Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-26

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when the hunters Of Kentucky and the Tennessee a
men were in The field, the enemy had ecr look ont
Mr.. Ripley addressed the House at some length ;n
ference the exposed state OF the sparsely srrd No.,
lation on the Western and Southwestern frontier ~
formidable and powerful tribe of Indians re sliug Wv
guous iiose frontiers, aud III" importance and ncc.
ty of providing for their permanent defence which
concnded could b. best done by adopting ii pro,,
ton of the gentleman from Missouri. or As!,rv
vi,Iing for rnisog additional regiment Of Drago.
which was almost the ouly description Of rro., ,i
cou contend efficiently and with success against ra
Indians K
Mr.. white Of Florida hoped the amendment &C Il, 5
gentleman fr M Miss ur would prevail |, wos si I
s,an,iallr the same Mr. w. himself had ,rnuc.J
another bill, eight nine weeks ago. and v;ir 2
if adopted then. would have saved the G"vrtnne,, *
least half million of duars Tie then entered I'M, 4
d.scrip;ion of the campaign in Flnrida and tn. ,.
situation of the country there. IN a very shor time g.
neral ScLt would be compelled 10 disnand nrary h
whole force and the country would be left 10 The II,
of the snvame for the Whole snmm"r Even with rf /
rnce the existing circumstances in Fl!a alone
amendment ou"ht 10 prevail, and he Recommended H.
honorable mover 10 use The words dra soonS IN uI
| ed rhemcn. z
Nlr Mann of New York expressed his surprise H.. j
this bill should be embarrassed Ivy gcntirnm ccm,
from the qnartcr Of the country most interested in L. vel
propositions which he conceived 10 be highly ofrc, ::
able; such the pending, 10 incorporate new ic =
in the regular army of tic United States other wo
TO increase the standing army upon mere surnisr H.
had recently received lengthy communicative fom i
distinguished officer stationed on The Western Ir,,
tier, Col Taylor) which stated that there was m H. =
prchcnsinn of hostrs on the part of the lnlars no,
had there been the ghcs manifestation Of dlssa,,
ton exhibited by them. MIR. NJ. strongly opposed h.
amendment. In The first place: there {, trr,s.
that ans additional force was required; and scccaG
they had no experience yet that the proposed fc.
would be effective than those already existing +.
On the contrary, it well established mi! tgry &c,
lhul cavalry at least more expensive II MT t.
effective, in cnenys County from tie necrss! ]
of collecting forage, anal the difficulty OF rocurin,it u
! Mr. Gascock in favor of the torma'onuf such !
corps as that proposed in The amendment lie remalk
ed that official aLvces hsd been received, that rou. /
apprcic enter toncd from the Greek Ind ~.
on the borders of rnrgia and Alabama, and the rcc
of this amendment, if adopted, would 20 far to cure
the pcace and tranquility of tla, quarter. Had such
force been stationed in Florida, before The war; all ,E
Expectations and slaughter which had visited that T'r
ory, would have been prevented, and the Seminole,
would have been pCacrabc as tie Indians Of N. Y
Northwest. lie confident, that if cavalry ice
was raised and properly stationed, nothing would ,rer !
again be heard OF Indian aggressiuns He would rar
take the expense into consideration, for il would be a
Election upon national character. Mr. G. tim az !
vcr,rd 70 the Florida war, where, from the peculiar
of tie country: cavalry could net be S" effective
infantry but This not the case on tie Western rraI
rrs Ills object TO have force Of united Iaan /
try, thereby partakng Of both characters with lie &c
| yantagcs OF each.
