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MANS’ ADVOCATE
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quest. It is also-muebbet ter sup
plied with c orn, poultry, game, fresh
water fish, pulse, end other excellent
vegetables. There are in the mark
et each day, thirty thousand persons,
including buyers tm*, sellers, without
mentioning the merchants and petty
dealers dispersed ov,er the city# In
tbid market'may be bought every ne
cessary of life, clothe*! shoes, * eai h-
ers of *11 kinds, ornaments of gold
and silver as isell wrought as in any.
part Of the world; various kinds of
tiarlftenware of a superior quality to’
thatfef Spain, wood, coal, herbs, and
medicinal plants. Here - are bouses
lor baths, and places for washing and
•bearing goats; in short; this city ex-,
hibits great regularity, and has a good
police;- the inhabitants are peon liar ly
neat, and far sujfegricr to the most in-
dusteious’bf the A/ricafte. ” The city
of Ubolula is described Ly Bernal
Diaz, as ’’resembling Valladolid,”
and contaihing 20,000 inhabitants.-—
-Both if these cities ivere of course
vastly inferior to Mexico; but it is
not necessary to detain the reader by
“ |>t to prove the civi-
texicaus. If we ex-
muK nve bm a mortifying revul-
sion of fe^Img, when they discovered
m those admired strangers, all the
7» c * 8 an ® wantonness Whieh disgraced
the worst barbarians, joined to pow-
(bt§ Which they imagined gods only to
the nightst pitch, when thfe lEuro-
peans fired their cannons find musk
ets among them, and they saw their
companion# fall dead at their feet,
without atty enemy at hand er art* vio-
destruction.”
Alluding t# these transactions, Dr..
Johnson remarks, “On what occasion,
or for what purpose muskets were
discharged amcfeg a people harmless
and secure, by strangers, who with
out any right, visited their Coast, it i»
thought not necessary to inform us.—
1 he Portuguese could fear nothing
from them, and had therefore no ade
quate provocations; npr is there any
reason tc believe but they murdered
the negroes in wanton merriment,,
perhaps to try lioiV many a volley"
""h 8 P eak
necessity, and as resullfiq!
from ||ie faithlessness and fe
the savage character, we
position which is not sup)
the facts. Mat a great j
is to be made for the desp
tween civilized and savage i
trw«s; and It is equally true,
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AVXo«a TAA(T> VW JIuTBAU Wed#.*.
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UXJir tcez tii,uo-ffv ■
jerz pap TJeo-A tb kr
|?-o c-oin.i w r.i jljMZEz tb yiv
o-ya
E»st between them, as
ty ho acknowledge a
. .• - .i« ± .M-
fcftttonal code, ,.which operates equally
upoii both the parties. But this does
not preclude all confidence; nor prove
the Indian destitute of morn) virtue.
t)ii the contrary, it must be admitted,
that the Indians in their prhhitiva
StBtlh, possessed a higher; moral char
acter than now belongs to them, and
thftt they have been degraded by their
intercourne with'civilized men; and
we ought in all our dealings with
them, to endeavour, as well as to Z fc
tone for the injury done to them and
to human nature,' t>y our departure
from Christian principles, as to briiig
between nai:
cwyz o-’.-vu j'.tsjwS
itffi T<
ktAz d#
Lin De.i*^wbj.
would destroy, or what would be the
consternation of those tba! should es
cape. We are openly told chat they
had the less.scruple concerning
treatment of the savage people
c a u se they ttarcely considered. th
disti.ict from Leasts; and indeed,
-. v
cept the single article of Christian
faith, in Which the Spaniards had the
advantage of them, we questioirwhe-
...„ , M,uwJ, the ithe** Ihey were hot, immediately pre-
practice - of all European nations,'and ; viou* to tlieii’ subjugation, in a higher
among others, of the English barbari- state of civilization than their op
ens that cultivate tlissouthern Islands pressori, whether they had not bet-
of America, proves that this'opinion, ter practical views of civil liberty,
however absurd and foolish, however more just notions bf private right and
wicked and injurious dill continues to more Of the amiable propensities and
prevail ” * # * * * softer virtue:! vt life.
“By these practices, the first dis | One instaneb in jiroof of these r.s-
coverers alienated the natives from sertions, is so affecting and so strong*
them; and whenever a ship appeared, ly m point, that 1 caniiat forbear t<V
[ From the Illinois monthly Magazine.
NTHE INTERCOURSE OF THE
AMERICvN PEOPLE WITH THE
INDIANS.
