Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-12-10
RRISTED AKD PuBLisRED,
DAILY,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1927.
Eto,n lie K.n.ueku Reaortsr.

SEMINOLE WAR-ADDREssED TO GENERAL
JAcKsoS
Mr.. CLAY fearec, the origin Of the war was to
he found in the treaty Of Fort Jackson conclu-
delinlSI4: he attributed to GEM .Cksonno othe:
than the very Sigh; degree Of blame attaching
TO him as the negotiator, and which was shar-
Ell by those who sanctioned that treaty \
more dictatorial Spirit he had never seen dis
PLAYED in anysinstrameni. He believed not a
SOLITARY INSTANCE could be found OF such an IN
exorabe spirit OF domination pe,vadinS COM
pact nurporiug TO be a treaty at peace. Tbs
treaty he u-3E;r Bonded was the cause CT the
wal 1t led TO itsSoSe txSts,es,whieh began it,
and only added another meldnchnly shrooF to
those with which history already abounds, that
hard and unconscionable terms extorted by the
power OF the sword, served bat 10 whet and
stimulate revenge, and 10 give to CID hostih
ties, smoiLered, not extinguished by The pre-
tended peace, greater evaporation ana 'etocl
ty!f5, 49,. or,;.x ,,.rusa u,,n vour
incompetence, as a negocialor, the orS'n o,
the ensuing war, Mr. e.. proceeds to enquire
Into your c0nducl in the course OF II. iht hra'
Circumstance which fixed our attention, had,
Mr. C. Il flied him with regret 1t was the
:; execution { the Indian Chiefs How did they
come into o0r possession? Was il in the course
of fair, open and honorable war? No, e!S6by
means OF deccaLiss!; by hosting foreign cose,ye
on The staff from IS Sich the. stars aud stripRP
should alone have hoaCed Thus eusnarCd The
Indians were taken ashore, and without cele-
3 mony, and without delay, were hung. Tbs
was the FIRST instance, MIR. {. said IN II BE knew
of in the annals Of our country, III which retail
iation by executing Indian captives, had ever
been deliberately praCliscd. riay be told a
bout Indian enormj,?s ard foreign miscreant'
and incendiarics. | hate thcm-lrom my very
soul abominate them But love my country
and its constitution, love liberty and safety,
and fea military despoisnr, more, even than
hate these monsters Those who allude to
the State from which have The honour TO
come, know little of the high aud maSnanimous
sentiments Of that State, IL they suppose hat
they wilt approve Of the transaction before Us
Brave and generous, humanity and clmency
towards { Hen foe, consu utc one o! their ne
blcs, characteristics Amidst all the S,rugS'@s
FOR thas fair land, between the natives and
its present inhabitants, MIR. c. said, he de
fed the gentleman to point cut any inat"nc' l"
. which a Krntuckian had stained his band by
nothing but his high sense ofthe DISTINGUISHED
services and exalted merits Of Gen. Jackson
Drevented his using different term-tnc exc
,:ution of an unarmed and PROSTATE captive
Yes, Mr. G said, there had been s1littry cX-
cepiinn in which man, enragrd al bcho!dlng
an Indian prisoner who had b en- selected Tor
his eaormities aud VINO had destroyed some OF
his Kindred, plunged his sword in his bosom.
The wicked deed was considered as an abomi
nable outrage whenlt occurred, and The nane Of
the man has been banded down TO he eXecra-
lion IF posterity. During the late with
Britain, Col. Campbell! was place. At the head
ola detachment consisting chiefly oil hentucky
volunteers in order TO destroy the Missssina>
way towns. They spared all The ,Carrfors trho
ceased TO resist, and even when vigorously
attacked by the enemy, the claims I'll mercy
prevailed over every sense Of their danger, and
this heroic band respected the lives OF 'heir
prisoners. l hope, Sir, the honorable ge'ue'
man will be now better able To appreciate the
charac q and conduct Of my gallant country
men, than he appears hitherto 10 have done
have said that you have no right 10 practise
under colour of retaliation, enormities on the
Indians In support Of this position, advance
The principle that whatever has been the
uniform usage co-eval and co existent with
the subject to which il relates, becomes It's
fixed law Such Was the foundation Of all
common laws. and, such, he believed, was the
principal foundation of all public or interna-
lional law. Ii then I can be shewn, that from
the first settlement Of the colonies TO this time,
we have cons, antly abs;aiued from re,aliating
upon the Indians the excuses practised By
them towards US, we were morally bound by
this inyariable usage, and could not lawfully
change it. SO far as his knowledge extended,
he SAID, that from The FIRST settlement at Ply
mouth or at James Town, it had not been our
principles to destroy Indian cap,lyes. The
practice of the laws of civilized nations are
extended 10 them. When did this humane
custom, BY which, in consideration OF their is-
norance ana our enlightened condition, the
rigors Of war were miiisated, begin! Att time
when we were weak, and they comparatively
strong. When they were the lords oil the soil
and we were seeking from the expressions oil
Europe TO gain an asylum among them. And
when is 1t proposed TO change this custom, 10
substitute for IL The Bloody maxims ofbarba>
rous ages, and 10 in'eTpoIate the Indian law
with revolving cruelties? At time when the
situation of the two parties is totally changed;
when we are powerful and they are weak, at a
time when to use q Squire drawn from their