| Show A CHANGE OF OPINION A creat GREAT many journals are now praising the policy advocated by general crook toward the indians but a few years ago they were condemning the same policy because it was pursued by the mormons cormons Mor mons and recommended by president brigham youn toun young toung general crooks plan in substance is to treat the indians with justice ile he says the red men must either elther be exterminated or civilized lie ile would have the government stop the annuities in money and instead furnish every head bead of a family among the indians with a title to so much land and with agricultural a I 1 implements farm animals seeds etc he also aiso suggests that the indians be given the ba ballots flot ilot president young used to say it Is cheaper to feed tile the indians than to tight them I 1 and the mormon policy inaugurated under his dir direction cetton was to treat the red men with justice and fairness try to colonize them and teach them the arts of industry preach the gospel to them induce them hem to act honestly with each other sandwith and with the whites and endeavor to make them thein peaceable peachie and self ng taxpaying tax paying citizens the old policy recommended by many statesmen and so called ministers te rs of religion was that of extermination there Is no good indian but a dead indian waka wasa commonly accepted axiom the natural savagery of the red man was imitated by the whites in their treatment of his kind indeed this has been continued pretty much up to the present time thile soldiers have scalped scalded indians just as the indians have nave scalped scalded soldiers the indian method 0 of indiscriminate retaliation has been adopted by his civilized conqueror anahu the matter of agree arree agree ment brea breaking the 11 superior su race has gone far ahead aho tead clad of the barbarians treaties have been ignored over lands ceded to the redskins red skins have been coveted by the whites and the promises premises and guarantees of the government have not been worth the parchment on which they were inscribed that the very wildest and most worthless tribes are capable of reclamation tecla cla mation has been demonstrated beyond controversy that their children are susceptible to the influences oi of education and general culture is now beyond doubt and both in utah and elsewhere it has been proven woven that under good rood tuition and practical example from the tho higher race the indians can be turned from roving thieving be beggars beears gArs and treacherous bloodthirsty blood thirst thirsty savages to tillers of the soil and fair fairly r y decent and and provident members of society we are glad to see the change on this subject that is being wrought in public publio sentiment chati s a very avery uncertain thing but to a large extent it must in the very nature of things under the american estem system of government influence and direct I 1 legislation egi egl on all matters of public concern what tile the populace denounce today to day they may applaud tomorrow and the ne newspapers ws papers which v aich I 1 pander a great deal more to the popular feeling of the moment than they ought to do 0 tu turn an and turn a about out which chic ever way the general breezes blow we hope ope gen cu crooks crook Is wise vise suggestions will be heeded and we are sure that if a different policy is pursued toward the remnants left of the primal owners owner of the soil not many years will pass away before indian raids and indian troubles will be much rarer than broils among the denizens of civilized and christian cities |
