Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-04

II may be shown that il does not exist
bu', before | attempt this, said Mr.. T..
allow nie TO make the gentleman from
massachusetts little heller acquainted
with those people, 10 whose feelings and
sympathies he has appealed, ihro' their
| representative. During The late war with
| Great Britain, Col. Campbell, under the
command of my honorable friend from
ONO, Gen. Harrison,) was placed al the
mead OF detachment consisting chiefly,
he believed, of Kentucky volunteers, in
order 10 destroy Tie Mississnaway towns.
They proceeded aud perlormed The du-
ty, and took some prisoners, and here is
| evidence OF the manner in which they
trea'ed them. Q!ere, Mr.. L. read the ge-
neral orders issued on The return 81 Ike
astachmentD hope, sir, The h0n0ra-
bic gentleman will be now able beiler 10
| appreciate the character and conduct Of
my gallant country uen than he appears
| hitberioio have done
But, sir, l have said, that YOU have no
right TO practise. under color Of relalia-
ton, enormitles on the Indians. will
| advance. III support Of This position, as
applicable 10 HE origin of all iaw, the
| principle, that whatever has been The
| custom, from the commencement of a
subject, whatever has been lie uniform
usage, co.ev.l and co-exisleni With The
subject TO which it relates, becomes lis
nked law. Such was Tie foundation of
| ali common law aud such. he belize, ed
was the principal foundation OF all pub.
! lic or international iaw. IT., ihrn. it
could be shown, that from the frs; Sci
Element of the colonies. on This part Of
The American continent 10 The present
TING, we have constantly abSiainod from
retaliaiHlg upon the Indians HE excesses
| pracilsed 10y them towards us, we w,,le
| morally bound by this inyariable usaue.
and could not lawfully change ii wI,l,Nui
! the most cogcni. reasons. So far as his
| knowledge extended, he said. fla; from,
| The first settlement AT Pts mouth or al
jamestown, II had NOT been our practice
TO destroy Indian capiives, coalbaian,s
or non-combaiants. lie knew %! bui one
! deviation from The code wLici, regulated
Tie warfare between civilized comment
ties. and that was the destruction of Ia
dian 1owns, which was supposed To- be
authorized np0n The ground THAI we
could not bring the war To il termination
but by destroying the means mliich nouf-
ished 1t. With This single exception,
The other principles Of Tie laws of civ
iiiZed nations are extended to them, and
are mus made Law III regard 10 tlrn,
Nheh oiu lhis humane custom, by which,
In conSideraiien-0 their ignorance, and
of our enlightened condition.. The rlpotlcs
| OF war were mitigated, begin Z AT lime
| when viewers weak, and ibcN were com
| paratlveiy strong--when HEY wcrt. the
lords OF tie soil, and we we.c seeking,
from tue vices, from the corrupiions, from
Tie sreligIous intolerance, and from The
expressions OF Europe, To 3ain an aSy lum
among them. And, when is II proposed 10
IN. Il,
The bloody maxlmS OF barbarnus arcs
and to interpoiae the Indian public law
with revolving crueiiies Al time when,
TO use figure drawn from their own sub.
iime eioquencc, the poor children Of the
| i0resi have been driven by The great
wave which has flowed in from The Aian,ic
ocean To almost the base of The Rocky
Mountains, and, overwhelming them IN
IT'S terrible progress, has leit 10 other re-
| mains OF hundreds of tribes, now extinct
| than those which indicate the remote ex-
| lstence OF their former companion, tie
| Mammoth OF lie new world Yes. sir. II
Is al this ausrici0us period of our cuun-
Try, when We hold proud and lefty sta
| iion, among the first Ialioiis OF lie world,
'iiai we are called upOA 10 sanction Il de-
| pariure from tie established laws and
usageS hich have regulated our Indian
hosnliies. And does The honorable gen
ileman from Massachusetts expect. in
THIS august body, this enlightened ASSEM-
blage OF christians and AMERICANS, by
glowing APPEALS TO our passions, TO make
us forget our principles, our religion, cle-
mency, and our humanity?
| Why was il, Mr. c. asked. that we had
not praciised towards the Indian tribes
The right of retaliation, now iur the first
iiine asserted III regard TO them? 1t was
because II wasa principle, proclaimed by
reason and embossed by every respectable
| writer Oh HE law OF nations, that rcialia-
non Is only jilstifiablc as calculated 10
produce c6eci in the war Vengeance was
new motive for resorling TO it. II re-
| TAXATION will produce no effect on The g.
nemy, we are bound TO abstain from il.
| by every consideration Of humanity aud
Justice. VIII IL, then produce effect OH
! The Indian tribes! No they care not
| about the execution of those of their war
| rIors WHO are taken captive. They are
| considered rs dlsgiaced by tie very cir
cumsiaDcc OF their captivity, and il is Of
ten mercy 10 Tie unhappy captive, to de.
prive him Of his existence. The poet
evibced a profound knowledge Of the IN
dian character, when I've put into ihe
mouth Of The son of d distinguished CHEF,
about TO be led 10 Tie stake and tortured
by his victorious enemy, the words
! -
The following is the extract which SIR. c.
| read
| " But the character Of This gallant defach-
ment, exhibiting, as At did. perseverance,, Iorii-
| tude and bravery. would however he iucom
plete, u, IN Uemiist of rctory they had BO1gOifen
| the JeftiHgs Of Immunity. ItiswIth the siucereSt
| pleasure that the general has heard, that ihe
most PnncIusi Obedience was paid 10 i'is
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