Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-04-21

we're, iu rSitNS, tnVldn tSrtS ana Store
bousps, attempted To be protected BY the
.pauish tisg: and had they been in The
exclusive possession Of our savage enc
mics. they cou,dnoi have derived greater
advantages, been more benefited, nor We
aiore seriously Injured.
Against such an enemy, whai measures,
nere 10 be adopted undc, orders that re-
quiod aSpredy and .Gecfuaf te' minai,on of
re ,ear and which we're 10 give perma
Gen' peace and security 10 our Southern
frontier ! They were moi To be met and
fought IN the open plain, where a dsri.
Sife blow might be gwen, and the contest
"nlieh but were 10 he sought for m The
ioriresses oi Spain, aud IN the swamps of
wilderness, where they might centepd
al leisure, and rccede from The contest
fhe momentii became hazardous Partial
remedies 10 prevent such evils had already
Deeu adopted by the American govern
meni. During The war of 1912, Spain
had suffered Great Britain to violate her
neutrality in Florida, 10 the injury and
annoyance OF The United States. In 1914.
Fensacula was entered by II s. troops.
"nd lesson, 4, "as hoped, ehfOrced, that
however this government was disposed
10 cultivate peace, she could not preserve
II bv permitting. Spain. regardless of ex
sting treaties. 10 outrage her dearest
rights. She vas called upon 10 maintain
her neutrality according TO the inlunc-
uons OF The law at nations, and the pro-
VISIONS OF the treaty OF 1893. She pleaded
inability {" comply, aud the American
government torgave The Injury. Peace
was al length restored 10 the u. S.; vet
s'ili Spain, regardless OF her obligations,
y fmiiied British agents to reside within
The bosom of Florida, aud TO excite the
indians aud Negroes 10 pillage IL TO blood
shed. RemOnstramce was again employ
e I, but III vain. Inability was still the
preiexi, and The same trasicai scenes
witnessed IN 1914, were now repeated.-
j lie savdgeS who had causelessly made
war, and who we're shedding the blood of
our border settlers, beiNg thus openly re.
eeived and comtorted by the Spanish au-
thnriiIeS, were such acts of hostility were
so HaSrant violation OF the good Jude :
standing ext ting between The y. s. and
Spain, as, in the opinion of your respon-
dent, 'chotLy 10 merge the neutral character.
And Your respondent considers, that he
would have been gully Of derelic,on of
duty, had he drawn up his troops by way
al Gordon, and remained on the Georgia
frontier, receiving The reports of Indian
Tohherles and massacres, only that lie
might transmit them In The Secretary of
War, for he could have done no more.
BON OF these iorlresses were clearly j.
den,ihed as associates" in the war. aud
"ere beth equally under the control OF
vac Negroes and Indians. Ambrister had
app"nred before 81. Marks with or 500
under his command and an equal num-
Der had been seen about PenSacola. The
most oil whom were equipped for war by
Governor Mazot. In both instances The
strengths OF the enemy was amply sutE-
Gent for a iorcible occupation Of The posts.
More0ve+ the governor of Pensacola had
refused The passage OF provisions 40 the
Escambia, destined for our starving
troops at Fort Crawford. An q. States
schooner sailed The Amelia, had been
detained at that place, until the town was
taken, when we're obtained from her
provisions tor the troops. Another pTo.
vision vessel, ordered into The Perdido,
had been captured by boats sent from
the BaraDcas, and placed under The guns
ofthe fort hui fortunately made her escape
Nndtr cover of The darkness of mig ht.
In Ibis state Of things, had your respon.
dent been compelled Ia suspend opera
tons, and 10 wait for additional orders
tom The War Department, Tie object of
anticipating the enemy would have been
entirely defeated He would have been
compelled 10 retr0grade 10 the interior,
for the want at supplies, leaving many
points at The frontier exposed TO The
ruthless barbarlcs of exasperaled sava-
GeS. The militia force would have be-
come inactive and Discontinued their
time would have expired before auy thing
etfeciuai could have been done and the
campaign thus rendered completely A.
IN arlu
the defence of The frontiers oil Georgia.
Pensacola was much more so for the
peace and security of Alabama. In con
sequence, too, OF its being located OIL the
seaboard, II afforded much greater facil-
tiles TO our enemies, for it commanded
the navigation OF tie Escambia, up which
ma !, necessarily, 10 pass all the supplies
tor our forts erected on lis tributary
streams. The occupation of This post
was not determined upon, until the recep-
lloD OF Governor Bibb's letter at the Es-
Gambia, detailing many outrages, and COM
INTOXICATING the intelligence thai Holmes
ana his warriors were then in Pensaco-
Ia; as, also, The receipt of governor
MaZ)ts protest, complaining of a viola
ton OF lis neutrality, and ordering your
respondent 10 retire from West Florida,
accompanied with Mreat 10 cocTce n m
If he dad not comply Lieutenant Sands
had been despatched from ST. Marks,
with orders 10 hold lis artillery in readi.
Hess 10 meet future contingencies, should
they occur; but lie never was directed
10 convey II To giUen point, until after
your respondent reached the Chociaw.
hatchy.
Nor were those proceedings considered
acts NJ trar, as representedby the commit
Tee. by adVerting TO the correspondence
with the commandment at Saint Marks.
the governor of Pensacola, and tie Se-
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