Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-03

in rererrinr 10 the history of the TRANSACTIONS J."
da have extolled Oceua TO the skies and he'u mn "
49, ~ or,mne worthy Of imitation whilst our ohce''
have been held up TO public indignation ana scu"
They should however recol!ect the murders WHICH W..
Chief has committed, before they attempt 10 e
him; they should rccollect the cod.b!ooded Huiue. "
General Thompson by this chief with the very ifuu
nenl which he had been entrusted with III cohhu'"I
h.ore they bes,ow on him their praises and tiiey s"u'u
recoIlec, that it was his pcr(dy which laid low o'a[e
and gallant officer who had placed the utmost conn
dence in him. II such deed as ms had Deeh co''"
ted BIZ foreign enemy. or By one al oar o'n olhcefs -
would haze subjected him to eternal inamy; YET LOT WIS
net This chief is proclaimed brave gallant, ana no
| bic warrior, BIZ gentlemen on this to"r MI W. a"'nt
ted Ocsola 10 have been desperate ioe' lie oe'N.u
him TO be brave man. and many assassnS so are
many tuurdcrers They fear nothing IN The Gay or !"
the night and prepared to COMMIT Inc mos! ua'hs
scls OF bravery and will arrest your civil autho!y Dull
are these the men be held up 10 public admiration oy
honorable gentlemen on this i"or:
The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr bien!e) nsu
used language and resocd 10 argments which he lM1'
G. little ex prc!cd on the present OCCASION Nhrn now
ever he recnrc:ed the gentleman known iiosu'ly |"
evcry movement of the General Government. he was
i winp TO make some allowance for him. MIR. o. would
ask what had the proceeding Of the Government III rela
ton 10 Treasury notes and what had The characters OF
Gen Jesup and Scott to do with The present quesuon o
FIRE the Ho,sr, He concurrpd entirely in the remarks
or tbe gentleman from Kentucky (hlr Underworld mat
!, was improper pronounce condemnation upon lnc
officers of our army without giving Them full and lar
hearing. blow, says The gentleman rom renns'fa
mia has been aimed at General SCOTS integrity, and
the sword has been Truck from his right hand ny DO"
from behind Well sir, might he not 1etor upon Inc
gentleman in the manner, and say tat an attempt
was now making to do The same thing WIN teParu 10
another officer of our army? The gentleman had re-
frred US to the fields of Chippewa AMI Niagara Tor the
valiant EXHIBITS Of Gen Scott, crd has told us how MS
Youthful bosom gowcd when he heard oil The triumph
of our arms OIL those OCCASIONS but had the gentleman
FORGOTTEN the vnorous deeds OF Jesup on those same
bllle fields and that Cen Brown himself had said that
the gallant officer wns foremost IN Tie blaze 81 Oatie:-
Of, his,r vplf Limos
or can look back TO them without awarding TO General
Jesup praises for great bravery any Of his boer
officers If blow has been aimed at the character ci
Gen. Scott, also is Cen Jcsup, who is now lighting
the battles of his country, about TO be condemned with
out hearing. Mr. q. ready and willing To award
due praise all our gallant officers and would c"ndemn
none Of them without hearing, as he thought such
course little fitting grave delberatire assembly. with
regard 10 the reaClery of The Cherokees which had been
alluded TO- he hoped they be enabled to clear them.
selves of it, he should he sorry to see such an iputa
ton rest upon them; and the gentleman from Fg.
