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EUGENE CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 20, IS7G
$2.50 per year IN ADVANCE.
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tot each insertion.
. j i.in Mile will be tendered quarterly.
All lob war' uratt be rxto fob ok pjvni.
Offlo Hour -From1 J .' m. to T p.m.' Sunday.
'vL'l'arriTM frim'the wrath and leave (roinn north
T. m, Arrive from the north anil leave goinir
iouth at 1.S3 p. m. For Siuisluw. Franklin and Lonir
Turn done at 6 .M. on Wednesday. For Crawford.
ill' Camp Creek and Browtwville at 1 p.m.
Letter will be ready for delivery half an hour after
arrival of train. LeUr. .hould le loft at the office
hour before mail. ATTERSOK. P. M.
CHURCHES.
Baitut Chob(ih.-H. 0). fcaveoport, pastor. Ber
wloeevery Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m, Sunday
School at 3 p. m. 'Prayer meeting every Friday
evening. ...,.- H .
M H. Chtboh-'A. 0. faircliiia,Pator. ' Berviee
it 10:10 a. m.nd 7:30 p.m. ... V
Cnaimiii O. II. Whitney, fas tor. Berviee by
ipecial announcement. .
SOCIETIES.
! S -v- 1 1 w J -il A HI
EUQIdl UDDHK MW II, .
,Moet nrt and third Welnoaday in each
monw.
t.'!. f v.' a t ft
fr j0. F, Meet every Xueaday evening.
ilMif5' WlJUWHALA ENCAMPMKKT Vo. 6,
BUon the 2dand 1th Wodnewlay in each month.
GEO.B. JDOllRIS,
ITTORNEI AND : COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
, pffice pn Wlllmett iitreet, Kugeoe City.' "
'0. A: MILLER,
DENTAL ROOMS IN DUNN'S
BUILDING.
EngeneCity, Or., 11
Ttattutx DENTISTRY AND ORAL SURGERY
DR,''JOEJfs HEURBOLD,
SURGICAL AND "MECHANICAL DENTIST, '
Underwood's Brick Buildinjr, Up Stairs,
arWSaLi Reapfctf ully offer hi eervices t
JH?c5the citizens of this place and vicin
UltTirfTjitY.in all the branches of :his pro-'
ension,
Th Latest ImpiufemenU In
Plate' Work
ieonted in a satisfactory manner.
8T0CK IS CASH, and All Work Must be Paid
r on Delivery. '
DENTAL.
DR F. WETiSn has opened Dental Rooms
nerwantlf in Underwood's bmldins;, EuRene
City, and-respectfully solicits Bhare of the jiub-
' remission, Dr. J. B. Cardwell,
Portland. OroRon.
, JL W. Pd T.TERSON , . ..
PHYSICIAN AND , SURGEON,
Office on Ninth Street, oppoalte the fit.
. Charles Motel, and at ncaldence,
IClTGrKNE CITY, OliKOON.
DR. GEO. W. 00ELL
Office Up Stairs, first North of Astor Donsa,
EUGENE CITY, OREGON.
Toreonvenienceofaelf and patron, all .und
eeountwill be left in charge of O. M K)PEH,
Ei oppwite the .tone .tj.re, who i. fully author.
llS to ouUecttbeaame. " fuy pf
UaooounU for service, will be nreaented for pay
ment in thirty day, and collected in ixty.
Eugene City, April Jth, loIJ
...rctias. M. Horn,
PRACTICAL GUNSMITH.
DEALER IN GUNS. RIFLES,
j40KM New ins Machine, Safes,
W-K 'Locks,etc., ltepired.- 1
Cuns loaned and ammunition furnished.
Shop on Ninth Street, oppomte Star mKery.
.JEWELRY ESTABLISMENT,
m mm Mil m fTV
J. S. LUCKtT, rC
urn
DEALER IN
Clocks Watches,' Chains, Jewelry, etc.
;, Repairing Promptly Executed.
C-A11 Wrk AYrrntd.J?-1
0 o i ;J.S LU''KKT,'
' ' P06T OFFICE BCILDIXO.
Willa-nette ft Eighth St.. Eugene City..
For Sale.
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TWOtKDWELLTNO HOUSES,
R-hich are nicely lorau..l and will 1 old t a oar-
Trm.ey. E"ED.
