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Show Department should not have charge of them except in the alternative between the two; ,if for no other reason, from the fact that the head of that department, like the Secretary of War, has already as many duties as he cm perform well without superadding the an-important business of Indiaii affairs. I reach the coonlnsion,t herefore,that the oul~wisea nd oroucr answer Q) t l ~ cy ot:>rion is t h t i:oub~esn 611gl1ri ~~~rn~di:lwle clyrm & n drpiilt-meut ex~I~~?ivfeOlry th e mauagemeur of ludiiin afldir~. If, bourrvrr, Congress sho~ild thiuk ditfewutly ;and 111;lke the transfer, it dwnx 1 8 1 iue UI that event t11e tra~lsfer sltould cousiat in a eh:111ge of jurisdietioll lkom tlrt Iuurior Srvrctary to tllc Secn!tary of ll'a~.,\ \.hilt! all tlw lilnctiuus of rhr hurulu shu~~lsctli ll br ijrrti~rnmedb \. eivilia~ls. If the management of Indian affairs by the bureau under the depart-ment of war was a failure, and if,. as is admitted, it has been not fully satisfactory under the Int.erior, it is clear that the mere transfer of the bureau from the one to the other will leave the management still a failure. Why talk of the transfer as if the simple turning over of a bureau from one department to another would magically cure all the defects of this branch of the public servioe. To me the proposition seems absurd. What is the " transfer?" Only a ehange, and, in my opinion, from bad enough to worse-that's all. .The War Office operated the bureau 17 years and it did not give satisfaction. In 1849 it was transferred to the Interior Department, where it has remained ever since, and still its con-duct of affairs is assailed. Each department in turn, with ample time for trial, has failed to manage Indian affa.irs vith popular approbation. If either department is to blame, both are, for both in the public mind have failed. What is the remedy? To know this we must first ascer-tain the cause. In my judgment, the cause lies on the surface and is simply this: there is too much cargo for the capacity of the vessel, and too much vessel and freight for the power of the machinery. Wc hrwe crammed into a bureau, which under the snpefisory and appellate power is a mere clerkship, aU the large, ,complex, difficult and delicate affairs that ought to employ every funchon of a first-class department. Now, with the cause of failure before our eyes, what is the remedy? Surely not merelv to out the old bureau under another crew and commander! Why, suc'h a Gansfer can give neither more capacity to the vessel nor more strcngth to the machinery. There is but one reasonable answer, and that is: If vou would havi all arosuerous and safe in ariv sea and any wenrl~wa, dapt ~ O I I Pvr ssrl w hi r ci;~.~oan, d Sour inac.biue"rYt u your vrssel and ~ ~ I I I I I ~ 1I1~1o ~th. e r wonls, lauuclh a urn. I)eprrr~~lconft I ndian .Ifnirs. frcizl~ti t miih thc vast and co~nl>licntc.rrlc ciuroval iuterzstd of I)otl~r :h.c~i,w l the ~xj~eriinruutl ~ist1, igeliere, prov'r n g~~n~1, r jn~ccss. (';in i t Ijt. t l ~ n tth e vivil dcpnrtments of this grtnr guwrltlurnt bn\% become so degenerate and weak, or the military so exaited and so potent, that the functions of the one are to be laid at the feet of the other, and the congenial sway of the republican statesman to be replaced by the mailed hand of the military tribune? I believe there is inneuuitv and wisdom enou@h in the American Con- <. .. petis to deviw civil rc~urdicsfo r sol,posed hure111r ni<rnarrageme~;~ tto s t re~~wr l\irc11~e~rt,~ t l~ercis \veaknt,ss; ro 1,orgc a~ldp1 1ri1:r if' 1I1c1vi s rot-tenn& s: to ounish if there is crime: tocon%entra6? oower for oromut. uesa ; ~ n hi& &-~acu.d~ to; maie re~~;onait,i~iat,lvi s\veA~)i~ne p ro'j)orribn to power, \vitl~outt rdnsfi.rrin~t he 1h11ctiu1o1f~ civil eoverlunellt to the miiitarv ore=. anization. If sucL a transfer of one bnrea; be necessarv for s~~~:cessif~ucl l~~~iuisr rwarhiyo ~no~r , 11l8uut he sanle pri~~ciptl~ef 'o ri;erx! And if of the h\ticau, n.11)- not oi cu-ordinate ~lel~nrmi~~euTrhs?c nrgu- |