Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-08

Tennessee volunteers-and all this force
TO pursue a handful offugiiive Redsticks I
But, had all this force been REQUISITE
had the Tennessee troops been necessa-
ry, Mr.. j. SAID he would never suffer a
military officer TO invade the rights of
this house, where, and where only, the
peace and security of the people rested.
He asked, whether these volunteers had
been paid and demanded TO know what
officer had right 10 pay troops called
into service without amy authority from
the government Ought uoi the Pres-
de,I 10 have communicated the fact 10
this house, that such force had been
called into service without authority ::
but, before he could coun,ermaud
them, had rendered service TO their
couniry-and then asked Of Congress TO
compensate them? Such, he thought,
would nave been thu proper course Tor
The President TO have pursued. Mr.. J.
SAID he would be always ready 10 pay
just debt, but he was unwilling 10 paw
those who had violated The laws OF their
country. tie would not pay these sol
dlers single cent. Was il possible, he
asked, That any portion of the people Of
Tins country, rejecting, intelligent peo.
pie, as they were, should not have en-
CURED whether or not The commanding
othcer bad right 10 raise this force p
He could not believe it. We are going
Oh too rapidly, said Mr.. j. Look which
ever way we will, the public expenditures
exceed the. estimates; we are Jusl now
called on TO supply a deficiency for the
navy even The appropriation for the
public buildings, a matter of expence
susceptible OF The most accurate estimate.
are exceeded by about IA hundred thou
4 L., ~.
ell upon us; already Is this youthful ua
lion brought, under these auspices, 10
ihlS very singular situation, III time Of
profound peace, eltherto borrow money
or tax the people and his III time al
prosperity, toe, as we are told. The
public expenses, Mr.. J. said, were
nearly as great as In the first year OF The
war: was this proper IN state OF peace?
what, he asked, was The good which had
resulted from Tins great expedition, The
losses IN which the house was now called
on 10 indemnify They had been told
that this vigorous expedition had done
more than every thing else, 10 procure fer
US tile Florldas; but neither The vigor Of
the fltld or OF the cabinet had YET been
able 10 accomplish that objeci. Mr. J.
concluded by protesting against both the
amendment and the bill.
Mr.. CANNON, of Tennessee, declined
going into a discussion not strictly before
the committee, but would merely say. m
reply, that If he ENTERTAINED The same
view as 10 the legality OF the force, as
had been expressed by MIR johnson, yet
would he KOi withhold compensation
from men who had fought aud suffered in
the service of Their country as these vo
lunteers had. Those who asked compc,-
sailon had no agency in the alleged
violation Of the laws of The constitution.
Whether the commander bad auiho
riiy or mol tor what he did, the people
believed ar presumed he had, and
a. ordmSiy obryed tie appeal that VAS
mad 10 them in The name of their coun.
Try. La reference 10 the appropriation of
900 referred TO by MIR. Slorrs, he
apprehended some mistake. Mr. SToRRS
read The at OF 1918, 10 establish lie
yOrrecineSS of what he mad said relative
10 this appropraiion.l Mr.. G.. sill be
! lIeyed tins appropriation WAS intended 10
apply 10 other mounted volunteers also.
who we're previously III service, many Of
whom were yet unpaid The appropra-
ton OF S 10000, he presumed, was in
tended TO cover all claims of mounted
| men, and not for these alone, because
that sum could not iIave been deemed
necessary Tor those III the Seminole war.
AS To the Justice Of The indemnify, Mr..
L. said ii was true, when forage and every
thing necessary vas provided by govern
meui, tie risk of the loss Of his horse
ought to be borne by HE person employ
ca and paid for The use OF il bar where
they wore deficient IN every thing for
subsistence OF their horses, as was The
case Ill the Seminole war. they bad, by
| justice and equity, right 10 look 10 the
government Tor indemnity for their los
ses. The former war furnished a prece-
dent for tins course and that law, pro
viding payment for property lost or des-
| trOyed IN the military service, lie alp
proved as cordially as any act which
| he had ever seen passed. MIR. C.. insisted
| also on The good policy Of such AZ act
III the present case II would give TO tie
cIIizeus high idea Of The justice of their
government, aud strengthen their attach
neut 10 II. In dong justice 10 those
| men, WHO had done SO much TO raise the
! glory OF their country, MIR. e.. said he
| should care not What was Tie stale OF ihr
! Treasury ia such cause lie would he
| willing to lay axes To- raise the money -,
| and the people would checrlully pay
| them.
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee, catered al
some length inio an argument ID ilit sup
| port OF his amendment, aud IN reply TO
some OF the reasons advanced against il /;
arguing 10 shew the justice OF The remit
nefation asked for, and that II would not
be an extension OF The principle hereto,
| tore acted on in similar losses as con
tended by Mr.. Smith Of Mary aud. As
10 tic general question, The volunteers,
he thought, had night TO presume than
the cali upon them Was gal, and they
acted properly IN obeyiug The orders.
| right or wrsDg. lie WOuld not enter INTO