The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-01-13

10 trial! Up0n the certificate contained
~ the mtsssge. aud ngaa that a.nue.
The gentleman himself admits Ihas these
sweeping certificates are unu,aaI. 4 aseiest
the whole system az certifying which
perEades every Department Of ille Govern
menI. and can be traced from Reuben
VI Whitney up. n heiieve you cannot
20 from REUBEN GOrn.i Yes. sr. n
coward. who shrinks and runs frnm an
adversary whom he has injured. will get
a certificate Of his eouTage To use upon
the stump; traitor wIll gel a rsrilheals
Of his patriotism; a rogue Of his hoaesiy;
aud pe1ured witness II has Feracny:
and If yor attempt to tx upon either Of
these his true character. he will enseonce
hImsrlf behind his certificate. We ask
permission to 90 into the various Depart.
ments. and see what their true condluoa
is.
] had hoped that gentlemen would
have becOme ashamed OF screening ihsss
oficers. who. instead Of running 10 Gen.
JaeksOn for certificates OF moral eharse-
ter. should be the first To demand an
investigation But. sir. vi the People
If the United States he satisfied forever
that they shall shrink firm responsibility,
bald up Gen. Jsckscn's character a. their
shield. and iherrb, escape a scruIin, Of
their conducl! If they have acted honor.
ably. we wish them TO shaw IL; If ,huse
snspirI0ns so common. so unIvrIsal,
are groundless. We wish the couna, 10
know IL. lnnncence never seeks for
saleI. IN fight, in eoncealmenI. but rather
conris investigation. and defes srruuny.
How can gentlemen reconcile innocence
with this trembling and shrinking. this
shielding themselves under the nun. zeal
strength Of their friends in this l.ouses
This was their course al the last srssOrs
Of Congress. Remember, sir. what ias
tallIy amended every effort TO ,.b.a,n a
committee Of investigation then. Recol.
lect the extraordinary and ubsunate
protection extended To that darling Urea.
sury'pe,. Reuben Whitney. Lei il also
be remembered that the committee on
Indian Affairs unanimOusl, amuended
, an inquiry toto the sbuses OF .hal bureau,
which would have developed The causes
OF the late and present lndian wars ~ the
South That committee reported reso.
luton authorizing any Iwo nf its menbe
, ~ prosecut" The inquiry by taking trstis
mony for Ihr Information of the House az
this session. But, sir. this resolr, ion
reported BY committee. a majority Of
WHOM we're M favor al Viz. Van Buren.
|, was rejected in The House. The citizens
Of Georgia and Alabama pelltioned and
lmrlUred the House To investigate ,ha
subject alleging the most unheard.o
frauds and abuses. Upon this appiica.
ton the vote stood--ayes ~. noes AZ, q
ne and the Speaker gave the casting vote
against The investigation. Sir. men high
in favor and high in office were suspect
ed. The agent Of the Government,
John B. Hogan, gave the Department
official information oil the greatest outra.
O.. ges prscnsed upon the Indians which
were ever perpe,rated upon any people,
savage or civilized. He was very soon
removed. or rather promoted. from In.
dian a. ent to be collector at the port of
Mobile. And yet. sir. we have no &C.
count Of prosecutions. convictions. and
punishments, which have followed his
disclosures,
a. Why, sir, those spectators. or rather
Indian robbers. would find an old chief
upon his parlrimonial estate, where the
! chiefs and kings OF his race had lived for
, centuries before him, with his slaves and
his farm around him. smoking his pipe
amidst his own forest trees, spurnlng any
offer to purchase his home; and they
would bribe some vagabnnd. Indian to
personaie him in trade to sell his land.
forging his name. and the first iutimalion
that he would have of the transaction
would be his expulsion by force from his
house! This was common. and not only
so. hut. under the pretext of recIs,ming
fugitive slaves, the wives and children
(of mixed blond of The Indians were
seized and carried nff in bondage. The
famous Ocenla himself had his wife taken
from him. and that. too. il has heen said,
By Government officer, aud was chain
ed by this sane officer to a log. Sir,
what else could he expected but that
these scourged. plundered. starving saw
ages would glua their vengeance BY the
iuliscriminate slaughter Of the innnreu,
and helpless families Of the frontier
whose blood has cried To us in valn!--
This has caused the Florida war, which
has produced such waste of treasure
the loss of sU much national aud indivi,
/ dual honor. and Of SD many vauahl,
lives! This has called Tie gallant vulun
teers from my own state. and item IN,
; own district, who have uaysrsed .hou