Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-11

10 execute the laws, tp snppress i,lstr-
reciion, and 10 repel INVASION. II Was on
that principle that The power was granted
10 the Execuiivefof this county 10 caas-
Use the ruthless savages for Individual
murders, or for murders committed nilh
Their combined force. Has Tie President,
then, SAID Mr.. J. violated his authority?
Certainly mol. And il you take FROM iiin,
this authority, which he has so rigi,Jnlly
exercised, what is To become of our ciii-
zens on the frontiers? The heart of our
country might be penetrated, and the
sa'ages besicge our very duor>, whilst we
are making long speeches about the puii-
cy anu humanity OF depressing their hos
iiliiles. Had such been HE ease in ibe
recent instance, either from defect i'm
the law, or in The execution Of The law
the people would have said. our govern
meih l. Il rope OF sand, and the bleod aud
treasure spent in IFS establishment has
been lav'shcd IN vain. According 90 the
i'rsl word ct military command, a ii.le
varied IT is made the duty Of the cxecu-
i've 10 take car, that the laws Of the Union
| are executed, and that invasion is rrnel-
ied ami Tor Tins purpose he may use The
| regular or militia force OF the country -
Would Il not be an invasion, 10 have our
helpless women, and the infant Descend
ants OF those who have Tough, our bat
RES, bntcheFed by the indiScrimlHa,e
lomaiiawk and scalping knife? Aud would
| ~ moi be violation Of -ihc laws OF tile
| country, 10 Pcrnlli The hands of The india@
10 be embrued IN The blood of our ciii-
| Gems
u had been represented, in pailia,ion
| OF indian hostility, and in derogation
ironi-tllr Justice OF The WA, ,liai indiviclu-
ais OF The whites had stolen cattle belong
| ln6 to the Indians II such were the fact
Mr. j. SAID, was il not known that these
sifenders mtgh. be individually published?
! bul was II moi Known that the character
| OF lndiauswar, unless where be iuJ'ans
| had IN some degree received ihe iigii OF
civilization, was inhiscrimluaie ,n,,rder?
DAD MOI President Washington make war
on them for eleven wears, hou 1888 to
| 1894, without an express auitOiity by
law Tor dong so ? Nhen the gallant
Scott, of Kentucky, led his Kentucky
| brethren against Tie Indian enemy. WAS
| II IN consequence of a formal authority 10
make war, or under an appropriation for
The expense. merely, of the expedition
Aud IT we were not al liberty to pursue
| this course, in what copdilion would be
placed the unfortunate settler on The from
! tier oi Georgia, III Alabama, in hlississip-
| pi, and III Michigan?
| IL he was justified in right and in the
s'rcicsi Interpretation OF law in what he
had done, as Mr.. j contended Gen. ].
was, he could not see on what principle
So great hostility was raised against one
| OF The most distinguished officers of the
country; who had borne the helmet in
| The front of battle in fighting lis cause :;
| whose every object was the good of his
country-aDd who enjoyed The affection
| OF The country III degree moi 70 be taken
| from him but by treason or the imputa-
| lion OF improper motives. Do We. not,
SAID Mr.. j. stand in need of military
fame! Do we not want il 10 secure us
respect III Europe? Do we moi want il at
| home?
| Mr.. J. then proceeded 10 touch upon
| the opinion OF his honorable friend and
colleague for whom he felt moi ONLY
friendship, bat alfection-that these IN
| cendIarIes were put TO death without ne
| cessity. He argued, that though, after
| destroying Mickasuly aud burning the
Suwaney towns, General Jackson thought
The war was al All end, he was afterwards
convinced lie had been mistaken so
much so that he had fousd il necessary
| afterwards to go 10 Pensacola, and 10
leave two companies TO scour the country
around It, who were HOW fighting galiaiiily
against the savages, who would have de-
luged the country in blood but for these
measures. IL was kind, ii not lust, 50
| General Jackson, 10 take the reasons
| which lie himself assigned as the grouEd
| OF his measures. He stood before this
House not only as great captain, but as
man OF sound sense and discreiion.-
| Gentlemen had said the war vas at an
end. But how many of tie enemy had
been killed! Lock TO The fact, in relation
To The power OF the enemy. They sei
existed, when the sentence of death was
carried into effect against Arbuillnot and
Ambrlster, IN force OF greater amount
than that which General Jackson had
with him. Look at ihe communication
OF Arbuihnot, stating their force 10 be
1900 men suppose these ns'igaiors OF
the war had been suffered 10 remain asd
go at large-suppese the benign influence
OF mercy, in the breast of this honorable
| aud respectable court martial, had weigh
ed down the scale of Justice, and these
men had been discharged, what would
have been the situation of thT frontier Of
Georgia Would it not have been tie
same as during the British war! These
ignorant savages were deluded by their
| abeitors into a belief that they were com
petent to cope with the forces Of the u
| nited States. OF tie twelve chiefs who
| signed the Power of attorney TO Arhulh.
not, though fwO had been hung, there
yet remained 10, and 1900 nIrn who
formed their command, To make battle
against our forces under the iustigaiou
OF the mlscreanis who had before siimu-
lated them 10 war against Us, aud 10 their
own ultimate ruin. Mr.. 7. was proceed
ing to sllew that these men deserved the
name OF miscreants, when, on suggestion
OF gentleman near him, he gave way for