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

ton asked for, believe that instead OF af1eslue
the hostes in Florida, lis only effect will be 10 render
that unhappy Territory still more desolse.
Again: have said that this war has been most dis
gracefully conducted. How many millions has 1t COST
US: Will the Chairman Of the Committee OF ways nno
Meansie!R Has the War Department communicated Inc
amount him. do not ask wait till comlnl'ee OF
investigation has been appointed to have every
obstacle and stumbling block cast in ITS way ny .e
whole Executive Department, from the ffesueh, avn
self down 10 his lowest agents VIII eau upu "e &c
crclary of War To rive statement OF toai amount
and how it has been expended VIII call tor ha oaan
cee and will see whether the enormous sums we nave
appropriated have gone bona 10 pay our own troops
or to feed the hapes who are batten'ng ON the puoc
purse an told that this war is now costing us at line
rate of S7S oe0 day. We have already appropriated
eiyh or nine millions and twenty millions will not pay
our expenses thus far; and yet how much nearer are We
10 the end Of the than when The predecessor OF that
gentleman (Mr Whte) made his FIRST pathetic epPeui 10
this House? heard that appeal; and made no cavil
said that The Territory must be defended voted the
money asked for. | voted more and more gear alter
year helped TO pour out the public money 'h l"ous
Tor the same object, till the reports OF The naona,
graduation and disgrace have come up to me with
Songue 10 which must listen. cauaot refuse. 'is
public duty to inquire. What has been the course OF
The war; Have corps after corps beeen a,assncteo
from pades scody field to The last disastrous oas.e
You have captured Micanopy and Oceoa and does not
Oceoa boast in his prison to this day not ~ Graves
been taken? And this by the slnos force OF nation
which, little while ogo, was boarding fraaee ano no"
talks of calling England 10 explanation aoout Tue cup
eure of the steamboat Caroline You have been outing
out your strength for years and you have Killed aoou az
braves Yes, you had Jacksons own troops, Tue Vete
cans Of yeer standg army, besides adj your militia ana
volunteers and these heroes OF NateTe asVe met you
with the loss of 40 braves How, ask, can this have
happened, Is nobody Informed Is the Gosernment
not at all 10 bame boes tke wkole fault lie in distant
contractors? Surely the geutlemua 4Ense must IND 1t
III dq sa e s len a. sS lie ne s 70 0'
say further, That this war has been conducted in
manner orsIy wrong Il has been marked oa our part
by per6dy after perdy, aud lreachesy upoa aeachtry
Was there per6dy in the capture Of the young clle
wild Cat tie son Of Philip, whom you used spy 10
bring in Micanopy and Dceo!a snder The while flag OF
truce, and then seized him and carried m prisoner 10
ST.. Augustine? The Cherokees have beer abased and
tramped upon for acting meeiators Lat was II not
your Government i,eef who sent them? Were they
not applied to to become nedatoss, cad o!ecay en''
ployed by the Government 10 tempt the Sennnles 10
peace, They went 10 Gen. Jesup. lie officially re-
cognsed their character, md sent them TO the
nediators. And we're they successful Ees. They
carried in the head chies They were unarned There
was no ambpscade. Does this contradict the asser.
ton that the Cherokees acted double Pa't and told
them 10 hold on I'LL Spring, und Congress word not ap
proprat>: Gen. Resnnndez wall swear that 1esup gave
him orders 10 capture those chiefs al az haSerds and
Gen Jesup SHOULD be put to bis oath, he will bring The
responsibility of that order to another quarter There
dchief we'll known here, who writes From the wig
wan in Tennessee, and WHO originated these insuc.
rions-
Mr. Downing here iE,erposed in explanation, and sta
ted that Alligator and Jumpes, instead of ba7iag been
brought in by The Cherokee, IN after they had LETT
.he ground ffe did not know what might have been
the authority of Gen lesap wha, would be the leg
ii,nony ef Fernandez. bu, his he did know, that al.
though he die not paseess the boodihirs'ness OF The
writers Of of te,strs he had received If he had
been Gen. aesap, he whole Of those chiefs, who were
all nurdcrers should lave not ony been taken prison
ers but le peadeat OH Esc crooked Ea's Of yellow
pine.
