Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-04-19

OF warfare rs understood by all men-no
age, sex or condition whatever is repulsive
of their tomahawk; deluge of blood, WAN
toniy shed, Is the universal sequiter OF vic
tory. A member of the British parliament.
attempted to legalize the employment of
the savages, as the means that b" cd and
nature had put into their hands "-this
brought down the indignation of the ilus,ri-
Gus Chatham, whose speech on that occa-
sion is well known. "God and nature 4"
nave also placed foiSin in the hands of man;
but all men aCcurse hun who uses it, even
agains his most inveterate~ personal enemy !;
and much more would poisining be repre-
hended IT suffered to form part of the mu-
nitlons OF war. But in what respect would
general poisinng be more criminal than
general slaughter by the insidious and
ruthless savages? Either agent produces
hitlden death, and should be equally repre-
hended.
In note below will be found an account
ut the education Of the blood hounds intro
duced by the Sbaniards into 81. Domingo,
hrse To destroy the Indians and afterwards
the fugitive negroes. All who have written
upon the settlement of America have en-
deavorcd to give immortality to the cruelty
OF the Spanards in this particular and ma
ny British historians are singullrly eloquent
on this great theme for censure. But who
had the astonishing audacity to Justify the
ofaa:Grds on the plea that these blood
hounds could not be restrained from thrust
ing t'ier heads into the bowels and tearing
cut the living hearts of their victim mo
one has had the impudence to do this out
the blame is universally laid where it Justly
aplpies, and The STANDARDS, gvho used tie
dogs, are considered as rcsfionsi5ic far The
en2rmHies they committed.
: From the famous speech of lord Dorches-
ter to the Indians in 1924, to the present day
the H1ltiSh in CanGda have constantly train
ed savages for the very work they are now
engaged in. This Is not mere assertion. l.
can be sustained by hosts oftestimory and
VIII be received as an established fact by
impartial posterity. A war with the Uni
ted states has always been regarded by the
British as probable event, sooner or later;
and his "gracious majesty's" officers in
Canada have been unremittingly employed
to attach he biped blood hounds to them
selves, while they excited their hatred to
the Americans by every means in their pow
er.
From the organization of the governments
OF The United Statessthe Constant care ole
every administratioirfias been TO better the,
condition of the Indian tribes, and preserve
profound peace with them.-Such is the
spirit of our republican institutions.-We
never began war with them, or placed the
tomahawk in their hands. During the re
voiution, when the British, in alliance with
some of them, ravaged our frontiers, and
committed murders until then unheard of,
we advised Others of this restless people to
peace, and resisted their importantly to re-
tallate on the enemy the wrongs he COM
mitted. They we're sometimes employed in
small numbers, as spies and guides but in
no other capacity that / ever learned At
this moment, the United States could let
loose upon the British in Canada, upwards
OF 1000 Indian warriors. Many of them
are impatient for the field of battle, thirst
ing for blood. But the same policy prevails;
they are restrained by force, or pursuaded,
or fenSioned to remain quiet. What a gIo-
rlous st!--betit be maintained and,
when the blood of Innocence murdered shall
ascend to heaYe when the scalp Of the mo-
ther and her babe shall rise up in judgment,
and plead for justice--let these crimes be
heaped, like Goals of fire, on British heads
only.
But while we would discountenance snch
retaliation, there is much due to sclf-de-
fence. 1t appears as though the extermi-
nation IF the faithless race was indispensable
to our safety, the Briti8h retaining possessi-
on of Uhher Cdnada. We have e, idences
of ferocious hostility that It would be crimi-
nal to forget. The fact is clearly shewn,
that no rule ofjustice or spirit of Cancellation
and friedship, can detach them from their
murderous habits,nr secure us against their
treacheries and it wilt hereafter become a
serious question, how far they can be spared
In the nature Of things, it is Impossible
they will be able to defend themselves a
gainst the enraged people of the west nor
can Great Britain give to the bordering.
tribes, any security BY treaty her ckenencY
will not interfere for those inhabiting on our
territory; she may abandon or support rho
others, as policy dictates, as her usage is on
such occasions. That the time is at hand
when they will be swept from the face of
the earth with the bosom of destruction, is
evident. The murders at the RfUer Raisin
have excited a spirit that Cannot be quell-
ed. 10 avenge her darling sons, KenfuckU
is again pouring forth her thousands of vo-
lunteers they are to be headed bv the We
nerabe Shelby, IN himself a host. The vic
tory of " his majesty and his aIiies" at
FrenchfozvH, was dearly purchased. They
lost nearly as many men IN manly combat as
they killed Of our people on the field, of
slaughtered after the battle. They have
ha1 a grand specimen of what Kenfnckvcan
do, but have yet to feel the power of the
generous freemen Of that patriotic state.
After the surrender Of our troops to the
British at the River Raisin, the Indians, in
violation of the articles of capituIation