The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-02-27
z. TAYLOR,
n, Br. Gen. U. S. A. Commanding.
n I,s,s Washington, u. Z.

n, Br Gen. u. S. A. Commanding.
To Gen. R. JosEs, washington ,.,.,on
Az letter endorsed theIolnow'ns ueS,sion,
~ 10" nas communicated TO Gen ayio' No
w nita .s.n Of opinion that dog, ousn. " oe e.'N
ooyrd in This warfare y ptoee' ,Se Indian 10 his
PsH and amb,scadeS, and 10 race snc s, ~,
prise anu ~, supposed " the General oeeved
lurking p'' ,ass,rv he would not hesitate 10 take
then' w =, nrocure Them. Inc coiu-oooued auu
ban,,n murders lately perpe'Ia'eu upoa ~
women and children BY .nesc s.;he means should be
der 4; order 10 protect the people oil fiorlud
resoreu - - ~ United States forces to follow ana
@nH ar DESTROY the savage ana uu'
CSai.nsral Taylor is therefore aulnoi,Asu " II
III nmh-r at doy, as he may Judge ne.t
su ,t s1nressy understood that they are 70 DC en-
p'nB an discover the Indians mol 10 wor-
ry or deS roy lheh. arrserondence on the
'Thi, is the only action or coriesponI. Nae. in
mari Of the Department that has eyer , , ~ mea
pIt. 10, ~ The ,na,,er The General TOOK nv ae
49, i larry into effect his own recomhehua''un,
aa,h;s recruitment has never since feneweu ~
anh,sc, continue, however,lo entertain 'he op'A
ian expressed in the above decis'oh'
From all the above we deduce the follow
ing facts:
/ Mr.. WISE addressed the Secretary Of
War on the 9th of December, 1899, and re-
ceiyed in reply an acknowledgment tha' inc
War Department authorized Gen. TAYLOR
" 10 procure such number Of dogs as ne may
Judge necessary in July, 1898
2. On the 24ih Of January the Glooe
declared that it had ascertained that the
War Department knew nothing oil the
matter officially" when the War Department
had admitted il to Mr.. Wise month per'ous'
and on the 26th Of January, only two days
after the Globes "official," Mr.. Poinsett had
issued a letter to the commanding general
nstructing him how the dogs should be used |!
g. Sixteen days after the letter Of instructions
had issued from the War Department, fifteen
memorials were presented to the Senate re-
monstrating against The employment Of blood
hounds IN the ,rar against The Ssminoles, when
Mr. Benton, with some sharpness, declared
that '.the government contemplated no such
thing as that prayed against BY The memorial
sis," and opposed their reference to commit
tee because they would be required "io act
on subject ,rhieh had no existence IN point Of
fact" Mr.. BUCHANAN also stated that he
kne,c the committee .'could and tcould, in re-
port of dozen lines, cronerate the gorern-
ment from this HEAVY cHARGEp
A. Six days after the Secretary Of War
sent his communication to the Senate, which
shows that the War Department did know
something of the matter Of the blood
hounds, although the Globe had "asce,-
tanned" it did NOT; that the government
had contemplated such thing as that
prayed against by the memoralsts and "con-
sented TO il, although Mr., BENTON declared
in the Senate that it had mol, and that the COM
mittee f" could" not and would nor "exone-
rate the government from this HEAVY CHARGE
although Mr.. BUCHANAN announced to the
Senate that they could and nould
We leave the reader to Judge where the
truth lies in this play Of contradictions.
Meantime, we may add, that, while the
body guard of the court here were making
these valiant assaults upon truth" which is
perhaps their greatest enemy, the canine regi-
ment were actually marching upon the sa-
wages whom, indeed, they put to rout, after a
brief engagement, in which four Seminoles,
and one dog frank not reporteG were killed
Lo the poor dog, in life the frmesi friend,
Inc hrI 10 welcome foremost to defend
Whose honest heart sill his Genral's own.
who abord, fought, livd, brealh'd for him alone,
t"honord feAr