Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-11-27
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GOV.
KABUS AND GEN. JACKSON,

ga, mittuSeVile, zlst March. 1878.
SiR-fou have no doub. been appris-
Ell. thut since your departure from Hart |
ford with the Georgia militia. THAI the In
dians have been towering on lie frontier
oi Ieilair county Thai they have Killed
Mr.. Rush aud wounded his son, and
being pursued by the citizens OF. thai
county, have met them IN hostile array,
when AN engagement tool. place wliici,
iastcd nearly AN hour, in which our little
detachment Consisting Of oni, thirty four
E.en) lost several killed, and a humber
badly wonnded. ThiS rpucomtre has OK
cited considerable alarm ON that frontier,
aud the inhabitants, in many instances,
fiNing from their homes for The want Of
protection. tH
The object of this communication. is.
10 request yon will De- so guod, as TO STA
lion score troops near the Bis-bcnd oi the
Oaknn!ges, and az or near the most as
| saDable points below that place. II il is 4
moi convenient for YOU To furnish the ne
| cessary force. You will please give iilsiruc-
items Tor SUPPLYING sHchsdsiaellmon,s as
may IL thai est I'll bc orderCd ..'O i1c SIR /
wee raaer The authority OF the state, with
| 70 ions, &c. | hope You will write me on
this subject without delay, as great alarm
has been produced by the hostile attitude
which tiir enemy has assumed.
| Copy of letter from General jackson 10
| tiovcrnor Rabun. dated ON r,arci, towards
pensacoia miles advance OF Fort Gddsden,
| May7. 1915,
SIR have this moment received by
| express, The letter OF Gen. Giascock, Ga
| copy at which is enciosedD detailing the
base, cowardiy and inllnmah attach, on
fiie old Women and men of The Cheiaw
Village, whilst The warriors Of thai village
were Will me, lighting The battles Of Our
| country against the common enemy, and
| al IA lime too, whcn unduubied iestimo-
nv had been obtained, ami was in NV pos
sesaIon, and also IN the possession al gem
GiaScock, Of their innocence OF the
charge of killing Leigh ami tie other
Georgian Z, Cedar creek.
That Governor 81 a STATE should as
sumo The right 10 brake MAR against an In
dian tribe, III perfect peate Will, ard IN
der the protection OF the United States.
IS assuming a responsibility, that trust,
! you VIII be able 10 excuse 10 Tie so,ern
ment of the United States. 10 which you
VIII have TO answer, and through which
! had so recently passed, promising The
aged that remained a; home my pfoiec-
| lion, ahd taking lie warriors with ine in
the campaign, is az Mnaccouniablc as
| strange. But tits still more strang, that
| there could exist, iiilin The Unlted States,
cowardiy monster III lnmaii shape, that
! could yioiaie The san,tiiy of a flag, When
borne by any person, bui more particular
~ when III the hands ota superannuated
Indian Chief, worn down vintage. Suci:
! base COW ardice and inurderous conduct,
as this trans action affords, has not It's
I parallel in history, and shall meet with
It's nierited punishment.
You, SIR, as governor of state, within
! my military division, have no rigbiio give
| military order whilst | am in lie field
! and ihs BENG at open and violent in
| ffIngemem ei The treaty with the Greek
iG'iians, Captain Wright must be prose
cuied an! pnuished isr t',ls outrageous
murder. and | have ordered IAN 10 bc ar
| rested and confined IA irons, until The
| pleasure at ihe president OF The u. States
| Is knoWH upon tie subject. IL he has
| LET, Hartford -letore my orderreackes him,
| call upon YOU as Governor of Georeia,
10 aid ia carrying into Ell CT, ms Greer
| tor his arrest ana confinement, which
| trust viii be afforded, and Captain Wright
| brought Ia condign punishment for this
! unparalleled murder. !, is strange that
this hero had not followed tie trad Of Tie
murderers OF your citizens; il would have
led TO hiickasucky, where we found the
bleeding ScaLps of yOur citizens, bul thcie
! might have been more danger III This,
than attacking a village containing u few
| superannuated women and men, and q few
| young women, without arms or proirc &
ors. IliS act, will TO the last age, fix a
STAIN upon the character Of Georgia.
| Copy OF letter from Gov. Rahuu 10 General
| jackson, in reply, dated Executive Depart
| ment, Georgia. iillCdgeyiile, LIST June, ISIS
SIR--l have lately had The honor % re
ceiye yours of the 9TH OF MAY, found
! on Communication from Gen GlasCoch,
| relative to The attack recently made on
Tie Chelaw village. Had YOU, sir. or
| Gen. GIaseock been in possession of the
| facts that produced the flair il is 10 be
| presumed at least, that you would not
have INDUCED IN a strain so indecorous
aiid unbecoming. | lad on ihe 2lst OF
| March last, stated the situation of our
bleeding frontier 10 you, and requested
| YOU, III respectful terms, TO deiach part
! OF yGgr overwhelming force for our pro-
| lection, or, that you would furnish sup
| plies, and would order ont mere troops,
| 10 Which you have never yet degned 10
| reply. You state in a very liaugliiy tone.
| that as goUe1rOr' of a state Efnin yotr
military diriSiOH, HARE no risAf to gtCe a mi
| hteJy order irhiiSt goH are an the Esid y.
| WtctclIed aud contempilbic indeed, must
| be Our situation ii DIS be lie fact v ben
The liberties Of the people Of Georgia.
shall have been Frustrated al liic feet ol
| a military despotlsm, ihcIi, and not till
| then, will your imperiOus doctrine be
tamely submitted TO.
You may rest assured fl,ai if the saya-
! ges continue their deprcdatIons on Cur I'M
projected frontier, shall think aud act
for Iiys, II in thai respect. Ioudenamd,
that Captain Wright be delivered Ia trans,