Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-30
VOLUME MINIMIZING. 81.

snid 10 be oppressed This was the first time he had
heard The war spoken Of in That strain Air suffering
al that his consli dents had Gore Ut I've hand the SC
savages the poor Indians be piled And part
OF the Territory Of Florida II gign up ra.si tnlc
carry the war Gny farther lit had been psuposp N
the gentleman from Virginia to give up The Dismal
Swamp 10 Nat Turner. would The gen,.einGn !lvp con.
scned' Yet they in Florida were ~ give u their er.
rltory 20 these ndisns and applications Coming IN
rom all paris Of the country for Congress flee t!rir
slares He would tell gentlemen hr-, uucc srr all;
hat 'chatectr might be The icgisiao ef Casgr,ss M.v
saouid nsrer reatc these fndiQas aE,oa sE: ngi hty
| neoer should free their sinscs.
hey had been told by The speeches ia that !inuse al
the commencement Of this war that .irtrcr skeletons
Of companies might haze suppressed Tia. whole Seminole
| disturbance. Then the tune was c!lnasG aud hady
l Tonps vas 70 be forced int that Territory sufficient
to carry, EuruPeuH war. wr:v
that too many troops had been II the time tti.
war broke Out, if any one had told the inhabitants Of
tioTda who lived almost in tn, midst y! these Indians,
that their lives and property in danger, that there
was lte slightest possible apprehension III lIfan hosl-
lllles HE man would have been set down fool Nn
man dreamed that the troops in the Territory were not
sufficient IN put down any thing Of the kind. Nhrnj
aterward, the broke in like avalanche upon the
asonsIed people, Immediately these "Scacscs had known
all beforehand Oh, yes; h.i had every thing that
had happened: Mr. D. insisted that the G"vernment
not at all 10 blame. Gcne after General had befu
sent, and troop ae7 troop And had liiey ever bee
defeated in the open field Never They had driven the
Indians TO the wall and again; but the
mrciches beaten than they hggrd for peace and wc had
spared them and fed them IL these Indians and not
the people oFlorida wfo had fasned tie public spoil
But after had spent eneugh ;oTey MON them to have
paid the expenses Of another campaign. they had beheE
through the guards, and were Sighting Us again
Inquiry had heen made about tie conduct of Gen Her
nandeZ, for mprisnnng the cll:eis What would gen.
.cmcn have had him do: Wo7Id they have had him
say To these wreclcs-Go, take 1nur rcdom return 10
your people, back again. armed. and Sight II out
like mem Was that %hal they meant 10 say: II it
was, let them speak ont. NJ. D. sad !ui it was be-
eved in Florida, by thos' WHO had Opportunity Of
knowing that Powell had come TO tie post Of Herman
DEF with the express purpose vi se'zlng him, and hold
ing him hostage and hut for the vigilance at her
nandez and Jesup that he would have effected his OH
pct And if he had did any Ludy b,!icve that tina:
House would have heard any thing oi resolution of
inquiry in regard to this Conduct Of Ocrua: No Cen
temen had sympathy fur Iuu WHO had not color on
their skins White men might b. betrayed "r murdered
and all well uI their -c: feelings were reserved
for Indians ana negrcrs
MIR ID. said iha, the character of their country wcs
peculiar and rendered il difficult conduct that
the militia forces employed mud been enlisted for three
months only, and Of this short period nuch was con.
sumpd in coming and returning: besides all which being
raw troops, they wasirl, in the field md con-
sulnrd much provision w"id sHh-st nearly double
the number Of regular soldiers accustomed 10 service
Then in addition to all, Florida sichEy in the SUM-
During tina, part of the year the war must
necessarily All the country ihus lost had to Ia
rpaaIned the next campag On. Provisions had 10 he
recarlrd to the puinls where they required Nexa-
tiuus delays unavoidable; and, il acl 1t all the
lime wasted should be deducted FROM The campaigns
heretG,re it would be found ,at sInce the commence.
ment Of the Scoops had actually had scarce nc
months Of fighting time.
