Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-03-12

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were appointed TO command this coyrs Ly
| the General himself, on othe, persons acting
ander Ris authority. Thus organized,
,heN @erc mustered into the service Of
! the u. States"
al the time ihis order Was received
the Governor oi Tennessee was either in
| Knoxville or The Cherokee nation ana
| 10 have waited The result Of The usual pro
cess ot drafting, would have produced
| lie two evils, of much loss OF valuable
ii'ne, and Tie raisiDg OF a force reluctant
| IN disposition and Inefficient in character
aud equipment. General Jackson immc.
| d,atriy dispatched letter 10 Governor
McMlnn, app, Using him Of The call tor vo
l"n'eers, and informing hial, that in case
The call should nni be promptly and etiec-
tual answered, hr should require cf INN
one itonsand drafted militia. (b) The Gu
vernnf warmly approved The step the Ge-
neral had taken, and added 10 his iorce
one company at mounted volunteers, who
| JO'ned The army a, Fort Gadsden. Gen.
Jackson 5 letter ot The 18th January, APP
/ pfised The Department of The measure,
and The Secretary approved and sanction.
Ell II. &C.,
| Corps o! the same character with the
tennessee volunteers were raised in otter
| paris oi The rouHiry, and under different
oHlcers, during Tie late war with Great
britain. In lie northwestern campaign,
Gen. Harrison was Joined by body of
volunteers, led by Col. Johnson-and Go.
vernon Shelby authorized the General To
| FORM item mic corps, and appoint such
| nfncers as the men might elect. Ano-
| Their body Of men, from Ohio, joined the
army on the march of General Harrison
for the relief of Fort Wayne, without
| any authority, and uncommissioned by
| me State Executive. These organized
themselves and appointed their officers.
| Iheir services were accepted for ten days,
! ana ihey received pay tor that period.
IT'S well known thai exactly the same
KIND OF troops followed General Jackson
INTO The Creek nation, and achieved the
| victories OF Taledega ,sEmuckfaw, andthe
horse Shoe. The same men who pene-
trated the swamps of Florida, covered
| Mobile from British visitation and the
same troops, officers and men, { d. defeat
| ed Welllngton's veterans on the shore OF
| me Mississippi, and saved New Orleans
| rom incendiary pollution. Did Congress,
| men, adJudge the ACT of raising them
unconstitutional" or did they approve
| Inc measure and make appropriation for
| paying them lw i'll not say that the sane
tioning an act by one Congress obliges e.
| very succeeding Congress 10 approve all
similar proceedings. Bui, where mea-
| sure ohimporiant necessity is adopted on
personal responsibility, aud approved by
lie government or the naiion, i, must be
| some motive, different from regard for
principle, that could prompt a committee
| OF congress at another period, 10 censure
| similar measure, urged by similar ne
SeSsiiy, anu productive OF similar benefit.
IL Is thought unnecessary 10 enter mi
| mu'eiy inio an enquiry Oh the powers ofei-
| 'neT me "ar department or d Major Cen
erai RECOMMENDING, te raise, OH emergency.
| BODY OF mounted volunteers. We shall
ieaVe ihls discussion To those " no are fond
OF cavliIng al forms, and raising technical
| objections 10 the most important and ne
ctssary measures. Suffice tito saw, tina,
Gcn Jackson had 10 choose between Two
| MODES OF raising the requisite force The
| one productive OF pernlciUus DELAY. (eJ
| ana calculated 10 ensure ultimate deirai
line other, more simple, less expensive.
| ana creative OF an army, iraught with ar
dent enterprise, and willing to endure q
very prIvallon IN giving safety TO their
brethren of the South. TO selee was MOI
difficult. Ii was a choice between defeat
and victory the full performance OF am
urgent duty or the disgrace of lie Gene
raj and The destruction of his army.
he committee are grossly erroneous
III asserting thai General JAG kson appoint
| Ell The officers of The volunteer corps. m
lie dld moi appoint one OF them 1t is irI.e
| liiai he appealed TO HE officers vino had
| saiiantly fought with lm IN the wiItier-
ness 0f The Creek nalioli, anil Oh the plains
OF New Orleans, and again reused them
! to lie defence of their frontiers. (g. But
| Their dDuOIutnsuta f.,
all cases made By the choice of the men
thy brought INTO the field and MANY of
the officers, high III rank, accepted subor.
dlbaie commissions. Col. Hayne was Or
dered TO take command oftie volunteers.
To organise, muster, and march them TO
The frontier.
Ii may be well TO remark, before quit
ing Tins subject, that the field officers of
me georgia troops were appointed by
choice OF The men after The concentration
OF the militia on The west bank ofOakmui-
gee, and beyo the civil jurisdiction of
Georgia.
In page 8, the committee remark, flat
the whole strength of the Seminoles,
when combined, did not exceed one thou
sand men, opposed 10 whom, under Gen
eral Gaines, were 1900 regulars and mi
lila, besides 1900 Indians, illegally sub.
sldIzed by the last mentioned general
What, then, IN This state of the case, be-
comes of the plea Of necessif, 2" will
ask, If The committee did not know, that
| correct information of t4tt numbers and
positions OF The Indians was only obtain
cd after the termination Of the campaign
General Gaines, was led 10 believe, from
his enquiries on this subject, that lie
number OF the SeminOles exceeded =, 800
warriors. WOuld it have been prudent 10
march half this number Of men Ia The
frontier, had the General even believed
the numbers ofthe enemy TO he exaggera-
led TIE strength of the Semmoles might