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In the senate, on the same day, it was unanimously
resolved, that "so much of the surplus revenue, as may
be necessary, be set apart for the defence of the country."
In the assembly of the state of New York, on the 23d
January, the following resolutions were proposed and
agreed to :
Whereas itaippears by the Special Message of the President
or the United States to congress that a new question of vital
importance to all free governments, resulting from the extraor-
dinary position assumed by the government of France, has been
presented for the consideration of the American people ; and
44 the diplomatic correspondence between the two nations,
Prance distinctly takes the ground that a communication made
by the President to congress, in performance of his Executive
•daty, contained language implicating the honor and menacing
the French nation, and therefore an explanation of, or apology
fur, such offensive language, is demanded by the government of
--'tee as a condition precedent to the performance of a treaty
the articles of which had been finally settled :
And whereas, submission to such a demand would be subver-
sive of the constitution and principles of our government, and
either Prevent that freedom of communication, from one depart-
tile" of the government to the other which is requisite for its
safe administration, or tend continually to embarrass our inter-
"'lime, and embroil us with Foreign nations :
Therefore resolved, that, (if the senate concur,) as the repre-
sentatives of the people of this state, and as American citizens,
we regard this new and unprecedented demand of the govern-
tnent of France, as wholly unwarranted by international law:
h© evolving principles of interference entirely inadmissible in
the modern intercourse of nations ; and one to w hich free
g"ernments cannot submit without compromising their rights
-and ndangering their independence and safety.
,Iteesulved, that however highly we may regard the importance
o• commercial intercourse with France ; and however much we
::grfe,t a" deprecate any occurrence that may have disturbed
Wee --endlY relations existing between the governments, yet
the scant hesitate to justify and support the administration in
nu. auri it has assumed, declaring that an apology to a Foreign
:" for 4he performance of an official act in any communi-
a on frorn
.county one department of government to another, in this
Y' is Impossible.
The
above relates exclusively to the important question
between France and the United States.
The subjoined has reference to American warfare nearer
their own borders By the Sunday express of the Courier and Enquirer.
Mobile, January 12.
CarsonHOßßlDMassscrre.—By the mail-boat *Mazeppa, Captain
arrived yesterday afternoon, from New Orleans, we
have received the painful and distressing intelligence of the
surprise and massacre of two companies of United States troops,
under the command of Major Dade, consisting of 112 men, by
The Seminole Indians.
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Major Dade had started with his troops from Tampa Bay to
*th
P King to join General Clinch, when, on the morning of
Sul e 2 December, at eight o'clock, they were cut to pieces.
t''ree men of the one hundred and twelve escaped badly
Wounded, to recount the lamentable history of the butchery of
their fellow soldiers.
hhaajor Dade was shot off his horse on the commencement of
/the a"ank. Captains Gardner and Fraser soon after fell
flier-
ally wounded and their scalps were taken by the savages.
Lieutenants Bassiiiger, Henderson, Mudge and Kean, and Dr.
tilatii.r`
ttag, surgeon to the detachment, were all slain. Lieutenant
"Inger was wounded on the onset, and was discovered by a
eeer4r° 41 the party of savages, crawling off to a place of con-
rahnent, and tomahawked. We do not remember the history
tthea butchery more horrid, and it stands without an example in
annals of Indian warfare. Our citizens, we are sure, will