Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-04-07

SeminoIes, reward was promised them
for all they should secure. They caP'uI = :
I'd and secured thirtY-6ve, who have oeen ;
returned 10 their owners. The owners Q
have Maid nothing, but the promise TO the
Indians must be fulfilled. The sum OF
twenty dollars will be allowed to them Tor
each from the public funds. i, (
4 Iieutenant Searle is charged with
the execution oflhis order i
This order, taking the negroes "on ac-
count of Government" bears date on the
9Th Of September. From that time they
were to be " held subject to the order OF
the Secretary of War" On the 7th OF
October this order of Gen. Jessup was aP'
proved by the honorable Secretary OF War,
as may be seen by reference to page As
OF the document Just quoted. Thus, SIR
we have official documentary evidence
that the people of this nation, In their ma
tional capacity, became the purchasers
of human beings" The money OF our
people, of the freemen of this nation, was
paid for the purchase of st0res.
This fund, most of it collected in the
free States, and coming from the hard
earnings of free whites. was appropriated
for the purchase of Indian slaves, and O.:
those who had sought freedom amid the
; swamps and everglades of Florida: while
! our most vital interests at the North are
, abandoned, and even the implements nee
/ cessarv to carry on our harbor improve
ments have been sold, and the money thus
! obtained placed in the common fund, and
perhaps paid for the purchase of these
slaves at the South. hear it said, in an
q undertone, near me, that the purchase of
# these fugitive slaves was jus,ifable and
d correct. may differ with gentlemen as
: to the Justice or honor of that proceeding ;
e but can not enter into that subject at the
e present time. would merely say, if the
S Shareholders wish to have their slaves re-
3. purchased, desire them to furnish the
l. funds, Mr.. Chairman, and not thrust theil
ei hands into the pockets Of your constltu
y ents and mine to obtain the money to pay
- for them.
e [Mr. Black, of Georgia, desired to be
informed whether the member from Ohio
ID alluded to the citizens of Georgia? p
Mr.. Giddings resumed. deny the
~ right of members to interrupt me for the
I. purpose of inquiring whether l allude t'
- them, or to their constituents. II the gar
ie ment does not fit them, why do they at
)" tempt to force it on2 | alluded 10 the
y fact that money is, and has been, collect
Vi ed in the free States, and used TO buy up
y the fugitive slaves at the South, while ou1
Us most important interests at the Nortl arr
= abandoned.
~ See gentlemen here who are mos
y TREMENDOUSLY sensitive if the word tariff
~ or harbor, or manufacture, is mentioned
~ and should like TO compare the benefit
&C. to the nation arising from the forty mil
u lions spent in the Florida war. with tn
"a benefits Of the thirteen millions expende'
n throughout the United States for harbo
a purposes; but have no time to do
now.
Isl | was speaking on the subject of retak
&C. inc fugitive slaves and think 1t due
IL: the people of the nation that they shout
be informed of the assiduous manner
ne which our troops pursued the business
' ~ catching slaves.
-, In letter. dated at Tampa Bay, 25t
Ii. Nav, 1887, directed to Lieut.. Col. Ha
Js new, Gen. Jessup SAYS " IF you see Pow
oil ell (Oceola) tell him shall send and TAX
is all the negroes who belong to the viii
we people. And he must not allow the II
ar dian negroes 10 mix with them. TIE
m him am sending for bloodhounds to G.,
nd ba TO trail them; and | intend to han
mr. every one of them who does not come in
III. If the negroes, who appear to have CO..
en- trolled the Indians, had quietly sufere
le- themselves 10 be trailed with bloodhound
Jus or to be hanged for their love of libert
le- they would have we'll deserved to !
ng slaves. Another important piece of int
Ich lligence we have here also. The exper
ef diture of s., 900 for bloodhounds in Cul
ilh was not, as has been supposed, for tt
) purpose of trailing Indians. In this k
err ter we have it officially announced, lh
TO they were sent for and obtained for Il
nty purpose of catching fugitive sloues.
the desire the people ofthis nation to unde
see stand distinctly that they are taxed for IL
ing purpose of maintaining and supportif
tile slavery in the slave States; that the
art treasure has oeen appropriated direct
err and publicly to that purpose; that OF
End army-many of whose officers and so
diers were bred in the free States and
the love of liberty-has been employ
by order Of the Commanding General,
! pursuing and capturing fugitive slave
y, Nor is that all. The freemen Of I
North are taxed for the purpose of buyi'