Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-09-22

VI. Van RUrcH arr Hc War of lSl2-T-s rgrriEI
HdT and VIZ Van ByTcg-Sucbh has been The mis-.
management ut the National Administration of late,
that those who Oppose q Urst earnestly. fail in prcscn-
ing ia the strongest light, it, nisSccds. because they
EXHIBIT Them zen masSe.' whereas. almost any one oi
them supplies an argument for n total change in our
rulers. From the many, take the shocking Inismnnarr-
meni oi the FLORIDA WsS, md Let some INC 60 over
the history of that disgrac.ful, as well rs mournfnl al
tur; and there l. not an honest man in ihe nation that
would not start from the detail. md pronounce judg.
nent against the men whose imtecildT To direct public
or whose i'm prudent waste, ard misdircc.
lion of the public funds. have left that far portion oi
our country n prey to n "iCw hundred lniIans. and
exposed the flower of our army % daughter IN dSill
and tho lives Of some o. lie most lovely Of enc scyl
and the most valued of Inc other. 10 the mercic. Of inc
innlhavk and scalping knife. We scarcely receive a
mail from the SIuih, that does not contain accounts oi
Further Indian DepredJtions, ""DresIful Slaughter OF
Whites IN Florida moro Indian NJ !rdorr." "inIian
hey Destroyed" etc. etc. These, orr readers know.
are tue ordinary headings Of our southern paragraphs;
While II cannot he forgotten. that millions and millions
at dollars have been expended on the "FlOrtds War,
General after General changed. TO give efficiency to-
the efforts of our army employed ~ the glldes. and
along The borders Of Inc Grlf
Now. this Is n failure on the part NJ the ndminisira-
ton OF the general government Ia proiect the lives and
property of citizcns; aud the failure j. 80 evidently the
result either OF imhecility, or n Owen. on of the means
supplied by Congress TO savo the territory. that Ne n-k.
with confidence. what =, duo 10 rulers who. though
they may not he charged with sending a fen. 10 have
them destroyed where many must DC victorioIs. arc at
least chargcablc with wasting the army mud it, mater.
al by sending a fer where 81 has long been evident
that only the many can entc7 The Object. and return
unscnihed; with tlmperng IN m important affair. IN
vo.v.ng the lives OF thousands ofour citizen,. ond their
hard earned property, and hcaping disgrace uDon our
nation, who oIHi6i's herself in the altitude cf attempt
Ing To arrest irpm The Indians their lands. while IL is
ngnpnbla Of nfCctrr4 fh. iN.. an1 - -.
venging the death Of is own citizens.
What, We ask ought 10 he the dealings Of a people
with servants Ihys incapable. or thus Vicksd'
Lot Mr., Van 2Jren and hs friends answer that i'm.
~. tint question.
When, some weeks since. we exposed to the public
fact, that Mr.. Van Burcn. in 1872. Joined tho par.
y hat was opposed to Nir Madison. aud. in The m.ds'
Ut q disastrous war on our frontier sought TO change the
and p!pco De VIII Clinton in the Prcslden-
VIZ were tod by sJne Of the ms, earnest of Mr.
Van BIren's advocates. that though II was IA fact that
he (Mr Nnn B4rcuI SaS active IN attempts To defeat
Mr.. Madison. ye; he stood Ilsrifcd in the fact. that he
AMI many Others believed that the tar, Ihs scat Of
which was on or frontiers, was not carried on with
vigOr. and hat ava important change IN the
administration vas necessary ~ secure our northwest
'rn frontiers frprg The British and the Indians, aud 10
our narona! hUlor-ihese not considercd safe in
no hands Of Mr.. NlADIsoN. 1hi, wss the account Civ
IN, anl the justification offered. for MI. Van Burcn's
hostility 20 Mr.. Madison, md his cooperation With the
party that sustained De VIII Clinton
~ change of the administration was required IN
Ter such circumstances, to defend the honor and the
lights Of the nation. ko,v much more lsit now required.
WHEN the administrator, after spending millions ofdol.
ars, and wasting almost inuumernble lives is compel.
81 practically ~ acknowledge IL innbility ~ defeat @
handful NJ Indians General jackson called them q
ew %hundred) who are destroying our harvest iclds.
md burning our ioSns, and slaughtor;nr our citizens.
Surely II no other chnrge against ffr. Van Buren,
md ms adminisir ton could be adtucod. This Of the
.lor.da War would he ample 10 warrant his dismissal
rom office: aud his own conduct IN 1912 would be q
'Tocedent 10 10 pleaded for the action uf the public q.
him - pIJJ1 ~ & E,-