Indiana Republican, Volume 3, Number 113, Madison, Jefferson County, 6 February 1819 — Page 1

t a m t5 "WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY." 'I MADISON, (INDIANA) -SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6", 1819, No.

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vol. in. PL'IU.ISHI I) BY j.OLHii: & AIUON jVFHV SATUUnAY.

CDNDU'lONrt. It: vim. 1 c an" w' ft' (hrrr r.' v )v r i. i -V" i,f" t 0'? v ' ' , '. 4 : "i: iv i i ) . ; ll Lett rs t;;e pAlitors r ADAMS' LFITTR C.'NCia'DI'.D. h t '.! nriative of dark and :-implicated depravity; this crjetiin.; and insidioas war, ? :h ' ;:;nst Sr).un and the Unite i States tins mockery of r.::-;.)t;?nr, ti.se political ;i';ers to fuiVitivc slaves and 1:: jii-i outlaws t he-r perliJies r: ; .r.ich:rics or villi ins inca-, n!j t-f keeomn; their fait h even 4 te each od er, all m toe name tf v: k Atnerican liberty, of the rights ot runaway Negroes; .. id me wrongs ot savage mtiruercrs aii combined and projected to plunder Spain ot her ) rr winces, anu to spread rnasMere and (ivastation aionei 'die 1 i) ruers cet r;;e United States? La! till; siiiieient to cool tiic iviuedldv, ot his Cuh-l;cMa-i-ity's CTOvcrnmeut, excited by i the execution ot the?e two 4'subjccrs of a power in annfy 'khthe king." The Spanish govern men i is not at tins day to be informed that cruel as v:r in its npldest forms must h?, it i::, and nccessirilv mu-t re, d u!)!v cruel, when wacrcd vkii savaeres that savages make : o ; ee-ncrs trut totorturethctn; ?..a; tiicy give no ouerater; that tliey j-jt to death without distn;iie.Mt!::r: ot age or sex; tuat f e- ordintry characteristics ri ierhrn warf ire have been appl;; t! ! :.!n their most heartsieeinng h ri oit, to that war kit us by siclinhs, as Ins legaty, rcinstigated by Woodnine, Aroutoi.ot and Armbmtcr, na t dmu!..ted by the approbatren. encouragement, and aid re thc Spanish commandant at bt. Ma,k. Isproot rccpnred? -r.tu.at the Spmish minister of iOre. Unnn' thn firtc ct :trt in

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H; upper part of this county, near or that of his people, if he has of Spain a just and reasonable treity. 1 he duty or this govI' ''.-5 ;rl OOvnfs if paid inthin the boundry of Wayne county, to contend with an inhuman indemnity to the United States crnment to protect the persons ji-.,.v;.v,'-i;,::;,;;M; thrc, ,U7r if Gcor,;a) was attacked, dur- enemv, often guiltv of such ex- for the heavy and necessary and property of our fellow citV' ':H',!'' ;,;",v;(Tr::r;:t ,r in- his abrcnee near the mid- cesses', he mav take the lives of e::penrar which they have been teens on the borders of the U.

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i until U. ixt 1 hp 1 iv iv this nartv. some ot Ins nnsnncrs. and treat conmc cu to incur, ov tne rai- m.uo 1. i' 'UdUVv w

;..;, : ,,r, : (of Indians) consisting of about them as his own people hive lure of Spain to per 'or m her " --! t"' 1 ?hr'"h;7, fifteen, who shot Mrs. Gcrrct, been treated." The p.is.ilit a- engagement, to restrain thc lu'f:f, ;rJ. r., jjftvi- in two places, and then des- Hon of these principles 1; found mans, aggravated by tiui cc- , -i'. f-i.' roaii patched her bv stabbing and in their silutarv ellicacv, for inoustra!cd complicity or h :r .ro-Vr' ;;'''''- ''' ri!mn;r. 1 L-r two rhildren. terror and for oxaruplo. Il ? coiumandmr' ' :Ii :r s wit t icm.

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':e, for a moment, to over thc ,jvej of thc lorc;gn) whitc ue niekehngs which details inccdiaries, who, disowned by W:tr-rlr' andt their own governments, and Kt, i: possible with compo- disowning their own natures.

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:e lidlowing extracts from !'Se tlncumcnts enclosed. ketter from sailiner master S-ais Loom is to Commodore Jm:ei 'I. Patterson 13th Au-ti-t, 1 8 1 6 reporting thc deduction of the Negro fort. fc0n examining thc prisoners they stated tint Edward r -)nil, O. S. who was made Inner in the boat on thc , ' 1 Ju'' -was jarred and 1 :ft atr.r.