Mr. Wise resumed haze no do1bt, FROM the feel
Gngs that gentleman that he might be LEG 10 commit an
Gel which he would afterwards deep EeDent But tho
the force Of feeling might beisy aim isto acts of VIC.
lie nee, oor Of inhu1any, never could bring my.
-seifo believe ths.he would be guilty Of deliberate lrea
'ohssy. If he hsd caught these Indians ~ the act Of
murder he might he says, hang them the branch Of
yellow pine bu, he neyercoud have had recourse 10
treacheTy and per6dy 10 enrap them.
l now going .(sad Mr.. Wise3 mts the facts
of the Cherokee mediation. These meeialors made
three successive visits eiEoTg the SeIniIoles The
eirst attempt 10 bring them TO conference,
successful The second lar succeeded that they
brought in the Ckies, ak Of them that would come,
under their Guy OF truce. The genHemsa asks, why
Sam Jones was left behind, when tho others
in. will tell him why-and the reason exhibits but
ono specimen of the conduct Of Jesup towards these
people Gen Jesup hod t!res.enod for certain reasons,
that II Sam Jones %es ever caught he Eorld put pet.
coas hm;a species of Treatment Of which the Indian
in the utmost dsesh and horror and there
fore he told the Cherokees he would surrender
himself The chiefs we're sroagh 10 hecarRp they
under flag of truce, in reliance good faith,
and they weeimmedats!y bound andoaisied TO prison
runner who Aed accompanied them, end who stood
waiting TO watch ths'resclt Of The !nesaiew,
this Of American peS6dy than he instantly
turned ttaSt and carfied the intelligence back 10 JONES'
who renewed the war. Again the Cherokee nediators
were employed 10 make third effort. They vent, and
the risk Of their tves within the lines
of the Seminole force They ,vers met and told that
they must approach, that if they attempted it they
would be in DANCE: Of bs;ng ped by Jones. They
shen returned to Gen jesup, from whom tkey obtained
letters expressive of bis enlreealisacon with ihe
er in which they had discharged their nissua and his
confidence in their integrity and good faith
MIR. Everett, of Vermont, here ased that tae letters
of Gen Jesup might be sesd and ihey ead OF the
Clerks table accordingly, VIZ 10 the Secretary Of
war; and the other TO the delegation ofOhesukees both
dated lhe 18th December, 1887.
Mr.. Wise now requested that the Delegate sfom Flo.
rida would read the letters which he founded the as.
ser,on that the Cherokee .medators had played dou
bic part.
Mr. Downing thereupon read, in his place portions of
two letters addressed to him, dated Dec 29 and Dec 81
He then stated that, nj the tipe Cen iesnP leters
gust read, written he Gnacqsaintet with the
fact Of tie Discrimination Of the Eharokees. Sut Mr.
-. informed lkat the GenelSl had now become Of
she sasae opinion with himself.
Nc. Wae proceeded. Now the gentleman from
Florida hus done gust as 4 did. BE has made state
nent the authority Of eltere, parts of which s,ters
he has read, without reading Tie Of the -Tri
tiers. So did ], and ny letters subscribed with
good nance Ibis; nay, :. .peFeeise (Ior .ae gen
rleman has had tie goodness TO band the ipt.
ters) that Of these names s the very which
subscribed 10 the letter 10 the; and whenever that
gentleman will get bis party in this House take sp
the gauntlet which hare caet DOVE to them, i wi
produce letters here, not anonymous, bot from high
and honorable to be found in The u. Stttes
Army. Aod.no k.eH gese.ous and high minted
eI The character OF these Cherokee medisoTs
is to be basted by like these, and thu: in the
face of The foe, they Gid go thcse Senoes at the risk
of their lives, did socceedir bringing in their war
Chiefs and when st isowing alone to tei, mediation that
Cen Jesup holds thoce,oEies his prisoners: And
how did he get thenr' Big ao Of atrocious deubte
,er6dy: FIRST them and then the GhesoAees who
brought them in. Ism :is tie of the
of hosilities? Is it not the obu;ous and the
sufficient cause? The Indians Gun no ionCes rtiS on