The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1893-06-14
4 Dishonor 81 Our Century

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there stands I statue dedicated t
the friendship Of nations and the
peace of the world. Thar emblem
/ with its inspirations for material
progress and the diffusion Of popular
lliberty teaches lesson of peace
and love to al mankind. II serves
as d guardian angel To the weary
lpiIgrim from other shores, and fans
Ito 4 blaze his last. lingering, spark
@of hope. 1t stands there common
shrine where two worlds may meet
and share their common JOYS or shed
ffatcrnnl tears. No human beine
can gnze upon thai scene without {
the1bhine h6alt Tie hdipiess ont
cast Of foreign elimee betolding Cd
the first time that sublime statue.
must infer that ours is q land IL
which there is no law but love. nc
i policy, but right and justice
/ Wrong. indeed, will be the result
of his conjecture and no long period
will be required for him TO learn the
truth Ere asiugle fear has passed
he will discover that THE Statue 81
Liberty" casts her eplightening rays
alone to the outside world. While
peace and good will are the terms
on which our nation greets the sav,
age OF other continents, yet it per
mits and testers the greatest injus-
tice to those belonging to the tribes
who once owned this country. The
cannibal from the islands of the Pa
cific, the worst criminals from
Europe. Asia, and Africa, can appeal
To the law and courts for their rights
OF person and property All receive
Justice except our native Indian, who
above all, should be protected from
| injury. =.
Are you aware of the facts which
the study ola centurY's misdealings
has brought to ightf 1t afiirms on
~ thesad revelation Of broken faith,
of violated treaties, and of inhuman
deeds of violence That civilized
America should be the participant
of such gross misdoings is sad and
solemn truth. The History of our
country fails to record single con
tract entered into by our nation
wit these primitive inhabitants
that has not been partly or entirely
disregarded. This thought should
bring 4 flush of shame to the cheek
of every upright citizen:
The great mass of our people know
very little concerning the condition
of our Inflated brother. They sup
pose that the many internal strug-
gles, which every year cause some
spot Of our fair domain to quench It's
thirst with human blood, are the re-
suits Of the Red mans love of war.
They credit him with an effect Of
which heis not the cause, and charge
him with cause ofwhich he 10 not
the origin. p ..<.:.t
Methinks / see standing beneath
the shades of beundiess forest i
group Of men. Here the: noble eau.
casian whose face beams with intelli.
gence and joy. there the highest type
of a heather man under the shining
sun. They are met to favor treaty
"A contract the most sacred which
it is possible for nations to make.
Imagine, if you can, what it means
for nation to pledge its faith. II
means said Cicero '.the avowal oi
that qualificationeby which not com
monWealths alone. bnt grand nations
are maintained Ii means said
Seneca ''the pledging of that test or
nament wherein God has blessed the
rational soul" n q
|. it is right, then, to hold nations
TO the same standards Of justice and
good faith that we are wont to hold
men, The standards in each case
are the same. That nation which
steals and breaks promises should he
no more respected than man who
! commits similar deed. 1t may bt
1 jnst to carry the analogy one ster
farther and affirm that a nationguilty
Of such actions might be deserved,
punished by other nations-thos,
not Wronged BY the broken faith ex
i.cept as all people suffer when hu
4 man society isinjured.
| The history of our nations repeat
ed violations OF faith with the In
dians, thus conviets us as a nation
mot only Of having outraged thosi
principles of justice which are tn,
basis of International law, but o
having made ourselves liable to al
the retributions which follow upol
such sins. We stand open TO ian &C
cusation of both cruelty and periidy
H Last and worst of all, we must faI
i victims to that natural punishment
/ which, nothing more than Therefore
/ of retiring ages, proves, shall follow
Il evil deeds as the harvest comes iron
scattered seed,
Il 1t is, indeed, difficult for us to re
alize the loss these people have in
CURED. We are not required to yieg
the ruins Of ancient empires to see
Iscene of desoiation. Here 10 GU
own land may be seen the ruins d
/ an Indian empire more extended
/ than the empires Of the Orient. And
though they were the children If th,
forest, and though they left no mon
uments Of sculpture. painting, ane
pOesy, yet great was their fall, AMI
sad Is the story Of their wrongs.