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Show H THE mthlllLM AMI Till. INDIANS. H jf" While patty liacka are at war H I over l'uildent Clevelaud'a rbetorloil BV ability and genital statoiuiaushlp BJ ' one aide holding Ulm to be tho crlest Bjj H ofdullsrda and the other that he lea Bjj Mictulay and a lleacomfleld In one B Itlatboptovlnco of thoso who (refer B to ludge of mon, their wotka and HI wordi lu the light of standard crlter. lj lona uulutluenced by atllsanslil or fj Mgotry to establish uit contusions. H iJH The Inaugural addreta waa not a c cartel of rhetorloil gema and wax H M evidently not Intended to br; neither BMJ waaltaatrlugof mildewed i latitudes. BBBJS It wai remarkable nnro for Ha lice Bu, dom from glittering generalltlra and Hcj U directness In dealing with every H,! autject discussed than auylhlug Hi viae, and thus lookci at it BV wii a good document honed, H-, unamblguoiii and atialghtfolward. Hl There nil a great dial that the J'rrai- B. jrnt did not aay necessarily so lu an V addrctt of Ilia than 2C0O word but BV-jr! what he did lay waa plain, candid and Bflmj tothe point. KtC Ilaetmed tou that thoteferouco to HP tho Indian question waa raotu H 1 marly ixprrMlve of tho President's H ersoual characterlettca than auj thing Bi elte In tho uddreie. It waa not verbtae H'X and much of it waa not new; but It waa H i Just, honest oud unpretentloui. We H J) hxu reachtd a iolnt at which the Ifi "wardi of the nation" not only ilalm H but lmeratlvely demand our serious, HP iatrlollo and liumano considerations, Kt they do not do thla of themselves, ffor they era measurably un. conacloua of their true altuatlon the Bll logic of the cate doet not appeal to them aa a clau, probably would not If BBj there were but a few dczena Intteadof H-' a few thouaanda of tluiu left, Thoy faro going very fast, and the fact that they are J nearly oblivious to Ihilr coudltlon docs but tuiko It nil the more pathetic. Out of iowerful bands wmj whoonoeownod every thlug III light BBji, nnd roauieil whereaoever they woulJ Vli' without let or lilndranci, remain a Hli few itraggllng handlula, who aro gta- B i cloudy leimlttod to occupy lliulttd BMi ' uroaa of their own toll, and so long M BW 1 thiy do noltramgiesBbygolugbijond HH J Ihellnea, Ihoao v. ho deeollid thim of B) jl all will aupply them vltlia few of tho fl uiceuarleaof lllu after tho aimokhull Hl 1 have auid through the while ugent'a BH' All exchange, scouting the Idea of H dunlins with the red men by means of BB "licatlei" which none of them under. T. atand, saya thin method oilgluattd at n HJi' time when tho i owor of the two races BHI on this continent waa moiu evenly lfto balanced than It now Is. It sounded H Letter, our cotemporary thinks, when H tho enoroachlng white dislred a slice 1 of theabotlgluia' domain, to aay that we acquired It by treaty than toust conftsa simply that we took It. And VK ne we began ao wu have continued. HP Thefiulta of thla original and con Br tlnued dishonesty ure shown to bo fll many and blllor. Wnhavo not found f honor by It lu tho eyia of theotlur BJ nations of the world, nor fell n ret In tour own. If i.t one right or poiaesslon of the Indian has been held mora . seored by us for the reason that It was 1 I rottctid by a "treaty." If we wanted Bh n thing, wo lind It. Instead if JHV using au net through bath houie Ui of L'ongiaia declaring our will accom sasi pllsbud, wu "a pointed n commission ftuucgolletaatieat)"wltli tho Interested Inter-ested tribe Botnetltpos there wrio a lew I ndlsns theriaftcr poesitstd of uu- B usually abundant storea of the things HU dear to the red nun's heart, airuo. IBP tlnua there wu ft curious outbreak of IBJ Intcuijeranro among tbem, some- 11 ' times tin re was doubt thrown upon .V theslgnatuns. Hut In tho eud tho PV treaty was always rstlfloJ; nnd thotu KBJ'j Indlaus Ihatdll not like It could go l out on the ralrlo and kick, or rj read bVTIsW HsIbbMbVhbHI Ihelr discontent an I treit us to a new Indian war. Tho few words uttered by the Tresl. denton this lubect go to show that he understands II very much as It la herein set cut; and Hill, with the concomitant fact that ho has such elements at s'alwarl Iruthfulneiaanl old fashioned honoity In his composition are auguilts of Improved Im-proved methods In dealing with the lingering remnants of the aborigines. Whether It shall be determined tolin. rll their physical well-being by a general ayslem ef mental education or permit them to gj back to the happy huutlug grounds with their mlnJa aa lice (rem lni ruilons wrought by schools as when they left It, and the remainder of their lives passed In no oj posed accordance with their tradl. lions, let them be made to understand one thing that what they have la theirs Incontestable, Let them know that their last hoars ate to beaned upon their own aoll unpuisued and un hamporod by tho covetous white roan. Let Oklahoma lioomers and others of that claai understand that hercalter they must choose homes from the amplo domain not occupied by the original and contliuous ropiletors. Wo believe President Cleveland Intends In-tends to see that this Is done, for In effect "he himself hath salt II." |
