Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-13

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GENERAL J.4CXSON'S VLN-DICATTON.
srs,crUREs ON MR.. LAcocK's REPORT ON
THE SEMINOLE WAR.
Continued.
IS well k, own that exactly the same
kind of troops follow ed Gen jackson INTO
the Greek nation, AM achieved the veto
RE, of Talegeda, Emuckfaw, and tie
Horse, Shoe. The me men who pene-
tr,,ed the swamps Of Florida, covered Mo-
lille from British visitation; and the same
troops. officers and men, (d.) defeated
WelIiug.on's veterans on The shore OF the
Mississippi, and saved New-OrleanS from
incendiarv pollution. Did Congress, then
,;uige the act of raising them ''uncorstl-
tutienal," OF did they approve the measure
and make appropriation for paying them
| will not say that tie sanctionIng an act
hv one Congress obliges every succeeding
Congress to approve all simiiarproceedings.
But, where measure OF important neces'
siry is adooted on personal responsibility,
ana approved by the government or the
nation, it must be some motive, different
from regard for principle, that could
nr,mDt committee of Congress, at another
ner;od 20 censure a similar measure, urged
by similar necessity, and productive OF 81
milag henetlt
II IS thought unnecessary to enter M
nrtely into an enquiry on the powers o.
either the war department or MaJor oe-
neral commanding, toraise, on emergency
body of mounted volunteers. We shall
leave lbs discussion to those who are tono
of cayiling at forms, and raising technical
objections TO the most imG0rlant and ne
cessafy measures. Suffice it to say that
GeneraN ackson had TO choose between
two modes ol raising the requisite force
the one productive OF pernicIous deiay,
opI c,lcula,ed TO ensure ultimate defeat
the other, mere simple, less expensive,
ana creative of an army, Taught with ar
dent enterprise, and willing to endure e.
very privation in giving satety To their
br,toren Of the South. To select " as not
difficult I, was choice between defeat
an victory the full performance Of an
urgent duty, or the disgrjce of he Gene
raj and the destruction OF rs army.
The committee ART grossly erroneous IN
asserrin.. that General Jackson a, pointed
the officers of tue volunteer corps tie did
not appoint one of them. 1t IS true that
he Appealed to the officers who had gal
lantly fought with him in the wilderness OF
the Creek nation, and on the plains Of n.
Orleans. and again reused them to the de-
fence OF their frontiers. Put their appoint
mems 10 command, were in all cases made
BY the choice of the men they brought into
the 6eld-and, many OF the officers, high
in rank, accepted subordinate conmis-
sioas. Col. Hayne was ordered to tske
command of the volunteers, to organize,
muster, and march them to the frontier
1t may be well to remark, before quit
ting this subject, that the field officers OF
the Georgia troops were appointed by
choice of tee men, after the concen ration
OF the militia OH the west bank OF the Oak
mulgee, and beyond the civil jurisdiction
ofGeorgia,
In PAGE 5, the committee remark, that
the whole strength of the Semino!es, when
combined, did moi exceed one thousand
men, opposed 10 whom, under General
Gaines, were" 1901 regulars and militia,
besides 1900 Indians, illegally subsidized
by the last neationed General. What,
then, in this state OF the case, becomes of
the plea o; necessity ?" Twill ask, if the
committee did not know, that correct in
formation of the numbers and positions Of
the lndian> was only obtained after the
termination OF the campaign! General