Bonk7and Stationery StonBi
V. .i ' j -'
POST OFFICE BUILDINCECGENE CI1 1 , 1
bare oa band and am constantly receiTina: an
jsortment of the Bent School and MiaoelUneons
books, SUtionery. Blank Book. Portfoli, Cards
WalleU, Blank. Pertraooaart, etc-, etc. Al I or
ders, promptly Billed. A.S.PATTERSoN.
OPPOSITION
IS THE ,
LIFE OF TRADE!
SLOAN BROTHERS
tTTTLL DO WORK CHEAPER ta any otb
I T abop in town.
HORSES SHOD FOR . $1 50,
Whkixrv autaml, all rovsd. Beaattin; aid shoa,
c la
All warranted t lTtl"'
Slop on Eighta st, cpposie Hom
porey's Stable.
;be h. f. d orr i s,
'" 'M?i 'Dealer: tti" '
i .1 i. i ti;. . 1 . i-.i I'm Vi. '" 1
Stoves dnd Ranges, ' ' ' ' 1 '
Tin Ware, " "" ,' ;,V.'
' " PLAIN, rANCi" 4 JAPANNED ....
Shovels and Tongs, ' ''
. ' Fenders Fire Dogs,
Cauldron $ Wash Kettles.
Hollow, Iron and Ccpper Ware,
PORCELAIN, TINNED A BRASS
PRESER VING KETTLES,
Driven Well & Force Pumps,
Lead and Iron Pipes,
1 Hose "Vpes and Ho8 e
IN FACT, Everything belnnglnR to my busi
ness, all of which I will aell at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
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JOB WORK ' "
i . '
Of all kinds done promptly and In a satisfaction"
manner. ;. .ni,.1. . m-n . i-
WELLS DRIVEN; PROMPTLY
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' "': And " ' '; ;'
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
By attention to businans and honorable 'dealin
hope to merit a share of your patronage'
Ja6 "'.'.' ", BEN. F. DORRIS.
All peisons knowing themselves in
debted, to me wiU please oall and ...v
!! , I. ' SETTLE WITHOUT DELAY. .j
3. P. DORRIS,
THE
IUYEXER MARKET ! ,
BECKER & BOYD, Proprietors.
' " KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND,
BEEF,
Veal,
FORK AND
MUTTON.
Dried Meat, of all kind. Lard, Tallow, (to Will
aell Beef in chunks from t to 5 cent.
GEO. S.WALTON.;
AARON LYNCH.
FIRM
JNEW
AND '...,'.".
NEW GOOD S.
In Dorris' Brick Building.
Walton & Lynch
Have formed a copartnership for the purpose of
carrying on a general
Grocery and Provision
Business, and wit', keep on hand a general as
sortment of I
Groceries. Provisions,
Tobacco,1' Cigars,'
Nuts, ... Candies, , ,
i Soapj, ' ' ' Candles,'
, . Crockery, Notion
" ' , Wood and Willow Ware. ,
' ' Green and Dried Fruits, ' .'
Cured Meats, ;
i " ; " ' ' " ' Etc.,,' Etc.
They propose to do basiness on & .
! CASH BASIS,
v ' Which means that
Low Prices are Established
Goods delivered without eharge to Buyer.
ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE WANTED
For Vhich
WE WILL PAY HIGHEST MARKET PRICES
Eugene City Brewery.
MATI1IAS MELLER, Pro'p.
U now prepared to fill all order for
LAGER BEER
OF A SUPERIOR QUALITY.
Come and e for yourself,
recommendation.
A good article need
ASTOR HOUSE.
B. C. PENNINGTON, - Proprietor,
THI8 WELIKKOWN I,NDI.HII Ha wain
taken chart of the ASTOR 1IOUKE, and ha
re-fitted and re-furnUlied the nine, and will keep it
second to no home in the State. Yon need not fear
to give him a call, for hi table will be auppiied with
the best the country afford.. Charge reaaonaolu
Come erne, oome aU.
Real Estate For sale.
. i . . '
gEVEN OR EIGHT HUNDBED ACBES OF
Farm and Grazing Lands
i iFor Pale on Easy Terms.
Alo, HOt'SE AKD LOTS in Kugen.
' ' Inquir ot
GEO. II. THUBSTON.
Carding and Spinning.
TTAVTWf! PURCHASED the Machinery owned
H by C. Goodchild, Iaaaow prepared to mak
all kinds or
YARN, BATT8, Ac,
For costomeri
Jt the Lowest Living Rates.
