| Show LO THE POOR INDIAN lp dealings of this christian nation with the primal owners of the soil are now generally acknowledged by thinking people as unworthy u of the age and unjustifiable before god and the world years ago when the NEWS called tor for a humane policy and showed in the language of president brigham Bri ghana young that it was I 1 cheaper t to 0 feed the indians than to light fight them the press in veered against a allis the position and accused us ot of affiliating a blixt ag with the savages the sentiments then than expressed ty by this paper are now popular and are adopted by many who no once condemned them so it will be in the f future in regard to other ideas entertained by the now unpopular mormons cormons Mor mons time works wonders and in this ft fast ageont takes but very little time to bring about a revolution in popular belief sj we were led to make these re remarks by the following extract from a speech made a few weeks ago before the commercial club in rhode island by senator daws who is chairman of the senate committee on indian affairs we ave had bad the indian on our hands bands for years and today to day he is L substantially what our fathers came here and found him he numbers just about the same sa wand and as i a whole up to the ibe adoption tion of the present orp sent policy in character habits aus and pursuits today today what he be was when our fathers landed on plymouth rock bock with civilization aad christianity in their hands proffered to the he poor red man as a boon so if jt it is the purpose of the present policy to change the in diks dibb it if is quite certain that it must not do what has been denv nor for that is fal false from the beginning eg luning to the end so jar 40 a our bring gaag the indian to the ways of the white mau man 1 I it to is popularly supposed that the red raw race is quickly wasting away buethe but the truth is in as announced byi by senator dawes that their numbers have not decreased careful statistics will show that in spite of the slaughter of various tribes some of them being entirely destroyed through the greed of the superior lor race for the laud land recognized by treaty 4 to belong to the indians and the inroads made by diseases introduced by the whites the sons of the forest are increasing in numbers with a prospect of further increase as they tarn learn to adopt better habits and cease their tribal wars wherever mormon influence has been brought to bear upon the indians without interference f from roin other agencies the good effects are seen been in ia peace industry submission to proper restraint the abandonment of begging and bloodshed and faith in god and the savior of mankind the descendants ot 06 the ancient inhabitants of the land are yet destined to play an important part in the reat drama of american history |
