Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-29
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IN the peiphborhood of ST. Augustine. II was on The
18th instant that these two last assassnatIohs were
committed: both shot from their mai wagon ana
the MAILS rfed and destroyed One was Killed gong
out from ST. Augustine at seven miies DISTANCE hui
Tho town: the other coming in, ut thirteen miles DIS
lance Thus sickenng murders go on While the a bo.
Gtonists who now constitute the governing branch oil
The Federal party fill the country with their iamenta
tons for the poor innocent Indians ana nave no. one
feeling of pity for their massacred victims These
murders going on IN flofda' WINE our tto'ps a.e
in the field exer,ing themselves TO the utmost snow
The necessity for the armed occupation OF the Terrific
rv-a measure which daily becomes more popular WIN
The candid and more oduus with the AbolItonists ana
the holders Of the nullihcd grants.-D
The uoodhounds IL E0rida-Fcdcret Tactics, Fcderat
canaor and Fcderai humanity.
On last Tuesday 18th inst, published the docu.
mems furnished bv the Secretary Of War; the call
mode in the Senate for information respecting the IN
troducton and use of bloodhounds III Florida; and We
now respectfully ask of all fair and reasonable men oil
either party who have given them an attentive peru
s,l whether they do not clearly establish two things
First, that the Administration, did not, directly or midi
rccly have act or part in bringing these dogs IRON
China Secondly that it is neither cruel, nor breach
of the amcoraied usages of modern warfare, as prac-
tsed bv the civilized nations, to use them IN the
way pointed out by the Secretary TO serve as guides TO
our troops when pursuing lurking ana 'nsdlons armed
bands Of proarng GSsdSSns For some time back the
Federal presses had been engaged in manu:Uc'rngand
sending abroad gloomy and mysterious warnings OF bar
barites about to be perpcirated, by order OF the "a.
ministration in carrying the operations IN Florida
Anon the air was filed with whisperngs that the Ad-
m;nis;aton had sent TO Cuba for hoodhounds to hunt
the unfortunate Scmnoles! Could this dreadful rumor
he true; Worse and wursc-thc Administration con-
tnued obstnately SILENT Ofcourse, according TO the
latest and most approved rules OF Federal logic, where
cusation is proof and silence confession OF guilt,
there was there could be- room for doubt, that the
-, u;t,h al bppn
ractcr disgraced There rose from the whole Federal
press one long, lond and simultaneous yell OF fierce
Remuneration against this most abomnabe Admin'stra-
ton In word, the strongest Federal incantatons
gone through TO raise storm OF popular inusna-
ton and as in many other instances al first the effort
was partially successful Deceived by the false clamor
of false knavcs many worthy, well meaning citizens
became excited and petitions, hastily got up, were put
in circulation, praying Congress to interfere Before
any petitions were presented, however, on the 2lst
ut Mr. Profit of Indiana, in the House OF Representa-
tyes moved the following resolution:
Rfsolre That Secretary Of War he directed to inform this
House, his earliest whether he has or has not or
dcrcd authorized the Of blnadhonnd in the war with the
Florida Also such order authority has been Svcn
whether any importation of bod"undS a been os;ea and
fro .hat country Also, the name .! The h.rh,
chase said bo1Ghod. A" the number 81 hGnt
arrived and ao The buoainand. j. determined on
the Secretary War further directed 10 state the name ." III,
ocer American army udr wln: immediate charge and
Command the bIoc,lHound 0 be uscd''
And on the 10Th instant Mr. Henry A. Wise, who
owing 10 sickness, was not in attendance when Mr.
