Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-09-24
From tie Lancaster MteHtgencer.
TIE ExcL1su AVN INDIANS.

IL In LlSH AND INDIANS.
In addition to the numerous outrages coma
united by the British Nation ON this Country,
its alliance with the Savage Tribes caus 49,, -
climax OF iniquity. No good man can jus.l-
~ such conduct /; and their best and w,sese
statesmen have always reprobated it. Dur
ing the Revolutionary War. u debate Oh thi;
Sc. .'"s . LAC, =: 80: 3"isiSh House c.
Lords.
Lord Suffolk, Secretary of State, contend
ed Tor the employment Of Indians, in the var
Besides its policy and necessity lis Lord
ship said that the measure was also allow
able ~ principIe for that it was perfectly
JuStihab,e 20 use all means that God aud Ma
turc had put into Our hands,
This moving the Indignation of Lord Chat
ham, he suddenly rose, and gave full vent to
his feelings, in one of the most extraordina-
ry bursts of eloquencc that the pen Of histo-
ny has recorded:
am astonished Exclaimed his Lord
ship shocked to hear such principles con-
fessed to hear them avowed in this House,
or even this couatry. MY Lords, did not
intend To have enCroached again OH your at
tention; but cannot repress my indignation-
feel myself impelled to speak. Ny Lords,
we are called upon. as members ufthis house,
as men, a. christians, to protest against such
horrible barbarity.
IHa! God and Mature had tut into our
hands! What ideas of God and Nature that
noble Lord may entertain, I know not huC
l know that auch detestable principles are.
equally abhorrent to religion and humanity.
What! to attribute the sacred sanction Of
God and Nature to the massacres Of the In
dian scalpng- knife To- the cannibal savage,
torturinS, numbering, devouring, drinking.
the blood OF his mangled victims, Such no
tons hook every precept of humanity, eye-
ny sentiment Of honor.
These aOomiaa6.e principles, and this
more abnminab!e avowal Of them, demand
the most decisive indignation. / calI-upar1
that right reverend and This most learned
bench 60 indicate the religion Of their God,
20 support the justice OF their country
call upon the Bishops 20 interpose the unsul-
lied sancsiy of their lawn, upon the Jad es
TO lnterpose the purity OF heir ermine. To
save us from this pollution. call upon the,
honor OF your Lordships TO reverence the
dignity OF your Ancestors, and to maintain
your own. cali upon the spirit and huma-
Hliy OF my country, to indicate the nation-
a character, ! Invoke the genius Of the
Constitution
'Frot.A :. u =, ,-aatry tIal atNt,rns thssc
walls, the mnof,al ancestor Of this noble
Lord frowEs wish is,lignaJioH at the Disgrace
of his Country. In vain did he defend die,
liberty ard establish the Religion Of Britain,
| against the tyranny vi Rome, if these worse
than popi,h cruelties and nquistorial prac-
| tees are endured among rs. To send forth
the meTc!less canibai thirs,ing for blood
Against whom! Nour Protestant Brethren.
To lay waste their country, TO desolate their
dwellings, and extirpate their race and
name, by the aid ard instrumentality Of
these horrible Helihounds of War;
Spain can no longer boast pre- eminence
! Of barbarity. She armed herself with Blood
hounds, to cXtirpate the wretched Natives
OF Mexico; but we, more ruthless, loose
| these Dogs OF War against our Countrymen
in America, cndeared TO US by every tie that
should samctify humanity.
My Lords I solemnly call upon your
Lordships, and upon every order OF Men in
the State, to stamp upon this infamous pro-
cedure in the indel!iab!e stigma Of TIE public
adherence. More particularly cali upon
the holy Prelates Of our Religion, to do a.
! way this ihiquity. Let them perform a lus-
tration to purify thciV Country from this
! deep and deadly sin
My Lords, am Old and weak, and at
! present unable 20 say more; but my feel
| ings ard Indignation were TOO strong to have
SAID less could not have slept this night
| in my bed, nor ieposed my head upon my
! pillow, without giving this vent to NY etcr-
nal adherence of such enormous and pre-
! posterous principles