The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-10-14

rAEAA f*NF&M&sNA w htAtet 80 N3H0tsN@t@ts~
for force arr on fht ROUTE 10 The stales
sulh0rizaI 70 furnish H. With this
inpressisn. cannot bal consider our
promise of Frofecfioa 20 this frontier
wholly nnsubsnnlial. and calculated 10
excite klpes and expectations which ne
shall not have lhe sure means ol fulfill
ing. ssnnos willingly be instrumental
in pr0dEing on this border scenes each
a. have occurred in East Flords--s
frontier rassged and desolaisd before
troops &c is prniection have been march
ed or nlhorized iO,mareh from their
homes. i
In mi letter 10 ihe Secretary Of Waro
the 7lh be Jane. scknowledging the re.
eeipI Ibis letters AZ The 25lh Of april
Ain of liay. ! concluded as lollowG--
" Although | have upon the whole of
this fr4iier about l.6O0 regular troops,
mostly Infantry. yea Il slll Be recOllees.
ed liiatlhis force has 10 guard an extent
Of 400 piles Of frontier. unsupported By
any oller Than very sparse selllemenls;
and Ind The chisslry Of Mexico may be
expecisl soon 10 fy 10 the rescue Of their
Presidnl. and reins;ale his red allies.
and. inspire them with . spirit Of revenge
agsinsl their white neighbors recently
SCREENED from their barbarism. Under
these expressions. I have deemed il pro-
! per lotequess Governor Cannon 10 au,ho-
rize Ilr brigade Of Tennessee Volunteers
enrolled under bis proclamation Of the
2slh nc April last. " calculate on the
probability Of smother call IL this place.
and IlAt, should ! have occasion lor yo-
lunleefs. ss | spprehsnd | shall, those
enrollsd shall have a preference To all
Others" In answer 10 which | received
on The 81 inst. letier from the Secre-
tsry sf War. dated The llih Of July. tof
~hrh annex copy, No. 2, in which
you viii perceive no expression diszps
proving my purpose 10 call for brigade
Of Tenn. Volunteers. The Secretary.
/, hosever. expressly authorizes me TO call
on Tie Executives of Missouri and Arkan-
sas Tor one thousand meD each But this
authority did not reach me until The %
Of his month, when ! had reason TO be-
l'es the regimenrof mounted gunmen, re.
qussted Of yon. had been raised. and would
be here befnre I could have suspended
their movement. If indeed | had deemed
il proper 81 To do. This. however. did
not appear 10 me proper; on the contra
~, deemed il NECESSARY TO request of
the Gnvernors oi Missouri and Arkansas
the Two thousand men, authorized ~ ad-
ditisaai force. for reasons set forth in
my letter 10 Gen. Arbuckle. (of which I
annex a copy. No. 81 Ofthese measures
the War Department, has been regularly
adyiled. \
Some Of our fashionable party leaders.
editors and Others, seem very much shock.
ed al nv preparatory measures To cross
lilde muddy branch Of The Sabine Bay
(which branch some are pleased 10 call
The IsIbins. willis, others of more literary
profession call IL the RuJicon.) to hold
the avages in check. merely hecsuse
some lev phife men have been killed by
them. and some women and children.
the NEes Of the slain. have been taken
prisoners aud carried Oh to the bosom Of
the wilderness!
In rfply to such silly illusions Of the
se!hshsl,ves Of party. need only remark
that m deciding upon the course of
; measures proper for me to pursue. in
reference 10 the Orwages committed BY
/ The Indians near me. think it my duty
tO consider the poorest frontier family
/ mensced With tire Indian staipiag Knife
| as entitled 10 the same attention, aud the
same viylani measures of protection, as
, the most fashionable Of our Interior cill-
zens. III were capable oi making an
Invldious distinction IN such a Case he.
tween the rich and the poor. the lurdly
politician and the humble pioneer, and
nf taking more or less care Of the one
than Of t'IecIher. should thereby prove
! myself 10 he wholly unworthy Of the
{ irus, repnstd IN me.
! Hut an exullIngly reminded BY some,
thai tie people killed. aud those menac.
ed by The IndlaLs are not citizens of tie
Cniied Sates. Ireplv ,ha, mos, Of them
, are elpzens Of the Unilrd States: and that
J whenever The national boundary line is
established in the manner provided for
by treaty. many. il not all Of those who
find themselves lefi upon the Mexican
side oflhe line wiIl return to our own
beloved country. But. unlil then, we
! must proteeffhens from savage nlossqcre.
| Since sal down 10 write this letter an
express has arrived. with a positive de.
claratIun that he had seen and ccnyersed
with Mexican officer al an Indian wi.
lsge. fnrty miles 10 the northwest Of
Nacogdoches. who was understood by
the Indians TO be engaged in setting on
foot an expedition against Nacogdoches.
This | believe TO be true. because il 10
IN accordance with the previous state.
men's Of several persons who are entitled