The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-04

ment must not exclude II. To sesk Nhs end
and exolude at the Same time them means
necessary 10 attain n 10 not the Work of rsa-
son, but 0f madness. a since Chrt.tiAn-
cannot be had ontsids Of Christianity itself,
tho government muat eithsr enlist In the
cause the ~aeryices ct religion and Chriati-
unity or BE- doomed tQ.nttar failure IN ita
astemp. 70 civilis: ~ shs l lnd ss1,. u. .' nas a. Y
the United States senate, July 26, 1850.
.sYou must either employ thoae chufOhea or
you cannot educate thsae indians.
1.-THE only way 70 c!viliKe the Indiana"
ccnsinTSsss Mr. o~o ,a . " t. teach
morally and intellectually, yss; to civilixs
Thorn also materially, the means and instru-
ments OF material civilization are also re-
Quited. This ID evident. as tho means must
be proportionats 70 the . What We
ilizs the Indians Independently Of Ohrist-
ianity. Show NJ that you can. point out.
give az one solitary instance 10 the CON
trary and We giyosin.
but the Jeauita, says MI, Consultation,
than n othsr peoplo.' =, Not exactly. air.
The Jesuits never had the pretsntion to
teach Christianity better than my other
duly authorized preachers OF Christianity.
Az to. the cheaper" part, We almost feel in
tie Jesuit binds himself By the most
sacred vows to receive no salary,
no compensation or any remuneration
OF any kind whatever. for the
exercise of the Christian ministry. Rnt the
question here il not exActly Of Js.uits,, y ia
OF the Catholic church. and, Tor the sake OF
argument. suppose Mr.. Constitution, that
the Catholic church were really tho only |
one that could civilize effectively these 1n-
dians; or that it could do it aa well as any
body else. and at loss cost and expense to
~. $500 Ahn narNn1A Vthnr n~-4l
body else would or could do II Al, what
would economy. sound policy, true states.
manship. and plain common sense suggest!
To throw the peoples money away, and
pay more for what You could secure at less
cost? And what becomes, thon, OF the
principle that undsrliea all American legis-
latiOn with regard to the expenditure Of
public moneys? But ''ths government OF
the United States now one OF the rlchest on
tho face OF the earth, with an o~vsrdowing
treasury" says the honorable Commissions
of Indian Affairs in his official report
of 1890, has at his command I'M
limited means and can undertake and COM
plete this work (the unsectarian %civili2a-
ton and education of the Indians accord
ing TO the honorable commissioners plan)
without feeling it to be in any degree a bur
dsn.' ''The commissioner says upon this
Senator Jones, of Arkansas. seoms to have
been impressed that the government had an
treasury which WAS absolut Aly
inexhaustable, and that one Of his duties
was to get as much money out Of it as pos
sible. "-Congressional Record, July %,
1880.
II the aim, then, of the non-sectarian
system OF Indian education devised bv the
honorable commissioner of Indian affairs
and advocated by Mr.. Constitution, ia to
spend money, we have nothing more to say.
we submit that the millions could be
spent less u~npro6tably and less inconsist-
in simply chasing a goose without do
any harm to the Indians.
L. E. PALLAD1No, SD.
Helena, Mont, Dec. 80, 1891.