The Portland gazette., 1819-03-16
The Hminoie War.

EIirdct from .jT fepktns0nS Speech an me ihOteSe
ofRspresenataoes ofhe U States
hear, sit, of enefcent plans for cisiliz-
ing the Indians, nd securln, their posses
sions to them. lhc great men who make
these efforts will have the appreciation OF
God and their own conscience bu this
will be all their success. / consider the
fate of the Indian as inevitably fixed. He
must peiish The decree OF ex,ernination
has long since gone forth and the execu~
uon otitis IN rapid progress. Assrice, sir,
has counted Their acres, and power, their
tolce and avarice aud power mach on to-
gether to their destruction. You talk o.
the scalping knife what is il tohe; liquid
poison you pour down the throas otthese
wretched beings I! You dcclam against
the murdsrous tomahawk what is II, Iii
comparison with your arms, your dlsci
pline, your numbers? | he contest is in
vain and equally vain are tn. forts Of a
handful OF benevolen. men against such a
combination of force, stimulated by avarice,
and the temptations of wealth. When, in
the documsnts ON your table, see that in
this triumphant marchof Gen. Jackson, he
met from time to tine, (the only enemy
he saw groups of oa men and women,
and children, gathering on the edge OF
morass, their villages destroyed, their corn
and provisions carriedoF, houseless in the
depth OF winter, looking for death, alter
nateiy, tofamine andthe sword; my heart
sickens al a scene so charged with wretch
edness. 10 rouse us from sympathy SO
deep, 50 irresistible. we are told of tn
scslping knife and the tomahawk /: Of our
Slaughtered women and children. We
speak OF these things, as if women and
children were unknown 10 the indians
as 1t they had no such beings amongst
them--Do such near and dear relations as
ii they all belonged only to US. 1t is not so.
The poor Indian mother, crouchine in her
miserable wigwam, or resting under the
broad canopy Of heaven, presses her naked
infant 10 her bosom, with as true and foac
emotion as The fairest in our land and her
heart is torn with as keen anguish il it per
ish in her sight.
A few nights since lecture was deliver
ed IN this house, upon the power of knowl-
edge. Among other extraoI dinary pro-
ductions OF human genius, the Mariner 5
Compass was mentioned as one OF the most
useful. My mind, dwelling perhaps on
this debate, Immediately asked, Is it so
What says the Indian to that Go ,o
the Southern part of this Continent. from
the Pacific to the Atlantic, once inhabited
by red and powerful nations, enjoying all
The happiness lie could give; because il
was all they could know or enjoy. How dc
you find it now ? Sadness and misery
and despair, in man; waste and desola,ion
over the plains What has made thi.
change, and sunk millions of happy beings
Into hordes OF degraded slaves? The Mar.
iner's Compass. Turn your eyes TO Nor
lhern Amtdica the scene is not more
cheering, and The cause the same. Lif
your prospect TO the regions OF India
once the unrivalled seat f costly maenif.
cence, and earthly power, but now gresn
ing, expiring, under The exactions OF com.
mercial avarice, and lhes expressions o
military despolism. Y What has done al
this The mariners compass.