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Show TELEGRAPHIC lit: INDIAN SJatVitE. A Str.- Indictment of the Govt1 ruiuuut liiiiina I'ollcy. The C'ui2rctstou:l ICi-iiietly Wnehictou, 120. The report of the lour tuembtra ol the juiat committee ol the two houses ot conresa who tiivur Hip irmisfer of the mai aj;ement ol I rid i m hlLir from the interior to tue si r (ifpurtment ir just uoiupletcd hy K- prmcuiiiiivt. Ui,onf, acd will be B-it;iiJit;-d lo ihu I" use .it iIil- first up fiir i u u i . 1 lw i-n jcp 'i lenturtu ol iht-iVcumeut ru n e lt.llo-.vtf: Tbfc hs-iury ol oar n ui.iigtmcnt 01 Iudmo utliirrj and our iretUmeut of 1 u 'ides ii one o' sU-uv.e :iiid uiortifi-cuf.oa uiortifi-cuf.oa k all rifiiit'ibi'tkiiig and liberal miiiikd meu A proper solution solu-tion uf tin lndi:tti picbltin it prtteicg iistll mere stronjily U ou public attention atten-tion fcviry year, dem-.tDduii, lue im-niedime im-niedime atf iition ol conrea, nr.ri Ciiinul rtitti either safety to the lbduns ur the hon-r of goveroment he longer deterred. The lailure nu li. u pint ul our govcrumeol lo d itch it-ch m go ita duly to the Iudians is ijoi oou fined to the labt lew years. Our' wroiii: ul treatment of them is coequtil with our exielcnce, ibeugh not to tho same mtut in the earlier nnd purer daya as at present. Duiiug ail the years past compUiuts have been made of violated pledge, broken promises and lack of efficient and reepOLnlble niaungetnent. Indeed, In-deed, the 6yetf.ru of management ot Indian afliiira wu have pursued has bten unequal to the demands of our duty, nor ua8 it met the expectation of its instigators and advocates, aud to eucb an ext nt have these wroDgs been multiplied, acd to such an ex tent have frauds and speculation crept into the mansicemeut of Iudian Mlaire, and eo glaring and ehauictai have these frauds become, that indig-naut indig-naut publiu opinion will not longer look on with iudillerence and unconcern, uncon-cern, but demands that these matters be looked into and the wrongs, so fur as nossiblo, be righted, and that a policy be adopted which will conform to the dignity and character of our government, aud secure at the same time full and ample justice to aeuiier-ing aeuiier-ing and outraged people. That these wrongs and abuses do now exist, and to a fearful extent, we think no one at all acquainted with the facts will deny. If proof upon this point were wanting or demanded, we have but to refer to the statements of all who have investigated the question, ques-tion, and those most familiar with our present management, and to those who me to-day Etrenuous ad-vocatea ad-vocatea of the present system, and who aek ita continuance and who seem to believe in it3 ultimate success. Tu go back into the history of this question, it will be found that our eyateni of Indian management has always been virtually and in eflect the system now in vogue. Even while it was nominally under the war department depart-ment prior to 1S49, the system was very much the same as now. We are aware the geneial impression ia that before that lime a different eya-tem eya-tem prevailed, and that a change in that year to the interior depariment was a radical change in the Byslem, but such is not the case, and while it is true that the superintendents and ageuU, bain few in number, made reports to the war office, it ia also true that neitoer the secretary of war, nor any officer in the war department, had anything to do with the appoint ment of these officers, nor was the war office charged with the duty ot j eupervieing them, or controlling them in any manner up to 1834. While I by the act of 1S54; the secretary of war was given a Bort of general super-intendency super-intendency ol the conduct of agents aud sub-ayenta appointed by the president, apd while by that act the president was authorized to select military men to discharge the duties of Indian agents, it ia further true that a large majority of the agents selected were taken from civil life, and ae much machinery waa employed in the conduct of Indian aOairs as now. We claim that tho Indian management has ever been, substantially, sub-stantially, at least, as at the present time. Year alter year large amounts ol money have been expended with the vit w to civilizing the people, and yet failure is written upon every page of the past history of our efiorta in liiifl direction. Ihe inauguration oj the "peace policy" in 18d8. by Presi-' Presi-' dent Grant, in the opinion oij'.be undersigned, under-signed, was a virtual admission that the Indian bureau was incapable of the proper conduct of Indian aflairs and was compelled therefore to dele gate much of its authority to other hands. From the alow progress made in civilizing, educating and Christianizing Christian-izing the Indiana, to which your committee hid their attention called whilst among them last (all, there is do room to doubt that we should try eomouethod of deahug with this question ditlerent frum that now in vogue. The glowing accounts of ihe rapi I strides of Indiana in the way of civiliz-Kl life and their rapid march to a etandanl ot civilization, are not borne out by far t Shameful irregularities and l- frauds have crept into' every b .