Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-04-12

there ought to have some weight in inducing US
to wait one or two days, until we can examine the
official information now in possession OF the Gov
eminent.
But would call attention to this further and
striking fact that General Wool at the head of
the regular forces of that Territory, is urging the
pursuance Of one line OF military action while the
Governors OF the Territories pursuing quite a
different one. They are clashing, it seems, and
counteract each other in their operations The
call on which this bill is founded comes from the
Department OF the Interior, not from the War De-
partment; and it proposes or the original bill did
TO place money in the hands of the Governors of
the Territories, or the Superiutendents of Indian
affairs to be disbursed under system OF operations
which the military commander in that region does
not CO operate with.
The Delegate from Oregon says that General
Wool las failed to be efficient, and he seems to
rely on the volunteers, and superintendent, and
Governors On the other hand, Genaral Wool re-
ports, that with the regular troops he now has
there he can soon conquer the Indians, or eE-15el
them to for peace; that some of the disorderly
volunteer companies have caused much of the trou.
BILE by stacking and killing Unfortunately and
hostile Indians; and that two volunteer regiments,
raised by Gov Curry, are estimated to have cost,
at the high prices paid for everything three or
four millions Of dollars. He says that awless
IN that region hlce they Kill the innocent as yell as
the guilty." This, he says, causes the Indians to
retalate. In one instance, disOrdery whites fred
on nnarmed Indians in the custody Of the regulars
and the regulars in return fred them, and kill
ed three OF them. He seems disposed to get rid
of volunteers and says 'the Indians are more
disposed to listen to reason than the lawless
whites" In one instance of great emergency,
Major Rains an officer under General Wool called
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volunteer companies, and General Wool reports
that the Governor of Fregon refused to comply
with the CALL on the ground that Oregon volunteers
would not serve under the command of the United
States officers" Do We know how the large sums
voted last Congress have been expended? We do
know that the commanding general disapproved
the general operations sustained by these appropra
tions. The statements quote are not anonymous,
or from the newspapers, of which gentleman have
complained, but are official, and to be found in the
executive documents before US. Ought We not to
take some little time to examine them more close
ly!
If it is true as are told that this state of hos
tilities exists in those Territories while | am in
favor Of appropriating whatever amount of money
is necessary and of taking whatever steps ne.
cessary, for the protection OF the citizens there
yet think it becomes to take some little time tC
examine into the full tenor of these official reports
there, that may ascertain whether this Is really
! as they tell us, commenced and kept up by
disorderly whites for the determination of the In
disns; and that we may conjecture what sort OF
| is to be made of the money vote. In this view
l now move that the committee rise.
Mr.. Lane l would be very much obliged to the
| gentleman from Tennessee, if he would allow me
to make short explanation before he makes the
| motion that the committee rise
Mr.. ZollicoffeT. Certainly.
! We omit Mr.. Lanes explanation
Mr., Zollicoffer. l will state to the gentleman
that have not made up my mind to vote against
the appropriation. While | am prepared, as | have
already indicated, to vote for the BILL think it due
to the House that it should have some time to as
! certain the facts. There seems to be a diversity
! Of opinion ABOUT them. The gentleman him self
| for example, has stated that there we're twenty
| thousand warriors among the Indians out there
! The Delegate from Washington Territory says that
that is small estimate; yet, in the official Indian
! statistics, prepared and placed on your tables al
! this session, under the direction of the board o.
! Indian affairs, it appears that the whole Indian
population of these Territories is less than twenty
one thousand There are great many other fact:
| which think it would be well TOR gentlemen t.
! investigate before they take them for granted
Mr.. Lane will not undertake to cOntrover
these things now. | made a report when was the
superintendent of Indian affairs in that Territory
If the gentleman will look at that report, he will
find that have put their number at fifty FIVE thou
sand. When | made this enumeration, there were
others that | was not able to sce
Mr. ZolicOffer | was stating the facts which
are put down in our documents.
Mr.. Lane. do not dispute those points. | only
say that the object of this appropriation is to
som the people who have been taken prisoners by
| the hostile Indians and TO maintain amicabe rea
tons with those that friendly to | will no
say anything more. trust that the bill may bt
passed. and that the money may be ready to go GU
by the next mail