WM. IRVINC,
EUGENE CITY, OREGON
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
i i. ' Wasuikgton, April 24, 187G.
But little has been done in the way
of legislation this week, in fact noth
ing except somo private bills and the
law transferring the Indiau bureau
from the Interior to the War Depart
ment. A vote was readied on this
measure tn Friday after a long debate
and the bill passed by a vote of 139
to 91 Should it become a law it is
estimated that at least ten million dol
lars will be saved each year to the
government. It provides that army
officers shall be detailed on full pay
to act as India agents, and makes
many other changes, which not only
protect the Indians from imposition,
but the government from boing swin
dled. It is doubtful whether the
Senate will phss the bill, and even if
it should it is even still more doubt
ful whether the President would sign
it, as it destroys his "Indian peace pol
icy." The churches which have had
the appointment ot the agents will
make a vigorous fight both in the Sen
ate and with the President to prevont
the change being made, as, they would
lose their patronage by it, and they
care very little for the decrease of ex
pense if it deprives them of their pow
er., :..!' M . - '
The Kilbourn case has not yet been
decided; the lawyers have been argu
ing it since Tuesday last and will
probably not finish until the 25lh,
when Judge Carter may take some
time to make up his mind, though
from indications given from the bench 1
he has already n well defined opinion
that Kilbourn should be discharged
by the House and held to answer to
the indictment. Should this be his
view of course he will order the dis
charge, and the singular spectacle will
then bd seen ot a subordinate court
setting aside the will of the duly elect
ed representatives of the people. Such
an order, it sustained and submitted
to by the House, will effectually pre
vent any further investigations, as no
witness could bo forced tp auswer if he
has the right to decide what questions
are proper and come within the pur-
viow ot the committees' power. The
Constitution gives Congress the pow-
o?r and direct? that it shall constitute
courts of various powers and juris
diction. The committees are made
courts or commissioners for the pur
pose ot taking testimony to be report
ed to the House. Every suckling
lawyer knows that when a witness is
being examined before a court, and an
objection is made to answering a ques
tion put, that the court deoides as to
the propriety of the qneelion1 and di
rects the witness to answer or not, as
it may determine. This rule is abso
lute, except where the witness de
clines to answer on the ground that
he would i criminate himself. Then
the court cannot compol on answer.
The House has the remedy in its own
hands should Judge Carter attempt
to muzzle it in this way, and that is to
re-arrest Kilbourn, and at once to
impeaou, and suspend Carter, The
argument in the Belknap case com
mences on Wednesday, 27th instant.
The House managers feel very confi
dent that the plea that Belknap was
not an official when impeached will
be overruled, but they will submit
proof that he was at the time of this
impeachment actually Secretary ot
War. Belknap handed in bis resigns
tion on the 2d of March, and was im
peached that evening. But in settling
bis accounts he drew pay for the 2d
day of March, and was without doubt
Secretary of war in the morning ; as
the law does not lecognize parts ot
days, it is claimed that his resignation
did not cause him to cease to be Sec
retary of War until tho close of tne
day, in which event his plea is false.
Witnessed have been summoned to bt
in attenkance on Thursday, though it
is not probable in any event that they
can be examined before the succeeding
week.
la the whisky ring trials and in
many of the investigation;, particular
ly those in regard to the sale of post
tradersbips, the smell of corruption
was brought uncomfortably near to
Premdenl Grant His brother, hit
confidential secretary, and many of
bis intimate associates bave been
proven guilty of practices for which
some of them are now in the peniten
tiary, and others are banned by all de
cent people. But the committee on
of the Department
J ustice have found that even the Pres
ident, whom all hoped for the' honor
ot the nation would not be found par
ticipating in the corruption by which
ho was surrounded, has been guilty of
nsing the public funds for the purpose
oi sccur ng his own election. Ex-Attorney
General Williams testified be
fore the committee that ho paid the
notorious "Johnny Davenport," su
pervisor of eleotions in New York
city,- 835,000 by the diroct order of
President Grant. This money camo
from the secret service fuud and was
most of it given to Davenport just
prior to the election in 1872, and was
used to corrupt some voters in Now
York and to intimidate others. It
will bo rememberod that Davenport
just prior to the election armod large
numbers ot roughs and plaoed them
at the various polling places to drive
off the respectable voters. Tho testi
mony of Williams shows where ho got
at least a portion of the money to pay
tor the hire of his "brayos.", It camo
from the United States Treasury, and
was paid out by tho order of the Pres
dent. It is humiliating to make such
a statement, but the truth requires
that it should be made. Nemo.
