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IN C0UJCC1U
Savannah, 19 h Oetol/r, 1818.
The City Council of Srvannih. d«ply impress-
i^l, in common with their fello»-cH : *en», with
•-ralilii.il! to Goo, for the peculiar bleuhiR* con-
•fetwd on the city dor.ng the last year, deem it
expedient and proper, that a day -be set spirt for
irwm TKipEscmxo and mums'
Be it, thotfrr, rtv.heJ, That, THURSDAY,
TWELFTH NOVEMBER NEXT, be set apart as
* dsy n f wines rasixUt'russuciTnrs and mot
to inAMm&H agd, that bis honor the Mayor
do requeit the KercrenJ Clergy of ail denomina
«ion» to deliver appropriate discourse on that
Extract fnm il* mix*’a
-day.
R. R. Csjrlsr, c.c.
'JIMFAI.GKH.
-{1 he folioring beautiful line* were written by
tta late Ensign OooaWTT, on boar.! a ship
bound to flic Weit-Irdiei, w’.iCS ofl the CAPE-J
Tart you sailed on ththrml of the deep
AVhm ti>c winds had alt sileoeed their breath,
"And the waters were hashed in as holy a sleep,
And as calm, as the s'lumher of death.
“When the yellow moon’ bea^insr on high.
Shone tianqnilly bright on the ware,
Andcarrcred thro’ tUenwtund im^alpeble sky.
Till the found tn the ocean a grave.
And dying nway by degrees on the sight,
The wsteis were eliid in thetnantle of night.
Trotild impart a dtligiit to thy soul,
A>] felt it imparted- to mine.
And the draught of affliction that blackened my
bowl
Cre’w b'right’u «he s'l^rr brine.'
| carelessly lay on the dick,
And listened in silence to catch
iThe wonderflil storie* df battle or wreck
That were told by the men of the watch.
-Sad stories of demons most deadly told he.
And of mermaids that rose from the depth of the
’Strange visions me *imcy hpd filled,
I Vlivtl with the dews of the nights
And I tho't that the moon £H1 continued to gild
The wave with a silvery light-
I -sunk by degrees into sleep, .
‘j thought of my friends who yrere far,
When a form seemed to gUde o’er the face of the
1 ' deep, i
•As bright aathe evening star.
'Ne’er rose there a spirit more lovely and fairs
Tet I trembled to think that a spirit was there.
. "Emerald preen was her hair,
Ri aided with gems of the sea,
Tier fm, like a meterr, she waved in the air,
And I knew that she beckoned on me.
iSbe glanced upon me with her eyes,
jHow ineffablybright vrss their btixe;
shrunk and trembled with fear and surprise,
Tet I still continued togsae;
glut enchantingly sweet was the smile of hpr lip,
. Jknd I follosredthe vision and sprang from the ship.
’.Mid the waves of the occsn I fell,
.And dolphins were sporting around,
And miny s triton wss tuning the shell,
And extatic and wild was the sound;
There were thousands of fathoms above.
And thousands of fathoms below;
And we .sunk to tbeeave where the sea lions rove,
And the topaz and emerald glow.
Where the diamond and sapphire eternally shed
Their lustre around on the bones of the dead.
And well might the lustre be bright,
Tor they shone on the limbs of the brave, ■
■Of those who bad fought in the terrible fight,
- And were hurried st last in the wave.
y n grottos of Coral they slept,
On white beds of pearl around;
.And near them forever the water snake crept,
And the sea lion guarded the ground,
"White the dirge of the heroes by spirits was rung,
And solemn k wild were the strains that they sung
. DIRGE.
Sweet is the slumber of tire mariners’ sleep,
Their’bones are hud in the'caves of the deep,
Far over their heads the tempests sweep,
That ne’er shall wake thorn more;
They died when raved the bloody fight,
And loud was the cannon’s roar.
Their death was dark, their gloty bright
And they sur.k to rs: no more.
. But the loud wind past.
When they brea’hed their last,
And it carried their dying sigh.
In a winding sheet, .,
With a shot at their feet.