The relations of our government
ith the Indian trilies is a subject
hich is daily increasing in impoi-
mc.e; and reflecting meneannot but
erceive the ruinous tendency of the
olicy now pursued, and the absolute
ecessity of b speedy and radical
hange. The existence, within our'
inritorial limits, of, tribes acknp.wl-
dged to he independent, involves in
self a paradox; while the details of
us’ negotiations with (hem, and of our
eei»Iatioir with re|pect to theni, are
nil of the strangest? contradictions.—
Ve ocknowledg'3, tj^erp to be Bove-
eign' nolioi.s, yet we forbid tlj^ro
i om making war with each otWr;
ve admit their purely allodial tille
0 their lands, tlmir unlintiied power
ver them while they remain their#;
nd their full possession* of the rights
1 self government within them,—-yet
ve restrain them .from .selling these
amis to any bet ourselves; we treat
with them as with free states,, yet
tvc plant our agents and otiri-military
posts among them, and make laws
which operate within iheif; teryijp$jfe.
In our solemn leagues w ith thpm, jve
them buck to the same state of moral
dignity in which We fourld them. It
positions vve'nave taken, beiorc we
proceed any further,, and in so doing
tve do not design to cast any imputa
tion an «ur*Ovvh government. The
great mistakes in policy, and the mon
strous crimes committed against tlie
Savage races, to winch vve propose l#
allude, have been perpetrated by al-
most*all aivilized nations, and our
own government has been in this re
spect less.cnminal than any other.—
with which we are chargeable as a
popple. On the contrary, our policy
kaa b#en moderate and just, and dis
tinguished,^as ym shall show, by a spir
it of benevolebce. We only complam,
that this spirit has been misdirected,
and that wjth the very best inten
tions, we Uave done great wrong to
the aborigines.
Let us see how other nations have
acted towards, savages, and what have
keen the exfibiples ±et us.
The firat discovers were the Por
tuguese. Under Don Henry, a prince
who in point of knowledge and liberal '
footing, was a century in advance of
the age in whtch ke lived, this people
themselves ” (Intredvction to the H'orld
In Columbu# gave a nett
world to, European curiosity, avarice
and|doBpoti#m. It would be vain to
attempt tb follovv tlie Spanish con
querors in their desolating progress
through the islands and comment of
Apiefica; Like the Portuguese, they
were kindly received; like them they
repaid kindness with cruelty. Their
footstep# wore dyed with blobd—-cru-
<?lty, violence, and lust," marked-all
their aetions." Men seemed to be
transformed in to ministers of dark^
ness, and acted such deeds in real
life, as the boldest and darkest ima
gination h«8 rievev ventured to Suggest,
even ill poetic phrabzy. Bearing the
Cross in one Hoad, and the sword in
the other, combining bigotry with
military 'rapine," add the thirst for
gold With the M Sfpdwer, they u-
rtited In one visfSche&ifc Xjii the ftps!
>' m *r ai
race to a i>espeef able, if riot to ad ex
alted station in point of intellect; stnd
we have Urn xMe&btk to believi that
th^r have worse heaits/more^iolent
passions, or moreobstinate prejudices,
the rest ef the human
Way Is-it then, that they are sav-
meel- have they hot ascended
io the |ye*i |calp of subordination?
ignorant and
acknowledge them to be frpfi|^|
nations and as individuals, ,$'et '
claim the power to punish In t
courts, and by our laws, fcggressii
committed within their' boUndarii
denying to them even a< eoncui-ri
jurisdiction, .and forbidding them frt
adjudicating in their tribunals Uf
and were
Mtiy 4o* their
Europeans of
rtffcfcendftiits, cul-
fiihlib 11 riHflht'li rmVl
heathen#; andngid-
y friends. Wp will supply then
ith provisions, and reveal to Hue
fe riches of the land. Dost thou
iubt my faith? Behold my daugli-
! t r, I give lifer to thee, as a pledge of
iendsbip. Take her for thy wife,
in be assured Of tfee fidelity of her
miiy jind hnrpXople!”
a#ep;me.i,.(h|t-.ihe force of
"‘ is i^erv^pCv|Xipor _
stroi alliance a-
ssr-nd^di-
.atth^re
IBM
is to bfe found in hii
Sthftof-Pfew’t
• each of these insTatifef
fir# Were at first rece
tanefe
destitub
ler h gbferfiifient 0 !
C'aqiqne, and Accepted
edging moreover, to
■ against bis enemies, on
bis furnishing provision
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mainedtb
which lid
Utmost M
him on bfe
lays at Dane
was treated
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