Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-07-17 | Page 4 | Justice for the Lowly

JUSTICE FOR THE LOWLY m SE GATS acquittal of at the T TSE-NE-GATS TSE I charge of at murder by a a. Jury In Inthe Inthe Inthe the federal court Colorado district testifies to the tho substantial character atthe of at the white mans man's Justice Whether bether the the Indian boy be guilty or Innocent certainly ocr ocr- his accusers offered but Indifferent indifferent ferent proof and the Jurys Jury's accurate re response response re- re to tho the facts as presented will vim have a a. salutary effect One of at tho the beneficial b by by f the young redskins redskin's vindication should b be a marked decrease in the unwillingness unwilling unwilling- ness of ot the governments government's untutored wards to submit their causes to tho the courts If the Indians have considered an any privation and any hazard l how- how over unpleasant as preferable to surrendering surrendering surrendering sur sur- rendering to the law their lack of at confidence confidence con con- tl ence In the fairness of at tho the courts will bo be less In the tutu future Ne Tso-Ne-Gat at least will Wm be able to testify to the scrupulous caro care tho great white father tather exerts in Insuring a square deal to his children white and rod alike It is impossible to regard this Indian youth puth uth and others of ot his tribe and family with other othar than compassion They aro are aliens in a 0 land to whoso whose soS Mil their claim is doubtless bettor better than most of at its prese present t owners can present They exist only upon the sufferance of tho the conquering Caucasian openly pitted pitied and secretly dc despised Brought only to that degree of civilization where they practice most of Its Ices vices and few of at Its Us virtues they retain none of at the characteristics which distinguish distinguish dis dis- the American Indian above the aborigines s of at other continents Ne Gat has been spared for tor a afew afew afew few months o or years of or the freedom that was once tho the redskins redskin's birthright but has become only the grudging boon advancing civilization permits him Tub Tuberculosis unknown to th the Lit Indian before th the thi white man brought him I clothes clothe whiskey and tho the Bible has ha marked Tse No t for tor Its Its' own Ho lie cannot live long to enjoy the tho liberty tho Jury has given Shen him but his case lse will servo to provo prove justice Is 15 within the grasp of high and anel low ow alike