In coral caves thsy lie,
.In'coral caves they lie,
Or where the wren of the rocks,
Lovely waves bee sea-green locks,
Where the deadly breakers’foam,
-. Found they an eternal home!
f.rOftaiu:) of light, which increases in
prilliancy a*, the Sun (Imcroil*'into',t$e
neither hcruisphire. Of the nlltcr objects
which attract the attention ofthe ob “Tver
in tbu “o'er hanging firmament,” the .most
conspirin')? b the fine star Arcturus.
which, folium* the setting Sun. each even
ing flr.tr/ing nearer, until the month of
Uctobcr, wher. it mill sink info the Sun’s
light and disappear in.the flood of super
ior brightness. • 1
London, August S3.
The lodging* of a Damir were Intel*
robbed, of a pair of stays, a* smelling bot
tle, two pair of artificial eye-brows, and a
White snrtont, in a pocket of which there
w.’re three love-letters, written to him
self, in his own hand-writing.
We have. heard it rumored, buthow tru
ly we know not, that a commissioner from
the United States, is to proceed to Ghent,
where he will be met by Mr. Robinson,
president of our board of trade; fur the
purpose ;)! negotiating a commercial trea
ty. - The professed cause of meeting
seems fair enough; the place alone is what
fills us with apprehension; for surely there
ia something ominous ic the name of
Ghent.
Applks, the most ossfol of all the diff
erent kinds of fruit, are everjr where plen
tiful; and in some situations the brar.rhet
of the treesjsrcjso hrayify laden, that props
are necessary for thpir support. ' It is ex
pected that many of the common sorts will
not fetch more than '2s. a bushel, or about
0 1-2 a pound.
We lament to find, from the papers re
ceived this day, that the typhus fever is
nn‘ (he inceasc in several parts of Ireland.
In Dub’,in there has been an awful increa
se since March last. : Waterford in the
sooth, and'Sligo in the west, suffer severe
ly Irom its malignant spread.
All the letters from America state that
Mr- Phillips has made the people of that
country music mad. The speculators
upon a solid and durable peace may;
therefore, rely upon perfect harmony ’
that quartet.
BEAUTIFUL EULOOIUM OJV WOMEN.
The folluwingtestimony to the univer
sal benovolenee of the female character it
borne by Mr. Ledyard, ah accurate obscr
ver of human nature, and one of the first
geographical missionaries' employed fay
the African association.. It is so just that
it cannot be too-often repeated— (, I have
■always remarked,” says he, “that women
in all countries aie civil and obliging, tutf-
>!er and humane; that they are eve.- inclin
ed to be gay and cheerful', timorous, and
modesty and’that they do dot hesitate, like
men, to perform a generous action. Net
haughty, iiotarrngant, not supcrcilous,thcy
they are fond of courtesy and lond of so
ciety; more liable in. general, jto err
than m.:n, but, in general, also more
virtuous, and performing more good ac
tions. To a woman, whether civiliz
ed or savage, -I never addressed myself
in the language of deermey and friendship,
without receiving a decc'nt and friendly
answer. With man it has often been oth
erwise. In .wandering over!, the barren
ilainr of inhospitable Denmark, througn
■onest Sweden, and frozen Lapland, rude
and churlish Finland, unprincipled Russia,
and the wide-spread regions- of the wan
dering Tartar—il hungry, dry, cold, wet,
or sick, the women have ever been friend
ly to me, and ntiifiq-nily go; and to add to
this virtue, (so worthy the appellation of
to offecl the objett. Independently of, all I obliged ultimately ^submit to their united
trehtics" tl e U."States, or their agent, the influence, whatever may be hi* individual
commanding general, was authorised by talents, power, and address. So it is in the
. a— at.:,. I ffnriotv nF natinnev anil an »♦ So eta foil Ho
the general “law «F nations to take this society of nation,; and so it is stated by
course.—Vattel, B. 3. Ch, 7, S. 122. says, that eminent jurist, Tattle, Book 3, c. 6,
that “extreme necessity may even author-1 and s. 97; wiio observes “that this pru
ise theseisureofa place, and p-tting a J dcnce of not always coming to an open
r M :»ootr ru'itmw wiiii (htixi*. wim oi«t «urh a<ii.Sii.
