Show hiis tiis MODOC MURDERERS AND xue ahe zhe MURDERERS OF or THE rim press naturally enough genc gene illy per perhaps haps universally condemns the late massacre of tile the modoc prisoners by a mob of white men composed it is reported of vc au teer soldiers the public gene ay iy does docs the same how liow could i je otherwise the murderous v attack upon a party paty of fenceless defenceless de and poorly guarded indian prison ers erb rs warriors squaws squads and children ii utterly indefensible and aud is well characterized as atrocious it is pt brocious ro ocious cious to the greatest extent liose leoso I lose loso who made it are guilty of marder in the first degree of the tile treacherous reach roach erous murder of captives who were in the care and under the protection of the laws of the land and of nations no effort should be spared to hunt down the perpetrators to s and visit them thern with condign punishment they are as worthy of being hunted down and aud of bein being 9 put to death as captain jack and his na modoc followers are if he is in lir ig these white outlaws deserve to I 1 ic strung to tho the same tree by his hide side whatever lie did appears to to havo have beon done in savage defense of his bis home and his country these white assassins have no such j justification asti flea fi tiou tion to urge if these scoundrels live while the chief are executed it will bring an indelible stain on the escutcheons of the state and the union the fair fame of the state and of the united states is far more involved in the pursuit capture impartial trial conviction sent sentence euce ence and execution of these white will to murderers than in meting mating out that measure to the A bodocs the people of the united states and of each of the integral states cai can well afford to be just and nd oven even generous to the ancient possessors of the country who have been in many instances sadly abused and very greatly wronged whose title to the soil is original if title is and whose lands are taken possession of by the white race almost wholly on the principle of the r right arit 0 of might and by the constraint which comes at the tho very least the same measure that is meted to the indians should be meted to the whites for crime the latter are indisputably the aggressive gres sive race and therefore more bikely than otherwise to be the most guilty parties in times of di difficulty fal let not only the modoc murderers but the murderers of the be determinedly hunted down and let the ultimate punishment awarded be characterized by the equality of justice or if mercy merey be permitted to intervene let even that bo be fairly extended without distinction of race or color |