Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-28


towards us cxciies only contempt or in
dignation. There are nruues unaioued
for, which /, Is time 10 adjust. For this
reason. we diSapprovcd oi the dcciaraiiun
ofthe secreiar, oi stale. that we viii rather
wait for the fan orabi, operation 81 hmc
upon the rrcjudices and passions opposed
to them, than resort to the unnecessary
agency OF force" 49,. Ii is not, therefore,
from any love We feel for Spain, that We
condemn the occupation of Pensacola
We owe her littlc-but we owe much 10
ourselves.
Much less, inthc ID place, is il from any
hostility we feel TO general jackson. We
respect his ser,ict s. Gratitude vii never
forget the victor of New Orleans. The
proudest feat OF The last war was his.
bui we shall never rely upon military 9th
GERS as Tie miallible oraclcs of public 'aa.
III Is tie business of statesmen 10 cXpoInd
the code, and thai of officers 10 obey At.
We look 10 the cabinet, not io the camp,
Tor It's Interpretation. Ii is loo frequently
the e. s 'Iai iHfcy oyW,d silent icges
Clearing thr question, then, OF these
two diifc ulties, Nc come at once 10 ;hS
several points which il presents to us.
l. ltigAt TO make was upon the Semihoics
Some OF the federal prints have idl.
questioned The right of tie Presiden, Ia
make warupou the Seminoies, without
declaration by Congress. We agree viii,
the Philadelphia Press, and the NilnliiIg
ton Wdtchmaa, IN the answers which they
have gwen TO this objection. Why urge
| 1t against The present war and agains!
James Mouroe? Has he not followed
The prec, dents of all his predecessors 3!
Did not Washington make war asains,
The Creeks of The South, and The lniiians
| of the hiiamis . Did moi Madison make
| war upon the Indians at Tippecanor.!-
"rhe earnes; endeavours ofihc President
| TO give security To the north western from
| tier by pacific arrangements. having been
entirely unavalling. II became his duty 10
employ such other means as were placed
| in his hands, for the protection OF the
country. An expedition against the hos
| tile tribes, was planned, &c. - MmyAa!fS
| Life of Washington. V. 800 " With re-
| gard 10 The I'd subject of enquiry, lie
committee are ofopinion that the evidence
accompanying this report, affords such
| evidence of the hostile views and lnien-
| ton Of The Indians, as TO render II the
duty of the President of the u. y. Ia nse
| the necessary means of protecting the
| frontiers from the attack with winch they
we're threatened. Accordingly, III p,srSu-
auce of the provisions of the Act of Con-
! gress, entitled An act for calling forth
| the militia 10 execute the laws Of the u
| Mon, suppress Instructions, and repel
| invasions,' the Executive ordered the 4tll
| regiment of intautry, &c. DC. TO esiah-
| liSh d new post on the Wabash, and 10
| march against and disperse the armed
| combination under the prophet. = Com
mittee of the H. Of R. Jane Is, 1921 In
fact, this act Of Congress expressly gives
81 II ft.A IN .lan
militia for this purpose. Suppose il were
| net so; suppose our troops were not 10
march on The slightest hint oftlanger, the
! frontier might be drenched with the blood
| of women and children. The peculiar ST.
| tuafion Of the Indian tribes living within
| our own territories, dispenses with some
| of the iormaiitiCs which are pal to foreign
| nations We make war without a decta'a-
ton by COngress-but we make peace by
a treaty.
| .. Right TO pursue then, into Fiorida'
Certainly there is no doubt on this
head. Ii they were already in Florida,
before lIosiiliiics were begun, we could
not cross the line 10 attack ilIen-but I'VE
lad right to pursue them beyond the
line, if they sought refuge in a neutral
country. g Ii is not new doctrine, that
an ACT awfuliy begun may he continued
where il would not have been lawful 10
give it beginning. In short; il is not
lawful TO begin force within the territory
of Il neutral, but If begun out of that ter
r!tory, ii is lawful 10 continue ii there IN
in HE heat of action dim ferret opus" BSn
kershoek, ch. s, p. 65, ct passim. Du Pom
ceaus Phil. Ediilon.-See also Vattel, b.
III. ch. 2, 1873, &c.-In fact. the law Of
nations seems to be explicit on This point:
into neutral territory, and DESTROY him
| there, provided he makes fresh pursuit, and
does no other injury 10 the neutral than
the pursuit Itself renders ind'SpsnSa5ie.-
Such a pursuit, in the open country, is
not an act of war TO tie neutral. Blu,
the oelligereni cannot strike at his enemy
through the sides of his friend, nor com
| nit an act of hostility against the one TO
destroy the other. The case of am enc
my's ship flying into Il neutral port Illus
traies this idea, and the law of neutrality
as 10 this point is The same OF land as il is
on Tie ocean. See BY nkersIIoek.
B. Had Gen. jackson right to pursue them
into SPANISH .tou' Had he right to
storm IL
We now approach the kernel Of the sub
ject- and IL becomes necessary 10 refer 10
the orders issued To the commanding Off
GER because they properly come under
this and the last lead. All the orders
that have been pnbhshed, are TO be gather
ed from The following letter 10 general
| GaiDes-and the following extract from
message of the president 10 congress, ac-
campaigning that order:
| DEPARTMENT or WAR, 10th Dec. 1917.
SIR-On the receipt OF this letter, should the
| Seminole Indians still refuse 10 make Tepara-
ton for their outrages interpretations on the
citizens Of the United States, it is the wish of
| tie President that Won cOnsder NOmrself al