Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-26


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snefr pale faced euuqueroFs d today,
wno noarn Over The Iost and undone
condition of Tie s1vaQe. Cousaosous.
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tnas the relics and the people Of Amer
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lsnment which b surs TO fellow tke a.
sassanaflon Of - brave race a ever
hrsathod the air Of Heaven-
wrote the above sesthinu rebuke Of
the Ameriean people uhsn l uas fifteen
yean Of aRe. ran aaxoa the disssrta-
.Ion yesferoay. A. . general rule it
takes . youth Of fifteen years Of aes 70
asrAlgn CONGRESS and jerk the admin
isfrasi0n bald-headed- The Isss he
Knows about things generally, the more
oneer1uIiy VIII be shed information
ke th~ e.--- a.
attacE upon the governments had not
seen any Indians, bat had read much.
NY blood boiled when ! thought Of the
wrongs which our raoe had meted out
20 the red man. II was at time when
nv blood Vas just coming 10 boil that
I ponned he above paragraph. Ten
years later l had changed my views
somewhat relative TO the Indian. and
frankly wrote 10 the government Of the
cnanRe. when am doing the admin
isfration an injustice, and / flnd it out,
60 % tho President candidiy and say
/. Look here, Mr.. President, have been
DOING you . wrong. Hou were right and
! Was erroneous. | am not pig headed
and stubborn. Just admit fairly that
1 have been hinderinR the administra
ton, and do not propose 10 do % any
AxxOxE.
So vrois 10 General Grant and told
him that when was 10 years of age
wrote . competition at scnool, in which
bad arraigned the people and the ad-
ministration foe tho course taken To-
ward the Indian. Since that time 1
had seen some Indians in the mount
ains-at distanoe-and from what 1
bad seen Of them | vas led 10 believe
that l had misjudeed the people and
the Executive. / told him that 90 far
- possible | would like to repair the
great WRONG % done in the ardor Of
yvuths and TO once more sustain the
arm Of the Government.
He wrote me kindly, and said he vas
glad that was friendly with tho GOV
eminent again. and that now be cav
nothing in she way Of continued ma
ttonal prosperity. He said he would
preserve my letter In the archives a.
treaty Of psaoe between myself and the
nation. He said only the day before be
had observed to the Cabinet be didn't
care two cents about q war with FOREIGN
but he would like to be ON
peace footing with me. The people
could stand outside interference better
than intestine hostility. l don't know
whether he meant anything personal BY
that or not. Probably not.
He said he remembered very we'll
when be first heard that ! had attacked
the Indian policy Of the United States
in one Of my school essays. He still
called 70 mind the feeling Of alarm and
apprehension which al that time per.
vaded the whole country. How she
cheeks Of strong men had blanched
and the Goddess Of Liberty felt 70. her
back hair and exchanged her Mother
Hubbard dress for new cast-iron pam
oply Of var and Roman hay knife. On,
yes, he said, be remembered IL a. though
It had been yesterday.
Having at heart the welfare of the
American people a. be did, he hoped
that ! would never attack the Republic
again.
And never have. have been friend
~ not only personally, bot officially, for
q good while. Even II didn't agree
With some Of the official ncts Of the
President. would allow him to believe
that did rather than harass him with
cold, cruel and adverse criticism. The
success Ut this policy Ia writ
ten In the country's wonderful growth
and prosperous peace.