Letter from Archibald Clarke to General Gains, 26th Fcbiurv 1817 (Message of the President of the United States to Congress, 25 March, 1818, p. q)

On the cath mst. the house l ' - - r nn-ihnnr thr. vears. and the otlicr two months, were also murdered and tlie eldest scalp, ed: the house was then plunderedofeverv article of value" and ret on fire. Letter from Peter (Arbuthnors clerk to Kli:;. A. C'arney, at N iss iu, dated Suv.ahnee, ith Jan. loiS, giving an account of their opei ations with the Indians, against the American;, and their massacre oi Lieut. Scott and his part v. I h :r w as a b'Oat that was t.'k bv the Ineiiaus, that head, mth'.rtv men, seven women, tour small chihlrcn. Tin were six ot the men Zo: c.ear. audi tine woman save J, and ah t,c rc:-t Qf them rot i-i - rhc drcn were too!; bv the leg, and their brains dashed out arrainst the boat." U tile bare recital of scenes like thc-e cannot O: perused what without shudderin; must be tne aeromzed feeknrs o f t h e w huic w i ve s and c h : I -drcn are, from dav, to day. and irom night, to night, expo-ed to be the victims of the same oarbantvr lias mercv a voice to nlead" for .mld inst;J;lt the perpetrators itors of deed like these? Should enquiry hercSter be made, why, within tiiree mouths after this event, the savage Ilamathli Miceo, upon beinii taken bv the American troops, was by oi!er of their c;vunnaiu!er.immediatclvhumf. ict it be told that that savage was thc COInmander of the partv y vhh those women were 1, and those hclnlcss inuta were thus clashed agtut the boat. Contending .:nh su,h cncinjcs, although humanitv revolts at entire rctaliationupon them, and spares thc u f t, ; f h, 2nci defenceless women and childrcn, vet mcrcv herself surrcn ders t J retributive justice tin lives of their leading warrior taken in arms and still more ciecraoe themselves beneath the savage character, by vol 1 j untarily descending to its level. Is not this the dictate of common sense? Is it not the usage of legitimate warfare? Is it not consonant to the soundest authoritcs of national law? 44 When at war (says Vattcl) with a ferocious nation, which observes no rules and grants no quarter, they may be chastised ih the persons of those ot them

who may be taken; they arc of the number of the guilty; and by this rigor the attempt may be made of bringing them to a sense of the laws of humanity." "And again; As a general lias

tnc right ot sacnucmg thc lives - - - thus onlv that the tiarbaiitici of L.dians can bo succcstully encountered, it is thus only -'that the wor-e than Indian barbirities of Kmopean impostors, pretending authority from their governm. nt, but always disavowed, can be punished and arrested. Great Britain vet e.iiiraiics the alliance andco-oper;-tion ot savages in war. B t her government has invaritblv ilisel limed ail coimtenmee fNr authoi ization to her subject lo instigate them against us m tiiue of peace. Yet sa it ha harprntd, that from thee d i - no of our established m cience t( this dav. tj'L tne 1 Jr.. dian war-; with which we ii ive been alllicted have been ditinctlv traceable to the instigation of Lnrrlish traelevs o-r arents, alwavs di avowed, vet alwavs relt, lire re than o; detected, but never before punis!u d. Two ot tnem, oUenr-- !-," ! vv". r'.v'1 "ifrer Civ. i v it. v.v e ; - v. . . v. v , iU.il soiemti warning ot thur government, and individualy to - er 1 . , s ol an inicrican e iii the punishment inidrted them has fixed them or upon t i 1 i e. : 1 as an exam pie, avi hibklon, but, vre tru.S at clous in bs reitdt1-., of the wiiich awaits unauthorised pretenders oi Joo.ropeati agenc), to stimulate, ami intcrpeio wars between toe 1 h sited States and tlie Indians, within their controk This exposition of the origm, th-moes. ami the c raractcr of thc war with the Sem nolc Indians and part of Greeks, combined with Gregorys mock patriots and Nicholl's Negroes, which tun cessarily led our troops into Florida, and gave lire to all those incidents of which Mr.

ri-Mrro o vehementlv com? berle; within our borders, by bUUUC cox U1UALC d ii..arie ' 1UH1, seat ot government ; that the genpklir.s, will, it is hoped, ena- -avagee orowkngalongthcSpan- er.a be0rCpreSented in a Roman bie you to present other and idi Jine, and seeking shelter dress, holding a truncheon in his cnmiriVr virws of the subiect within it, to disn'av in their rie;ht hand, his head encircled with

to his catholic IaiCSty?S gov- villages thc scalps of our wo- alaurc wreath ; that the pedestal be 1 n ,n.,; na a ,,v., thr v5r oi marble on which to be represented cranio. It w 11 enaolc cu inen .nd c.mdito tn.u mc- followi prncipal eto show that the occupation tuns, and to sc.., wdo sm.mc- vcnts of the war in which gen. W. ofPensacola and St. Marks less cftrcntery, mc plunder commanded in person, viz. the c-