THE FIRST PUBLIC READING
OF THE DECLARATION. ,
The Declaration was written by Jef
ferson, as he himself stated in a loiter
to Dr. Mease, in his lodging house at
the southwest oorner of Market and
Seventh streets, Philadelphia.. The
bouse is still standing, and is occu
pied by a tailor, who shows his patri
otism by calling his shop the "Temple
of Liberty Clothinc Store." Tho in
strument was signed in the East room
of the State House on the lower floor.
It appeared in the next day'a paper
(side by side with an advertisement
of a negro child for sale), tut was not
officially given to the people uutil
noonday on the 8th ot July, when it
was read to a large concourse ot peo
ple iu the State House yard by John
Nixon, deputed to the task by the
Sheriff of Philadelphia, who had re
oeived it from tho committee. The
stage on which the reader stood was
a rough wojden platform on tho
line of the eastern walk, about half
way between Fifth and Sixth streets.
Deborah Logan, who lived iu tho
neighborhond, states that she heard
from the garden every word of the
instrument read, and thought tho
voico was Charles Thompson's. In
spito of all evidence in favor of Nix-
on, we onoose to oeueve uer. mo
Man ot Truth should bave first made
known thoso words to bnmanity.
Cheers rent tho welkin, a fou do-joie
was lired, the chimes of Christ
Church rang through all the bright
Summer day, and the old bell gave at
last to the world the message it bad
received a quarter of a century bo
fore, and proclaimed liberty to all the
world.
The daily papers littlo thin Bhccts
a few inches square gavo us, lor
weeks afterward accounts of the, re
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joicuig ana wua entnusiasm'oi mu
other provinces as tno oeciarauon
reached them. In New York one
singular effect produced was that "a
general jail delivery of all prisoners
took place, in pursuance of the Dec
laration of Independence by the hon
orablo Congress." Rebecca Harding
Davis in Harper1 $ Magazine.
MR. LANE'S SPEECH. r
The House being in Committeo of
the Whole on the state of the union
on the bill to transfer the office of In
dian Affairs from the Interior to the
War Department, Mr. Lane said
I will oocupy but a few minutes of
the committeo. Not the least impor
tant question before this Con ress is
that now under consideration, it is
indeed a very grave subject, entitled
to tho careful, candid and serious con
sideration of this body, As a mem
ber of the Committee on Indian Af
fairs I signed the report of the major
ity, and am thero recorded in its favor;
nor have I yet had reason to review
or occasion to regret my. action. 1
believe tho proposed .legislation will
result well in this, that it will tend to
maintain peace, secure additional pro
lection to the lives and property of
our citizens on the frontier, will mate
rially reduce the expenses of our gov
ernment, and will in no wise injuri-
riously affect if it does not improve
the condition of the Indian.
So far as it has extended, my' asso
ciation with the republican members
ot this House has been, to me 1 am
sure, ot the most agreeable charaoter;
and I am not only surpised but corao-
what grieved that the most formidable
opposition to this measnre should
eminate from that source. Yes, I am
aoite surprised that it is the opinion
of some ot these gentlemen that the
officers ot the army are unfitted to as
sume charge of this peculiar branch
of the oublio service. How long they
deemed military government in the
Southern States to be necessary, now
i ' long they invoked the presence of the
fl army to control the white people of
oft army
this country, Ibis is not' the occasion
nor is it for me, to Bay.: Lot history
answer and I will i be content. .
But is urgod that the officers of the
army by 'training, education, taste,
and life long habits are unfitted to en
ter heartily into the work of civiliza
tion by a porsonal interest In and su
pervision ! ot tho labors of teaohers,
missionaries, farmers and mechanics."
Now what is their .training ? It is obe
dienco to the orders of a superior,
which iu this instanco, if tho bill pre
vails, would result iu compliance with
instructions from tho Department rel
ative to their couduct toward the In
dian; And their education ? It is usu
ally of a high order; they excel not
only in mathematics, but are proficient
in other branches ot study, in history,
the polite 1 uiguages, and are by no
means unfamiliar with the prominent
principles ot tho civil and moral law.
Are thoy not Christian gentlemen ?
