CIVILIZED MEN AND SAVAGES.
A Goon deal of ingenuity has been wasted in discussing whether man is better in a civilized or a savage state. More than one clever reasoner has employed the logic with which civilization supplied him to demonstrate the superiority of uncivilized society ! A good opportunity presents itself of putting the controversy to the test of experiment. The Ojibbeway Indians have just departed, after making a rich harvest ; and the Iowa Indians have already been received with more empressement than their predecessors. It is evident that the civilized man thinks it worth his while to pay money to see the savage : will the savage return the compliment ? Let our " great -chief," 4[the Duke of Viumillezoaj mar "Aaron wind," [Lord BROUGHAM,] our " great mystery," L-Mr. URQUHART or Mr. Dis- RAELI,] taking with them, if her Majesty will permit, the Princess ALICE, whom we may designate in the figurative phraseology of hunter-tribes " the suckling dove of the British lioness," proceed to " the far West," and try how much they can earn by exhibiting themselves to the Indians. On the homely principle that every- thing is worth " as much as it will bring," we may thus decide the relative value of civilized and savage men.
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