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Show Aaiii!.t Hie iIolocs. New York, 21. The Jminml of Comtw ftr to-day in an editorial docs not think thai Uic persons who arc writim; to Washington lo beg elem-ncnev'ifor elem-ncnev'ifor tho Jlrxloc a.ssassms arc really what thev are said to he friends of the Indian peace policy. The war of racs has been embittered by ont-r;"CS ont-r;"CS pcrpctrakxl bv whites it may he'urned, but the latter arc stopped from trcatinu' excesses committed m ojprisal. as 'if . they were without provocation. The question is, Is it doiii',' well topardon the treacherous nssasshis ol'licaee coininis.'-ioncrs, be cause at some distant period a Modoc tribe received foul injustice at tin' hands ol white men. The plea would not stand for an instant if attempted to he applied anywhere to any other class of men; and no reason can be "iven when clemency should now he Jlrained to tnis ridiculous extent in behalf of the Indians. |
