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Show Evi(t)oinm Views of the New York Tribune on tha Indian Question-Interesting , to Huh. WHY IT OPPOSES THE REMOVAL It Urges the Dnty of ths GoTerameai to Civilise tha Noble Sed Man. New Yoke. April 20 (Special loth Denver Kepubliean "Smie of our r-teemed r-teemed Colorado contemporaries," say the New York Tribune today, "unahlo to answer the arguments we have md in opMsition to the I'te eviction bill, content themselves with advancing tftn general allegation that the rastcri press U near sighted. There Is om. truth in this, but. as the IVnver Republican has considerately said, it does not apply to the Tribune, W understand all the western objection to ihe Indians, and thoroughly sympa-thle sympa-thle w ith them. They are apt to bn expressed a Utile too harshly and to hn applied loo generally, but in the main, they are true, Kxeepting a small fra-lion fra-lion of tho rsi-e, they are a miserable) lot of creatures, ignorant and hoctlln In every rtiiprovlng influence ; savage and bent on Mug savage; shockingly filthy in their habits and manners, lasy tn a degree that Is exasperating ; supersii. tious, resentful and treacherous. "These facts are. we know, foolishly disputed by many eautern people w howt philaiithrophy and just Indignation at the white man's historical iinwondncS with regard to the Indians, bate left them to adept false notion Ixuh as tut western mtilimrnt and as to Ihe Indian, character. We deplore exceedingly tlie-Mi mistakes and mistindc nfandliiK. They are in every way hurtful. TUr bring alHint a coiiriict Wween sections) of the country whose honest aims am identical, nnd they furrlsh asensw for the follies and impositions that havia lieen so continuously practiced at Wash" iugtoii. ' AliV K K TO EAST AN l Wf ST. ''It is immensely lmportunl that alt eastern pldluiitroihisls should obtain clear ami accurate notiotwof tha Indtaik nature as we hate sketched it. It I equally Important that thajr shoubl reallo that the western pmpla as body are not selfish or malicious In their t rent men t vt the red re. On th other hand. It Is Important that tfut extern H'ipe should look beyond tlieir noses, and should ee, Ural, that tho Indian's present character and condition have rrsulted largely' from the dUhouest and shameful policy w hie h has been pursued toward him by the government, and second, that de pile lids policy, many thoeands of the) lace who have been persblently wir. "" rnunded with good Influences arc today Intelligent and (wefol men. brln pure lives and aconiilihlug raaulu in progress and Industry so excellent as to he eoiiclusite evidence of tha race's capacity for rlvlliation and self-goeruinent; self-goeruinent; and now, If the facta wcrefultly digested on both side of the MiwU.lpii the country would soon be actively engaged In an educational work ainiuig the Indians whiuh no discourag ents could rherk. and In a few years there would be no lribe", no rrseryaiioos, no chiefly authority, no inedU clue men aiid no systematio pauperism nothing that now works su strongly to preserve vice. Ignorance, atiirU tiou and laziness among the Indian population. The Indians would lie re celved Inlo thceltbenshlpof the nstloo. and the Indian problem would be heard of no more. wiir iTorrosr.s rkuovsl. "It Is because we are nr of this and liecaiinc we are profoundly anxious that the crlmrs ami mistake of tha past shall not 1 repealed in any singfn Instance to the prejudice of this work of redemption llinl we Implore Congr Hot to pas Ihe eviction bill. It sk to carry out a most disreputable busliic, thong that I not tha worst ef ll . It is a renewal of nearly rerrtmnir that Is practically odioiet In our past policy. It creates another reservation w hen the effort should Im to blot mil all reservation. It makes another treaty when the principal shoubl be tn recogiil" Ihe Indians a of us and not apart from ns. It magnifies the l.'tt chiefs w hen itjisatit.il nccwily to el all chiefs and to make our law the red man's law. It renew the obligation b mipply sustenance when the prim" duly I of gotc rnmciit Is to make an end of In idian Paiipcrinii. It provision ar jusl what they ought not to b. We entreat emigre not In pa4 this bill." |