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Show NEWLY-DISCOVERED ISDIAS3. Some time ago wo were iu conversation conversa-tion with a gentleman from the east, who lias attained no small honor in the Republic and worthily wears the high reputation he has won : and in the course of the conversation he said lie had discovered a new tribe of Indians Indi-ans ! He was nitUlied they must lie Indians for various reasons, although they were very industrious, temperate and well-educated, had made themselves them-selves comfortable habitations under adverse circumstances, and were ,iiitc-nunicrous. ,iiitc-nunicrous. But they wore -treated at other Indians have been, as if they had i.o rights, or none that should be respected by a certain class of offieiah sent among them. This was the iule, he intimated, that had been adopted to a great extent with regard to the Indians, and he inferred these must belong to the sanie class of human beings. be-ings. He said their location was in Utah, and they were sometimes known as Mormons. We saw the point; and he was aware we saw it. lor the treat ment has been much the same rob them and tyrannize over them wherever wher-ever opportunity offered, and then abuse and traduce them to cover up the infamy. There is a sad truth under the sarcasm. sar-casm. Every day reveals it more glaringly. glar-ingly. And men in high places in the nation, who rely upon statements made from the most unscrupulous sources, do not tieem to be aware of it, for they are far away from the scene of action and do not know how men holding "a little brief authority" disgrace the government gov-ernment they represent. President Grant has announced,-we learn by telegraph, that he will give his Indian peace-policy a fair trial. Will the Chief Executive of the nation na-tion extend its operations to Utah, to a people who ask no better than to be truly loyal to the country and the Constitution, Con-stitution, with but half a chance ? ' Thieving, cruel Indian agents, who have to deal with ruthless savages are to be removed, and be replaced by others iu whose breasts some of the milk of human kindness and some sparks of Christian charity are believed . to exist. Treat Utah in the same kindly manner. Let her taste the effects of a policy so wise and so humane hu-mane that every philanthropist must endorse it. G ve her officials who do not come to her the implacable enemies of the people among whom they are sent; men without prejudice, with whom love of country, justice and patriotism will be paramount; and see if their report of Utah is not that she ia as truly loyal, as firmly devoted to the Constitution which her people believe be-lieve to ba Heaven-inspired, and as warmly attached to the country of which they are proud to be citizens, as the people in any other portion of this great and glorious Republic. Try it, General. It will be a change so great to the people of Utah that they will cover your name with blessings bles-sings and heap gratitude upon you. The people of Utah are warm-hearted, and they have received so little of tindness that they appreciate it all the more when it does come. |