The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-10
LEE INDIAN WAR.

the most skilliul Ia war, perhaps, ot the ihs
dams with whom our government has to DO.
Tboy are well armed, know how TO use their
weapons and In their natural fastnesses' the
mountains and canons oftheir country, they
will provo to besN formidable enemy. II
Captain Jack, with his mere handful OF
braves of the Modoc tribe, could With
stand the whites 80 long,
and commit such havoc 10 the
lava beds, the Apaches, superior in numbers,
superior 10 warlike skil, superior in bravery
and cunning snd 10 the midst OF hills and
dels so inaccessible IA 10 be wol nigh linz
p,egnable, will prove to be more formidable,
and II thi, war caauot be nipped in tho bud
cannot be stopped al once, In our opinion
there Is 10 DO much Of bloodshed and de-
slruction of property, rs well as OF eIpsndi-
ture by tho government. We have not tic
exact data before us right now from which
to give the exact strength OF the Apsche',
but 1t 10 not an Insignificant tribe by any
means, counting the Mascaleros 10, which
10 branch Of this tribe. Further
m IRE, II Is exceedingly probable that their
near neighbors, tho fierce and releniles
Navajoes will take part with thsm In war
against tho whites and there will be hard
service and hard fighting indeed. Governor
Wallace, OF New Mexico, having officially
appealed TO Adjutsnt- General King, of this
state, for Information rs to the modus
operandl of the organization of tho state
rangers, with a view 70 the formation ofa
similar command of territorial troops with
which to operate against the Indians, NO
SEQ that no has been telegraphed to by two
gentlemen OF Austin, Major Pitts and Colo
nel Win Lambert, to know il he will secept
Of the services of regiment OF Texas ran
gers for service against the Apschel. We
arc not aware that there is my
specially significant in this ollor aside from
the position aud standing of tho gentlemen,
making it, Captain Pitts is ox-clork of the
comp,roller's Office, a position no filled for
some seven years. He filed a prominent
position OF tho staff of General Henry h.
McCulloch 10 the confederate army during
tho lnto war, is gentleman Of eSsy means
snd fprominent standing al Austin ana
throughout tho state indeed. Colonel LAm-
bert is chief clork OF tho house of r0presen-
ts,ives and sidde-camp to the governor in
the state militia, with tho rank of colonel,
and living at the state c.pi-
tai, as both those gentlemen do, their
oiier, ii might be presumed, had
more Significance in 1t than similar ofTer
from another source. There is one thing
sure: the regiment in our opinion, can be
raised in ten days after notice given.
The question is, would irbo permissible with-
out call from the presidents A regiment of
state rangers could not be raised to assist
Mexico against foreign foe, or against In
dians, however pure and disinterested tie
motive and object might be, and il this is SO,
could regiment DO raised ior service 10 o
territory, or in behalf Of another state OF the
union without call Of tho prosident' We,
Of course are viewing tho question from
strictly legal standpoint now, and We
these queries for The
ssks of light on tho question. Tho peo-
pie Of these states and of tho territories are
brethren, aud frsternal feeling AZ VOL as
The feelings Of national pride and patriotism
would naturally prompt tho people of one
state to respond Immediately to aid the peo-
ple Of another state or of a territory against
q cruel and bloody foe waging war upon its
soil, but II the president should make no call
Tor volunteers, or for state militia, could
troops be raised legally in ono state and sent
to another or TO u territory ANY man, or
dczsn men, or thousand men, could with his
private arms and at bis private expense, 60
,uto the limits Of Gu invaded or enemy -beset
state or territory. and being there, give h,s
services in behalf Of n threatened Ieopla,
but could it legally be done other,
wisoG We do not wish to DO undeptood
IS throwing cold watar upon any movement
looking 10 the aid Of tho people OF New
Mexico and Arizona and tho bravo United
States soldiers stStioned out there with vol
untoer from Texas, for blood 10 III ickor than
water and those people arc our friends and
brothers, and they must have what help they
naed, but we believe in a strict construction
and the strict enforcement of its provisions
and therefore we inquire If the constitution
stands in the way of such u movement ~
this proposed by Colonel Lambert and Ma
jor Pitts. As We before stated, there Ia no
trouble, in our opinion, in tho way of raising
the regiment IL II DO permissible
There are, We believe, hundred.
OF young mon in the state
young mon full of courage, and accustomed
70 tho uso of arms, who will respond on
moments warning, and who will bs eflioien,
soldiers, too, from the start. Those Indian
wars arc the bane of our civilization, mon
s,rous incubus upon tho happiness Of our
country. There must be something radically
wrong In our management of the Indiana,
our treatment of the Indian question. Tn,
late movement of educating the Indian boy,