Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-04-24
laEod sayage. InanIteIy tho InferIor d

naked savage, infinitely the inferior Of
the negro
Our children are as dear to us, and
as tenderly nurturcd as yours, and I
dare to say to you, that you would not
dream of suggesting to the mother of
your children that She turn her babies
over to the companlonship Of such
naked dirty barbarous and dis
eased little pieces Of humanity as the
Arizona Indian children.
You appeal to us Gin the name Of
Christian civilization" When the
sunlight Of that great power you have
invoked shall have dispeled the mists
of hysteria and maudlin sentimental
ism With which you arc surrounding
this Indian question; when that boast
ed civilization shall have accorded to
the white settler simple Justice, ]
pledge you that you will find him as
ready as you, not only to applaud, but
to assist, in all proper efforts towards
the end you have in view-the educa-
tion and improvement Of the Indian
for he is as you say, ''as much inter-
ested in the result as the Indian is
himself" But until that justice, or
in other word, protection, is given
him; while the Indian is, notwith-
standing your denial, a bloodthlrsty
savage, with killing for his highest
pastime, unrestraincd and unpunish-
ed; while the white is ignored as a
factor in the question, his knowledge
and Judgment despsed, and himself
held up TO the world, by you, as ruff
fan aud a desperate, you cannot
reasonably look for that cordial CO.
operation which would go 50 far to-
ward the solution of this the most
difficult American problem.
am fully aware of the fate Of this
report, and that you will simply re-
gard it as another evidence of that
antagonism to the Indian, and opposi-
tion to his advancement which you
have determined to believe exists uni
vcrsally in the West, and which you
lperpetuate and intensity by every
means in your power.
1t is not true.
Disregarding the one fact that since
the settlement of the continent the
Indian has been dispossessed of his
territory, for which, if a crime, our
forefathers and yours, and not we, are
responsible, the Indian has been the
aggressor and the criminal. Not a
case does history record Of the white
man as the aggressor, but the record
OF every settlement teens with stories
Of rapine and murder inflicted by the
Indian.
Our own territory has suffered more
than most of them. Her stories of
Indian atrocities would I'll youms
and she still suffers.
At the present moment, within
fifty miles of whore SIT and write, a
band of your gentle wards are depopu-
lating the country led and generated
by an Apache yclept Kid, who has
been educated to a high state OF
civilization at Carlisle.
Our years Of trial, peril and loss
have taught us the lessons we would
fain have you learn. 1t is simple ard
brief. 1t is no secret, but has been
recognized as Government in all time.
The power to punish and the viii to
submit is the source of control, and
the well-being and maintenance Of So
ciety. Anything else is anarchy.
That the offender shall be punished
for his otfenses is both Divine and hui
man law and is the first lesson to be
learned in the evolution Of civilization
from barbarlsm.
1t is the first lesson we teach our
children at school, and it is the first
lesson you must teach the Indian.
When he offends punish him as you
would a white man for the same Of
fonse and you have solved the most
serious part of your problem, you will
have deserved and compelled his re
spect, and you viii have commenced
your pyramid Of education at the base.
and not as you are now doing, at the
apex.
Sentinel: fLying TO the southwest