The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-10-08

land, and who, perhaps, had been IN more
Indian wars than any other officer, and who
had been wounded AGAIN and again in behalf
of our Government III battle against the In
dians. told me that all the wars that had
| ever occurred between Indians and white
men had been provoked by white men, amt
| that there was no exception to the rule.
While We are arbitratng with Christian Ma
! tons let US toward barharians carry our
selves in Il manner unprovoca tive pr con-
| te-t.
| Let me put myself in their place: in
! herit 4 large estate, and the waters are rich
| with fish, and the woods are songful with
| birds, and my cornfields are silker ami
golden. Here is my sisters grave. Out
! yonder, under the large tree, my father died.
An invader comes, and proposes to drive me
or aud take possession Of my property. H.
crowds me- back. he crowds me on. and
! crowds ne into a closer corner, until, after
"a while, say: ''Stald back. don't crowd
me any more, or I'll strike. What right have
! you to como here and drive me off my prem
| ises! | got this farm from my father and ho
got it from his father. What right have you
to come here and modest me?" You bland
" say: "Oh, [ know more than you do.
belong to higher civilization. | cut my
hair shorter than you do. l could put
this ground TO a great deal better use
than you d. And You keep crowding me
back and crOw0ing me- on into the closer
corner and closer corner until one day I
look around upon my suffering family. and
fired by their hardships hew you in twain.
Fort with all the world comes to your fu-
neral t. "rJnOunce eulOSium. cOm"s to my
execut to mathematics me. You are the
hero, ] AN the culpriU. Behold the United
States Government and the North American
Indian. The red man has stood more
wrongs than [ would. or you. We would
have struck sooner, deeper. That which
is right in defence Of a Washington home
is right in defence Of home on top
OF the Sierra Nevada. Before this dwindling
red race dies completely out, wish that
this generation might by common justice
atone for the inhumanity Of its predecessors.
In the day of Gods judgment. | would
rather be q hlood-smearea Moioc than D
swin:.ling United States officer on an Indian
reservation! One WAS a barbarian and a
!, savage, and never pretended to be anything
but barbarian and savage. The other
pref ended TO be Il representative OF a Chris
} tan Nation. Notwithstanding all this. the
general disgust with war and the substitu-
ton Of diplomatic skill for the glitterinS
edge OF keen sieri is sign unmistaka6ie
! that "the day is at hand"
find another ray of dawn in the COM
; preston of the worlds distances. What q
= slow, snal-like. almost impossible thing
2 would hay. been the worlds rectlicatiOn
| with fourteen hundred millions Of popuia-
l ton and no facial means OF communication;
but now, through telegraphy for the eye and
telephone intimacy for the ear, and through
g steamboating aud rairoadnS, the twenty
q five thousand mics OF the worlds c!rcum-
t ference are shrivelins up into insignifant
= brevity' Hong Kong is nearer NV York
I than a few years ago New Haven was; Bonn
: bay, Moscow, Madras, Melbourne. within
/ speaking distance. Purchase teleSraphc
5 chart. and by the blue lines see the tele
:, graphs OF the ani. and by the red lines the
ih.AS an hot
portuuity this is going to give for the final
! movements OF Christianity. 4 fortress may
: he mon hs or years in building. but after il
is constructed it may do al its work in TWEEN
r ~ minutes. Christianity has been antin2
/ its batteries for nineteen centuries, and may
) so on III the work through other centuries
9 hut when those batteries are thoroughly
r planted, those fortresses are fully built, they
:, may all do their work in tWenly-four hours.
d Suppose Christ should descend on thu
Y Nations-many expect that Christ will COM
y among the Nations persoually-suppose tina
l. tomorrow morning the Son Of God from {
re lowering cloud should descend upon thest
If cities. Should not that,fact be known all thu
Is world over in twenty-four hours7 Suppos'
10 Heshould present His Gospel in a few wo DIS
d saying: II am the Son Of God; came t
f pardon all your sins AMI to heal all your sor
Is row: to Irove that L am supernatural
IL haiug have Just descended from the clouds
y
e now" Why. all the telegr Jpn stations 0
:. thc earth would be- crowded as none of then
~ wore ever crowded lust alter a shipWreck.
y tell YOU all these things to show you 1t IS no
1t anon. the Representatives, or even the i'm
ia probabilities that Cnrist will conquer tn
w0ole earth, and do it inslanter, when tn
6 time comes.
,e There are foretokenings in the air. Some
at thing great is going to happen. do nc
in think that Jupiter is going to run us down
i'll or that the axle OF tne world Is going t
v break; but mean something great for tn
T. worl1s blessing aud not for the world
k damage is going to happen. | think tn
re world has had 1t hard enough. Enough, tn
re famnes and plaques. Enough. the Aslati
,y choleras. Enonyh, the was. Enough, tn
VI ahipwrecks. E lOugh, the confagratiOrs.
50 think our world could stand right well
w procession of pros iteriies and trlumph
Better be on the lookout. Better have you
OF obsarvatories open toward the heavens, au
tn the lenses or your most powerful telescope
as we'll polished. Better have all your Ley.te
IS. Jars ready for some new pulsation Of might
ot influence. better have new fonts Of type
he YOUR printing Offices to set up some astoun'
on iuS good news. Better have some new bal
&c! ner. that has never been carried, ready Il
he sudden professions. Better have the bel
ne ii YOUR church tower we'll hung, and rOl
IL. within reach, that you may ring out Il
ar. marriage o. the Kings Son. Cleanse {
your court houses, for tie Judge of all Il
h earth may appear. Let all your legistati
ed halls be gildet. for the great Lawgiver nj
I'd. be about to come. Drive off the thrones
ce depotism all the occupants, for the King
he heaven aud earth may be about to reig
}ut The darkness of the night is blooming al
lie. whitening into the lilies Of morning clouC
gh auI the lilies reddening into the roses
i a stronger day-!it garIands, whether VIII
lat or red, for Him on whose head are nal
]ut crowns. 1.-The day is at hand"
mt One more ray OF the dawn l see in fa'
* chrome osical and mathematical. Con
he now, do not let us do another stroke Of wo
the until we have settled one matter. What
out going to be the final issue of this great &C
ith test between SIN and Righteousness? Viii
is going to prove himself the stronger, G
ct or Diabolus! Is this world going to be
ion garden or all desert? Now let us have II
an matter settled, If we believe Isaiah. a
er- Ezekiel, and Hosea, aud Micah, and Malac
Of and John, and Peter, and Paul, and the L.
Ell Himself, we believe that it Is going to be
aid garden But let us have it settled. Let
get know whether we are working on towar,
gu success or toward a deaf failure. If tn
V q is a child in your house sick, and you
H." sure he is going to get we'll, You sympath