The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-08

minstration yet he would not abandon the duty he
owed to his country. 81 SIC ou,nes
Was this time in which we should disband our
regiments and totally dsorganize our military force
Could we spare the services OF our little army Take
| a specific fact. There were on our western border
10000 Indians within striking distance of the two
| capitals of Arkansas and Wisconsin. Did those
States wish to be deprived of the presence of mil-
tary body and OF the aid Of military police Did
their Representatives say so here On the contrary
had they not demonstrated and urged the pressing
cesslty of retaining mounted force TO oyerawe their
| dangerous neighbors' And what reply had been Civ
to their Representatives. Had il zen shown that
strong portion OF the Army ought not to be station
ed there Had the question been argued a ques-
ton of business Not at all.
IL was not a mere military question. When il was
demanded that the force in the West should be suffered
| to remain, gentlemen had said that Illinois could
| raise abundance OF militia, If war broke out. No
doubt, after war had broken out land no doubt II
might be very clever thing for the gentlemen's
stiuents TO have mounted militia force called out
doubtless should have here plenty claims for lost
horses at double and triple prices, short time af-
ter;) but the object was to prevent For what
were troops maintained on the Indian frontier at this
momenti For carrying on war for fighting Not
at all Ii was to preserve peace and to maintain a
military police among those lawless tribes.
Much unJeserved reproach had been upon our
national character from the fact that the red faded
and vanished away from before the presence of the
white lace. They did but II not the fault OF
| the Government The Government had made all
possible Efforts To prevent IT. The fact from
their inherent, hereditary, incurable unconquerabe
attachment 10 savage hie and their reluctance to or
| game tor themselves Government for their own
| protection. And what was the consequence The
troops were taken away, and the Indians had po-
lice oi Their oWD they must OF necessity he thrown
into the hands OF that most corrupt hagtious, float
| lng population, which always haunted the debaiahlo
land between civilization and barbarism Unlicensed
Traders 90 them with their la
would lntoxcale them, blight their early attempts al
agricultural industry, engage them IN quarfes, anu
then turn those quarrels into the OF greater IN
Jufes ane more outrageous oppression. And now we
found all the exaspeatons OF past controversies still
| further heightened by additional infusion of Semi
noles, transported thither in chains and prepared 10
nocuate the old emgI ants with still deeper spirit OF
hatred and revenge. He told that these people
were fact escaping fiomt Government depots, and
spreading themselves In all d eGlions The result of
such policy most be- that in the vain and futile pur-
| suit the phantom Of retrenchment, gentlemen on 3
created the necessity OF greater Ultimate expenditure
Let gentlemen look to the origin of the Florida
war. Who now doubted that had the commanding
generals received from the Government in the outset
that small additional force they asked for the disas
trous and wasteiul and humiliating conflict in that
peninsula might have been wholly avoided? Just SC
it was with the Black Hawk war The fact was now
| thoroughly established. And with this experience
before their eyes could gentlemen remain regardless
oil the thousand lold greater causes OF danger which
| now eX sted? Yet we were about to run more
upon the same fatal rock and the same consequences
might be expected to follow.
Mr. c. said however, that he had but little to urge
against this bill let it pass. In the wise apprehen
sion that seventeen millions Of people could not resist
ten thousand and could pay them let our public
establishments be swamped under this spring flood
OF retrenchment and economy. Let gentlemen pass
| the bill 1t would be but ephemeral IN its duration
War would come, wiser counses would prevail
A new voice from the People would come up to these
Halls and exact speedy obedience All that was now
left undone would then be done, and well done The
Army and the Navy would be re-established then
and not till then, might we hope for better days He
would look meanwhile to the abundant overlooking
| irrepresslble means and energies of the American
People, and trust to Providence for the future desti
| MES of the Union.