The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-10-06
THE FLORIDA WAR.
gs.,iausiioa Al fhs Debate on Mr..
Uist's Res0l1ii0a.

Tas3saas, September 81.
n, GLAScocR moved an amend
-, Nv oEferi,sg a Substitute as nodi-
ION n Mr.. wise's resolution.
N, HOWARD moved % amend SOFAS
Ter he mater 20 the rommitiee On
-:E,,ry affairs, instead Of select COM
...',,e: and supported has motion a some
On Ilr IA. denied that lhe course
che Florida war reflected any disgrace
,,s national arms. From . careful
Md of all the testimony laid before
= courts Martial, he had come 10 Tie !.
.,,rlusion that the blame. il any. rested
.,,,ber on either or the Generals, on the
Secretary of War. or the President; but
An me failures arose from the natural
5FraI,ies II the country which Trad been
!, theaire Of var, and ihe distance from
no the scat Of government The dioect-
:, mind and the executing arm must be
,ss,.,er. or failure Was inevitable.
Mr. MUHLENBERG said that when
h.lsning Yesterday 10 soG,- u he remarks
shrh zen from the honorable gentleman
I,an vrginis, mr.. Wis.,. he regretted
,,rsrlmaly Thai ihey shnuld have been
vrsr.d by that geuileIban; they were IN
Bad lssIe. and did BIT lilils credit n. his
L.,ig heart. The attack an the genlle-
n, lroa Rhode Island. mir. Preree.
vlo Was absent and unable ln defend
hm.eli, wss unjust aud ungenerous. II
rsaeeled credit on no man 10 insult
I.llsa loe. and 10 strike one who was
sasie 10 resist. Had fhe gentleman
sFrp present, no blame could attach y,
Il. condnct of the genllemsn lrnm
| Tntinla. ~ he had no donbt The late
rsabsr IRON Rhode Island would have
| ,lsrn hm 4 Rowland for his Oliver
nra.aEe cor measure. hui Mr. NJ did
nsl intend ID reproaeh the genllemsn
in Virginia His goodness Of heart. he
ss sure. mus, have induced IhA genlle-
iran. ere now, 70 regre. the hasly and
unraIlpd for remarks into which he had
seen betrayed ia his yesterdays speech.
| Mr. N. hid risen principally with . view
| 10 eoneci some OF the errors into which
| INT gentleman had fallen. He had
represented 10 the House that the, clerk
| oi,he Investigating Committee Of the last
session had leignej sickness. in order 20
dnp up tlls report of the majorily. Now
be illness 81 the clerk had taken place
ii an early period of the commi;tee's
iarrsilgalians, when IL vas impossible for
saS one 10 saw what would be the result.
The sIrkness, tho. was real, not ieigned.
Had it even been felenrd. Il caald MT
haze been lor the purpose Of drawing up
arpnrl; Tor he had. a that tine, no ma.
suals When tie proper time cane. the
committee had directed Mr. Duiee J.
P'areela draw up - report, aud each,
NJ n5er, he trlIeved. gave hin, for thai
Pat 'ass. a statement Of his views. Mr.
u rnsell certainly had done 80, aud he
beyed other members did the same.
Bi,ihe gentleman from Virginia mr..
Wei pressed 80 hard for an lmmedIale
ram that there was M time Ia have the
rrtt which had been drawn ~ read BY
Ihe n'iorIly separately met, and Il vas
rad, foe the first time, tethe Whole COM
ame- Mr. NJ nus confess mat when
be heard il spread ne was much sslon,sh-
ed. The maj,rity. refused To sanction
the report, and returned IL 10 Mr. Pearee,
aud il was reduced % iprm 10 ahwh
even The minority did noi object. But
hr gentleman from Virglu,a shoald recol-
eel thai he own rrpor' met with sim,-
AZ fate: not even the members Of The
minority wuuld consent " sign il. As
= what the gentleman called his better ex-
1Ftience. Mr.. VI. had lInle 90 say. Tie
aeVer had heard any complains from he
gealleman belure IN relation III the con-
duet Of the committee, Never during i,s
sitting had sny such complaint besn
aHere,l; and al the cluse of the committee's
IaNnrs, unauimnps vote Of thanks To the
shalrnan mad been passed, when the tear
which glis,ened in that gtn.!eman's eye
IS he returned his acknowledgements. and
the apparent good feeling in which ihey
parted. seemed 10 tell difIerepi tale
We. NJ. SAID he was sorry he had not had
an opportunity Of making these remark.
Yesterday.
Mr.. WISE rose in reply. lie was
aaPpg, indeed. extremely happy, tina. The
aOnorable gentleman from Pennsylvania
iOr whom he cherished sincere respec.
aad had time TO sleep one night on wha
ne had heard yesterday. and 10 come herr
prepared with thought and word for thu
occasion this day. By The observation
Of the honorable gentleman, Mr.. Wise
w. called up, without preparation. bu
ready. Notwithstanding. 10 reply. An
~0al was the amount Of the gentleman
s'a'emantf Did il in the leas, conlradic
wnst Mr.. w. had said the day before
Unless. indeed. in the immaterial circum
stance ofihe clerks sickness, tina, was