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Show THE SENATE ON INDIAN INCUR-SIONS. INCUR-SIONS. .Nothing seems more consist nnL and just than that the general government govern-ment should protect tho settlers in the frontier States and Territories against the incursions of hostile Indians, In-dians, and where the government may not have provided that protection protec-tion it should be ready to reimburse the citizens who have given their time and ri-ked their lives in q war with the Bavages; but every now and again in a fit of economy Congress becomes deaf to every appeal that is made to the treasur, and tie most just and the most clearly honest demand that is mad 3 for the reimbursement of expenses ex-penses and losses is treated with the hauteur and effrontry that character- j izes a Cheap John swindling iustitu-: tion. j The Indians are the wards of the nation and the government avows its obligation to take care of them, and in that relationship it is responsible respon-sible for their actions towards others. For that purpose the government troops are scattered over the public domain where their presence ia supposed sup-posed to guarantee protection in life and property to all citizens and to be a wholesome terror to the Indians who may under one pretext or another anoth-er forget their obligations to keep the ceace. From the foundation of tho Govern-! ment, up to the present time, this as-1 sumption of protection ha always, been held out to the bold pilgrim who has dared to venture into the forest or over the plains, and when tne citizens of any organized State or Territory have been assailed, the nation has at some time or other footed the bill ot expenses, if only tho harpies in the lobby of Congress or in the Departments Depart-ments could be assured of a share of the Treasury drafU. It is painful to write such Jhcla, but every person who has had a claim against Congress know? full well that an honest bill of actual loast-3 by Indian In-dian depredations has the slimmest possible chance in Washington. The fact is corruption is so well known at the capital, that those who hold the purse strings never expect to ace an honest claim, and tiny treat the claimant accordingly until his liie is nearly worried out of him, and in his dire necessity he consults with pome " friend" lo observe the mystic Trinity Trin-ity "addition, division and silence." si-lence." States and Territories mpy be needy well be starved into submission; hence the difficulty that -r fcrer ex perienced with their claims against the Indian Department; but to end the past perplexity, tho 6ennte now proposes to repudiate its obligations altogether. Henceforth the Indian In-dian my . kill and destroy where he pleases, if the general gov ernment does not order out troops for the defence of its citizens, nobody is expected to oppose his ravHges if it in to cost a cent to the United States Treasury. The Kansas Legislature, in 1570, Appointed a comnaiBaion to examine into the losses sustained by the citi-icns citi-icns of that State from the incursions of Indians, aid to their petition for the payment of the losses sustained on the frontier, the Senate Committo. un Indian AfT.iLrs submits to Congress the fullowing: It is scarcely to he prf-sunied Ihnt thn public enfL-ty would become p largely involved in-volved by the incursions t( nutruuding parties of Indian us to render it n 'Mftry fjr tha State to npponl to tho United Stato government for nid to oVend its Boil or tlm property or persons. if i Lh eiliscns. And if not, cert airily LOFiich oblignlion jWTe suggested sug-gested would be irnpoto l. Tho nsu cannot can-not be otherwise in regard to the Territories Territor-ies unless the pxponse- nvn been incurr. d by Authority of the Unit'-d Htnte'. The duty of prutcling its citiMin jpMs primarily prim-arily with the btntes, and it in not ner-Cfived ner-Cfived that, under circiim-tiuircs nidi us ' l suppose 1, that duty could be devolved Uyon tJic United State. Frontier citizens, Bhoukl this report re-port meet the sanction of Congress, will hereafter understand that if there ie no U. 8. authority near thorn, or national na-tional troops within hundreds of miles of them, they are to do tlioir own fighting fight-ing witi tho Indiana; they nro lo leee all their prpcrty should the Indians so wiil it, and tho nation Thoeo pionecH they aro will look almly on and repudiate itn obliga-tion. obliga-tion. Millions can bo paid in the tUodoc country, or on tho Tlaina, to chastise hosli e Indians where some Jpcte can sret fat contracts; but on the ' Jioi.ctt, industrious fanner, or miner, billing to fight in defence uf lii.t homo Mid fireside, not a cent I |