| Mr. flanagan replied 10 Mr. Mann, and surpoicd I
the amendment He referred to the gred, efficiency
mounted in the Black Hawk war. in The cen. /
parns the Wabash, before and after the battle o W
pccanoe in the last the North western roni0
and in the campaign Of Col. Dodge. He ri;rrcd I'D
vices he had received Of the temper of the Indians
present the Western and North Western frontier
from whom apprehens"ns were justly entertained Nj
H. adyeIted to the fact that the Indians themselves usG
horses in their excursions, being always well mounted
and that the prairies furnished ample forage for their
cnancc, also for the subsistence of horsS
As Texas had been alluded to by several gentlemen and
the possibility of Santa Annas approach TO frontier
suggested. he would only speak ono, that il iim
scit the powers and of the American G
vernmcnt at this moment under his CONTROL he wrua
lend them ALL md ~th all tie energy ever given 10y
man 10 any cause to aid in intlictng deserved punish
ment upon the monsters, who, at San Antonio, and else
where, had offered Insult TO every civilized nation Of
The earth by their brutal atrocities. He weuld never
pause, hesitate, altcr, until every EIscrc
ant who had stood beneath the wavings of the bloody
flag had found beneath the soil OF Texas bloody grave
never till Texas free.
Mr. Gillet moved 10 insert the following words in lIr
amendment: ali the President shall hereafter deem sucL
regiment necessary; which
Mr.. Ashley accepted as modification.
r Glct convinced the additional force tII the
western frontier should be provided for II they ut
wanted they would not be raised the amendment
modified; but if they should omit pass this bill, and
hosllrs should break out when the time had passed. To
provide the of rcpcng them, their constituents
would justly hold them responsible Tor tho consequences
lie c"n,cndrd that cavalry forcr the most c cn
that could be employed against the Indians in the open
prairie region Of the West. lie admitted that it
costly but Mat would not weigh any thing with him.
lie should vote for putting that frontier in such state
defence as would be satisfactory 10 Tie people who rcs
tixre
dr. johnson Of Louisiana also supported the amend.
icnt anu Tic bll, and he stated that the people ~ liz
western part of Louisiana were very muck lar med and
they were in daily apprehension Of hos,Illles from e
Indians.
Mr.. Vandrrpocl briefly replied to MI Mann and made
few remarks in support of the amendment. il scrm
ed that all concutrrd, that mounted force the l
that could he cmp"ycd and the only question was, w'
her they should wait till The moment had arrived Ior
their employ He was disposed at Gr:ce 10 MAKE
the provision and should envy the responsibility 81
his colleague, if they neglected TO do it, suffered ,hr
war to break out, and the country TO lie ravagcd brn
It could be prevented. lie should, however, have PR
trrrcd the amendment without the modification II h
colleague, (Nr. Gillct)
Mr.. Ashley then withdrew his acceptance Of Mr.
Gilletts modification, and accepted that of Mr.. White
Of Florida to insert the words d" mounted rihcn~n
MIR. Mann Of New York said few words in J'nd'r
10 the gentleman who had replied TO him. He was net
opposed to the bill, hut lie could not bring himself |"
concur in the cxTcdrncy Of raising all at once larc
body OF cavalry as ten thousand lie was IN 'r
yor Of lmtation and of not to the utmost extent they
could co. especially without any information having
been furnished to prove It's Cccssty
Mr. Everett said he had been misunderstood on yc
terday. lie was in favor Of the amendment Of the &c
tleman from North Carolina, (Mr. McKayD tu, II Cd
not go far enough to remove his objections TO the i
section Of the bill.
Mr. Thompson of South Carolina cited The report q
the Secretary Of War, giving tabular statement d! Inc
number Of warriors Of Tie various tribes OF Indians On
the frontiers
Mr. lloa thought at least the opinion of the MiIa!
Committee should be given thereon, before they we're
required 10 vote on proposition Of important ca''c
ter ny this.
Nlr Thompson Of South Carolina, cited passage Z
from the annual report o.. the Secretary Of War; ccm
mending similar provision.
Nlr lloar still thought the subject should have b''H
considered BY the Military Committee and they ougt
have The result Of their considerations Until that vas
done, and 1t came recommended from that comoc, lie
could not consent 10 vote for il.
Mr. r. NJ Johnson explained the course thai bad been