mia (alr W.e) had admonishrd the delegate from Flo
rda make this charge against those Indians without
proof he hoped the gentleman from Virginia would take
the adnniiiun from him. not make charges against
the Executive Departments Of our Government With
out the proof If the gentleman would take Of him this
adnrouillon, he anticipated that many unpleasant discus
sons would be avoided and much unpleasant feeling
prevented But it had been said 10y the gentleman from
Pennsylvania that if these CherGkcps had proved trea
cIrrous and evil had resulted from their mission, those
who employed them were TO blame for It. Now, Mr. U
had no doubt that this delegation had been employed ut
The instance least with the sanction, OF the Secre
ary Of War; but he far from believing that that o
| Ger censurnblr for thus employing them His mo-
tive in employing them good and vas wrong 10
cens1re him for the failure Of the mission Mr. u. also
denied that The principal was responsible in all cases for
the act Of the agent had been asserted by The gem
tcnan from Virginia. Suppose the gentleman and HIM
self had employed agent 10 perform certain service
in the making Of contract otherwise, and that agent
had committed fraud they 10 be held accountable
for that raud He thong hl not In regard to the state
ncnls represented have been made by the Cherokees
to the SrmnGrs that if they would only hold out this
winter Congress would refuse 10 make further aPPTo
pratons and The would cease, he had only 10 say
| that there remarkable coincidence between the
statement Of the Cherokecs and the course OF certain
| gentlemen thr floor.
| Mr. g. proceeded at some length 70 reply to the re-
marks Of the gentleman from Pennsy lvana, (Mr. Bid
dle) aud concluded by urging upon the House the pro-
prcly Of making the appropriation asked tor ny The bill
under consideration.
Mr. Bynum commented at some length, at the incon
ss,en! Of the gentlemen in opposition TO the APP
preparation. lie deprecated the idea Of making il pnry
question For his part, his aim would nvaaby be, first
for The GOOD Of his country and next for his party He
averted 10 the history of ancient Republics and adduced
instances to show, that in all their ruin had been
accomplished by faction, and by party contests He
could scarcely conceive how gentlemen could oppose the
appropriations and enter into an investigation OF the con-
duct of the officers at the very time when the war was
going Such was calculated 10 retard every
measure 10 diShunor the commander, and unnervc The
soldiers Such wholly unprecedented, tor
Il Government 10 into an investigation "i the conduct
OF an officer while that officer engaged IN the field
Mr. T. adreed 10 the conduct Of the Government dur
inu The with Great Britain aud in relation 10 Aexi.
co. and The Of the Opposition in relation TO IT, he
wen, into history Of the movement of that parry; and
said evident that the war which the Government
had reason fear, the Of Bank OF the United
States.
Mr.. B. was proceeding to reply 10 Of the argn
ments Of the gentleman from Pennsy lrania (Alr Bid
dlc.) in relation 10 the abolition question; when
order.
Mr. Brnum said that if he had dgresscd lie but
following the example set by others bull he would cheer
fully submit 10 the suggestion Of the Chair lie then
resumed his defence Of the Administration, and express
cd his opinion that there not single member who
had serious doubt the proprety OF granting the np
propraton unless they had made up their minds TO re-
fuse all appropriations and make an infamous peace with
savages.
Mr. pope rave statement of the facts which had in.
duced the Committee of Ways and Means TO report hls
bill subsia ntiay the same that given by MIR. Cam
brcenn Yesterday that il had been therein unan-
mously acted upon. He bcseeched his friends to arrest
the farther progress of this discussion, and report The
bill The war gnng on, 1t had been recognised
BY both Houses of Congress- and they compelled
appropriate money for lis SUPPRESSION lie was anx
ious for investigation and whenever The proposition was
brought forward 10 60 into an examination ct lis origin
and causps and It's subsequent proceedings, he should
give il his cordial support. Some investigation was
necessary. had already cost the country some fifteen
millions Of dollars The people Of Kentucky desired IT.
tor the committee ni inquiry 1T frcnericRo"h Hdu cos
more money than had been expended in the acquisition
of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee the lares
portion Of North America
Mr. Cambreenr united his voice 10 that Of the gen.
tcrlan from Kentucky for the immediate passage of this
bill The Committee of Ways and Means in reporting
this partial appropriation had done it for the express pur-
pose Of avoiding all dscusson and not interfere with
the other b which would open the whole merits of the
question. MIR. Z. stated, in addition that he had reccv
ed since yesterday communication from the Secrcta
~ of War, stating that the Subsistence and the Quarter
hat Tho
Paymas ter General had drafts upon him to the amount
OF upwards of 900 without the to meet them