The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-14


The matter is quite readlblc, and brings
bacl. the days OF - years ago with vivid
dlstinciness The editor gives thanks
for steak Of mu,c meat, and says, las
long as we have % mule leit. we are sut-
ishcd our soldiers win be- contentto sub
init upon It," The fIGu Is indebted to
Mr.. I'd. Stoves. sr., for the paper, which
is quite a curiosity:
EN-SRELruN TuuW denies that any
guarantee Of tenure was ever given to
the cattlomcn who have recently been
evicted FROM the Indian Territory.
when these leases were made by the
Cheyenne aud Arrnpahoc tribes the
Secretary informed them that the Gov
crnment reserved the RICH, to remove
them az NilI. but tun, 81 their occupa-
ton proved satisfactory To the Indians
the Government would no, disturb
them. This statement, threN-Secretury
says, was embodied Zoo his report Of lN>i'
Is-i The responsibility for such occu-
patton a. The wtlcmeu held Of the
leased lands canuo, be- laid upon Mr..
rrllpr's shoulders. 1t was IL contract
with the Indian tribes, entered iHt"
upon the part Of the Cattlemen of their
own motion and az their own risk, the
Government merely asserting thereto
so long as The Indians were satisfied. II
was a bonanza for the cattlcmen while 1t
lasted, and they naturally Kick like the
steers Of their native herds when the
garden gate is closed upon them. The
whole complication arises from the In
dian policy Of the Government In at
tempting TO maintain race Of sayagcs
in the midst OF civilized States. Let
these Indians be given their lands in
-evcralty and compelled to earn their
own living from their own labor as
other. De-. lf the Government strives to
assist them iu getting upon their feet
ugriculturaliy we'll aud good, but only
with direct reference to their becoming
-clf-supporliug rs rapidly as possible.
The Indian policy of the Government
has cost the nation more men, money,
and monkeyiag than the results will at
all Justify. Let us have new deal.
give 'he lnu'Hhs lueli 'anu' III se'eI"'!'
help them if need be to n start as farm
ers and lordcrs. and let them do ms
others do. sink or swim, survive or per-
lsh' according !" til''r lhuu''r! OF lhuo-
lencc.
Is ALL political campaigns il has been
the custom and the invarlahle rule Of the
Democratic orators to claim and attempt
30 show that the negro as a man and u
voter, received more at the hands Of the
Democrats than he did from the Repub-
LEANS. that he was in fact man and
brother, and that his opinions were his
own, and his vote was ~ free rs air, to
do wi,h ii rs lac pleased. This has been
The cry until many people believed that
the colored man was AN migrate in not
going over to the Democracy en- masse.
In the abstract it was fine, and the SEN
timcnt helped many an orator IN his
lights Of fancy. But the real. old reality
Is very much the reverse. and the in
stance is to be found in san Antonio. in
the cuse where John A. Moore, col
orcd man. and principal Of a colored
school. was dismissed. because of alleged
u,terunces made to gathering of his
people ON the occasion Of the Emauci-
| patton celebration. The speech he made
was not reported at the time, but on
June -, he wrote to the LlGuI in reply
| to articles in the EXpress and Times, and
challenged anyone TO show any utter
| anco he had made or that could be con-
,trued to prove that he had any III feel
| Ing against the people of the south, or
| any desire TO yilify them. I'm that letter
he said. in the pre,ence ofthree or four
| thousand people ON June 10. gave the
history of slavery in America. Standing
there. / implored them to be good citi-
| Iens: | advised them to educate hand,
heart and mind; / pleaded for virtue, |
! pleaded for honesty, pleaded for good
government. for law, for order. stood
there with malice toward nome, with
charity for ALL did my duty, nothing
more, nothing less. labored for good;
nave morning 10 relracl' l nave noun
ing 10 ePuINoo"'e' ana II lh"' De reason
make the most oil H.. Inc Light does
NOT champion MI moore III any parllcu
lar' because Inc LIGHT ulu not near or
Puo',Sn MS 'peech'ahu 'he matter Is mere
"''u"e" 10 ohly as " question OF 'alr pay
on lha' grAhu pr'h'iple 'h"t 'here Is 'uch
| u lhlng IN TINS great American country