-ueta cf (he service. No ouo is foiii.d with lho hardihood to deny that the hietcry of such frauds is visible on eveiy p-go of the Indian management manage-ment for the Ufit score or more ot years. Indeed, to fl.igrant are the frauds, ai.d so dttiant have their per p.lrators become, tUat it eppenra a notorious fact that a ring esitd com posed of contractors, emp'oo4 of the bureau aud wealthy and iniluential persons outside, whose object iB to swindle and defraud both government aud the Indians. Tho opinion entertained enter-tained by the undersigned ie that these frauds will forever exist, even with the most vigilant, scrupulous honesty: which can be brought into the man-rgement man-rgement of the Indian bureau, because be-cause we believe the method or sys tem jof that department is inadequate inade-quate to prevent fraud, however honest hon-est the head of the office may be, and f r (he reason lhat ihe system of ac countabilily in the department ie not close enough to delect corruption. We are a?ked the very pertinent ques'ion whether or not the same abuses and frauds would be practiced if the management ehuuid be traneftrred to ihe war de pariment. We think not. Whatever eise may be aaid of our army officers, they are, aa a cla?, men of hih honor and strict integrity. Their training has impressed Ihese hib qua:uies upon them, and Ihtir Beso cirilion requires their constant ob-1 servancp. Every ollicerof the army is a chert upon every other officer, apd uch is t.h.e eystem ot account-alility account-alility in the arniy ih t it is nearly impita.bie Ur othcer lo c-Uiii-hrcei-iiy without being detected. With civil agents ibis ia not the case. They are appoint! tf: erally as perils; per-ils; na, atd lor a li:oltrd t me, mhjrr at any lima 10 ren ovn:; pid tnn:l plries. and can ,ly i ope to holci the position a fo.v years at meat, tnd hence have not the same inducetnen't-L inducetnen't-L act honestiv, and fairly that au army officer has. We do not uudtr-take uudtr-take to say the war department is so perfect in management that abuses do, not occur in iia administration also, but we think it compares favorably favor-ably with any other department, an i that fewer instances of dishonest pruc ticea have been laid to it- charge than to most any other branch of the pub lie service. Next to the question of absolute justice to the Indians, cornea that oi tho comparative coal of the two systems, and we are decidedlyj ol the opinion thai a large nrur-UQt ol moi:cy can and wiil be saved if the trantferta made. If it be true tha' army officera can perform the duties of Indian ftgenta as fa.ihfully, dili-gf-r.tly and luviF-l!y its rtvil agent j have ami are doinu, a:;d ii ihe war ' dep ; run- ni can purchase aa cheaply ; a-j (he Indian bureau, aud if tiir-menus tiir-menus of traneporlation in the ar depariment ure much superior, and i if ihe systems of iospicti jn ure equal, au 1 if army oilicera are not bo apt lo become victima of tfcmoia-tion, tfcmoia-tion, aud if we cau secure a mort; tuiih.'ul aDd honest adminidtralion through army oflice-rs, and thereby avoid aoaiB, if not all the Indian wars; we aay, If these or any number ol these propositions be true, then who can eay that we ahall not save mil-lions mil-lions oldolUrs in our Indian manage meut if this transfer is mide, and at the same time Eerure jusiice to the Indian, the Uck of which has oiused so much trouble. The report concludes: We believe the interest of government nnd the good of the Indian will bp best pro moted by transit rring Ihe mansfo-meut mansfo-meut ol Indian aflaira to the war deparlrueul. leaving i; di3cretiouiry with the secretary of war lo appoiut civil agents to those agencies which in his judgment, the interest of all concerned will be ben secured by such au agent, and officers of the army where the interest of the service require. |