The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
FIFTEEN YEARS APART.
Bia Nye, ie Detroit Free Press.

.biil Sye. is Detroit Free psess
 The Amei,can Indian appEoxima,es nearer ,o what man should be mani, ph, sie aiiy perfect, grand in ChsTsotsT saa true io the instincts of his conscience than any other race of beings. clyihsed or unclvihxed Where do ~e hear such noble sentiments or meet ~ith such ex amples of heroism and self saefi,i,e A the history of the AmeT,cAn Indian fur n,shes WneIe shall ~e 30 to hear again such oraiory aS that of Back Hawk and Logans Certainly the te- cords of our so-eaiied oiviiiz a,,on do no, furnish II, and the present century IS de- vosd of ii.
 They were the true ,h,ldren of the Great Spiri. They iivei nearer 10 the great heart of the Creator than do iheir paie-faeed eonquerors of to-day ~ho mourn over Inc !ost and undone con dison Of the savage. Courageous, brave and the soul oi honor. ,he,f eiuel and a~tul destruction from the face of the earth $ 1. sin ot sueh magnitude hhat the re.ios and the people ef America may ~eN shHnk from the lust paai,hmen, winch ls sue ,o 10. oN the assassination ai d. bfsve a faGe as ever bteathed the all of heaven.
 ] Sro.e the above se athing rebuke ol he Amerit ln people when ~as K wears oi ege ran 4c'css the dissertation yesterday. As a general rule II takes d youth is yeafs oi age to affaign congress and }eFk .he administration bald headed The less ne knows about things genef. ally, the more eheeiiaily ~sll he shed H. formation ugh' .nG lett.
 A the ;ifne Nt,fc the ab1ye tiude attack upon the government lad pot seen any lndians, bIt l ..AI fead much Ny blood boiled when though, of ,he ~tongs which ogi "a 1. D d n.eted out ,o .he rcd man. It was at tune when my blood was Jus, ooming .o a ooll that penned ,he above paragraph. Ten yeass later h d changed my vlews some~hat relative 10 Ihe inoian. AEd frankly wrote ,o the governmep, oi the change. When 1 an do,ng the administration sn in- justice. and ] ind II out, l No to the president oandidly and say: Look here, Mir. President, have been do,ng you wrong. You were right and was erron- eous. l am no, pig-heAded and stub born. Jus, admit fairly that l have been hinderiDg the administration, and do not propose io do so any more.
 So wrote to General Grant and told him that when l was $ ears of age 1 wrole d composition at school in which had auaisned he pc sple and the ad- miIis,raiion for the course taken toward the Indian. Since that tune l had seen some Indians 10 the mountains at a distance and fofa what l had seen of them ] WAS led 'o ,eiie,e ihs, had mis- judged 'he people and the executive. | told him that so far AS possible would Ike to Tepalr the great wrong so done in the ardor oi youth and 10 once more sus. tam ,he arm of the government,
 He wrote me kindly and sad he ~ss glad that was irieodly wilh the govern uient again, and that nov he ssw nosh- ing m the ~ay of continued national prosperity. He sad he would preserve my letter in the archives ss treaty of peace bet~een myself and the nation tie sad only the aay before he had ob- served to the cabinet ,ha, he didn't care tSo cents about var ~ith foreign na- ,ions, but he would ike 10 oe on peace footing with me The country could stand outside interference better than in- iestine hostility. do DO. know whether ne meant anything psrsonAli by that or not. Probably moi.
 He sand he remembered very yell when he Grs. heard that had 4,szcked the Indian policy of ;ke Cnsed States iE oae of my sekeo sss4 s. lie s:iiI called to nind ;he feeling 2: alarm and appre- henson which si n st time peryaded the sho'e coanfsy Hos ,he cheeks of ssrong mer tad olzsehed and the God dess of Liberty frl. ass her oa.k hsis and exchanged her Mother Hubbard dseks fur nes cass-iron pznopiy of w3r and Rom an hay krife- On. yes, he said, he remembered :, ss though II had been yesterday.
 Having s, hxsst .he welfare of the American people as 2e did, he hoped that l would never sfsA< the republic again.
 And 1 n<sez have. ] have beea friendly. nSs onI, persosalIy, but ofici ally, for god shile- Evea 1 didnt agree with sonae of Ike official acts o( the president -ould ailos him to believe that cid rasker than hAsxss hirs with cold, cruel sad adverse criticism. The sbundanr success Of rhis policy is writ ten in the coansy's vordesful growth and nr0<uex0tIS Eeace