The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-06-27

- tArAkrs wheel FAM
= single shot u COR lEnops. Who -
permlile3 10 snuse themselves /. 90
ing fer some miles np ana Do, -
Wiihlsrnoehee FiFer. IN Ihe pse,,n,. !,
many of the Indians. Ihrse d,r. "
The lreaiyi and il Eas sllsr. srd. r,a..I
that Ihey rrmained perfectly ne,rs'nI.
from the 9Th 20 The laiier end az 49,
confidently expecting The Tpl6lm,r, !;
nv promise that they should haze -
- soon - The President could y b,,,s
from.
These faris we're promptly n,or,sa
70 The War Department: ana. .l,.n.sL
great enarls base been made " 80
lhai lhe Indians were MT sincere = ~.
inc Tor peace. Or in their promis, a
remain N peace. there exists he m,,,
iTefragable evidence 0f their sine,r,,r
without > shadow a eyiatnee from -.
respectable officer Or solder then nj
me 20 the contrary.
Under The foregoing Circumstance.
turned my commend over 10 Ina, r,,,l
lent officer. Gen. clineh, aud lsl, Ho,;
ia for The Sabine frontier, with a Dr.
conviction 81 The fact Ihal there wsu,J 4.
M more war in Florida. unless il shovlI
be renewed BY some reckless Indian !,
ahlle chief. unwilling 10 brook De Al.
grace u nv having raised an army ana
marched near 500 miles and put IN end
TO the war, before party .scribblins s..
eteiary and bis iavori,e general, viii
their freEsh books. could write , few
dozen long letters. preparing ri,isnnry
plans II operation according 20 the Va.
po!eon iaefies9 lexrtllehi iUT operation,
against troops of civilized nations. M,
frui,less lar wilderness swImps as,in,,
fsaysges.l whilst The Florida iren.ier "a,
bleeding!
had The satisfaction TO Gal. from he
testimony Of Gen. Smith. aud al o,h,r
respectable officers uiIh ne. whose state.
msn,s had an opportunity nl Obtaining,
I land which are al your service, should
you think proper 10 correct the ar,isI.
here referred To-. that. after had li
Florida. the Indians remained faithful to
their promise 10 abstain from hoslhh,s
for near three weeks, after they had %.
famed nv promise that they should have
pescr--a promise. which. according 70
the laws Of war. ! had IS murh righ
To make a. il the President had been u
NY elbow and had expressly dictated n
me the promise which ! made them. in.
asmpeh IS had beaten them, and forced
| them 10 sue Tor peace.
BuI ! soon learned that il was mol he
! IriH anil pleasure of my friends a, Wash.
ington that | should have The poor sails.
faction Of bringing The var 10 eloss.-
On the contrary. il vas srOn thai
"Gainss had acted With gross impro.
prirty IN daring 10 20 from New 0hsats
n Florida without - my orders" hat
"Gaines shall be brought btfore . eOB'i
ard his measures disspproFtdl" and hat
"a- n his whipping the Indians, they
were not half whipped" and Tia. "Scoi
shall 20 aud give Them good rhip-
| ping"
That gcsi mAiTping has cosi Ibis
nation some twenty millions Of dol,su.
with the lives Of hundreds Of meri,nrious
officers and men. volunteers, regulars,
and militia, tb say nothing Of the dis.
/ grace oi statesmen aud visionary chief.
tains employed in planning splendid can.
| psigns. magnificent Tor closet purposes.
and TO enable bureau heroes 10 indulge
IN the work of Anonymous essays, b.!
leaving the Indians unwilling 10 stay
whipt
Aud nor. Mesrs. Editors. you m'
pleased To tell "a bsnighird world" that
nothing could be more vain or illusi's
Than the opinion that, had such and such
measures BEEN adopted or avoided, OF
had such and such officers been placed
'or continued in cnmmsnd. the war would
ere this have been al an end. And you
slso tell us that. n the Government
bad persisted in Us exactinns, ard the
Seminoles in their resistance. the W''
would usrer have ceased until msGns bad
been brought to bear more ample and
eiFicseious than any which have hereto.
fore been exhibited"
A.eaas ample md sgieaeious-inde'd'
And are we TO he told that tie employ
ment Of 5000 men IN the scientific cam'
paign If April. 1896. and nearly an ?.
quail number in tl,e following fall and
winter, and subsequently, for two years
past. together with twenty millions Of
dollars. did rot constitute g ms GE1p,.
aud c6FcaeiouS ? Aud shall II be said
now thai the war Is only rnmOret 10 De
orer. that a miserable naiion Of Indians
consisting ofliulc more than hundrtdlh
par, Of tic red men near us, would icr'
ever maintain the attitude Of defiance O.
gainst',he United Sioies, without more
ricn snd more money? II 50, he ago
d! chiva'ry is indeed past and gone lroIH
our country.
Ia Assured Mresrs E,i;toya that one