The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-17

came originally from one OF the States of the
MediteI ranesn. HIS father drifted to Taos
in the foriies aud completed a very useful
life among those mountains and with that
curious and interesting people. There the
delegate was born, and IS the people OF
rugged countries ordinarily are not migra.
tory there his home will always be- A brief
conversation with Mr.. Joseph reveals that he
is not only q man OF affairs bat accomplished
BY college and toned down by travel. l
visited Mr. Joseph st his rooms in the Ma.
tion Hotel, to-day, and talked to him long
cor cerniDg q variety of matters as they
came up for inquiry or discussion.
Mr.. J0seph's father was intimately acqaint.
ed with Kit Carson, not only by affinity and
these circumstances aud conditions that
bring al kinds of spirits to acknowledge the
common brotherhood Of man, but in bQsi-
mess relations also. One vas an Indian ira
der, while ths other, by reason OF his ssga;i-
ty, wisdom and honesty as an Indian agent,
evidenced those qualities that mankind in
all ages have united in calling great There
has been considerable differences in my in
formation concerning the place where Kit
CeIson's body Ieposes. An army officer taid
me that his remains were inferred at z Is.
worth, Kan ar other army ofhcsr, that the
hero 1ss sleeping his last sleep near Fort
Lyons Colo.
Mr. il seph yet has letter written to him
from Fort Lyons, Colo, by Carson, saying
that his last hour was approaching, and rs-
oues:ing that his body be transported to
Taos and deposited beside the remains of his
wife. She was Mexican lady. The Terri
torisl authorities CT Colorado refused to have
the grave disturbed until Mr.. J tseph came,
reinforced with an order from Court. Colo.
rado wanted the monument that must ulti-
uately be erected in honor OF Carson 8
achievements
10 New Mexico there is said to be sect to
whom tbs Christian religion takes a queer
turn. They accept bodily torture as mesns
Of spiritual publication. / had bee1 told
that Carson was Penitent and that his body
was scared with torture.
That is untrue Carson regarded that
manifestation of religions superstition with
great aversion. l remember distinctly OF
more than one occasion hearing him observe
that the superstition should be restrained
by law"
II should describe him as pio1s man
but zsalously connected with no church. I
would pronounce him Catholic bat for the
fact that be was very devoted Frsemss)n
BE threw his whole great nature into the Or
der, and Kept bright in its history a1d tradi-
tions. God never made man OF larger hoo-
esty than Kit Carson. That, as well a. his
coursge and ssgecity is the secret of his
wonderful influence over the aborigiues. He
always spoke the truth and was faithful in
his deslings with them"
Mr.. Joseph safd that while an agent be
hsd seen Carson tske rswhide or blacE-
snake whip and lash drunken braves. msk-
ing them 90 home. Tnat is an experiment
that but few white men have ever been
known to repeat. The moccssned warrior
of the West has an iRvetefate prejudice
against being scoufgsd. especially by pale
face, when the moon is either in the dsck
or full, but this prejudics subsidsd when
the Great Father, Kit appeared determined
upon personal cbsstissuent.
The politics OF New Mexico may be toler-
ably understood when it IS told that SIe-
phen B. Elkins is a graduate from the
methods obtaining there, and that there is
nothing imputed to him that is
sisstic constituency is the Territory.
| Though with perhaps more than sutfi.
! cieDt population, there is scarcely no desire
On the part of the people of New Mexico To
change their form OF government by becom-
/ ing a State. While some benefits might
| accrue. it would increase taxation aud the
/ Office holding class. There are 10 900 miles
/ Of railroad in New Mexico exempt from tax
/ alton. Exemption was offered by the
/ authorities ss an inducement to lines 10
/ extend.
! The men appointed to Office in New Mex
| ico have principally been residents Of the
I TeTTitory-all, / believe. with the exception
| of George W. Julian.
There was this TO recommend E G. Ross
/ in his application for the Office of Governor:
An unusually active life, characterized By
/ the greatest honesty. The fact that he voted
against the impeachment of President John
soD that he was ostrscised in Kansas: that
/ he is today cid and poor, and a Democrat
and q citizen of the Territory.
Atked about Julian, / replied: he is csr-
tainly one OF the grandest men OF the age.
/ he is The architect of his own fortune being
the Oldest son of widow left with large
family in the back woods of Indiana. Every
obligation to that mother he performed with
hdelity. The single rule of three" was the
! head of mathematical navigation for the
| HC osier scboolmsster of that period, but
young Julian triumphed over the highest
| branches CT that science, ald becama g
civil engineer before becoming @ lawyer.
| The reason that he did not follow that pro-
fession the sentiment for internal improve
yements, which was TO conduct canal TO
! every mans door, departed on the approach
Of The railroads. Julian commenced his
political career in the General Assembly,
but his first vote wes independent of that
/ party. The Wings favored Tepudiating the
/ Wabash aud Etie Canal debt, and Jalial,
with the Democrats, in favor OF honest pay
ment.
4 few years later the Abolition or Free
Soil party wes organized, and Julian nom.
mated for Congress. There were but We y
few people who understood the subject; c1n-
sequently the party was small Julian had
been given the nomination because OF b s
| independents, and the Democrats In that
district being in the majority, came to bis
assistance, preferriDg Free Soiler to a Whig.
and consequently be was elected. I think <
| be was the fret member of Congress
10 teach emancipation. Yet the
FIRE eaters always respected him. HIS
speeches are among the most elegant in the
/ language, aud he never made one that is not
sound doctrine to-day. No American
publIcist knows more of the public domain.
The land question, that more than many other
affects human interests to day, has been II
him the study Of lifetime. His sppoint-
ment means rsopening of those Spanish
grant cases and the exposure of fraudulent
conveyance or what we term personal
magnetism or popularity, he is destitute;
| but the poor man, black or white, never had
a better friend. He has o0mbatted, and
thank heaven, still lives 10 combat in
/ America the abuses that have wrought the
disasters OF Ireland. All the restitution from
the land grsbber, to which the actual settlsr
in New Mexico is entitled, he will get from
Julian. JAP TJRPEE.