"arrlson therein, for defending itself rupture with those*, who give such assis-
* - - - —’ — *- 1 tance to my enemy, that they may not
against the enemy, or preventing him in l ta . ,,c . e . to "?;? *"*
his design* of seizing this place, when the J I«« biul With,all
2 .klo to it 99 Tn I I hav.
their forces, this lorbear-
sovercipi not able to defend it.” In ante, I say, has gradually introduced the
Sfctr lSSof the Mine chapter, the author custom of uut looking mi such assistance
observes, that “to secure prisoners and
spnil-io^-pfacc of safety; are act? of War,
consequently not to be d nein a neutral
country, and whoever permitted it would
as an act ol hostility.” And again, “hut
if prudence dissuades us from making use
of all cur right, it dues nut thereby destroy
that right. A prudent.nation chooses ra-
breafc their neutrality, as favoring one ofl th*r to dissemble, that unnecessarily to in-
the parties. But I here speak of prisoner;] crease Uie number of its enemies.” Such
and goods, not y«*t perfectly in the enemy’s I being the state of facts ia respect to the
power, the captute of which is not, if I j capture of the Spanish forts, and such tin
__ a _ 1 aL 1 . 2 F..II I Pailasa nf arftiin vniilioahlo it so ncl-otl •<-li 1
may.lie allowed the expression fully com
pleted. A flying party, for instance, can
not make use at a neighboring and neutral
country, ag a staple for securing its pris
oners an.d Spoil.”
rules of action applicable, it is asked, why
all the confusion and contrariety of opinion
acquainted with the inirntiSn or that enter,
the remark* of the Courier might produce
the impression that the instructions txf
captain Ghist “to scour the country I
tween the Perdido, Mobile a:id I’ensacolw k
and to give no quarter,” applied to the en-E
tire body of the Seminole enemy. Not so: J-
capt. Ghist .waa directed to. proceed onljfl > J
against a few outlaws and brigands of thill
Seminole tribe, -who .had. associated tot
murder apon the road between Georgia ai.d j
Nfw-(!rleans,and todestroy some families V
settled upon the borders of Alabama^— )
These brigands'occupied the swamps-and {
fastnesses contiguous to the road aud-tho f
seitleioruts, and had already committed 1 .
sevural murders upon-travellers and the I.'
inhabitants, -it became necessary to pot V
an end to.these outrage# and devastations; »'
and, in doing it, to adopt the mode which |
would most effectually prevent their recur> f
rcnce. The execution of the order wafiC-
which has succeeded, upon this affair? j attended by the happiest effects; the bri.- ‘R
Shine say that the president has ceen re- j gand* were dispersed; peace and security /
miss, others that Jackson has disobeyed his I have been restored to iHp settlements ami (
orders! We have endeavored to shew that | to the travellers on the road, and hundreds f
seem* oreany mienoen oy we aurnor ro b|>en wi „ t effect upon those xyliq will de- ded for, by allotting them a tresi leoca
r. ... . ■ « » Jr - « • p | j-Ct. mere ■■> is uciirvt u. no mitsuii* ■ nur ims
Spamsh^mson*the.ndiansfound safttyH, I:riUn>lin betwee „ the p , e ; ide , t n „ d achieving
from the pursuit of Jackson; here t^y JarU * 05 nor doe , th J r „ ist #CC(>rd . di#lls . n |
exposed Yp ssle and received the price of f to OI ir undersUnding any deposition is the chs.
the.rspmlfrom the fron .er settleraj And in 8 ilJlcr |ike| to 4 C a P result I li# h
hereto tmestido ltttle, they would have Th( ,- ■ ^ } -honeaLand pvtriotk virt
ne3td to r X ,8 .„ n rhv fhe.an^inlrv «?«■.'»"«' "l»*''y their respective sta Uni
fast of their warfare* ‘in the snirit meriting, and in the possession of the I F
peace arid amity, however, ihich cxisl ? P“^ lic . » n ‘'re^r.l It itr pre I
between Spain and the United State., it is "9- TA ‘
among the
TliCre is, it is bclievi-d, no misunv | rior lias perished under the order, in
these advantages both to the In- ,
to the United States. Thus idle J
charge of inhumanity which the Bf f
tiah editors, with a ridiculous affcctatfou 1 J
virtuous feeling, have Jaboreff to fix on tttol
Uuitcd States. I
Equally erroneous and absurd is the
Courier of the po- j
towards (he In-
not ollnwiMo fnhxliovA that tl.» f.!'rn,»r *5 ainst f,,ture events, and after evacu.-i-1 dians, generally of North-Am- vca. Tlie
nmvor fumiiihpfl itio Indian. vnl.mMrilv.1^ in S St ' lMa,ks uud Pensacola, will iskt J >tvernment i_s rcpsesented as being acta-
power furnished the Indians voluntarily,
with this-assvlulh for their persons, and
care that the troops of the United States! ated by a dote! initiation to dispossess
security for the retension
of their spoil,
conduct
the Semini
an( ." eniovlnent I w ' t ' ,, l rliwn From them, shall be placed in | the Indians of tliejr lands by conquest; by
tlinn tkai * hf . I •’“eh situations a* to enable ti.e nation to I a desire to exterminate Them; and is ac-
spoil. Supposing then, that the ;Y"£ ,«’ e " al,on t0
■ ofthe Spansih garrisons, pending
.,. c uciuioqle ivar^ to h.Vcibeen the re>uh ‘‘“ d ' ,n c « e . Sp»'» should hereafter be jus!
