The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-03-18

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lsdra ,shy ne serFstsFy flha fFsssaEyi
uhleh, ad3sd q tls esumliss tuNmiiitd
by hia. Hmoanls 10 de GBn q sl0,lle.
10 g; sad which. addsd 70 The aPprO-
Fx.s,.oas Il 10 sses f,s 10 stu.e sessiees
snoaa.s 20 sI0, liza. $50 IS.
Bat ssys the gentleman from South
Carolina. (Mr. Rhssi.l The Florida VAR
~ill plobsbly sssa be lsrmiHslst. Pro
baby seon b ssrminsieig This is The
lsseusEe ne hzse heard Cor years. u
has iong been the theme Of Exseutse re-
psris. and Of The despasehss Of command
sss-ia chief. Less te~ miserable sqaaus
be taken. or Starving old men surrender
and "a is irpedisiely herald
ed tiarssehast the land thai The power Of
The Indians has been destroyed; that they
are eli coming On; and that The war viii
soon Be 81 On end. And The next sccounl
ws hear 10, that blood has been hosiHg
IN aorrraas. and houses have been wrspl an
flames. For every brave destroyed. TOO
seen ID spnag 40 10 his Place. We
have, wiihin he last day or Two. heard
% me capture % 60 or 20 Indians; but
how nItea has ihls been Ihe case hereto
for-i ilis imposs.hle 10 sslimsie his hum-
Der of Indians 10 Florida. Years ego. q
vas said .here we're only lev hundredi
and although we have been destroy ING
,hsm all The while. YET The work Of muir
der and rassge has continued. As soon
- HE army relaxes lis oPers,ions, they
become embaldened. leave their inscees-
sible hsnnis. and commence anew their
course u pillsse and dealh. You may
suppose there j. no, an lndian in Florida,
you NAV suddenly wIlhjras your army,
and The 6rsI thing you hear. may be. that
The Indians have reappsared 10 all iheii
pawer. Sir. The Florida war Is not II an
end. NOR IS IL soon likely TO be. Sam
Jones and Tiger.,a,l vel lead their merci
less lands through The everglades Of thai
lll.lsled region; today doing ..lhe deed Of
draih." and 90 morrow concealed in the
impsnersble swamps. The bloody Me-
kasukies vet RITE through The forests oi
Flosids. leaving death and DISSOLUTION in
their track. To legislaie with view 10
The early disarmament Of The army in
Florida. is TO leave your own country
men exposed TO the horrors Of savage
warfare. To do this through . false
economy, 10 10 sell The blood Of citizens
for money. IL is TO surrender portion
Of your territory 10 the savage, and Ia
conless. in the face Of The world, that q
predatory band Ui Sslninoles has suseess'
fully resisted al. the boosted power OF III,
Government To stop the war al ihi'
stage. 10 10 compounds the honor OF the
country. You must, you are compelled
10. prosecute IL to a successful issue.
therefore take il for granted that. in esIi
mating The appropriations for The militia
~ service, you must include the ~ 1855,
800 proposed in the letter from the Secre
,sry Of War.
II seems Thar the Secretary of the Trea-
suiy. in estimating 'he reduc,lons for the
present year, cuts down The expenses Of
The indlan department sl74.O00 below
the appropriations Of last year. ! know
mt vile her this - un account Of there
being funds in the hands 0f agents yet
unp,Id, on account oi outstanding ap.
preparations, or whether II il i'm pur,
snsnce Of that system Of gradual re,
trenchment recommended in his report;
for il will be srea by reading The repor
of the Secretary, that he undertakes "a
read Congress lecture on economy. sf
ter having exhausted the Treasury BY
his extrayagance and mismsn-g cement
And. in pointing out the causes OF, ant
grounds for, future retrenchmen,. lie say,
ths, "fewer Indians remain TO be remov
ed" Certainly there are fewer 10 be re
moved But are there fewer that ougi
10 be removed this wear than rere remOv.
ed The last! Judging from the rapid set
dement, Of The Western States. aud the
Consequent pressure around the Indians
temaIning. l shuuld suppose there were
mnte. ] appeal To grn,lemen from the
Western S,a,es-from Indians, Illinois
| Michigan. Missoun-and | ask them. i
they are not anxInus 10 have Tue lnJisr
title To the lanis in their STATES ex,insui
ed, and g. have those Indians removed I,
the Wes! Are they nai every day becom
ing more announcements 10 the viii es, an,
the whites TO them! Aud Jet The Secrelsr,
seems to ibink this system OF Indian rela
Ilnns will soon al ab ehd, and the expens
attending IL will be lessened every wear
This Is most absurd idea. The lndiat
relauons of this country will constitute
permanent. standing charge upon this Go
ssrhment fur one hundred wears TO cume
Aud as the population Of the counyy in
crrsses, and It's frontier is ex,endsd. ia
more complicated aud expensive will on
Indian reisIions becnme. This must be III
case, till the vast region from The Missi.
sippl TO the Pacific is seliled BY the viii,
mar. aud not an Indian is Left remaining
The Secretary OF the Treasury furlhs
says. in pursuance OF his pretended am
ieiy Tor re'renchmsni, that the pension
are diminished h,, do.,ls NJ, o., mar