The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-01-13


grocs a few Of our Bluff people, who b 90
sfnek 90 ere cause, and were relying upon the
fAith Of Nichols promises. Our Bluff peo'
pie were the people OF the Negro iost col
Ieeted by Nichols and Woodbine's procia-
ms,ions, during The American and English
war and The eanse to which they stuck, was
the savage, serviie, exterminasine war a.
gainst the Cnitsd States.
Among the agents and actors OF such vir-
tuous entcrprixes as are here unveiled, II was
hardly expected that there would be found
remarkable evidences Of their respecs, ccLh
dence and good faith towards one another.
Accordingly, besides the violent seizure and
distribution, iy Ambrister, Of A.buihnors
properly, his letters TO Governor Cameron,
snd TO Nichols, are filed with the distrust
and suspicious Of the Indians, that they WEI
deceived and betrayed by Arbuthnot; wsiIe,
10 Arbuthnoi's letter to the same Nichols, he
accuses Woodbine Of having XIX. I. tux
en- charge of poor Frsncis. TIE prophet, or
Hias Hiljo, upon his return from England 10
New Pfovidense,and under prele0ce oil taking
him and his affaifs--of having defended him
OF large portion Of the presents which had
been delivered out from the kings stores 10
him, for Francis use. This is XLVII. a. I
one Of the passages Of Arbuthno,'s letter 20
Nichols, omitted in the publication Of it last
August, In tho London newspapers.
IL this narrative OF dark and complicated
cepravity this creeping and insidious war,
both against Spain and tho United States
this mockefy of patriotism these political
PbiIters TO fugitive slaves and Indian outlaws (;
these Pc 6diss and uescheries OF villains In
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other all in the name Of South Americun
liberty, of the rights OF runaway negroe and
tho wrongs OF savage murderers--ali COM
bioed ard projected to piunder Spain Of her
provinces, and to spread massacre and de-
vas,ation along The borders OF the United
Ststssi Is all this sufhcientto cool the sym
Pslhiss Of his CathoIic Maiesly's govel nnent,
excited by the execution of these two " sob
lects Of power in ami.y with the king &"
The Spanish goyernmen, Is net at this day
to be inior med, that cruel as war, IN lis mil.
deaf forms must be, IL is, and Dece ssarily
must be, do ably cruel, when waged with saw
ages; that savages make no p,isoasTs, but to
torurs them that they give nc qlarler; tha;
they put 10 death without Discrimination ei
age or sex that these ordinary characleris-
tics of Indian warfare have been applicable
10 their most heart sickening horrors, TO thai
war, Left US by Nichols, as his legacy, rein.
sugsted by Woodbine, Arbuthno, and Am
brisler, and stin uia,ed by the appreciation
encourage cment, and did OF the Spanish com
meodsht at ST. Marks. Is proof required
lntreat the Spanish minister ot slate, tor d
moment, to overcome ,he feelings which de-
tails like these must excite, and 10 reject, il
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| stated in the following extracts from the docn-
msn,s enclosed
Letters from sailing master Jsirus Looni,
10 commodors Dau,oi II. PatisrsoE, I3lf
August, 1916, reporting tho destruction o
the negro (xxIII. fort.
"On exomiring be prisoners, they stated
tha, Edward Daniels, q s. who was made
| prisoner IN the boa, on the l7lh July, was
sarred md burned oiipe Z"
Letters from Archibald Clarke to Gen.
| Gaines, ae,h' Feb. lsi7. message Of the
| President oil the u. States TO Congress, 2slh
| March, 1918, p. o.
"On the 2+,h InsI. the house Of Mr.. Gar
re,t, residing in the upper ps't Of this COON
~, near the boundary Of Wayne county,
(Georgia) was attsc ked, during his absence,
near the middle of the day, by this patty, Col
| Indisns) consisting OF about fifteen, who sho,
Mrs. Garrett in Two places, and then dispatch
Cd her by s,abbing and scaping. Her two
| children, Que about three years, and the ether
two months, were also nnurSered, and Inc
eldest scsipsd :. the house was then pluoder.
| ed Of every article Of value, aad set on fire.'
CLXI Letter f,om Peter b. Cook (Ar.
b.. hno,'s clerk) TO Enz A. CssAey, a, Mas
sau, dated Suwshnee, 18Th Jan. 1918, giving
an account Of their operations WIN ,ns To-
| diana, against the Americans, and their mas
sacre OF lieutenant Scott and his party.
"There was hoat thss was taken by the
Indians, that had in rhisiy men, seven wo
men, four small children. There were sis
Of the men go, clear, and ono woman saved
| .nd all tho rest Of them get killed, Tbs
children were took by tho leg, aud lhei
brains dashed out against the boat"
! Ifthe bare recital OF scenes like these can
not be pervsed without shuddering, whs
must DO the sgonized feelings Of those Who's
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