on™,biHS. to p„r,™ wi.h htecass ll “
. »— . — M-L .
coshd of abbpting the. most cruel vnd unrl
’ust measures to give effect to this policy.!
IA ■ n ntifiuitilkiiitflk flirt UmiIImL _. .1, I
is as unfortunate fur the.British writers,!
the United States, the case in relation to
|( The Mtuatiun.ot Spanish affairs, paitiru-l in this .case, as in the misstatements ah
our Vnvcrninent is little altered and I larl ^ on t,ie continent of South America,I ready exposed, that theyhaye not examicL
•nn.lU iriK.lfiea th* pmrilnvpil hv I a,id * ,er Elands in the atlantic, with the I ined the history of our relations with thJ
: efficrin? jtg I probable policy of England in that quarter.! Indian tribes. At the fieace ol 1783, th3
- - - •• I renders vigilance and attention on the part I United States were involved in an Indian?
of our government highly important, in the! war, which had been excited by tlie ma-
present crisis, Aristides -*»•- —
the commanding general
tcruiinition. In support of this position
we refer also to Vattel’s treatise on ti e
law* of nations. It is stated by this just
ly respected jurist, “it is certain that on
my enemy’s being defeated and too much
weakened to escape me, if my neighbour
affords him a retreat, allows him time <o
From the National Intelligencer, 17thimt.
donations of the euemy to our indepen
dence. That barbarous and infuriated war %
was prolonged, although peace was fre- m
qucntly proffered by us, by the intrigues,
I » _. .r d.!.- . ° .
recover, and watch a favorable opportuni-1 specula
ty of making a second attack on my ter-1 , *>gthe
J...-. .i- ‘ -'-tier, and have copied from them several
articles calculated to shew their lone and
We have occasionally alluded to the J *nd at the instigation of British agents,
- r -■ " ^ • - 'and of course sanctioned by the British
speculations of the British prints'respect- .
occurrences on the Souflieni fron-J government, until 1795; and was then ter
Spirit. Aiic upiuiuu tins aiivuMj uve u « *• i - » —- ^wmm wbucvtucuv
pressed, which we have seen no leason I policy "f the American government had*!
• _ -l a.., .! i. I failp,. ila ..:r ct .fl- V
minuted only by the application ot the j
most vigorous measures, after every mild- |
The opinion has already been ex-1 cr V®*rt nfthe generous and benevolent j*
to change, that those prints do hot speak I failed w its e!f- ct. The treaty nf Green
ntorics; this conduct, so pernicious to my
safety and interests, would be incompati
ble with neutrality. If therefore thy ene
my on adeleat, retires into a neutral coun
try, however. charity. may enjoin not
to refuse a passage and safety, lie is to
cause his troops as soon as possible, to
cbntiuue their inarch, and not permit them
to watch an fipportunity for attacking me., - , - - . _ —
Because otherwise, he gives mts right-toi tt,,ti, » t,cin S® ,,re fMt* d » bebelieved. It. is I ‘H* peace anil prosperity of our border
euter his territories in quest of myinemvjl in view only we have thought it w r l| | setllenients; an acquisition waa necessary
a misfor- unc that too often abends nations I to offei; a dispassionate exposition of the | «’> indemnity fur the t’xpcnses.of the
fallacies which he at the bottom of the ar-1 war » a dd indispensable aq a guarantee for
the sentiments nfthe British government, I vi I le, an eppeh in the history ol Indian warsy
and that little importance is to be attach-1 finally tcrminatrrl the war ofthe revolu- dfl
*.1 .1.*. krtaili* irt*.krt. rtf sl.rt.*. II tinn. 1U fliMt trpntv flip ITnUoJ Us.« L'l
ed to the hostile temper of their language, j tion.^ By that treaty the United States
But, the most idle tele may b? reiterated, |-acquired territory which was essential to
unable tocommand rospect. Their terri , ...» ----- —-
toey soon beemne^the scene of war, armies j foments of the British prints, on the sub-1 the future peace of the parties. The trea
ty ofFort Jarkson, already referred to,
benevolence) these actions have been per
formed.iu so free and so kind a manner,
that, if I was dry, { drank the sweetest
draught, and if hungry, I eat t'ie coarse
morsel with a double relish.
