St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-23
COX'S SENTIMENTS.
His Opinion of the Indian Char
acter Not FIattering.

acIGr MOI tl1tIcfIn2s
Judge E. st. Julien Cox began his adj
dress by summing up the character of
the noble red man, which he did in the
following characteristic manner: "The
history of the Indians of this country Is
summed up in brief sentence-lecher-
Gus, treacherous, bloodthirsIy fiends in
earnate, without one redeeming trait in
his deYiliSh composition. The Sioux
Indian of 1862 was no exception what
ever; their fiendiSh leaders and
murderOuS braves arrayed in gro
les ,ue dress. iorned with silk hats,
crUWued the churches of the agencies,
partaking OF the sacramentS of holy re-
ligiOn, fattening their accurSed venom
i'm ideal murder of Gods ministers,
awaiting the day of realization. At
last it came, the fruitiOn of all Indian
Joy, happiness of his life, the aim of
the brutal, lustful savage was about to
be achieved; the delight of this worse
than devil unborn was about to be real
lied. The frontier seemed at his mercy.
Stripped of its fighting men, the
settlers upon the frontier, the
aged anu inlirm. unarmed and
helpless, the mother, the wife,
the boy and the maiden, the infant
prattler in its mothers arms, were an
easy prey to his dem0nlac crueltieS.
His victims, first who taught him and
led him in the paths of love, the spirits
of the spirit ManitOu, who fed him IN
hunger, clad him in nakedneSs, min
istered to his wants, nurtured him i'll
sickness, they of all were the first who
felt the cruel blow, who fell mangled,
living, death release from torture to
the hapleSS woman. death relief more
kind than the living torture preserved
for the captive female.
A review of the historical part of the
great outbreak by Capt. Cox, who pOr-
trayed in vivid manner the scenes and
incidents of that time, in which he
played so prominent part. The lead
ers and the victories so well known TO
him were reviewed in rapid succession.
the orator concluding his address with
the following brilliant peroratiOn:
"In conclusion, ladies and gentlemen,
| let it be reVerently said, as looking back
| through the dimning clouds of time, the
| fading of third of century, many a
well-knOwn face, once so familiar i'll
| the midst. is not here to-day. In the
| roll call Of life they answer not. The
rude hand of icy death touched the
| loved ones and snatched them from our
| midst, and mortality has immOrtaliZed
them. The beautiful immortelle springs
| forth over the grassy mound, the
weeping ash, the trembling elder
rustic in summertime verdure,
when flowers bloom and nature is
| in full grown life, but that mound,
sealed by the grim destroyer, is never
| to be opened to mortal eyes. To the
survivors of those terrible days, to the
defenders of what is now almost an
empire, this state, this nation owes an
| everlasting debt of gratitude. Faster,
faster, they pass away. A grateful peo-
| pl e should never forget that the success
| of the savage Sioux meant the deStruc-
ton of 10000 homes in this fair land-a
retrOgrade from civilization to barbar-
ism. The recollection of the trials and
| sufferings of the men and women of 1862
is now forever perpetuated by this day S
| services. Let their memories never die
! in the hearts of their descendants.
Friends of my manhood days, to whom
| owe so many favor shown, we may
not, nay. cannot, all meet again; to
some, perhaps, must say farewell, but
| may the god of war and peace preserve,
guard, guide you and yours many a
! year from the cruel hand of that mex
orable reaper; but let us hope that we
shall meet and greet, in closing ranks
of times declining sun, where the
bugles OF God shall sound recall, and
| the battle of life is won. Farewell
! farewell.