Il has now become apparent that an im.
mense increase Of litigation has directly ne,
s salted from the wonderful growth and devet
for belief that the business of the Gnited
states Courts will ever be less in volume than
ct present. Indeed, that It is likely to be
Se1 Il tie iaas tha y
Eess has already given much consideration to
this subject, make no suggestion as to detail,
may rsS IN cs
early relief to our 0ver-burtlened courts.
ARIZONA.
The Acting Attorney General also calls at
tention to the disturbance of the public tran
guilty during the past year in the Territory
Of Arizona: A band Of armed desperadoes
Known as cowboys" probably numbering
months in committing acts of lawlessness and
brutality which the local authorities have been
unable to rePress. The depredations of these
cowboys" have also been extended into
Mexico, which the marauders reach from
the Arizona frontier. With every dispo.
sition TO meet the exigencies Of the
Of authority to deal With them erectaai:
"; The punishment of crimes committed
within Arizona should, ordinarily, of course,
De LEFT to the Territorial authorities. But 1t Is
necessarily tend to emtfoil the United States
with netghboring Governments should not be
aec1a a 9 .s crimes against the United States:
Section 5,sss forbiddine Military eIpeditions
Ir enterprise. AGAINST friendly States:
your body, / have preferred 70 await SUCH le r.
tslation % in your wisdom the occasion may
seem to demand; It may, perhaps, be thought
In our own territory Of br1gandage and armed
marauding expeditions against friendly Ma
lions and their citizens shall be punished as an
G one Sc against the United States win add
torial Government for protection by the United
States against domestic violence" this Gov.
ernment would BE poweriess to render assist.
time when Territorial Governments received
little attention from Congress, enforced this
duty Of the United States only as to State
applied also to Territories. This law seems to
have remained In fO;ce until the revision of
the statutes, when provision for the Terri
or this alteration was intentional or accidental
but az it seems to me that the Territories
snould De onered the protection which fs &C
eorded 70 states by the Constitution, suggest
1t seems to me that, whatever views may
prevail as to the policy Of recent Legislation
posse comitatus, an exception might well be
made for permitting the military to assist the
civil Territorial authorities in enforcing the
laws Of the United States. This use of the
army would not seem to be within the alleged
evil against which that legislation was aimed
from sparseness Of population and other cir
cumstances. 1t is often quite impracticable
to summon posse In places where officers 81
tary force is within easy reach.
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT..
The repeat Of the Secretary Of the Interior
with accompanying documents, presents an
elaborate account OF the business of that de-
Partment. A summary Of it would be too ex
tended for this place. ask your careful
among he matter which challenges the atten
ton Of Congress at its present session is thu
management Of our Indian affairs. While thi.
barrassment from the infancy Of the Govern.
ment, it IL but recently that any effort has
been made for its solution at once serious de
termined, consistent, and promising success,
make-shifts for tiding over the temporary diff.
ncuities, than to grapple with the great perma-
nent problem, and accordingly the easier
course has almost invariably been pursued. II
was natural at time when the National terri
tory seemed almost illimitable, and contained
many millions Of acres far south of the bounds
have been initiated which more than aught else
has been the fruitful source of our Indian com
plications: refer, of course, to the policy OF
rate nationalities: Of RELOCATING them by treaty
sttpulations to the occupancy of immense
reservations in the West, and of encourag
ing them to live undisturbed, and, by earnest
under the influences of civilization. The un
satisfactory results which have sprung from
this policy are becoming apparent to all. As
the white settlements have crowded the Dor.
ders of the reservations, the Indians, some
times contentedly and sometimes against theft
will, have been transferred to other hunting.
dislodged whenever their new-found homes
have been desired by the adventurous settlers
These removals, and the frontier collisions by
which they have often been preceded, have
led to frequent and disastrous conflicts be
tween the races aces, 1t is Rroiitless to , dis
chiefly responsible for the disturbances
the pages Of our history. We have to deal
with the appalling fact that, though thousands
OF lives have been sacrificed and hundreds OF
solve the Indian problem. it had until the past
few years seemed scarcely nearer a solution
than it was half century ago. But the Gov
eminent has of late been cautiously but stead
lily feeling its way to the adoption of policy
which has already produced gratifying results
and which, in my judgment, is likely, if Con
gress and the Executive accord in its support
to relieve us ere long from the difficulties
which have hitherto beset us.
For the success Of the efforts now making to
introduce among the Indians the customs and
pursuits of civilized life, and gradually to afp
sorb them into the mass of our citizens. shar
ing their rights and holden to their RESPONSE
bill ties, there is imperative need for legislative
chiefly such as have been already called TO the
attention of Congress-, and have received, l.
some extent. its consideration. First, recon-
mend the passage OF an act making the laws
of the various States and Territories applica
BILE to the Indian reservations within theiI
borders. and extending the laws Of the
State Of Arkansas to the portion Of the
a6 civilized tribes % The 'f indian should
receive the protection of the law. He should
be allowed to maintain in court bis rights OF
ana He %e%
be very valuable to him in his progress toward
civilization. Second, of even greater impOr~
tA0ce lS q measure WHICH mas Dccn frequently
recommended by my predecessors in Office, and
in furtherance Of which several bills have been
from time to time introduced in both houses
of Congress. The enactment of u general Law
permitting the allotment in severalty, to such
Indians at least as deserve it, of . reasonable
quantity of land, secured to them by patent
and for their own protection made inalien
able for twenty or twenty-five years, il
demanded for their present welfare, and
their permanent advancement In return fol
such considerable action on the part of the Gov.
eminent, there is reason to believe that the
Indians in large numbers would be persuaded
to sever their tribal relations, and to engage al
once in agricultural pursuits, and that It ia
now for their best interests to conform their
manner of life to the new order of things. BY
no greater inducement than the insurance OF
permanent title to the soil can they be led to
engage in the occupation of tilling it. The
wellattested reports of their increasing inter
est in husbandry justify the hope and belief
that the enactment Of such statute az
recommend would be at once attended with
gratifying results. A resort to the allotment
system would have direct and powerful inf1u
ence in dissOlving the tribal bond which is 9
prominent feature of savage life, and which
tends 80 strongly to perpetuate 1t there.
advise liberal appropriation Tor the sup
port Of Indian schools, because OF my conf
dent belief that such q course Is consistent
with the wlsest economy, even among the
most uncultured Indian tribes. There is re
ported to be general and urgent desire on