That is a delicate question, which 1
will not presume to discuss. Howev
er it may be with others, I cannot feel
myself sufficiently righteous to dwell
upon it. Those whose religious status
is better ' assured may experience
greater serenity and enjoy greater lib
erty. They doubtless know better
the character of the structure in which
they live. ' ' ',' , ' , . '
How have tho mighty fallen when
the officers of the Army should be re
garded so unworthy? "Ouq whose
training, education, taste, and lite
long habits unfitted him for civiliz
ing labors" has led the republican
party to important political victories
and today presides as the Chiel
Magistrate of tho Republic. And
yet his old companions iu arms, ot
equal learning, of equal merit, and of
equal integrity aro not deemed
worthy to preside over an Indian
agency, ' 1 Perhaps somo zealous par
tisan, some noisy,- blatant politician,
who has neither "training nor eduua
tion, taste, nor life-long habits," ex
cept of getting all ho can and keeping
air he gets, is just fitted for so re
sponsible a position. Pardon me if I
prefer tho Army officer, and regard
the arguments against his employ
ment iu this capacity unworthy seri
ous consideration, I am confident
there aro those and many in the re
publican party, upon this floor who
have served with distinguished gat
anti'V m tho federal Army that will
join with mo in repelling these covert
imputations upon a class ot mon who
n war wero heroes and in peaco aro
gentlemen, .," ' l .
But I acquit my republican friends
who, diner with mo. upon this ques
tion. - 1 ain certain they are as sin
cere in their views as' I am in mine.
low can I fail to do'so when I find
the champion of the opposition of
this measure in tho person ot my
much-loved friend from New York,
fMr.! Oox?l I was never so m icli
pained as when with deep and mcl
anplioly ..-interest, , I listened , to. his
speech upon this bill, . It was able,
was ingenious, it displayed nis
great literary research and discovered
his profound crudjtion, but to my
mind it was not applicable. , Whence
conies Ins extensive acquaintance
with the Indian character? . Has he
seen the war-dance, heard the battle
cry, seen the uplifted tomahawk, the
scalping kiiifo glistening lit the air.
the blazing fagots, and tho Victim at
the stake; houses, tho poor and hum
bio homes of our frontier settlers
burned to the . ground, and men
women, children indiscriminately
butchered? Surely, O, surely not.
indeed, then where did ho acquire his
knowledge of Indians? from Coop
er's novels? From Longfellow's Hi
a watt) a, in fanciful conception of the
graceful and sylph-like form ot the
mythical Minnehaha ( from too Iu
gerids of Tammany, with which be
confesses a familiarity, or from and
upon that' gigantic mountain irom
which he contemplated many cities
and 000,000 happy Kabyles at its base?
i narrow contracted country, nue ira
agination, or a powerful vision, to say
the least. ,
Ah. those happy Kabyles!;, No
portion of the speech of my accoin
plished friend, Mr. Chairman, made
so great and lasting impression on
my mind as that delightful descnp
tiuii of the yision spread out to his
(raze from that dizzy : mountain
height. Infancy .was by his side,
1 too saw that regenerate 000,000.
saw their bright, happy faces lit up
with the spirit ot human kindness.
aw them at their looms, at their
nluws, at their daily toil.. But al
their joy, all their happiness, all their
rlulneii, were but comparative in
their degree until the revivifying, re
juvenating gaze of my genial friend
fell upon them. Ah, Mr. Chairman
it was a blissful moment tor those
peaceful Kabvles when, upward turn
tng their eyes t the mountain crags,
they i'lield tho benignant counte
nance of the gentleman bent toward
them. What teelincs of emotiom
must have thrilled them! What
. glimpse of Paradise opened to their
1 vision! What gleams of centennial
adianco must have , illumined their r
jeaceful valley! . I caii now see that,,
Arcadia putting on noir glories undeV
such a , , beneficent,' ud, , amncatical
gaze; ! M ' ' - - u '
But the picturo is too enchanting,
will turn it to tho wali.-nor evert
nquire if they had been under tho
chargo of political 'agents or knew
anything ot tho reservation system.
I ho Indians left Uhio, and so did my
liatin.rniQlinil frinnrl '1Ta ttrnnr. tn
New York, and outside the political .
war-whoop of Tammany the voice of
tho red man was unheard.