MI Wise rrjoncd | said that The Florida wnr was
in9uitnus in lis inception, dsacelu IN lis progress,
and disastrous in lis erminatiun and those who hold
the power in this House will give III" opportunity OF
testing The truth Of that postum, ready 10 meet
them every ground and TO drmonolrate such 10 be
the fact. speak, indeed nothing my "@n Enowlrdge
bG speak from information, part ni "ch IL Official,
and has been submitted to Committees al tins i"use-
Great has been the extravaganza IN the expenses OF
this war that forms the least dsgracr:ul feature in IT,
il with unieigned surprise that heard The Delegate
from Florida say tina, not Whisper had been heard agan'
the Seminole treaty. will now tell that genteniau
that than twelve months az" the compliant was
made here in this House that The Ircny fraud AID
how it fraudulent? proposition made by The III
dian chief who their agent in cond"cIlng the treaty,
which the nation agreed that commissioners should be
appointed we'll the part OF the OF The SENT
nolcs who should 70 visit the land nl promise which
had been offered 10 them beyond lie Mississippi; and
that no treaty 10 he concluded until these Commits
sinners back reported the result o their exaha'
tons and the plan OF removal Should r approved ~ the
nation But, instead OF conpl ing with tiese PROVISIONS
Of the treaty. the United States comm -5IoHeis, when
they had got their Indian COLLEAGUES across hc
river Mississippi persuaded aud b:bed them to make
| u treaty there which they accordingly did Dut inc
treaty vas never confirmed Ivy the Seminole nation
| saw therefore, Tia: the SrDnule tribe, with wlcm
YOU are al war for breach Of treaty, DID make
The treaty; they took the initia!"Ty steps towards
treaty. which the United STATES Gul"rItIrs chose 10
regard making the treaty, hui no sach treaty ~ts
ever consumrnatrd; and | affirm again that this was
Ubiquitous in lis inception aud il opportunity shnIl
be afforded me- the fact tr as fully demonstrated
that other similar and undeniablc fact that you never
made valid treaty with the Cherokecs. must say
that the gentleman belrays total want OF Inl"rnls-
ton OH The subject He has told tins House that, ct
the time of the breaking Of this there was not
in Florida who believed that any armed lnrcr need
to be sent there to guard against Indian hosties, ana
that the would have bssn called FOOL or coward,
who should have suggested such an idea Docs The gen
tlenlan know whom he is applying these cpIihrls-
Docs he know that the Governor ol FLORIDA himself,
John H. Ealon did not only suggest such an ldea, out
embody it in official letter To The War Department.
That in that letter lie expressly warned The Government
that if it did not take The necessary steps OF rrecau'on
hoses must necessarily eusuc: That The course the
Government pursuing was calculated u give couh-
tenance 10 the idea then prevailing among the inoah
chiefs that il was intended 10 make Slaves o their chill
dren and that if peace be preserved. il was in
dspensable TO have such an armed i"ce III floroa Us
would be sufficient oppnsitlon: Can The gem
,leman be ignorant of this fact? And yet it not IN per-
feet contradiction to the position lie has aEsrHird nero
MIR. Downing here TO exaiaIn The gentleman
from Virginia could moi but know that when me had
favorile 10 carry with The Government, II was
very common 1pedient tn prOPhesy utter ocsuucloh
10 the Government and the country unless thn, Parc".
lar measure should be adopted Gov Eaton never dId
believe that military force necessary 10 oVe1a~c
the Seminoles. AS to what had been said about the
treaty, they had statute in Florida that The word mel,
ther of an Indian nor of negro TO be oeieVea
ouans, tina, of white man; and, independently Of the
statute. Mr. d. was not inclined 10 take either Indian
or negro testimony against That Of respectable officers OF
the Anerican Government.
Mr. Wise made request that the gentleman
should do So am myself S"uher" man as nInch as
e and hive much The same feelings towards the black
or the red skim and the testimony Of either; but take
The Testimony of the Governments o"n agents ]
shall call upon those commissioners to slate
s;;nn;. and will produce the testimony Of white wit
nessps on the question: whether it ever submitted
to the semnoes for ratification Ard besides if this
tribe is people, with whom We are 20 'res, as a ma
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