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No
doubt
there
is
inhumanity
in
the
idea
.
But
it
must
be
remembered
,
that
these
ruthless
savages
have
given
to
the
white
man
peculiar
provocation
,
by
a
thousand
repetitions
of
three
diabolical
crimes
--
rape
,
rapine
,
and
murder
.
To
talk
of
their
being
the
aborigines
of
the
country
--
the
real
,
but
dispossessed
,
owners
of
the
soil
--
is
simple
nonsense
.
This
sophism
,
of
the
most
spurious
kind
,
has
too
long
held
dominion
over
the
minds
of
men
.
The
whole
human
race
has
an
inherent
right
to
the
whole
surface
of
the
earth
:
and
if
any
infinitesimal
fraction
of
the
former
by
chance
finds
itself
idly
roaming
over
an
extended
portion
of
the
latter
,
their
exclusive
claim
to
it
is
almost
too
absurd
for
argument
--
even
with
the
narrowest-minded
disciple
of
an
aborigines
society
.
Admit
it
--
give
the
hunter
his
half-dozen
square
miles
--
for
he
will
require
that
much
to
maintain
him
--
leave
him
in
undisputed
possession
to
all
eternity
--
and
millions
of
fertile
acres
must
remain
untilled
,
to
accommodate
this
whimsical
theory
of
national
right
.
Nay
,
I
will
go
further
,
and
risk
reproach
,
by
asserting
:
--
that
not
only
the
savage
,
so
called
,
but
civilised
people
should
be
unreservedly
dispossessed
--
whenever
they
show
themselves
incapable
of
turning
to
a
good
account
the
resources
which
Nature
has
placed
within
their
limits
.
The
exploitation
of
Earth
's
treasures
is
a
question
not
confined
to
nations
.
It
concerns
the
whole
family
of
mankind
.
In
all
this
there
is
not
one
iota
of
agrarian
doctrine
--
not
a
thought
of
it
.
He
who
makes
these
remarks
is
the
last
man
to
lend
countenance
to
communism
.
It
is
true
that
,
at
the
time
spoken
of
,
there
were
ruffians
in
Texas
who
held
the
life
of
a
red-skin
at
no
higher
value
than
an
English
gamekeeper
does
that
of
a
stoat
,
or
any
other
vermin
,
that
trespasses
on
his
preserves
.
No
doubt
these
ruffians
are
there
still
:
for
ten
years
can
not
have
effected
much
change
in
the
morality
of
the
Texan
frontier
.
But
,
alas
!
we
must
now
be
a
little
cautious
about
calling
names
.
Our
own
story
of
Jamaica
--
by
heaven
!
the
blackest
that
has
blotted
the
pages
of
history
--
has
whitewashed
these
border
filibusteros
to
the
seeming
purity
of
snow
!
If
things
are
to
be
judged
by
comparison
,
not
so
fiendish
,
then
,
need
appear
the
fact
,
that
the
young
officers
of
Fort
Inge
were
some
little
chagrined
at
not
having
an
opportunity
to
slay
a
score
or
so
of
red-skins
.
On
learning
that
,
during
their
absence
,
Indians
had
been
seen
on
the
other
side
,
they
were
inspired
by
a
new
hope
.
They
might
yet
find
the
opportunity
of
fleshing
their
swords
,
transported
without
stain
--
without
sharpening
,
too
--
from
the
military
school
of
West
Point
.
It
was
a
fresh
disappointment
to
them
,
when
a
party
came
in
on
the
same
day
--
civilians
who
had
gone
in
pursuit
of
the
savages
seen
on
the
Alamo
--
and
reported
:
that
no
Indians
had
been
there
!
They
came
provided
with
proofs
of
their
statement
,
which
otherwise
would
have
been
received
with
incredulity
--
considering
what
had
occurred
.
