Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-07-25
Foreign and Domestic.


r., Florida Ma BY The late tcports, this
war has again btukrn out. 1t has nov bccn rag.
iur ycat ADD se,cn months. dun'I know bow
yr,at number eff lises have been lost during This
time. Bot DO know that r,trns any lite ia tach
war, is unworthy civilized and chtI.uanlzet va
tiun. believe that The war ough, 10 be iilm d
atolg Abandoned. And avn sufpuzod that ln
community like tho, where the treatment 1T The
Indians b. 80 well understood, and the quce,,ou OF
war SO thotoughy compreheuJud. aud where the
sympattics Of the rcoplc with oil manner Of suf
fcuugs are always alive and active--thero has
been 80 oppression of This opIuou.
Every one bctc at the north has expected that
the war would terminate IN few weeks. This
cannot now be hoped for. Past experience, the
military cbatucjcr Of that country, the firm tesoiu.
ton Of the enemy, oil plainly show that 1t s not by
a sudden stroke, but by long, and orduous, and dan
gcrous toll that his war must be ended. The
long duration Of the Nendcnn war and the wars in
Spain, Is well known but Florida Is as favorable
n field Cor u prutiacted war as La NcudCc ,r The
Spanish northumberland the Seminole is ae form
dable aud tosolutc enemy the French or span
sh peafaut.
All persons must now be convinced that there
Is ia hope Of terminating the war by treaty OF
removal. And Us have said, to subdne those
Indians vii be work of time, in which mitch
money must be spent, and many valuable lives lost.
and if they arc finally subducd, the country viii
sume day be ashamed oft, aud viii doubtless be
punished for H. too, for these Indians will not re-
min q,ne, beg ond the Mississippi, but joining with
those tribes uow there, who have been Gu'en from
their homes and who are ready To Use at the hrst
opportunity, they will carry on war on our Whole
western frontier, compared TO which this FLORIDA
war will be mere trlfe. But tins wa. H. aud
has been expensive. How viii the possessions OF
the country they occupy repay the cost OF their &C.
moyu. In answer to this qaesion, they that
know it best, say that II Is worth nothing-thai II
is too poor for agriculture and too unhealthy to
be inhabited by any except nHtiyes.
As to their remaining quiet If operations against
them cease that they viii is not only according
to reason, but also To experience. They have
been fighting only against removal, aud their for
bearance In many cases last sumner, shows they
Unlv v ish to defend themselves. Bot people say
that 'as ne have begun the war, we ought 10 flu
ish IT, and they tnaGe remarks about the disgrace
Of leaving affairs 10 their present state. THIS ar
gumeut would answer among boys, aud would have
had great influence the minds of men, some non
dreds, and perhaps Gfties oiyeals ago but on an
enlightened nation, at the present time, especially
on the people OF a state where the oXpedency OF a
speedy abolition of war is believed what Influence
should and viii II havc !!
I | conclude, from these considerations. well as
a multitude u others that might easily be set forth.
that Justice to the Indians aud TO our army impel
us TO abandon tins war aud tina; II Is less cXpe-
dent tLsn night so to do.