The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-02-23

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General and be
th'nk must Been
eveIy INTEL who a. @
obergen. o g hosdlil|e which have occurred
q frequent int sals 81 long on ga Ilon.
ae tie las Two three yeala Tie faeG
however. IS nov taking shape clearly an1
paipably that IS one CAN fil o The
Adm lion lalns and III.
identity apprehenaiKe 81 he most dreadful conse.
quences from the utterly unprepored state 81
1.-THE country lor the emergency that Is zIsihly
approaching The War Department IS q i
futtsf 81 excitement. Secretary Davis. who IA
lhis late report earnestly called upon Congress
20 increase the regular forces Of the service IN
der lis charge, bus Just removed the matter ii
the most urgent manner General Scott whose
experience and sagacity ID such matters should
give great weight rs his opinions has,We perceive,
recently expressed The belief that tie fears Of
the Secretary are but too well founded He
thinks desperate and sanguinaly eonaiel with
che shgages beyond the Mississippi s Imminent
that an tlle tribes ii TINT region, whose yio-
lence and depredations for some Time past have
been but feebly resisted, have acquired tie idea
that the United States il not able % contend
successfully against their united strength, and
that upon this conviction the various bands are
planning aconlederation for the purpose q wag-
ing furious and implacable crusade against Tie
whites.
Months ago We predicted this veTy trouble
which IS now gathering 50 rapidly 70 head,and
creating such unfeigned and intense aoHcitude
il high military circles. we said then that We
thougat II tie duty Of tie Government 70 make
Immediate end energetic preparation 70 meet il,
moi mer that We might be able to encounter
the actual strife which seemed to be Impending.
but that IN Obvious and complete readiness for
It whenever il should come, might a il to avert
it altogether. But Congress. with most cul-
pable Indifference to the public interests, has
thus far disregarded the appeals which have
been made to il ID this exigency, and the proba-
bihties now are that we shall find ourselves II
the middle Of terrible contest with most
willy, vindictiye and obstinate foe before We have
begun to put ourselves j. any suitable condition
FOR the war. This sort Of hnproTdence has
marked the conduct Of the GoYerpment d ever
previous the kind, and tie rasnl
have Been 50 disi ley
shon ave IS The ON Of taking bet
sst care of our peace and security. Secretary
Davis tells Congress that ST has been stated
By those conyersant with al the facts and We
have no doubt the opinion Is quite reliable
''that i, in 1881, small mounted force had
been at the disposal Of the War Department,
the Black Hawk war might have been prevent
ed; and that il 1896, il few additional com-
panies had been semitic Florida, the Seminole
war would not have occurred.
The economy Of standing military estab-
Ishment, competent to avoid war, Is certainly
Ear greater than that Of force required to carry
{ on and bring It eventually to satisfactory ter
nination This IS true, iflsye regard merely
he expenses directly incurred ID the prosecution
# belIigerent operations. But the difference in
ayor Of regular army, sufficiently strong at
u times to preserve peace, d compared with
he cost Of an occasional reinforcement ade-
nate to the necessities of state 81 h0sdlities,
} made very much greater when we consider i
be indirect consequences Of war to the general I
Of acommunity whose tranquility is
isturbed, whose industry is interrupted, whose 8
ommercial transit through the particular terri :
Dry invaded IS cut off or exposed to peril, and ]
be safety and progress Of whose pioneer settle !
lents are meanwhile destroyed d
During the last twenty years the total ex- il
enditures for tie service, aside from the regu- i
4 appropriations for the support Of the army. {
stated to have been not less than thirty nil $
ons Of dollars. This sum, while it was de- s.
iandedfor the suppression Of savage incursions 5
I'd depredations which 40 adequate defensive B
rec might have averted entirely, was much
ore than would have been sufficient 70 have
aintained such force, during All that interval,
say nothing Of che aggregate Of life and pr i
tie properly which would have been saved from s.
ldian animositY Is well Is the safe and there i,
re more rapid, extension Of population and 81
in the unsettled domain 81 tie Il
,vernment which would have been secured. d
The present strength Of The army IS shame &
IIy and dangerously dispropo rdonate 70 that Z.
hich e required for TIE public defence The
N latest official estimates exhibit this deici- a
cy IL most striking manner Il il shown Id
tive have seaboard and foreign frontier Of g
1re than ten thousand miles; an Indian Hon- q
i and routes through the Indian country re- b
ring constant protection. Of more than eight ST
1usand miles. and al Indian population Of a.
,re than four hundred thousand Of whom pro- ID
bly, one half d forty thousand warriors. are N
mical, and only wait tie opportunity @ be-