Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-03-23
FOREIGN.
The Execution Of .ArJutinot and AmJr;,,er

~ -4''e" 't"" ~ -tFohtHRot and An6risfe1-
LONDON, January Ii....We have pprnoscIv
aDstained from delivering precipitate 49,
ION upon the papers furnished by the AMER
can government respecting the execution Of
Tue aooNe unfortunate individuals we wished
10 ieau the documents calmly and attentiveIv
~ ~ ine"!tate upon the facts they disclose and
1Hpassionateiy to estimate how far thpy ine,;
ned Tie dreadful punishment that has hea,,
i"hicteu We have done so !; and we haya
concluded our task with feelings a findiJn,t;o,,
az" OF horror which we should find il dlfIicult
10 express. Oar readers NAV remember tbat
during the many months i'm which tha c.,n' -
'nese individuals has been a tonic of nuI,Iic
discussion, both here and in America we con
stahiiy avoided the expression of any decisiva
opinion upon the subject because we Ia,I ,,,
suiheiehi materials To form an accurate md,
heht, and because'it appeared 10 ms a uucstinr
" 'u1 ,nucn magnitude TO permit thai we
snon'd lightly pronounce npon IL. we will
.se" '9nu'nty confess that we had another mo-
'Ne' hough we are far from entertainin,
duy violent respect for, or admiration of tLe
american character, generally we did moi
tbtl.h mat so grave a proceeding as tat i'm,
aW1S me iiie OF Two men, subjecisof country
wilh winch The government OF the II c,.ta,
was AZ peace subjects. we will even saw ofSa
country Ike Great Britain, wonid have le.,
haZardtd, such uniinp pronrds
VI necessity, as made the measure one of nara.
m0nnt duty and obligation to Themselves
ht' sha!iw say 2 Instead of there heinz -,
Sach necessity, there scarcely appear TO have
9eeh suthcient grounds for putting those nm
naply gentlemen upon their trial al ALI. The
cohuhct Oh hfOuthnot, we will boldly AFFIRM
was utterly beyond the pale of any c,iminai
process known 10 the laws of any civijized
oouotry III the world And az to Ambrjs,er il
we Were disposed TO allow that bis prncecdi1es
"e'v Vi a more tangible character, we should
yet be compelled to Infer thar he was less
guilty than the innocent Arbuthuot because
he very SQUIRT martial who tried him aud son.
tehced MN 10 tue same fate as Arbuihnot.
dter"aIGs reScIpded that sentence, and pro
nOunced milder punishment am ac; nj Ir,,i,,,
which the brutal ferocity of fhe sangnina,!,'
JACKSON alone prevented from having is bPne.
fetal operation Upon this part eff the cond,c,
81 mat biood loving General however, we shall
nave ahoiner opportunity TO remark
1T me charges against Arbuttnot had been
completely proved, which thew were nor en-
what dld they amount To humane hpup
violent, tender anxiety on his part. TO Drepe1t
INSTITUTES, 10 neat discord, to GUert misery, to
arrest me march of plumber, massacre. and
oppression OF the part of the Americans lie
Impossible 10 read theletters of Arbutbnot viii.
o1l deepiyrespecting his generous and a,siahIe
ehOrts III behalf of the injured. persecnted
unPIo'ecieu indians He was living among
theh, ana following, lawfully following his
own CONNIE rclal pursuits. He saw their suE
Ierings, ne witnessed the hOrrid WRONGS they
endured from their more cirii-ed neighbours
ne nea'u iheIr complaints; they regarded him
as their friend he acted as such he rave ,bc,,
temperate, wise, and conciliating advice IJa
sToVe, IN the first instance, to unite the differ
eht uIDes IN one common bond of anitN aud
mutudi suPpSrt as the most likely means TO
e ii them 10 resist tue entertainments of
tnelr conio0n enemy Was this a crime
fes-ln tnelr eyes, whose nuieeing, whose
nhprlhcipied cnpidity could glut itself ouly
through The medium Of discofds and enmities
"nohs thOse whom they were hourly oppres.
.Hg flc applied TO Cnr Ambassador al Vash
instvh! 10 tHe Governor OF The Bahama Islands
lmpiorinB them to communicate with his Ma
Jesty government at home. upon the viola.
tioHS "hlcnwcres ystematically committing on
tie part 0t the Americans, of the treaty of
OheHt Wds this crime2 So far from n il
wasa duty which lie zealously performed. Bv
me 9th article OF that treaty il is STIPULATED
mat y an end skal be put To all hogiifies with
uie indian tribes and nations, aud That their
pessessiOus rights and privileges shall be
restored, III the slate in which they possessed
ihcm previously to the year 1911" This
compact WaSHOt adhered to. Fort Gaines on
me Chatachoochy and Camp Crawford, on the
rum hiser' both Of them ~ the Indian terri
lOiy,WeTe kept IN possession by the Americans
Nor was this all The spirit well as the
ietteT OF the treaty appears TO have been
violated. he back wood CieOTganS eucroached
upon the lands belonging TO the Indians they
burnt their towns. aud they mute fetds where
helhOusfS stood What Ia picture OF desolatIon
poufirayed in this single sentenced The
wTeiched natives fled TO their swamps, aud
were butchered in their flight They dared 10
complain OF those barbarItcs. An Engishnian
dared to cOmmsserate their suiierings, and
Invoke tie faith Of "a treaty, which his own
country had concluded 10 put AN end 10 them
Heidi more. lie informed the terrified aud
hapess fugitiyes Of the warlike preparations
that we're max ing TO crush them. Tie tsld
them OF tie approach OF a greater savage tiIan
themselves he warned them that jackson
was coming. These frere his crimes aud tor
them, an American Court Martial dared to
consgu him 10 an ignomiuiouS death. Well
ami truly has the Morning Chronicle observed,