was occasioned neither by a spirit of hostilitv to Spin, nor with a view to e::tort, prematurely, the province from her possession; that it was rendered necessary by the neglect of Spain to perform her cnanemciits of restraining the Indians from hostilities against the United States, and by the culpable countenance, encouragements, and assistancc gi?n to thos: Indians, in

their hostilities, by the Spanish governor and commandant at those place: that the United States have a right to demand, ;is the President does demand, of Spun the punishment of

those omccrs tor tins miscoiiin their ho., hit!"- ;.::ai!e t the United Stale- That thaten t'.Hlidmun cxecr.ted by order of Gen. Jackson were net only ideutiii d with the -aveges with v.hnni the," were cutvti;e war aeaiit t!i t U. Si tte:, bv.t th t one ot ti.em was the mover eel fomeni- ? r m we r i i hiuite: :e:e: i-e- to t. ori t the ::e ouki hive liaopened 4 ft that the other was the instruiiiee.t or wer a gainst bn un as well rstiie i T : : ; r e 1 Sr at.es, conmi'S!or,;d bv r.fGrerr-or, and w o x eii.c, upon their proj .tdi cieieuennrr id orida wiui these Indians and Ne- . ' m A kO accomplices 1 1 of tiie savage--, and, sinniri!! aworse than : av.ies. General Jackson, pocssed of their persons and of tee troop; of tneir guilt, might, by the lawf ul and ordi::aryu 'dgcs of war, have Lemg them 'eoth without the i oii iT y of a trial: That, to ale.w them tverv possible op;;erte:dty of rete.tir g the proofs (r :T r howdrg any circumstance kt extenuation of their crimes, tve t!:ex: t!te bencht of a bv a court martial, of 0 Id'ddv re.--: ctab: c cilicers: That toe defence ot one consisted, o;-dv ru:d cxelusivclv, of tcehrucd cavils at the nature of pu t ol tiie evidence against him, and the other confessed his guilt. L'inally, that, in rerioihieT I'ensacolaand St. Marks to bpain, the rrceident mves t he most signal proof of his coniuience, tnat nercattcr her enravrement to restrain, bv force, th Indians of Idonda from all hcstilitics against the United States, won be ckectually fulfill that there will be no M,rr-- n,vjV:. roprp robfrom our citizens in Spanish forts and cities; that we shall hear no more apologies from Spanish governors and comr.undants, of tneir inability to perform thc duties of their ollice and the solemn contracts of their couutry no more excuses for compliances to thc savage enemies of thc U. States from the dread of their attacks upon themselves nomoreherboring of foreign. impcstpr

upon compulsion; that astrcngth sullicient will be kept in the province to restrain the Indians by force, and ofiiccrs empowered and instructed to employ it effectually to maintain the good faith of the nation, by

the effective fulfilment or the discharged k if, after all the warnings that Spain has had if, after the prostrati()n of all h:r territorial rights and neutral ob'i nations, bv Kicholls It I J " j and m s banciitu, durmg war, and of all her "treaty : .ripuia.lions, by Arbuthnot and Amblister, abetted by her nva coinmandii g odiceri, during jx-aee, 10 uic cruei annoyance of the United States if thr- nccctrr.i tics of ccH-dcfcncc should again compel the Unite:; Stater, to take possession of the Spani .h furrs and places in Florida, declare, with the candor and frankness that become us, that another unconditional restoration of them must not be ex. pected; that even the President's confi lence in the good faith and ultimate jut ce of the Spanish govcridiiec. will yield to the painful experience of continual disapp intment; and that, after unwearied and almost unnumbered appeals to them, for the performance 01 tneii stipulated duties in vain, the United States will be re. luctantly compelled to rely, tor the protection of their borders, upon themselves alone. You are authorized to communicate the whole of this letter and the accompanying decuments to tne opanis.o gvjvcrnmcnt. I have the honor, ice, JOHN Q ADAMS. -! IN SENATE, j anu rev 8. The senate resumed the consideration of the bill providing for the erection of a monument over the remains of general George Washington, where thev now "lie. Air. Barbour moved that the hill be recommitted, v"uh instructions to report a bill appropriating money for the erection of an equestrian statue, of general Washing ton, in conformity with the resolution of concress of 1763. This resolution was passed on the 7th ot August, l 83, and dirccts sabstantiallv that an equestrian

vacuation of Boston; the capture of the Hessians at Trenton : the the battle of P rinceton; the - c Sti also the inscriptions; that it shall i?e executed by tlw best artists, Sec. &e. t The motion produced a short celtr3 m a "yASo--NAYS G. Mr. Johnson, from fee coaimUtee on the public lar.uS .reported .& biU for austkth; ckikns to hni;,

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