The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-01-20

voksd feiaiiAtios, which was ius,lfied BY the
extent OF the injury ioi7lcted On Us, and which
Was required ss security against future az
gressions how much more deserved was the
tate OF those, who were the authors Of all the
caiamities which were entailed, by a war of
dcsas.a,ing cruelty, and unrslen,ing ven-
geanes. But although they may no, be without
the pale oi civil end Of social law yet il they
have forfeited that protection, whish is eom-
mensurate with the allegiance due 20 the pa
rent state, inasmuch as they are aiding aud
sbet,iDg In a warfare against friendly power,
then their fate was meri,sd; and their pun
ishnent is jusuhsd by those laws which
Grest bfi,ain, which Spain, and the United
States, consider as paramount to all others,
founded on Isrineihies Of necessity and 4 jus-
nee.
Where shsil we find . parallel to the afro
cioas crimes Of men who light the savage
pile, and nerve the arm which lifis the toms-
hawk aod tho scslpiAg knife can we by anal
ogy compare them with tho outlaws, who,
disregard every moral and divine obligation,
and whose arms are lifted against every man,
even as every man 10 armed against them
SheSe is less enormi,y in the eondsct Of the
nidnisht robber and assassin, than in the in
ssiga,ors Of savage cruelty. Would the ter
rible vengeance, and unsparing hand, which
awaits the native princes Of India, whenever
they revolt from British supremacy; fall less
heavy on one or more subjects Of these Unit
od States, VINO should be taken 10 the act OF
iustigating them 10 rebellion would il avail
70 say \ am an Hmerieon, born beReath those
heavens, where man has sanctioned laws,
when goarra antse, the sacred rule OF right,
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suhhosiios 20 absurd. Nevertheless the IL
is contended, ,hat Gen. Jsekson assumed
power which should have been exercised only
by me President, and that he did annul the
las, sen cnce of The conrt martial. and order,
ittSc d ST, sentence TO be executed. If II be
true, that by the code of national and civil
law, aud on the acknowledged principles OF
.si,y, and OF retaliation, these men were
no, enti,led 20 any form Of trial. Can Geo.
jackson be censuted for enforcing the most
rigorous measures; was II not required Tor
the securiiy of our frontiers, for the protec-
sion Of the aged and the helpless that speedy
and ex mplary punishment should be inhict.
ed: was il not u,ged on the commanding
Office by every dictate of patriotism, and BY
the mast refined hunanity that ON example
should bs made Of these wrctehsd men, 10
order that others might be deferred from
provoking warfare rninous to the natives
and shocking to our civilized citizens.
OF Gen. Jackson ! know nothing moro
than what is Known to evcry Anas,lcan; ne
is brave and . valuable Sficsr; whose love
of County impelIed him 10 The held OF dan
ger; and whose valor and decission saved q,
rich and populous city from P!undsr and pill
lsee
His courage is not moro universally ac-
knowled god, than is his reputation for pos
Aessing those excellent qualities, which sdorn
and dignity the most eminent stations. His
homer is unstained his humanity is unqaes.
toned, by those who remember the obliga.
tions which he owed to society, and to the
laws Of nature, and Of natisns, which .drbuth-
!. nor and .Ambris,er lad sbaniefaily violated.
Attemps have been made to excite cur
sympathy, by = representation that the native
Indians are an pdcpendsnt, an abused, and a
suffering people that repeated injuries and
unredressed wrongs, have aroused the com.
passion, and invited the attention OF foreign
ers. The sxed aud unchangeable decrses
Of nature, cannot be reversed by sophistfy
II is a maxim, founded IN the experience OF
all antiquity, that the weak must yield 10 the
stronger The territory OF savage tribes,
which is coniiguou, 10 powerful and eisili.
xed states, must inevitably become ths pro-
pesiy Of civilized men. Therefore let the
iasigators Of Isdisn warfare be aware that
hoysoever often the wa whoop is sounded, 1t
is but The precutsss that the American Esg
shaH be hiaafed ycf nearer TO fbe scafers OF
fhe vast Paefe
The time may come. when Republics
cease to be jost The Hsro Of New orleans
resting Oh thar column of solid glory, the h
day oi Jsnuary 1915; can say, to Poste"ty
"nuidm a vobis pt2 nivm posture p s' e
guam huiu- diei memoriam Senpiernam -
he can never attain TO true greatness, WHO
Is destitute Of gensinc goodness. When the
massacre al the Chehsw village vas announc
ed, no one was heard - speak langusge
more humane, more indignant, more becom-
log rhe frsi Office, Of brave aud honorable
Band, than the much abused Gen. Jackson
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