The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-02
ILLUSTRATIONS OF TIIE-NiIND AND
CHARACTER OF WIN HENRY HARRISON
Mo 1
TREATMENT OF rur INDIANS.


"The policy Of the United States, with regard
TO the savages within their territories. forms a
striking contrast with the conduct Of other civil
lied nations. The measures of the latter APP
pear to have been well calculated for the effect
which has produced the entire extrpation OF
the unhappy people whose country they have
usurpcd Ii is in the United States alone that
laws have been passed, not only for their safety
and protection from every species OF injury, but
considerable sums Of money have been appro-
priated and agents employed, to humaniIe their
minds, and instruct them in such arts Of civil
lied life as they are capable Of receiving. To
provide a substitute for the chase, from which
they derive their support, and which, from the
extension of our settlements, is daily becoming
more precarious, has been considered sacred
duty The humane and benevolent intentions
of the Government, however, will forever be de-
feated, unless efiectual measures be devised TO
prevent the sale Of ardent spirits to those un-
happy people.
the progress of intemperance been among them,
that whole villages have been swept away. A
miserable remnant is all that remains to mark
the names and situation Of many numerous and
warke tribes. In-the energetic language of one
of their orators, it is a dreadful contlagration,
which spreads misery and dcsolation through
their country, and threatens the humiliation OF
the whole race Is it then to be admitted rs a
political axiom that the neighborhood of a civil
lied nation is incompatible with the existence Of
savagesl Are the blessings OF our republican
government only to be felt by ourselves? And
are the natives of North America to experience
the same fate with their brethren Of the southern
continent2 Ii is with you, gentlemen, 10 divert
from those children Of nature the ruin that hangs
over them Nor can believe that the time will
be considered misspent, which is devoted 10 an
object so consistent with the spirit OF Christi
anity, and with the principles OF republicanism.
GREAT BRITAIN AND TnE UNITED STATES.
Address to the Legislature Of indiana 18Th
Of August, 1907.
THE United States, true TO those principles
which ought to prevail in every republic, prefer
ring happiness to splendor. and safety TO glory,
have endeavored to abstract themselves from the
entangling politics OF Europe, and, by practiclng
the most perfect neutrality TO keep clear Of those
bloody wars which have so long desolatrd the
finest quarter Of the globe. The justice and
impartiality Of her conduct towards the bellige-
rents have not however, been rccIprocated /;
and from one of those powers, insult and injury
have followed each other in quick succession,
and promised satisfaction been anticipated by
further outrage. The ships of our merchants,
pursuing a legal commerce upon that ocean 10
which all have an equal right have been cap
tured and plundered, and their men impressed
10 serve foreign tyrant and shed their blood
in battles in which they have no interest. For
these aggressions, our Government without min
Cling with its politics those passions which agi-
tate the breasts OF monarchs, and which produce
the greater part of those wars which overwhelm
their unhappy subjects in misery and ruin, have
demanded redress but have demanded in vain.
Still calculating, however, upon the existence of
a better disposition on the part OF the power
which had injured US, that idsf resort which Is
literally "a trial Of who can do the other the
most HARM" was deprecated by the people as
well as by the Government. And "a long as
there remained the most distant hope of an ami
cable adjustment, argument and negotiation
were thought preferable TO war. This deusion
has however passed away, and has given place
to the opinion that moderation and torbearance
have been mistaken for timidly and fear. Some
nations like some individuals, will not profit by
the lessons of experience. Great Britain might
have remembered that the arms OF America
were not palsied by the previous use OF remon-
STRANGE blind fatality hurrles her on 10 that
destruction which America had no wish to ac-
CELEBRATE: and an act of tyranny and injustice,
surprising any thing that can be found even in
the history of her depredations upon neutrals
has converted an useful friend into n Zoe, able
TO punish her for her multiplied aggfcssions'
Il should do injustice to the well known pa
triotism OF our Territory 10 suppose that either
Yourselves or your constituents, gentlemen, felt
less on this interesting occasion than the rest ol
your countrymen."
We are, indeed. from our situation, pecu.
liarly interested in the contest which 4 likely 10
ensue; for who does not know that the toma-
hawk and scalping knife Of the savage are al
WAYS employed rs the instrument Ut British
vengeance? At this moment, fellow citizens, a
sincerely believe their agents are organizing 4
combination amongst the Indians within on
limits for the purpose OF ASA ssinaiion and muir
der And II these their worthy allies, are not lei
loose TO slaughter our women and children, II
will not proceed from the humanity and mercy
of nation which vainly boasts OF her attain
ments in every art and science.
At this important crisis but one sentiment
should animate the breast OF every true Ameri
can. Disregarding every personal con sideraiion
he should think only Of the tie which binds hlif
TO his country and conliding in the wisdom ana
hunness of his government, he should patiently
wait the signal which calls him TO the field
How deep the humiliation, how lasting the dis
grace how injurious TO the cause Of republican
ism, should the blood of our murdered fellow
citizens remain unsati fled or unrcyengcd. Blu
IT cannot be. Americans must prize too highl,
their dear bought rights tamey to surrender
them to the proud nation from whom they wcr,
wrested benefcent and discriminating Pro
whence will make us the object of its pecuia
care Another Washington will arise to LEAD
our armies to victory and glory, and the tyrant.
Of the world will be taught the useful lesson ,ha