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

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nos nearly upoa balance. ali would
hare n opportunity a. lsahessly placing
such individuals upon the proposed con-
mitlee, as they thought would best dis
charge The dugy 10 be accomplished.
Mr.. EVERETT said thai il had been
bis intention. when The bin making ap-
propriasioas Cor she Florida war should
cone up for discussion. % offer some re-
marks On me general subject Of that war.
and The manner in which Il had been enn-
dBcsed. Al present he should regret ex-
iremely that any remarks should be IN
dalged in, which went injuriously 10 A.
feci the reppialien Of she late Secretary
Of War. Mr. E. had grounds 70 know
in what manner Thai officer had acted in
The discharge Of his public duty. and he
was ssus6sd Than, Whatever might have
been the disasters Of this var. no part Of
the responsibility rested justly on hia.
This had beeR his conviction then: u Was
bis conviction now. Where The blanc
did resi-. he should not say. II was true
General Clineh bad made use Of strong
expressions in his testimony before The
Court Martial; but he was persuaded they
arose from misspprehensI0n Of the real
facts II the case. That brave man had
NOT been tally aware Of the position in
which General Cass stood.
Mr.. GLASCOCK duly appreciated the
principles which setuaied the gentleman
from Virginia in bringing forward this re-
solution, but he differed from him as 10
the mode in which the proposed COM
mittee should be appointed. That the
war against the Florida Indians had been
q most unfortunate one, the whole coun-
uy knew; and a. there existed q great
diversity Of opinion as TO the causes of
the unhappy failures which had occurred,
Il was but fair and right that committee
of investigation should be instituted, that
the country might be placed in possession
of all the difficulties which had existed.
and all the disasters which had taken
place, together with the true causes
which led to them. But he thought it
would be best 10 suffer the committee to
be appointed by the Chair, as had been
usual on other occasions.
Mr.. CUSHING rendered his acknow-
Judgments to his friend from Virginia. for
bringing forward this resolution. Ifthere
was any thing. 10 the whole course Of the
Administration, which demanded inyesii-
ga,ion--sny thing to which the people
looked. as TO a rotten point. blot, q
shame on the national reputation, il was
the conduct Of that Florida war. lie
trusted tue gentleman would press this
measure 10 an issue, aud would not cease
until the whole management Of tina, con-
test should be fully nnlolded. Year after
wear, army after army had been marched
into the morssses Of thai peninsula; and
general after general had been dismissed,
he would mol say in disgrace, but to the
tender mercles Of a court-marlIaI; the
blood Of our people had been wasted, had
been sausndered, in those swsmps and
sands: and all for what! To force few
Iadlans from a desert tract uf country Ut
terly useless TO snv but themselves, and
in violation of all that was dear 10 them.
and TO The perpetual disgrace OF our arms,
and of the national character. More
we bad enlisted the Indians themselves 10
destroy each other; We had done tina,
,,L,nh - rho At .,.,. .,atinH a La,
tim. had been brsnded By the indignant
voice Of Chatham as The disgrace of the
British arms. As il The poor wretches
did not perish fast enough by the usual
progress Of our oppressive encroachments,
we had enlisted them as merciless allies
in the destruction and determination Of
other tribes. On whose head The blame
was to fall he would not say; II might be,
as had been limited BY the gentleman from
Virginia, on that Of the late Secretary
Cass,
Here Mr.. WISE interposed. and ask
ed to explain. He had been mistaken
by beth gentlemen; he had cast no impu-
talion nm any individual; what he had said
was, that the blame lay at the door Of the
War Department Il was there that the
/" magma pars fui" applied. He wished,
while up. to say to the gentleman from
Vermont (Mr. EVERETT that he appre-
headed he was privy, to causes of the
disasters in Florida which had not been
stated to this House, though much oil
what he knew had been obtained from
that gentleman himself. The late Secre-
tsry Of War would not be found to, have
been the author Of the mischiefs which
had occurred; but he believed il would
appear that that officer had permitted
himself TO BE- overruled; that he had snf.
fered himself 10 be used as an instrument
in tie hand Of others. against his own
better judgment; that he had, in word,
ceased 10 act as an independent officer oi
tins Government ought TO act; he had mol
stood up manfnlly TO resist a course his
Judgment and conscience condemned
Euv the examination would turn oi,t,