Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-03-17

Mr.. X. ). Fulton late proprietor an,
editor o the Reno Gazette contributes .
timely article to the Territorial Enter
prise on the subject OF mixed blood il
Nevada. While Mr.. Fulton wade.
into deep water, the article is a crediI
to both his head and his heart. lie
declares that more than hall of the
Indian children in Western Nevada
are half-breeds and predicts that when
they are grown to manhood and
womanhood they are destined tc
form a vicious and dangerous element
in our society. He argues that these
%half-breeds will inherit all that is bad
in both sides-the degraded Indian
mother and the still lower white
father. Mr., Fulton is probably not
lar out OF the way in his deductions.
But what are we going ~ do about it?
lie thinks that education may inn
prove the situation and contends that
inasmuch as State and county govern
ments have nothing to do with the
Indian We must look to Washington
for relief. In assuming this view Mr..
Fulton takes the position that the
race problem is a political rather than
a moral question TO be treated by..politi
cal rather than moral forces. In
this he is wrong, as have been
many illustrious men before him.
The question is as old as the
world and as deep as the earth.
Ii is simply the doctrine Of cause and
effect. A natural cause cannot be
eliminated by artificial means; it
may be temporarily stayed, not wholly
~eradicated. The primary cause in
any evil affecting society is the point
to be assailed. The way to stop the
propagation Of half breeds in Western
Nevada is to raise the standard Of
morality on both sides OF the issue.
This is the work OF preachers and teach
ers and does not belong to politicians
or lawmakers. In Eastern Nevada
there is no field for such missionary
work. There is not n half-breed
out this way in a thousand Indians.
Whether or not there is more vir-
tue in the races ia this section OF the
State we shall not attempt to say, but
il is nevertheless true that there is
but little mixing Of the blood. Or
why not assail the evil by the other
route by encouraging Il still greater
mixture, by raising the half-breed TO
aquarter breed and so on until they
are completely bleached out. This
may be easily done on the theory that
the greater absorbs the less. There is
more white than Indian blood in
Western Nevada, and besides the
Caucasian blood is supposed to be able
to stand any strain that may be
placed upon it, and at the same time
v ak off with it in good shape. The
diffusion or thickening which it is to
undergo in the years to come may
test it severely for a time, but philos-
ophers predict that it will come up
smiling in the end. As o n OF us
will be there to see, We may dismiss
the subject without bothering our
heads much about it; but all the
same there will be no distinctive
races, or race prejudices in America a
century or so hence. The little In
dian blood that may injected in
Western Nevada will not have an
~appreciable effect on the general CON
glomeration. But stop the business if
you an, Brother Fulton, by either
the moral or political process. 1t is a
big job on either line, for the ami
NAL" is abroad in the land and get
ting more abroad every day. 10
spares neither the tutored o the
untutored.