Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-10-18

April las, to calculate on the probability of
another call at this place, and that, should |
have occasion for volunteers, as appre-
hend shall, those enrolled shall have a
preference to all Others" In answer to
which | received, on the Sd instant, a
letter from the Secretary of War, dated the
1lth of July, (ofwhich annex copy, No.
2.) in which you will perceive no express
sion disappearing my purpose 10 call tor a
brigade Of Tennessee Volunteers. The
Secretary, however, express y authorizes
me to call on the Executives of Missouri
and Arkansas for one thousand men each.
But this authority did rot reach me until the
Sd ofthis month, when had reason to be-
icve the regiment Of Mounted Gunman,
requested of YOU, had been raised, and
would be here before could have suspen-
ded their movement, if indeed had Deem
ed it proper SO to do. This however, did
not appear to me proper; on the contrary
deemed it necessary TO request the Co.
ernors of Mossouri and Arkansas the two
thousand men authorized as additional
force, for reasons set forth in my letter to
Gen. Arouckle, (of (which | annex copy
No. 3.) OF these measures the War
Department has been regularly advised.
Some of our fashionable party leaders,
editors and others, seem very much shock
ed at my preparatory measures 10 cross
little muddy branch of the Sabine Bay
(Which branch some are pleased to call the
Sabine, whilst others of more literary pre-
tensions call it the Rubicon.) to hold the
savages in check, merely because some few
whie men have been killed by them, and
some women and children, the wives of the
the slain, have been taken prisoners and
carried off to the bosom of the wilder
ness
In reply to such silly etfusions ofthe sci.
fish slaves parry, | need only remark
that in deciding upon the course OF
measures proper for me to pursue
in reference to the outrages commit
ted by the Indians near me, | think 1t
ny duty to consider the poorest frontier
family menaccd with the Indian Scdip'ng
knife as entitled to the same attention, and
the same vigiiant measures of protection, as
the most fashionable of our interior citizens.
If | wetc capable Of making an lnvldlous
distinction in such a case, between the rich
and tic poor, the lordly politician, and the
humble poinecr, and Of taking more or less
care of the one than Of the other, | should
thereby prove mysefto be wholly unworthy
of the trust reposed in me.
But | am exultingly reminded by some,
tina: the people killed, and those menaced
bv the Indians, are not citizens OF the Ont-
ted States. Ireply that most Of them are
citizens of the United States; and that
whenever the national boundary line is es.
tablshed in the manner provided by treaty,
many, ifuo: all ofthose who fluid themselves
left upon the Mexican side Of the line will
return to our own beloved country. But,
until then, we must protect them from SAT-
age massacre.
Since sat down to write this letter an
express has arrived, with positive uecla'
ration that he had seen and conyersed with
a Mexican officer at an Indian village, forty
miles to the northwest Of Nacogdoches,
who was understood by the Indians to be
engaged in setting OH foot an expedition
against Nacogdoches. This | believe to
be trne. because it is in accordance with
the previous statements Of several persons
who are entitled TO credit.
have the honor to be, with great respect,
YOUR obedient servant,
EDMUND P. GAINES.
Major General Commanding.
His Excellency n. CANNON, Governor of
Tennessee, Nashville.
We learn that the President has ordered
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