The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-07-20

The Teras Whig ia destined, We
fear. to an nnenviable no,orie,y. The las,
number attempts n defense Of the Admins.
t-ation 10 connected with the protection OF
our frontier, the argument of which is in
direct contradiction oil the authorities and
the press Of the State. For iae last nine
months we have heard the mos, revolving
stories of Indian barbanties the des'ruc'
ton OF lie aud property, and the capture
of women and children, who have been
carried off intn captivity. Aud although
e,,-y attempt has been made, BY setting
forth the fnc,s. 10 obtain an Immunity from
these savagcs. every mail from the west but
brings US fresh accounts Of their at'roei'
,;e. The Western Term aud State la.
,e.gc are now before US, containing articles
in relation to late Indian murders and show.
;nv the negligence aud the contempt with
which We have been treated by the General
Government We regret that we have not
room for these articles. "a well n. others
from our Texas exchanges. They present
a withcring rebuke to this Wing prn', that
seems 10 think more Of defending a weak
and corrupt administration, than Of sympa'
timing with our bleeding brethren on the
frontier The editor says, cha, ,2O5 Of
iiecr- aud men Irregular array are stationed
in Texas Of the 10 300 he whole force Of
the United States And this he seems To
think is amply sufficient, If not more
than wo are entitled 10. We would ask
him what is the intention Of keeping n
standing army, If not to protect the people,
and 10 go wherever danger calls the'n' We
have nine.,enihs Of the frontier, and there
are said to be 10000 warriors upon our
borders. Set the editor iIippanuy tells US
that "a very large force would be as use.
less AS a filth wheel to wagon. all al
which Gen. Taylor is as familiar with as
any man in the government, and we are
satisfied tina, h. has omitted nothing that
should have been done on his part The
editor Is easily satisfied When il was ri.
mored that the handful Of Indians that are
in Florida were about to renew their dep.
relations. Gen. Taylor did not think tina,
an very large force would be IA useless as
the afih wheel 10 n wagon, but poured
a, once AN Overwhelming force into that
State. We venture to assert that Louis,.
ana. that has not one hostile Indian within
il, has at prcscn, double the number OF
troops that are in Texas. And what are
they doingl Lying in idleness, while they
would prefer an active frontier life. And
can The editor inform us how the force in
Texas hes been disposed II We may be-
lieye those bcs, informed, i, has been so
managed as TO do the least possible good.
As an evidence Of the indifference Of the
General Government 10 our wants, we may
mention VIVA, the .Souih Western American
says Of our Indian Agent, who was APP
pointed in place Of Maj Neighbors;
-, is now fully twelve months since he
received his appointment; and upon good
authority, we state that he has not received
n single line of instructions. So far. his
office has been n complete slnecure, and he
has not done single act Of duty
Again (from the Western Ic1an)
Not more than one in ten Of the Infant.
nv now on this frontier can ride, and those
but indncrently The Indians they have
to cope with are the most expert horsemcn
in the world with no exception; and the
troops ought To be skilfnl riders, also, to
have any chance of success in encounters
with them
But it is not onl Y as regards our Indian
affairs TIM, We are treated badly by the
General Government. Look ut our wretch.
ed mail facilities, and the attempted spol..
ton Of our Santa Re Territory IN fact,
every thing shows the implacnbIe hostility
Of the Administration TO our people.