mareh into it, eocllmp and fight, as jn a I jwt ofthe Seminole war, and of our rela- ,
country open to all commerce.” I;i the 1 tions generally with the Indian tribes. So j terminated another war which had been
Seminole war the savages had been defeat-J much, perhaps, is due tijself respect, and >]?t only courted but provoked, by the In-
et at Mickasukee and fled before the pur,|to the opinion of the world. p.?’ «; e 'Mtigation of the agentg
suit pf our army—took refuge in the Spa-1 The first we shall notice in the British I °* the British government, with whom
nish fort--, where time was allowed them tirl writers, is the assumption that the lands we were then at war. By thia trea-
repair their hoses in battle,’ and cautious-1 ceded by the Creek Indians-to tlie United I *7 the United States acquired the territory
ly to watch the first favorable opportunity J States, by tlie treaty of Forr Jackson, I wnichis mischievously represented to have
of miking a sudden descent upon our Iron-1 were restored to the Indians by {he tretay I •>!«" restored to the Indians by the treaty
tier, and steeping afresh their savage I °f Ghent. This position is fundamentally f°» Ghent. Of the late war, the origin and
1 ’ • -- . 1 erroneous, as a plan statement of facts will I result haye been already disclosed.
Having stated these leading facto in the
possession of these forts,
-tialiy. insisted by some;,
lias done wrong in ordering them
Horrid and long were tlie struggle, of death,
' Black was the night when they yielded their breath*
Bat on the ocearf, all buoyant and bloated.
The sport oniie waters their white bodies floated*
For they were borne to coral cares,
Distant far beneath the waves.
And there on beds of pearl they aleep,
Ai:d far over their heads the tempests Sweep,
That ne’er shall wake them more,
That ne’er shall wake them more..
London, August 24. . .
An uho'jstrurted view of the horizon,
-on a fine evening this week, presented,
iocn after sui.-set, must interesting phe-
nmn-na—the
muon tapidiy approaching
Jupitert which a^cars majestically spleu-
(Ji-i io the south; she has now passed that
planet. Io the was tern sky, Vepus is
seen l*»tdeare:iilriig into the Sun’s beams
wiiil.t Saturn <!n«ly rises’in the cast; and
as if to cnmiilete the circle, the eye car
ried aroona to the north is arrested by
that beautiful star Cspells, shedding a
SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN.
• ' NO. JII-—concluded.
To the Editors of the Nashoil* Whig.
Having taken a cursory view of the cir- .......
cumatances, in which gen. Jackson found mankind, hod the more cogent and un
himself placed in the prosecution of th<-
war, it remains tn be seen, whether by any
fair mode of reasoning his acts can be con
sidered of a hostile character. For it is
evident that neither the president, nor geo
Jackson, in subordination to him, could
rightfully and constitutionally, do any
thing which would ipso facto, place their
country in a stow of war. By tlie con
stitution, the president is charged with
the command of the military forces of tlie
nation, and with the daty of protecting thr
country from external violence. - With
tlie approbation of congress, the nation
was at open war with the SerainoK* Indians
The president, then, had-rull and ample
power constitutionally delegated, to use
all means consistent .with the laws of na
tions to put an eflfectuaj end to this war.—
This power, was by the president delega
ted to general Jackson, wU unless he
were limited by his superior, had the samt-
latitude of discretion in the selection of
the means to be «ntptoyed’, that was pos
sessed by tlie president himself. The pre
hands.in the blood' of its unprotected in-1
habitants. These being the facts, the I clearly shew,
course of our government through-its olfi-j
cer, general Jackson, in relation to the I- t — .... , , .» — -
Spanish foita in Florida, cannot be othhr-1 February, 1815. By reference to the 9th liberal and benevolent policy which have
The treaty of Ghent was ratified by the I history of Indian aggression, it would be
senate of the United States on the 17th of] uaelt-es to enumerate the many acts of a
wise than justified: justified by the laws I articleof that treaty, we find that both tlie I 80 eminently distinguished the American
ofnations/br the plainest reasoning ofl United States and his britannic majesty repuolic, in its> intercourse with the Indian
! ' I- * I 1 V . • ■ * 1 e l In mil nn and nnm.'.iliutulu eftoa* itu I tflUCh. W 1 til 11) f hfk Ificf tllirftf va* nils.
