Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-11-21


presenting tl,erlaims AMI tilts Of thc|
Indians TO land, and in practising nj
their wage propensities:ii'a, the s.
ininole war is prin' ipalls TO hr Traced.
Men who thus connect Themselves
n it'll savage communities, ana ,t'.nn
late them 10 War, which is Away
attcSaed on their part with acts OF
harbarity the most shocking. deserve
to he viewed in a worse Iith, than tb,
s wages. They would certainly haN
no claim tt an immunity fran the
punishment. which. according to the
rules OF warfare praciised b, the sa
wages, might justly he inflicted Oh thr
savages themselves.
II the -mbarrassmrn.s Of Spain pre-
ventod her FROM naking an in,lt unity
10 our citizens, for so long time.
from her treasury. Tor their losses by
spoliatien, AMI Mhrr~ Use. il WAS al
ways in her power to h We poyi'r.'
it, BY the cession Of This territory.
Of this: her government. l.as been re
i,eatedly appraised and the "fssinn
was the more TO be anticipated. as
spain must have known that, in ceti
ing ifs she would, in effect, ve'!c what
hal; become orIiltlr value IL her. ant.
would likewise rriirve herself fro,e
the important obligation secured b.,
The treaty of 1895, and all otiler "oao.
promitn,ents Respecting it. IL the Z.
States, frOa consideration OF thrs.
rnbarrassnents, declined pressing
their rlaims in "a spirit OF hosti'it,
the motive ought. at least, II have
hcen duly appreciated by the govern
Ment OF Spain. 1t is wrh known 81
her government. that other puweFs
have made 10 the U. states AN indem
nity for i;kr ioss..s. sustained by the;i
citizens at the same epoch
There is. nevertiwiess, limit he.
You'd which this spirit Of amiiy an:
! forhearanre can, in no instance, b,
Justified. Hit WAS proper. TO rely OF
4usicabir upgori ,tion, for an iD,itE,Di
E., ior losses, il would not have ,tees
10. 60 have permitted the inability Of
Spain to fulfil Eer engagements. an'
20 sustain her authority in the Flori
q S. to b. perverted hy foreign n,.ycn
iursrs and savases, to purposes 81
destructive to the live S Of our fellow
i.izsns. and the lis chest interests o
the United States. / he right Of sci
uetrnve never ceases. III is among I'll,
mos sacred, add alike necessary Il
nalions and 10 individuals. And
whether the attark he made by Spaii
p" rseiI, or ly those who abuse he
power, its obligation is not the les
strong. Thu invaders of Amelia Is
lam. had assumed popular and res
irrted tide, under w.ish they nigh
a.,proaci, and wound as. M ihei
| rnjeet was distinctly seen, 4 the dat,
punosed on the eXern'isc. Ivy an eA.
ss'ing law, was profoundly felt, th:.
mask IVES not permitted to proter
lheia. Ii was thought inra'n',ent OF
the U. S. TO suppress the establishment
land it was accordingly done. Tn
coordination in Florida. Tor the I'M
lawful purposes stated, the ATS per
|prtrated by that combination, q ahov
all. the Indictment Of the Indians, I
, massacre our frllow citizens, OF ever
age, and Of both sexes. nerited
like treatment. and received it.
pursuing these savages to an i'naginai
line; in the woods, it would have nee
1.-The height of folly to have suffere
that line TO protect then.-Had tina
: been done, the war could never ceas.
Even il the territory had .cen. e,
clusiyely, that of SpaIns and her pow
er complete over it. we had a rIgh
: y the law of nations. TO fullow iii
: enemy en- il. end to suhslue him tier,
But the territory belonged, III ce,
. lain sense, at least, to the savage eus
, my vino inhabited it, the power .
5 Stain had ceased t. exist over IT. an
protection was sought under her It'll,
by those who had committed on OF
$ citizens hostililies, which she W,
(. aound, Ivy treaty, to have prevente'
S but had not the power to preve.,
: To have stopped at that line, wou
] have given new encouragement
these savages, and new vigor to Il
c whole combination existing there.
8 the prosecution Of all its peIniciol
+ purposes.
: In suppressing the establishment
s Amelia Island, no uHfrientiiness ";
0 manifested towards Spain. because Il
4. post was taken from force wlis
IS had wrested it from her. The ueasu
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