The appointment of a commission to China to investigate, report upon, and adjust the difficulties growing out of Chinese immigration, suggests the propriety of a commission of like character, as regards its members, to take into consideration the agitating questions relating to the Indians. There is nothing which more nearly touches our honor, or more intimately affects our peace and prosperity, than does the condition of these people. We believe that a commission of statesmen would devise some solution of our difficulties, and suggest a remedy for the wrongs and injustice which have characterized our treatment of them, and thus bring to an end their wild and lawless mode of life. * * * * * THE NEGRO ON THE INDIAN. The negro teacher of the Indian boys at Hampton pithily says some things which go right to the heart of his subject, and are well worth repeating and remembering. The following extracts are from Prof. Robbins’ Report to the Trustees of Hampton Institute. The much-abused negro, forgetful of his own wrongs, stands before the Anglo-American to plead for the Indian and urge a more excellent treatment of him. We commend the whole report to the thoughtful consideration of those who yet doubt the capacity of either the negro or Indian for Christian civilization: “The Indian problem which the people of the United States have so long been trying to solve may be briefly stated thus: Shall we be able to teach the Indians to surrender their lands and their houses to us, when we want them, without fighting? It is a singular fact that the American people require more Christian charity from the Indians than they themselves are ready to give.” “The question is not, can the Indian learn, but will he put his knowledge to practical use? The answer to this question depends upon the future policy of the Government. The white man, to put his knowledge to the most practical and profitable use, has a choice of location. He goes where his services are most demanded, and where he can get the best returns for his labor. Are these Indians to be bound to get their living on one reservation, or will they be left free to choose homes for themselves?” “Unless education is made to mean more than brain culture, it may yet prove the curse of the Anglo-Saxon race. Thousands of young men and women who leave our high schools, seminaries and colleges, all over the land, graduate a degree higher than their social surroundings. The majority of them return to their homes unprepared to put their philosophy and literature into every-day practical life. With them, life becomes one continued grind, and the long list of intelligent criminals is only a sad sequel of it. The education which will nerve and strengthen a man for his calling in life is the most practical, and is the most needed to-day.”