u >„ ,uuic wjaixM. engage to put an end,immediately after its I tribes. W itliin the last tiiirty years, PUC
yielding dictaU-s of! self-defence. But iff ratification, to hostilities with all tnbes nr chases ufl»mls have been made from I
general. Jackson has bcen.correct in takine nations of Iudians with whom they may be [ dian tribes, “particularly favorable to the uffll
Le ,i. “I nf curh ratMrnfinn.- anil-l ‘wishes and security ofonr frnnfic#nrltln- 'IMS I
st-ired to the Spanish authorities as he lias I and priviloges which they may have en- ‘titles^-though not supported by due proof,
doue.' In relation to the conduct of the f joyed or been entitled to in 1811, preri-1 ‘“[“J clashing those of one tribe with tlie
:J —* .f 1 * ' —is to such hostilities.” I ‘claims of another, have been extinguished
t Tlie treaty of Fort Jackson was conclo-1 ‘by double purchases; the benevolent poli-
>o him as ».statesman, to doubt tlie cor- j ded the 9thof August, 1814, several months r^J of the Uoited States preferring the
rectncss of his motives in toe restoration I previous to the ratification of the treaty of I ‘augmented expense to the hazard of doing
of these lortsi* It' would be sufficient to I Ghent, and was duly ratified before tlie iat-1 ‘injustice, or to the enforcement of justice
that there is a negociation pend-1 ter received the constitutional sanction.— I ‘against a feeble and untutored people, by
bich a pacific cession ofthe coun- Now, by the treaty of Fort Jackson, hos-1 ‘means involving or threatening un effusion
' ’ The I t’ditie's between the United States and the I‘“f blood.”*
recollect
ing, by which
try is most probably contemplated
The essence of our policy towards the
nature of our goyerniuent, and the habits I Greeks had ceased; and the treaty-ot Ghent I ^
of our people, are pacific and just It is J found them and the United States at peace, | Indians, is contained iiTthe'above e*xtract
notour interest to make war against any I and therefore, not included in tlie meaning I and in'the following, from the messages of!
nation. Were it otherwise, the executive {of the 9th article in any respect. But, I distinguished magistrates. J
aloneis constitutionally inhibited to do so, [it appears by a letter lately published in f
unless in casts of self-defence. The mea- |a British print, under the signature of A. I M
•ures ofjatkson have been of this latter XArbuthnot, who assumed to be a British J «the more dense and compact lornTand
character. Having cycled the ** k: “** Afr«t»a»i» m* t ^m*** f* <ha t Intiimfil i*—»—r-— ^ »• •
. „ object of [ agent to tne Lower Creeks, that the Indians .greater force, of civilized population; and/ roj
nis commahdyno war exists with the Io-1 were instructed to believe that the treaty I i 0 f right ought to yield, for the earth wi*T VI
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dians, and as the retension of these posts I of Ghent restored to them the lands which j given to mankind to support the greats
might not only embroil us in war witiKoth- j they had ceded to the United States by the I number of which it is capable; and no tribe
ma* fiatirtnA kooiili, a* ,,*1.11 aI t.astn aP I/a.4 LaIiuai, ’PIiid flirv,v.insi Itift 8 I - S• a * •.• ■ . * . _ a
sidentwasnot restricted by coagress in wjn «»i »m; emurai io id war rnuKom-1 wrej »»« w we unuw suuw II, “*. | number ot which it is capable; and ho tribal
the means to be employed, and hence in or nations beside Spain, a* well as embar-1 treaty of Fort Jackxon. This opiDion, tlie I , or peupfe (, ave a right to withhold fromk
the conduct of the war, was left fr4e; to ”** ’**“ -„-.-:_i_ .ru. ij.,„i,.„ii, . .. ... t
actar circumstances might require, go
verned by the usages and law of nations
in regard to such cases. .Under the cir
cumstances above disclosed, was our go
vernment, or gen. Jackson, -acting as its
agent, authorised to take'possession of St-
Marks and Pensacola, a* a precautionary
measure of aelt-defence, accompanied by ...
