Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-02-04
CONGRESSIONAL.

sales of the Pullic d. II ain, (Nr. CLAY, hill
with anendn'n's and special Report, which
was ordered TO be printed.
On the same day bill appropriating $500 Gee
ior supprcssing the hosiiics Of the Seminole In
dams IN Florida, Whi,hlad passed tie House Of
I hepteS. niaii'eS, coming up Tor consideration
Mr.. CLAY said IL should te clad to hear the
communications itom lie Departments read, III
order TO see Whether tie, gave any account Of tie
causes OF this war. No doubt, whatever ma, have
been tie causes, it"as necessary to Pm, an end 10
the war Itself by all possible means within cur
| power. Du II is n condition, altogether wtlou,
! precedent, IN which the country was now placed
y war was raging with the noS,rancornusv olencc
within onr lordcrs Congress had lcrn in session
nearly two months, during which tine this conflict
was raeing vet Of the causes of tic war, how twas
produced, II the fault ON one side or on tod,
sides, IN short, what had light, d up the torch,
Congress was altogether uanefmtd, AID no irQui-
~ on the subject had been made rs either branch
Of Tie Legislature. He should IT, 81 lad If Tia, chair
man OF tie Committee ON Finance, or Of Inc Conn
mitce on the Indian Affairs, or any orc else.
would tell him how this war ad hurst forth, what
were lis causes, and 10 whom the blame of il was 10
be charged.
Mr., NrnsTrR replied Hat lie could rot give
any answer In tie Senator from Kentucky. II
was us much matter q su,rti>c to INN, as 10 any
one, that no official ,.nmanjraiionAad Teen made
10 Congress Of tie causes of the war. All lie knew
ON the subject he had gathered from the cazcttes.
The Communications from the Department spoke
oi tie war, as y wal growing cut Of tie relations
between the Indians and tic Government of tie
! United States, and gave no reason to suppose
that II lad lis Origin in any Guaifcl with tlc oa-
zcns 1t probably gre" out Of tie attempt 10
remove the>c Indians beyond tie Mississippi. Ac-
cordng TO Tie latest accounts. the country between
Tallahassee AID 81. Augustine waSo,errunhv hos
lie Indians, and the communication between
those + aces vas Interrupted. The view taken ~
the gentleman from Kentucky WAS urdoubtcdl,
the true one. Bat the war RACES, tie enemy is IN
force, IL. accounts of their rasagcs arc disastrous.
The Executive Government las asked Tor tic
means Of SuppreSsng these hos,iliiies, and il WAS
entirely proper that tic Till should pass
Mr.. " mITE expressed his regret that he could
add notllrg 10 the information given ON this sui
Iect. lie Knew nothing Ct the cause Of the war, II
II commenced in amy ctai quarrel or not 1t was
the object ottae Government to remove these In
dams to the west side OF tie Mississippi, and he
WAS approhcnsvc that tie difficulty Lad arisen cut
OF this measure. He lad, however, 10 intorna-
tim, which WAS not III tie possession ot every oi
q senator. He Eoicd tie LII would tie passed,
and without DELAY
Mr.. BEHrov made a few remarks expressive of
his ignorance Of TIE cause Of the war. Some wears
ago was a member ofllc Cen mittoe on Il, H.
dian Affairs. At dat me the Indians in Flor
da were III a state OF starvation; tlcv would not
work, and il WAS necessary that lhry should be fed
t' the | nlted States, lhcv must snbSjsi on the
plumber OF or citizens. He WAS under tie in
preston thai for these Indians there WAS appropri-
ated by Congress very large sam, perhaps 80, Geo
or fQ,0Ct to place tEcla where they wonld be
enabled to live without plundcring. These IT.
dams Il very bad tribe, rs heir very name sie-
ni"s, iac word Seanole, in Indian, being " Wild
runaway Indians They were therefore con>d
cred bad race. 1t was obviously the hest poll
ey to remove tEcsc indians To a place where tIrv
would be enabled to obtain plenty. Treaties were
consequent Y made with tlcm the subject OF
their removal, and hc process has Lccn going on
Tor some Years; but when Tie time arrived VIXEN
they should be removed, they declared that they
had no wish 10 go !; and again last summer,
whom thcrc was another attempt TO remove
them. The disturbances logan hy tlcr shooting
thcir chiefs, ard from tbs increased 10 the extent
described in the report of Captain Bolton, from
which, and from private letters, he understood,
taat III the massacrcs which had taken place, the
runway negroes of the Sorlh the most con-
spicuous. They lravcrscd TIE E, IL Of tine dead,
ana cut open tie throats nf those WHO were cNpr
ING. Two weeks ago he had stated here thai
what had already resulted from the movements of
ahoIi'lonjSts was sufficient to cast uTon thcm sin
for which they could never aonc. Great as that
mass Of sin MIS- hey may Vet have greater mass
to answer for, in comparison with which Tie past
was bn, as drop in a bucket.
The bill was then read third time, ard pass
ed.
On tic 2Sh ulf Mr.. Clay ilcrcd tie following
resolutions, Which lie over ore day for considcra-
ton:
" Resolrs9, That the President be requested
tn communicate TO the Senate, if they It at hls
command, copies Of the rapcsc which acoompa-
MED the Frcncl, bill of indemnity from the Clam
her nj Dfputics to tie Chamber Of Peers Of
France, tie 27'h Of April, 1855, aud oil Tie re-
por, of June, 1885 and, also, cory of the ori-
e.nal aotc, in the French language, from the i;uc
de nro.lie to Mr.. Barton, under date of the 20lh
October, 1885, a translation Of which was COM
munieatcd 10 Congress with tie Presidents SFc-
cial Message Of the 18Th January, 1886.
Rcsoirtd, also, Thatthc President hr requested
If not Incompatible With the public Interest," to
communicate 10 the Senate copy of note, if
there be orr, from MIR. Livingston To the French
Minister Of FOREIGN Affairs, under date of the 9Th
day Of April, 1885, and copies OF any other off,
cal note addressed hv Mr.. Livingston, during his
mission 10 France, either to tac French Minister
of Foreign Affairs to the SECRETARY of State,not
heretofore communicated to Congress-"
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