New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-20
5Nn51vS As IN EXAMPLE.

In co,otor Rutler's remarkable speech OF jan
n.rv III 70 which we have several times re-
fo,,od he cmploved the policy that has been SO
reieutlc>sly pursued by the American P'0pV
toward the Indian as precedent anu d" al
ou,ncnt for the adoption OF ms Schehc 10 IT,
mayo tbe Ncgroe, from the south. vi COURSE
tbo,c Is no parallel between the cases IoI ''''
.,1iciont reason thai Negroes are not lhdE'hN'
or1 that no analogy can be drawn betNec"
.l,;,. 1ioo,ont relations to the white race. But
81. ;.o ,,,,ot shame 10 the American Nation that
senator Butler has the Indian case to cite IL
= = SHINE that after 300 years OF intercourse
with O. race which. however savage ana pu'I.
b,. furnished many Illustrations OF great an"
,oIlo ,nouhood We have forced them lhl" Il
stress from which death is possibly their onII
,oscno If senator Butler is 50 constituted A.
70 admire this awful policy OF CONDITIONED eN
termination. and if he would really IKE 10 see
il macti>ed against the race whose deNo'loI
and industry have done 50 much 70 make 'o"'"
Carolina a great community. we canno' hEli'lo
him for making such u.s. OF II a his ingenuity
may suggest
If is often the case that men Go vast COCA
when they least suspect on intend H. ana '
senator Buffers suggestion that the Negro must
Weld 10 the same incXOIahle law OF necessity
that was enforced against the Indian AMI must
locate on reservations from the pubic lands
IN himself" or bee otherwise i>Oatcd-li that
suggestion shall servo to direct Congress CON
science and mind to the results of om Indian
policy. the people will have reason TO thank
NJ, Hutlcr At the end of three centuries. dur
ING which we have kept the Indian ahch from
our schools our marlS and our SoclN ana p"
Gtical system generally during which we nave
robbed him OF his lands. a the south robbed
tbc colored people of their labor; during "hl'h
we have made wan OIL him hundred times Tor
no other reason than because be attempted 10
defend himself against being Imndelcd: dur
inc which we have settled him here ana moved
him wonder and removed him thence ana then
,hithcr; now forcing now hribng his con-
sent: during which we have cNteunnat"d ms
came en-, down his forests and subjected him
70 the rule of autocntc agents and the Ici'ol> '-
les, creed of tladel,-at last we lind him exactly
where such methods must inevitably have
placed him. a bcggar a. we'll - savage. hi>
nobility almost gone. and i''ie left ln is place
except Incidence and cupdity.
This - shocking history. u n is no. 500"
changed if we do not begin 10 do Justice 'o
the miserable remnant Of 'hc race Nc have
visited with such un>peakable crue tie We shall
deserve pll the plaques that pursued the
Egyptians. or that Cotton Nathor used to con
template a. the Wcil-camed fate of gIddy gen
Grafton of Pmitaus There is little indeed
that we can DO nov except 10 supply them
with schools puf them ON properly stocked
fam, of their own and receive them ~ tlp
idly rs may be into the citizenship Of thc land
Their leading men are ready 10 encourage thi-
policy They appreciate the fact that then
race a, Indians is doomed to a speedy extinction
but a. Americans j. still capable of a ~ "H'
cancer Such Of them IL do not yet appreciate
/ This will Weld 10 education and honorable"
/ kindly. di>intcrc,tcd persuasion. The prob
/ lem is simply solved if only the Nation ha'
! time 10 be honest