Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-09-29

M. Tan Rrrcn and he War eC l5I2-TEs Eori1I
Var anil VIZ IGh BHTeH.-Such has brcn the ms
management of The National Administration OF late,
that those who oppose II most earnestly, fail la preSen.
ting IN The strongest light, IIs missccds, because they
exhibit them zen masse.' whereas, almost any one of
them supplies an argument for a total change in our
rulers. From the many. take the shocking mrsnanage-
mcnt Of the FLORIDA WAR, and let some one e. over
the history of that disgracciul, a. well Is moumf,h aE
fair and there is not an honest man ia the nation that
would not start from the detail, and pronounce judg.
mCni against The men whose iaaGcciHy TO direct public
movements, or whose imprudcut waste, AID misiircc.
ton Of The public funds, have left that fair portion Of
our Sountry a prey TO a few hundred ~lniIans,' and
exposed the flower of our army 10 slaughter ia detail,
and the lives Of some of the most lovely Of one sex,
aud the most valued Of The other, 20 the murcics Of Ihc
ioInahawk and scllpIHg knife. We scarcely receive a
mail from the SJuth, that docs not coniaiq accounts ui
Further Indian DcpredlliOns, dreadful Slaughter OF
Whites IN Florida More Indian Murders" "lndian
Key Destroyed. etc. etc. These, our readers know,
are the ordinary headings Of our southern paragraphs;
while It cannot be forgotten. that millions and millions
OF dollars have been expended on the "Fiorifa Var
General after General changed, TO give efficiency Ia
the ciiorts Of our army" employed IN the glades, md
along the borders Of the Gulf.
Now, THIS is q failure on the part Of he adminisiTa.
lion of the general government to protect The lives and
property Oi citizens, and the failure Is ~ evidently tho
result cithcr Of imbecIlity, or a diversion of The means
supplied by COngross To save the Territory, that We ask,
with confidence, what - due 60 ruler. who, though
they may not he charged with sopding q fcg, % have
them destroyed where many must Je victorious, are nj
least chargcablo with wasting the army and lis mntcr
al, by sending a fer where IL has long been evident
that only the many can effect the object. and return
unscathed; with iampcrIng ~ nn Important affair, IN
volying the lives Of thousands ofOur citizens, and their
hard earned property, and hcapiug disgrace upon our
nation, who exhibits herself IN the attitude of attempt.
ing Ia arrest from the Indians their lands, while ~ D.
incapable Of protecting the lives and property, or re-
; enPing the death Of iis own citilcus.
Whist, wo ask, ought 90 be the dealings Of n people
with servants thus incapable, Or thus wi,kcd'
Let Mr. Van Buren, and hs friends answer That im-
purtant question.
When. some weeks since, We exposed h the public
the iuct, that Mr. Van Burcn. iu 1912, joined The par.
" That wus oppressed 10 Mr. Madison. and. IN the midst
Of % disastrous war on our frontier sought 10 change thu
executive, and place Dc Wit Clinton be- the Prcsidcn-
cy, We were t,ld by some Of the mist earnest ~ Mr..
Van Blrcu's advocates. that though % was "a fact tItt
ho (Nir Van Bureau was active IN attempts 20 defeat
Mr.. Madison, yet be stood justified H the fact. that be-
AMI many others believed that The MIR, tho seat Of
which was on our frontiers, was not carried on with
sufficient yigOr, und that an important change "a The
administration was necessary 10 secure our northwest
ern frontiers from lie British aud the Indians. and 10
save our national honor-thcso not cOf1idcrcI salo in
the hands or Mr. MADisov. This was rc account CAV.
hostility q, NJ. Madison, and his q, operation With the
party uul sustained DE WIZ Clinton
" rhours NJ The administration was required un.
der Eurh circumstance. o. defend The honor and the
Igh'- "i w. HIuHr. bow much fu~rs su r9v required