Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-07

:" be taken they are al the number OF the
equity and by this rigor the attempt
81 may be made OF bringing them 10 "a
sense Of The laws OF humanity" And
again =" As general has the right OF
" sacrificing the lives OF his enemies 10
" his own safety or that OF his people. IT
T" he has To contend with an inhumau en-
envy, often gully OF such excesses, lie
may take the lives of some of his pris-
toner's, and treat them as his own people
+" have been treated The justification
ofthese principles is foum,i in this salufa-
ry efficacy, for terror and for example. II
is thus only that The barbarifies of Indians
can be successfully encountered. Ii is
thus only HAT the WORSE than Indian bar
narliics VI European imposiOrs, pretend
ing authority from ilioir governments, but
always disavowed. can be punished and
arrested. Great Britain yet engages the
alliance aud cooperation of sa,ages in
var. But her government has invariably
dlsclaimrd all coun;enance or uuilIorlZa-
ton 10 hersubiecls TO instigaie them IL
gsinstus IN time OF peace. Yet so i, has
lappenrt', That from the period of our es-
tabished Independence to This day, all
The lnaiam vars with which wcshave been
afflicted have been distinctly traceabie 10
iheinstigatioD olEnsiish traders gents
always disavowed yet always felt, more
than once detected, but never before pun
lishcd. Two Of them, offenders of the
deepest dye. after Solemn warning 10 their
government, and Individually 10 one OF
Them, have fallen, fiagra,ue delicto, into the
hands of al A;neriran general: and the
IpDnlsl,men, inflicted upon them has hx
Ell them IN hlss as an example. awful i'll
lis exhibition, but, we trust, suspicious in
It's results, OF that which awaits unautIO-
rized preienders oi European agency, 70
stimulate, and interpose i'm wars between
The United State, and the indians, within
their conIroI.
This exposition Of the origin, tie can.
ses. and the character of lie war with the
Seminole Indians and par, OF the Greeks,
combined with M'e,resor's mock patriots
and Nicholas Negroes, which Rec ssari
| ~ led Our troops INTO Florida, and gave
rise 10 all those incidents OF which NJ
PZarro SO vehemenily complains, will, il
is hoped, enable you TO present other and
sonnder views OF the subject 10 his Cath
oic MaJesty's government. Ii will enable
| You 10 show that the occupation of Pen
sacoa and ST. Marks was occasioned
neither by spirit of hostility 10 Spain,
nor with view TO exiori, prematurolv
the province from her possession thai ii
was rendered necessary by the neglect OF
spain 10 perform her engagements OF res
training The Indians ffom hosiiIities a.
salnsi the United States, and by the cul-
PaDie c0untenance. encouragement, and
assistance given TO those Indians, in their
hosiiliies, by the Spanish governor and
| commandment al those places: That the
| United States have right TO demand. as
The President does demand, OF Spain the
punishment Of those officers for This mis-
conduct; and he further demands of
| SPAN just and reasonable indemnity TO
tie United States for The heavy and neces-
sary expenses which they have been com
peiied 10 incur, by The failure of Spain TO
| perform her engagement, 10 restrain the
Indians, aggravated by this demonstrated
completely OF her commanding officers
WIN them, IN their hOsiiIliies against the
| Uniled States: That the two English
men executed by order OF General Jack
son we're not only identified with the sava-
gees, with whom they were CARRYING on the
war against the United States, but that
one OF them was the mover and fomenier
oil the war, which, without his interference
and false promises TO the Indians of sup
port from the British government, never
would have unprecedented the other
was the instrument of war against Spain
as wen as the United States, commission
Ell by MCreSor, and expedited by Wood
bine, upon TIER project of cOuqucring
Florida with these Indians and Negroes
That, as accomplIces of The savages, and,
sinnIng against their better knowledge,
worse than savages, General Jackson,
/ possessed Of their persons and OF The
proofs of Their gnlt, might, BY the lawful
amt ordinary usages of war, have hung
iliesn bolh without tie fo!nalliy of tri
al: That, TO allow them every possible
/ opportunity OF refuiIns tie proofs or OF
showing any Circumstance III extenuatioli
Iof Their crimes, ne gave them The benefii
OF a ira by court martial, OF highly
respectable officers: That the defence
OF cnc censlsied, solely and exclusively,
oftech0ical Caglis al The naiure of part OF
the ev!deuce against him, and the other
cOnlessei lis guilt. Finally, that, in res
torng rersaeoia and ST. Marks 10 Spain,
the Presideai gives the most signal proof
OF his confidence, thai hereafter her en-
gasement TO restrain, by force, the Indi
ans OF Florida from, all hosiiIiiies against
The United States, will be efieciualy full
filled; that there will be no more muir
| ders, no more robbeTies within our Dor
ders, by savages prowling along the Span
iSh line, and seeking shelter within it, TO
I'll play III their villages the scaIps of our
women and children, their victims, and
TO sell, with shameless effrontery, the
plumber from our citizens in Spanish forts
and cities; that we shall hear no more
apologies from Spanisi, governors and
commandments, of their inability TO per-
form The duties OF their office and the so
Tenn contracts OF their conntry.-no more
excuses for complanccs To The savage
enemies of the United States from Tie
dread of their attacks upon themselves
40 more lIarboring OF foreign imposiors,
upon compulsion; that strength suffi