I shall myself go out on the plains in a few weeks and try to get an interview with the chiefs and if possible effect an amicable settlement of affairs; but I am utterly opposed to making any treaty that pays them for the outrages they have committed, or that hires them to keep the peace.
Dodge outlines his intention to negotiate with Native American chiefs while opposing any treaties that compensate for past grievances.
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Have you, or any one else, ever heard a single word of protest from these people or any one connected with them against the revolting cruelties of the enemy in the Philippines?
It is upheld and maintained today, as it always has been, by the patriotism of our people as represented by our Army in the Civil War, in Cuba, the Philippines, and China.
The national honor never has, never can, and never will be protected by such methods.
I must say this is the first time I ever heard of national honor being sustained by such methods.
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