The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-09-29

those campaigns Mrh1 et1i Pl0srN1A-e -
30 successful ! aerminalinn a. that which
lhey hare already attained. Mr.. III. de-.
seribed Easl Flarida = The n. Domingo
nf Amrrira; impregnable from is sItna-
lian. and The fariliiies q conceslmenI and
escape.
lie justified al The generals in me Flo
rida esmpsigas sgsinsi the inlimsiions
thrown ous adverse 20 Them BY different
gentleman ua that fnor, and asked The
gentleman lInns Massachusetts Mr.c ush-
Ingl il be supposed lhal The American
arms c0uld be always suceesSinl against
an enemy which could never be seen!
The dash II Ihr mnsksl could isdeed BE-
discemed. and The fatal shot lell. but The
eve thai directed The aim never Oee0.
las boast Of me superiority IL Indian
cunning over The numbers nf The white
mans army was NO idle vannL The
campaigns 10 Florida CEASE, from the me-
resslly Of The case. 10 June. when the
red man Is ready 10 come out from hls
lurking places, and plant. and grow aud
reap his crops, before another campaign
can commence. Sir, said Mr.. u this
is the grand serIsI If The difficulty anil
trouble experienced BY our armies. IN
these wars: il - the ssy principle Of In.
dian warfare 10 oppose handful against
hnsi.
lie said further. thai the gentleman Mr.
Cushine) had indalged, al great length.
and with much feeling, in sympathy with
the Indians al The Southern frontier. and
had commended tina, the plighied faith Of
The Government had been broken with
that unhappy race. he demanded how.
and 10 what manner. this had heen done.
and asserted the contrary position, that Il
was the Indian Who had acted the part Of
traitor IN pledged faith. The gentleman
iromYermont Mr.. EVeretll had also made
similar charges. aud IN an especial man
ner had alluded 10 the alleged abuse OF the
wives and children Of allied Indians BY
our army.
Mr.. EVERETT said he had made no
such slluslon. lie had only risen to vim
diea,e an individual officer ol he Govern.
men, against impuiltlOns that had been
thrown out IN relation To he par, he had
taken in the direction Of these campaigns.
Mr.. Il0LSEY proceeded In Justify the
Government throughout. in all lls mea-
sures regarding he Florida var. aud an
swered Mr.. Cushing's illusions 10 The
employment of Indians IN the ranks Of
our army, against Indians, and Io the pa.
rallel drawn froa this circumstance with
the conduct If the Brush Government
towards the colonies in the Revolutionary
war; by painting out the difference which
exists between employing savsges To fight
saTages, aud employing ssSsges To fghi
white men. lie reviewed, 81 some length,
the incidents in tie Florida campaigns,
aud argued from them IN vindlcauon III
the measures of Government in this Te-
gard.
Mr.. CUSHING, Of Massachusetts.
bad intended TO move an amendment To
the pending resolution, But. IN addition
TO the discharge Of that intention, he
would ask the leave Of the Ilou.e tn make
a short reply to some Ct the Observations
Of the gentleman from Georgia. tMr.
Holsey.) He had no complain, W make
Of the manner or the matter Of that gen.
ileman's remarks. lie observed ihs, his
! was peculiar position in relation 10 the
| question involved in this dsbs,e. Al
home, he found himself condemned, pub.
llciy aud privately. because he had ever
refused 10 come into the arena as the
! champion Of the red man against the CO.
yernment Of the United States, while here
he vas condemned for undue sympathy
with The Indians. Ii was not with the
Indians as Indians thai be sympslhized;
, bu, with them as victims Of The policy oil
our Government; people suffering be.
I cause Of us; to whom he wished 10 see
but common justice rendered. Il was
not with the red man but with The prin'
ciples Of right and wrong tina, he sympa
ihized.
tie had said, as The gentleman had ale
ged, that the Florida war is disgrsceful Il
our srms--and SO il ia black, dsmninI
black blot on The country. But this he hat
not TO imputed, and meant no. TO impu,e
10 the officers or soldiers engaged 10 thos,
campaigns. As much as the gentleman
from Georgia could do, did he deplore III,
disastrous effects Of that peslileuIial sol
on which the war was carried on, upol
the ranks oi that brave army. IL wa,
moi the constituents Of that gentleman, no
Of any gentleman on that floor from tina
frontier. whom he considered disgrace,
! by the failures of the Florida war. bn
the nation as nation, the people Of ih'
! United States: the Government Of IN,
United States, the nation. he repeated
bad been deeply disgraeed. There hat
been thousands and tens Of thousand
marched against a handful Of enemies