The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1893-06-14

the setting sun.
But at length, atbat pilgrim bark
came darkening on their shores.n
They yielded their empire with u
broken heart to another race. They
left their home and the land az their
fathers to find new abodes ii unex
| plored woods. From time to time
they have been driven back, and the
next move will be to the bottom Of
the stormy Pacific. Ere many CEN
turtles, shall have passed, they will
have been swept from the face OF the
earth. Ere long the last wave will
roll over them and their deeds will
live only ii the trad lions they shall
have Ieft behind lhf
shohH = <E1n Sf0hisked Il
the present hatred 81 the Indian l0l
/ the white faee9 Pursue the most
enlightened people IN the world with
weapons Of war more destructive
than their own, drive them from
their homes aud the graves OF their
fathers, DESTROY their ans for OBJ
tanning livelihood. sweep down
Upon their helpless families. kill
them without mercy. the time Is not
far distant when the torch oftheir
enlightenment will be extinguished
forever.
Such is the story of the Indian
race. Is it JUST, then, to- cry revenge
when d savage people have been
driven to their dreadful deeds by the
unjust actions of d christian nation2
We think not. MAY we not in our
generation do all in our power to
atone for the misdoings Of our. cen.
tury2 And let the nation in it's
dignity remember that 1t must reap
what it sows. Let that harvest be
not cloud of dishonor rejecting.
rays of shame upon orr happy land.
Rather let it be the cessation of In
dian depreciation, a respectable in
crease to our population an extend
ed boundary for civilization and
commerce, and .sthe prond conscious
ness of having removed from our ma
tional escutcheon the stain left on, lit
by our acknowledged Injustice ta IN
inferior race"
But the present tendency is any
other than consoling to those nm
fortunate people. The Indian race
has ever been and is today t.onsid-
cred barrier to civilization. The
day has never dawned when the.
Indian has had rights that the.
white man was bound te respect.
Every generation has been imbued
with ! desire 10 sweep these print
tive Inhabitants from the stage or
Iexistehce, and IN i iilAs l,een more.
gifted In this respect than our own.
To-day the common idea is that
the Red men are a savage and de
graded race who it was the will Of
God should perish before the ad
vance of civilization. 'Thuusauds
of greedy men with stony hardened
| hearts and empty hands, are wait
ing the opportunity to seize the re,
manning fragment of their once ex-
tended kingdom Our leaders Of
State and Nation seem to lend their
aid for the accomplishment of their
unjust and disgracefui deeds. May
they remember that wieketiness can
not be covered and that guilt will
| remain upon the whole land until
justice is meted TO the perpetrators
The blood Of the innocent will cry to
Heaven for vengence The frown of
| God is more powerful than The smile
of tyrants. II. .,-.,.
| 1t would certainly be very strange
Eif some plan could not be deyised by
| which this state of affairs might be
/ improved. The difficulty does not
/ arise because the Indians are wild
and savage men. There are unuum-H
bered instances lin the past history
Of the human race to prove that
/ tribes more brutal and blood-loying
1 than these have been subdued and
civilized.
There should be a liberal and pop
ular policy looking TO the education
and civilization, aad possibly citi-
. zenship of the Indian tribes.
| Where the barracks now present
their brazen fronts, the publicschool
should stand. The alert intellect OF
| the Indian youth would soon be
trained for higher motives than the
| love of chase and war, The pagan
altar should be exchanged for the
church dedicated to the living God.