Profit first called the attention Of Congress TO the sub
iect, made this notion
Rrrea That Secretary Of War he requested 10 furnish
this House al information his on file III
Keepers M foreign Keepers hay. been EN-
ayea by 1s VA, n%s h Or IiEns Of e 'F
Mr. Wise SAID ne took the opportunity TO state, IN
answer to inquiries made Of him, that Tic War De-
parmcnt had officially admitted the fact that 1t had
authorized the employment of bloodhounds IN Flo
rida
On the It'll instant in The Senate, petitions on the
subject of the bloodhounds WERE for the first time, be
fore either branch Of the Legislature, presented by
Mr. Buchanan, and referred to the Military Committee
of that body and II was IN compliance with an apn'
cation Of that committee, that the Secretary of Har
exhibited the written rcutation of Federal calumny
to which we alluded in the commencement OF tins
article
By these documents it appears moreover, that on the
9th December last, Mr. Henry a. Wise wrote to the
Secretary at War stating that in consequence of scvc
raj COMMUNICATIONS from various parts of the country,
addressed to HIM, inqnirng whether the Government,
War Department, commanding officer in FLORIDA,
had authorized or determined upon the use Of blood
hounds n Florida, hc, Mr. Wise, desired information,
&c See letter of Mr. Wise in the Globe of the goth
inst To that letter the Secretary replied OH the tl
December, and his answer forms part of the docu-
ments submitted 10 the Senate, and published IN our
paper of the 18th inst. The answer meets every in
curry in stra ghtorward and ingenious MANNER CT
UYPSSIH
do with bringing the bloodhounds, exhibits the
pondence between the War Department and The
commanding General in Florida on that head, and
particuarizcs ho,c he may the dogs, should they
be offered to him-mercly as guides for the troops
Thus it manifest that Mr. Wise had complete knoac-
ledge of all the facts on the Seth December, 1885, while
Mr. Profits resolution bears date 2lst jan last, that OF
Mr. Wise on the 10th inst. Let It be observed, that
those two gentlemen board at the same house in this
city, eat at the mess, are both members OF the
Il .rFc c,nl tf,ln
with each other. VIII any Of ordinary intellect
for u moment doubt, from this array of clrcumstan,ial
evidence, that Mr.. Profit duly apprised OF the i'm
port Of the reply made by the Secretary TO Mr. Wise
letter Of the 9Th December: No, not one.
The resolution of Mr.. Profit, in its terms, implied
that the Administration had hcrn guilty Of barbarous
conduct The resolution Of his more notorious and
experienced compecr more guarded but 1t was &C
companied by a verbal statement pregnant with misre-
presentation. Couple the resolution offered by MIR.
Wise TO his verbal statement made at the same time,
and taken together, do they not induce the conclusion
that the Admins ration had imported the boodhounds;
This is false suggestion.
Again No doubt the correspondents of Mr.. Wise,
DIV the bye we should ike 10 their names, if they
have in truth locai hajitoi0nS and namcs when de-
precatng the use Of bloodhounds, must have GRO
neous impression as 10 the manner in which the War
Department permitted them to be used, and thought
that they were be let loose unmuzzlcd, in all their
unbr:dled strength and ferccness. We say So be-
cause we regiuusly DelieEe ulat nv oHc, WHO dclW-
esces in the Justice and necessity Of war; will take
cepton the plan of using those dogs as designated
by the War Department If, then, the people desired
to be truly informed, on the matter, why did not MI
Wise lay before them the correspondence between him
self and the Secretary In failing to do 50, he sup
pressed the truth. Shall tell his correspondents,
constituents, and the public at large, why Because
thereby the great Of Federal capital would have
undergone a dimnution and the Administration been
relieved from the odum which even the naked, unsup
ported charge OF obtaining bloodhounds, had brought
upon them.
The pretencc of Messrs. Wise and Profit, therefore,
that they wanted tnormaOn stands exposed in all its
miserable shalowness: they desired none, unless it
would nculpate the Administration They held back
information when they could have spread before
the public; and they now hold back the information
which has been given! Their official organ, the Ma
tona Inelligencer, has not yet, and perhaps will not
publish the documents reported by the committee Of
the Senate.
Admitting, nevertheless, that all our conclusions
drawn from the premises wrong that every move
men of the Federal press regards this affair, was
dictated by the best motives; is it not somewhat
Sr,n1e whom we look back past events that Henry