The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-10-06

eu with he different campaigns 10 Flor
ida. This. ifno other existed. VS. 70
him reason enough wls he aouId prefer
de ballot in selecting lhat COMMITTEE.
That eammiilfe should be. above an.
impartial. which could not be expected
IL Il were 60 be ihas. constituted. No
one Of The persons. siih reference 20.
whom. the Investigation sNas % iake
place. should have personal friend On
that COMMITTEES. selected a. such. Il
should be filled without any Other re-
ference 90 political considerations than
eDougl, 10 secure 10 lis composition due
proportion Of both parties. More than
al. he was 10 favor Of The committees
consisting o. men Of siaDding and charac-
Ter before The country, in al the rels.
tons Of life; and in every relation in
which they might be called upon 10 act.
Mr.. b. then alluded 10 the events Of
the Florida campaigns, and expressed
his surprise thai no attention had been
called by the Executive 10 > war which
has already cost the country nine or ten.
and probably wonld cost twenty millions
OF dollars. II had not been thought
worthy single special Executive com
municalion, nor single hours special
deliberaiion on the part of Congress.
! Great calls for volunteers were incessani-
" making upon the different States, 70
Concentrate great force Of some eight
thousand troops upon the swsmps Of
Florida 10 control from one 10 two thou
SAM Indians and negroes; and has not
the country right % expect some sort
Of special information about this great
land armament, rssied and raising 20 meet
the sell-same enemy which was original.
" TO have been quelled by some two
thousand soldiers! -.
Mr.. Bell confsssedlo large share Of
thai feeling in lhls matter which was be-
3 ginning 10 be aroused IN the country.
He represented an interest in peculiar
degree affected BY The incidents Of these
campaigns. He could not but call 10
mind gallant band Of patriotic fellow
citizens from his own Stale, who volun-
teered. at The call of the Government, 10
! cooperate in these wars, and who were
led, corps Of mounted men, from their
homes. al The most unpropiiions season
OF the year, leaving their crops standing,
. from their 6resides 10 the swamps. Oh
Florida. A plenty Of time and abundant
opportunity had been afforded. since the
} last Campaign. 70 secutr provisions and
, subsistence Tor the army; but yet, when
, these volunteers Came 10 The scene OF
action, for want Of provisions for them
selves, and prosender for their horses,
! they found their number thinning from
, illness. fatigue, and hupger-the' cam
, .-palgn IN which they had started aborliye
!. / and themselves obliged To go back again
to their impoverished families. And is
mol this fl cause Tor investigating those
campaigns. the cause Of their failure, and
/ the reasons of their delay! Mr.. Bell
attributed much Of this 10 the present
: most imbecile state of the army, which he
described as mere skeleton, unoiiicered,
aud needing filing up IN every depart
menl. He mentioned several facts to
prove this, and, among others, that after
an engagement, in which one or two
lisutenanis had iallen, sergean, was The
|, only officer on the field LETT 10 cooperate
! with General Clinch:. ard he alluded
with some particularly to several other
errors, mistakes, and imperfectIons. in
, those campaigns.
} This debate not having the appear
ance Of an early termination, we have
concluded indefinitely to postpone The
balance in the belief that our readers
have already had enough Of it to enable
them to discern IFS complexion.
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