Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-24

waits those unchriStian wretches. who. bv
False promises. delude aud excite AN In
dian Tribe to all The horrid deeds of say
age war.
Previous to NY leaving Fort Gadsden,
had occasion 10 address comnituica.
ton To the Governor of Pensacola, ON the
subject oil permitting supplies 10 pass up
The EScambia river To Fort Ciawln.Tl.-
This letter, With another from 81. Marks
on lie subject of some United States
cio,uins, shipped ~ Il vessel In the en-
ploy OF Tie Spanish government, To That
posi-, now enclose, Will his reply. The
Governor of PenSaeol;,'s refusal of my
demand, cannot hui br yic.Aed as ey,n-
eng an ho>iiie feeling on his part, parii-
cuiati9 ~ connection with soae cncmn-
stahces reported 10 me from Tie most uu
questionable authority. II has been Stat
eu, that The Indians, at war with the u
nlled States, have tree access into Fensu-
cola; tina, they ale kept advised, from
that quarter, OF all our moS emenls t; that
they are supplied from thence with
ammunition and munitions o! war; and
that they are now collecting III large
body, la the amount OF four or i've
hundred warriors, in that city. That III
roads from thence have been lately made
on the 4!ahaiiiu f; III one OF Which Is set
lerS fell iIy The Tua,alanA. These state
meats cumpel me To make Il movement 10
the west OF the Appa!achicola, and, shOuln
they prove correct, Pensacola must be
occupied with AN American iorce-lhc
Governor treated according 10 his de-
seriS, OF as policy may dictate | shu.,
ltave strong garri>oDs IN Forts s..
Marks, GadStlen, and scott and in PEN
Sacoia, should, II become necessary 10
possess 1t. Ii becomes my daty to s,aleit,
as my confirmed opinion, that SO long as
SPAN has not The power OF wll to enforce
The treaties by which She is soiemnly
bound To preserve the iutlians, within
her territory, al peace with The u. States,
II" security can be giyrn 20 our southern
ironiier, without occupying Gordon of
posts along the sea shore. The moment
the American army reiiges from Florida.
the war ratchet will be again raised, and
The same scenes OF iud.scrimna,e mas
sacre, wilil which our frontier settlers
have been visited, will be repeated. SO
long as the Indians within the territory of
SPAN are exposed 10 the decisions OF
false prophets and poison OF foreign in
trigue; so long as they can receive am
munlilon. munitions OF war, &c. from pre-
tended traders and Spanish commandments,
IL Will De Impossible 10 restrain their out
RACES. The burning of The towns, the
destroying Of tiieir stock and provisions,
will produce but temporary cmbarrass-
ments. he-suppied by Spanish author-
hes, hey mag concentrate and dispense
al VIII, and keep up lasting predatory
warfare against The frontiers OF The Unit
Ell States, as expensive 10 our govern
ment, as liarrasSing 10 our troops. The
SaHaseS, therefore, must be made Deepen
dent on us, and cannot be kept at pcxce
without beiDg persuaded of the certainty
OF chasiisemeni being inflicted on The
commission OF The least offence. trust.
therefore, that the measures which have
been pursued viii meet with the approba
lion Ofthe President OF the Unitei States.
ihey have been adopted in pursuance of
your instructions, aud under "a firm con
vlctlon, that they alone were cal, ulated
TO ensure peace and security, 10 the
southern frontier of Georgia"
The army will move on tie. 7lh from
hence, crossing The Appalachicola river,
at the Ochesee Bluff, about forty miles
above this.
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