Litchfield enquirer., 1836-02-11

;. they have done s0'
. Mr.. C0m6nieng rose to explain, and Mr.. G.
d. yielded III" h""r
, Mr.. C. said that great Injustice had been
dane in the newspapers 10 The cnndurt pur.
sued ny the Departments. The C"mmittrr
nfWays and Means had been furnished with
the first communication on which they acted
bV the Secretary Uf War. The next dav. r..
crivrG u second communication with ali The.
documents relating Z" the Indian war, and
whirh contained al the inf,rmaiion that was
requisite. TIE documents had not gone forth
{" the public-which was an cxtranrdinary
! circumstances. They certainly were sent nv
the Committee to this House. and ought T.,
( have accompanied the hill, and been printed
and sent I" The Senate. IfIhpy had, the rrro.
nrOus impression as {" the r"missnrss of the
! Department or the Executive. would not have
{ gone ini" the newspapers. 1t was not the
/ fault "f III" Executive. or Of III" Committee
"r Ways and Means, that this had not been
| done.
Mr.. Granger resumed: If the gentleman
had lis,cnrd to me little longer. he would
have discovered that intended censnrp
upon the Executive; hit as he has chosen to
challenge me to speak d" say that the his
tory "f this nainn can present nothing like
! the silence which has existrd on this suhjpct
! do saw, that whilst this Hall has been ring
! ing with plaudits upon one administration, aud
whilst we have been called upon day after day
to hunt up the bones "f dead Gnarrrls here
whilst your settlements have been laid waste
( and dpsnlaip, no communication has been
made to this House as a branch Of the Cow
! ernsnrnt. Whatever information you have.
| even upon the grnthman's own showing. is a
I letter from the Secretary Of War T." the chair
man Of the Committee Of Ways and Means.
Mr.. Cambpleng: That letter contained ALI
that was necessary.
Mr.. G. continued; sir, repeat that, with
war known to exist in this country, we have
been occupied in hunting up the possibility
not onfy If y war which might take place
hereafter with foreign nation, hut also to
discover whether war was last year likely to
have existed.
We have war enough upon our hands to
take care of. The war cry is up in the woods
the tomahawk gli,trrs in the sunhram-
the scalping knife is urged to it's cruel duty
the flower Of y"nr chivalry is sirewpd along
the plain. and yet every department Of this
administration is as dumb as the bleeding
victims of this inglorious contest. This w"nId
not have been said. sir. If the gentleman from
nv. had not cut short what intended to- say.
The situation Of Florida is unlike that Of
the country alluded I" by the gentleman from
! Virginia, (Mr. Patt"n.) If understand the
character Of that Territory. it is not suscrpti-
bile of sustaining dense population within its
| borders.
J There are now hut few inhabitants. and
! those spread over large expanse ofcouniry;
and when they are driven in from, their settle
mpnts, unless the gov eminent extends its aid,
they must inevitably perish. They are not
| hos uG, N1,nN h.,
fell back upon a country as rich in agriculiu-
raj products az any other section ofthe Union
i am not afraid Of the precedent t" IN. fur
nished by this resolution. IL lpgislating for
u suffering people, want no precedent but
that which my Creator has implanted in roy
bosom. d" not believe that sit here with
the synpathsrs Of our nature chilled and frOZ-
en- by the mere force of the oath which we
I have taken; ! do not believe that our duty
requires that they should be thus chilled and
frozen. / believe that the existence of this
d gnSernment depends upon its extending its
fostering hand to the unfortunate wherever it
can be done within the limits of the Cnnstitu-
tion. Especially should this he the case,
where the sufferers reside within Territory.
and have M State Government to which they
can look for soccer.
Such is the true course 10 be pursued in
this nation-and then our people will feel
that they are indeed members of one com
mon IamIy-and that whilst they hear equal
burdens, they are the equal recipients of the
bounty and protection "f the government.
After some further debate, Mr.. Reynolds.
Of lllin"is. called fn: the previous question
and the House seconded the call and the
question. shall the main question he now put.
was then taken, and decided in the affirmative.
I Mr.. Pinckney. Of S. c. called for the yeas
and nays on the main question; which were
ordered by the House; and the main ques.
'i"n. "shall the resolution he rngrossed for u
third reading p was then put, and decided in
the affirmative: Yeas l78, Nays a..
So the resolution was ordered tN a third
reading; and on g::oiiOn Of Mr.. White. the
said resolution was read third time, and pas
sed.
From Florida there are no new details
Great Consideration prevailed at Indian Key
I" which it was apprphrndrd the Indians, af
: ter plund-ring and laying waste the settle
mrnts at Ne,e River and Cape Fiorida nigh
= pass over in their canoes. Al New River. the,
> had murdered Mrs. Cooley. three children
and Mr.. Fleat"n, teacher in the family
. The husband returned to see the corpsrs o.
his wife and children lying by tie ashes 81
r. their former dwellings.
Among the sufferers were Mrs. Rigby, her
tw" daughters and one son. They were com
PEELED to run twelve miles through the woods,
!, and when they reached Cape Florida they
had scarcely any clothes an their backs (ihey
having been torn of by the bushes) and no
shoes. S" completely were they exhausted
that they could not walk for several days.
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