an assurance of his design in doing so, ami minister, might have changed the charac-
of ibeir being given up so soon as Spain
shoulJbe in asituation to cause her neu
trality to be respected; or, whenever the
president should so order it? It is difficit
to suppose that auy one would aeriously
dispute the propriety nay, necessity "of
this measure. Gen. Jackson, in takijgg dvutly however* pf this constitutional ob-1 in what way to conduct the war against ] .provement in tike arta of mviliced Kfe.”4
rs£*!&^ policy i. bottomed upon principle-
rass the negociation, it was certainly the I result of Mr. Arbutbnot’s intermeddling, lithe wants ol others
most safe and dignified course on the part [has been the cause of the late unprovoked I «f 0 r its own
of tlie executive ^direct their restoration, and sanguinary war. So obstinate were [gratifying to
ibis has been done, and we doubt not, op- J the Indians in enforcing this opinion, con- J ( a ( i an * d raade by 'tiie’ treaties" with' the
on conditions best calculated to promote J trary to good, faith, that tlicyjopposed the j itribes on Lake Erie, were made with a (
the solid interest of the nation. To have | settlement of the land which they had ce- review to individual ownership amone them
held them after the object of the war with j ded by the treaty of Fort Jackson, by taor-1 land to the cultivation ofthe soil by all;
the Iqdixus had been effected, and contra-1 deritg the inhabitants and burning their I i arM i that an annual stipend has been
ry io the remoustrances of tab Spanish dwellings: . To these measures they xv P re (pledged to support their other wants. It
minister, might have changed the charac-1 instigated by Arbutbnot, who seUulohs- i w j|- Q,erit the consideration of conercss
ter of the w hole transaction, ami made the! If mculcateil hostile dispositions toward j .whether other provisions, not stipulated .
measure of taking possession by Jackson, [the United States, by fnbely representing | *bv treaty, oueht to be made for I
an act of war «6 Initio, whid. it was the that they were stMl entitled to the ceded I loftiieadvanceraentof^o %
interest and the du;y of the “— * 1 — A ‘ k “ ’i*“ B * i ‘'" L - - ^ ®
* exeentive toiands, by promising theaidofthe British ‘i iber a| an d homane policy of the United
avoid. Congress is alone huthonsed to [ gorermnent-to enforre that interpetration | <States towards all tribes''within nor li
declare or commence a war, Intfepen- of the treaty, and by idvUing ti.e lodians i^S^ par£lTriy for their hn'-
dcutly however*, pf this constitutional ob-1 in what way to couduet the war against [ “nLJl"
waa the one dictated by propriety. As a horrid consequence^ is imputable, then, to 0 f humanitv and is ‘in all'
he possessed himself of these garruons, ust and moral people, we ought to res- his interference. Whatever may have I f wt(Jre# at varience ^with that intei
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infringed the rights of personal property
thereby to enable him to keep down the peet the laws qf nations, anil not-wrest [
i motives he has perished amid the
hostilities of tho Indians, which he coold rom oiiiers Uieir territories by violence-, mstoacre and conflagration which ho nisti- j agents, in instieatine these u ^tutored neo*
not otherwin effect, than by acting as the IV.*har*4ter hmmsty, patience and gated, „ IpTetomake^“mSsttiTe UnitSst.tef.
agent, not the enemy of tlie Spanish go
vernment, ib doing- xvhat by treaty it was
forbearance,is as essential to nations as I
bound to perform; bat not being able so
to do, the U. States-were constrained in
self-defence} to furnish the force neceisary
The remarks ol 'the Courier and other
to individuals. A lawless, turbulent; and IprniUupofi the general ordei® of the "Slat i - ~ .. -- - , . - ?
overtriaring man, wlio is regardless of Die May last, and the attempt therefrom to] x8l6 r “‘ de#t MatC9on a to
' ' " " ' *' ‘ * fix upon our arms the character of barbari- i . 1 ■■ . „ ' ■ ’
, next deserves remark. Un mind, not tfl t 7 Prn,dfnt Moarot * raBS *S e ,0 con ^
rights ot otliers, soon finds himself hot ou
ly abandoned by the rest Of mankind, but