The Portland gazette., 1819-03-02

- l'i'B t'S - Shi~ i'o"~t ~ "+~ f'~
tion--
! Making war upon nation at peace With
| his government
| Diving the ci,i, authority f0m a foseiqu
'erritory, and establishing government
| of hi. own
hereby openly disreGarding the laws 9nd
consu u,ion of his Courtry--
Decoying by means OF false colors TWO In
dian Cii,ls on board of an Ame,ican
vessel,and then hanging them at The yard
arm, one Of whom mad spA,cd the life
OF al Anne lean captive, az the Interces-
sion Of MS daughter
hurrylng % piolenl and gnomiuinnslsafb.
two prisone S, whom nc rad admitted ia
quarter, contrary 10 he law, OF faalons,
without any legal evideu,e ,fat thcy had
committed any Crime, and in diiect yio-
i1tion Of the 65th article otvar.
No: the horror and indignation wlach
must de fell bv every Aneucan &C.
m-n who loves his country, oil readirp 1
rectal of hese trsnsaciUbs committ.d by
an American genera while The -tsr-span
led banner VS. flaetng "a his camp. viii
impress the n upon b!s mind 50 nd lil.lv.
that t"ey can never be fflced, Ihese shines
are gOrtnea uton our hs.to7p IL: choracters ~
BLOOD! Ard how 0uch j. lAls uo.rorsrd
lialgndtlon increased w1en we r. Atcr thar
this exerminaiing war against the wre,ched
luhabtt ms OF the fotesi, originated wi d
ourselves! Yes--our blood bai!s while we
recotd live nave the ell are 81 l4s,imonv.
that the'Stminole IS u igin ted viii, and
was commenced by tie froaicr iuhabirants
% The United ota'es, his dsgra,ctul and
huml'laIne fJct fully appear,d in the course
of the de5a e and was 81, qu~njly alluded to
by HF' Cl4y and others 81 ne Same poli ic-
al party But as We have n. before men
toned this circumstance, we viii be more
eAplcl a gen leman vino has betn resi-
dent at St. Mary's for the last / years. af-
firms, thai during that period, tnere h.s
no. been single acl Of hostility, on the
part OF those Indians, against the Ameri-
cans on the frontier, without 8 previous
plorocation on the par, of the Americans.
h's pi ovocation IS cotnmouly CIV Y in his
way. a lev piehigate citizens living up-
on the ST. Mary's musts,, and ~, al he
roper season. oud, taking thsir hofs ),
cross the river, and combine with atw
Am, rican born but adoped epssish sub
cts, and when thus mbntC, Cue, ) nv
mo the lndisn ttrritorf, TOR lhe purpost .f
s.iz NJ upon herds Of catlle lhesc caft!e
ar is~n to the 81. Maty 5 and crossed
over; ,hey are pat into range oa lbs A.
melic5n side, aud IS occasion tccpir,s are
Killed and car'ied 10 the market sa ST Ats~
rvs. he lndjsns, upnn learning of ,he
theft, follow add cross the ~. Mary's in
search "a the thieves; bur If ihty do nor
tnd them, they have sometimes kiIls ;nuo-
cent persons, pc haps f,mlly ,rey rhen
return home and consider the account be-
tween The While aud red m-n, Tor tha tran
sactlon, as b lanced. ( h. se thinys are
PeFecJiv well known all along the hontier
out our government, i would seem, are in.
formed OF 4 pArI only ; and thqsr very az
gres>Ois o the transaction sre ordered over
under the banners of The nation, e. burn.
sink, and destroy the Indians whom tbev
mad robbed--a dtty which they Derf3rrn.
not only with ahcrly, but with high graft
hsalon. hese cis we've abuAd ,ntlv sub..
81 iantlatcd By MT7 GlJ, Ivy docu .nenis which
he read M the course nt his speech, ane
which bear on the face Of them. evidence of
their truth BY these i, also appeared far
her, that IN these predatory excursions.
heae Plunderars had often mud. ,ed tie
poor lnGlans--Iwo It one une-three az
anhnsr-and five another, &c. The
Bcnleman from -. Mlrys further saws -
/ he scalriag kulfe nd ,onahawk are hor-
nd min when helr purp S. is cons,dsrrd
h III CoDCe'oPla!i9n Of cI.liiz q sod NOR
] man. Much ha, b-@a s.iI ab3u{ tnem,
mu.h n lbaut hem has 1850 j from ,he Dress
IN style Of chilling e.uqpence they ap-
9ear als0In state paPtrs, wbca treating Of
natonal matte 5, aud are thtr re denounced
almost IN the fpgu-ge of poetry, Is the in
otfuments OF savage monsters only. Think
- 700 and ,hese mons rrs have been ap-
parcHtiy so sincerely execreled 0v every
American, who has spoken or wfiuen upon
tne subject, that dare say, ], is not eener
ally known, that indian scaIps have been
exhibited u the own Of 81. Mary, (Geo.1
About five years ago, saw two Indian
scalps carried upon sticks through that
town, followed by men aud boys, silent
fom the novelty ofthv scene, but smiling
with appyobatlon.
WHh these f cts before Us, let Us. we io-
treat, hear no more Of Sc ysge murders, un-
n a least, the whi'e savages ale subdued
or punished -Conn. Mirror.
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