Having heretoioro upon most ques
tions been right hA speaks with much
confidence and assurance upon this.
itb all my admiration tor that gen
tleman, I do solemnly protest that he i
has no right to calmly and deliberate-
y cast an unkind icputauort upon tne
iepresentativcs ot the btatcs exposed
to Indian disturbances. But lor the
attack so wantonly made upon a num.'
bor of Representatives in this body.
of whom I am one, I should not utter
ono siugla word. Ho says: ..
Every border man, I suppose, is It) favof
of the extormiuaiioo of tho Judloos, or Dear
ly all. . , ,-,
And again lie said I . '
I do not mean all the border taen 1 1 mean
all the bonier (Jonifressmea except the gen
tleman from Aikanis, Mr. Wilihire who
so nobly muds up in vindication of lbs rod
men ol his iwighborhoeu. ' '
There is no disposition, Mr, Chair
man, l assure you, anywhere in mo
West to exterminate the Indian race;
but it there was and that feeling was
universal, the Indian need not tear any
so much as the border men. 'The
wicked flee where no man pursueth."
oople very much mistake tno border
men. l lioy are not rumaus or mur
erers. Thev are a noble, brave, gal-1
ant, ontorprising people, equaling In
intelligence, even the, polite, constitu
ency of my gonial friend from New
York. They are as magnanimous at
brave, as merciful as gallan They
respect tho rights of tho Indians, and
by tho Indians are far more respooted
than those who at a remote and seoure
distance extol their virtues, and from
the extremest height of some Mount :
Parnassus in Algeria or elsewhere
sing ot thoso who, driven by philan-' i
thropista and late, have sought refuge ,
upon the Bumiuit ot the Rocky Mount-1
aiua and green slopes of the Pacific. t
Gentlemen talk about the injustice 1
done the Indiana. They magnify and'
manufacture massacres of . the noble
red family. They do not allow their
memory to go bHck only a few years
to many painful incidents in tho his
tory of our frontier settlement. They'
forget Mountain Meadow, they forget .
Dr. V hitman's tato ; , tuey lorgei .
also, tho massacro at the Cascades,
iu my State, in 1855, where men, yto-'
....I- .in i
men ana poor uuie cuiiuren were j
horribly murdered Some were out,,
to piocos, some thrown into wells ,bK
fore lifo was ' extinct j' others Wero f
burned to death, their bodies roasted i
and left for, hogs to devour, a dainty,
morsel for the contemplation of .phil
anthropic 'poace policy philosophers.1
They forget Lest River and its sad :
and grevious story of but three .short ,
years ago. They forgot, indeed. ll
the wrongs and suttorings enaurea oy
tho poople upon the border, and yoti
they assume to dictato to us now tne .
Indians shall treat us, and not hoWr
wo shall treat them. Tho Indians bave
rights ; we, forsooth, havo none. I Let'i
mo illustrate by saying that agreeably ;
to the prevaling policy ot the govern
ment, if a white man trespass upon1
the rights or property of an Indian he
is mulct in doublo the value ot the;
property injured, and tho government
of tho United Slates stands as seourb '
ty tor its payment ) but it an Indian, !
going beyond the limits oi hU reser.
vation, destroys tne property ot toe ,
white man, he is held harmless and is '
protected ' by the government, and 1
Congress, I regret to say, is diposed;
to deny indemnification to tne saner ,
er. if, in bis despair and desperation, '
the victim resorts to the doctrine of
reprisal, ho is denounced even upon
the floor oftbis House as a robber
aud a murdolcr. Protect your' citi
zens from tbe Indian, and the Indian '
will need no protection from your cit-;
izens; aud this, I am happy to say- '
Mr. Chairman, is ono of the chiof .ob,
jeotsofthe bill. ' " ' ' '- "
It is gravely sngge'ted, even by -my
distinguished friend from Arkan-1
sas, Mr. WiUhire, that the oommis ;
ijner of Indian affairs should be ale
vated to the dignity oi a Cabinet of-;
fioer. That is statesmanship with a :
vengeance. Two hundred and fifty,
thousand souls entitled to a Cabinet'
representation! We ' have, sir, 40,.
000,000 of people. Just thiuk of it! "
Divide that number 250,000 and we '
have 160 Cabinet officers! . How -many
Belknaps and Delanos we
should have among that number I
cannot conjecture and I will not no-:
dortake to say. As things now look
we would oeoupy the whole time of
Congress in the interesting labor oi "
impeachment, and accomplish by no
means, or slow means, the secsi3Tv
legislation of the country.