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Athens Southern Banner (Newspaper) - February 26, 1841, Athens, GeorgiaCongress. Sp��ci1 of or. Bice Kaivan of fi�nn3ylvaxia, in Senate Fri Date Jannary 22. Is la if defence of Ibe of Ajr. Vail a in Roii a Rains Llic charge of extravagance in exp ending the it us it Lic Nonoy. Or Buchan Rose to answer Cecli Ofilio four specific Cli Arges of a Liili had been made by the senator from Kentucky or. Crittenden the present . That sepia for had called upon it in personally to make this answer and he undertook tie task with y Weamire. Not Lelic ving it to be one of much Dilli culty. Before however he sold apply himself i icily to this work he would Lake the lib cry of making Kome preliminary a user Vatinos. And ill the Lirosi place said b. Permit Nielo , that i at Lea. Of have in ver Miro Llucy it in Shu iii As topics of debate blog Cabin Laid cider and non skins nor have 1 Ever made an observation Here Wlinich could lie Torton a into a Refl Ecmon either the integrity or intelligence of the people of Ilie United slates for having elected general Harrison their president. The senator from Kentucky has promptly and frankly any intention of Imp Nimg to me Stich a Clarge u id with this i am in dirt by satisfied. J he people Are the Only u i inmate Sovi Reimis of Lilis country and however i May regret la Weir recent decision of the question. 1 shall never Eitnier lure or elsewhere indulge the use of reproachful language against them for ibis or any Olbrei . If 1 know my get of said or. B. I came to <7oiigress in deep in or last Wii and with tie expectation Attiat tins won a Rove to be a business session. It was sincere wish that the political Excil Nind which Tias recently agitated the and has it n had to cd try portion of tin land inight fort be , 1 0 d to snbsiii., and that to Ini git bring up the arrears of with Winch it Are now in Ember Ltd a. I had Ike the most Distant idea that Lii it climber would again of soon be converted into a in re pid tical Arena. Acting and t a Sens of duty i Bave abstained from political con licks since Ibe comm civil Enie it of the present a Essitt Excel t compel led to Ciller Ibe in Llie ii Eek sary of my parly. 1 live made no assails and have generally a Mere i slant. 1 had another reason for refraining from airy participation in the debate now before the see ale. 1 pm a die Ines icon of inc Disirio ii lion of the proceeds ref the in Lii lands w As before the legislature of my own slate and that 1 might lie instr noted on the subject and. As i shall Ever entertain and the utmost deference and respect for that 1. A in a Are Nylia lever political party May be in Llie majority i thought that a prot apr Senst of required me to abstain from lib cons it iii this question. I have nor flier it lbs it said nor do i now intend to say a single word upon that i Heel and i shall either give my vote according to these instr cimons should they pass or Jesi ii my Eal. 1 am not the Man w to after enjoyed Llic Sunshine of political favor will shrink from the storm. 1 Long sine�., from Llie , adopted the principle that the representative was bound l y the instructions of ins co Slit evils. 1 a Isider it to inc wholesome action Naff be Deni socratic Republican form of government and iia ving Pali Lily avowed this a period Wii ii a Lieut Iipp eared to be incl Little probability to it it could Ever reach my if i shall not disavow it in the Day of apparent gloom and adversity. 1 am abide Llie Fate of War. I a or a similar reason i might even Lingo refrained from advocating the passage of the pro Cin lion Bill dear As it now is and Twer has been to me had 1 alien Kinnun Itiat the instruct Lions before the to Gislaine of Pennsylvania embraced this subject As Well As that of the distribution of tin proceeds of the Public lands 1 am glad however now to find Miat est it the senator from Kentucky or. Crittenden is in favor of the principle of Preemption ind has actually Iacoi dior acid it with that of distribution in his motion now Lief re Lii Senate. Tins renders it certain that if Veradis ugh nation Hill should pass and from the signs limes 1 consider such a result probable a the Loor Man who has his toil in erecting an Humble dwelling and cult Vitting the soil shall not be driven from Bis Home on i hts Public lands of the far West provided he is we Illing to pay the government Price the Quarter Section Whitfi he selected and improved. For one it was both my and my desire so far As i was concerned to devote this to the Neces by country and to Wail patiently until general Harrison should gel into Power. 1 shall Tiren judge Ifie ire by its fruits Wal lion any pred Viennina Loii i it oppose his measures i am hound not withstand iii m Candor to declare that if he to a terrains the of Niou of his Friend from Ken Lisicky or. Cri Londen in regard to a nation-4il Bank he general la Orrison Heine pcs that to be a great Good which 1 con it i Ler one of the greatest evils which can befall the without at present alluding to its fatal political 1 Liei sevc that in a Mere financial Point of View it w Oxild prove de inic live to on Prosperity. In order to obtain a specie capital for such an institution Yon must i Glicr Rii iii or essentially cripple on state Hanks or Yon must adopt tiie alternative of borrowing specie abroad and creating a National debt for this purpose. One or other of these alternatives is inevitable and the country is not in a condition to resort to either without great injury to the people. But enough of this for the present. 1 return to the site decl with which 1 commenced. 1 shall now proceed to slow that the charge of extravagance which has Ticon so Ofinn made and reiterated against administration by both the Sei gators from Kentucky messes. Crittenden and Clay is without Fonn tation. It will by for the Senai and the Colin try to decide whether. I shall have is Iccie de. It will be recollected that in Tho month of Lay last n report was made by the stick teary of Ibe Treasury in obedience to a Resolution of the Senate on the Sib sect of the Aimua of exp to Dinar is of the a Medcraf government Ding the if team preceding years. From that report it appears that the Ordinary expenses of this in Vernmani which in �824 amounted to a Little More than seven millions one winidred dollars had in in gradually in reas my until the year 1859, when Pilicy a Little exceeded Iligir Cecii millions and a Quai ter. 1 mean by a Ordi Inri or lenses the Money in Bialiy disbursed ii Maini Winnig tin Lerin Aniu civil to to. 1 shall Cimion Raie a few of them. Omy which can be Practised by the presi Devil and if he has neglected this duty in any Puri Euirn iii stance he would be liable to censure Lait not Otlie Wise. Ill order to so Elihe expenditures of the last four to one Hunt red and thirty millions sepia ions have include 1 it Wpm not Only of the fifi Ost in inst but of the most Nodi colons charac military and my Valesi Ahli it mint of the coins try and every expend Inre to conduct the government in time of peace. Now in Legard to this Cla s of expend res i have in ver heard any senator on either Side of the House complained of to their Amonn cd a a a a lies bad i ten from seven to Tiit cedi millions of dollars Betws Een 1824 and 1s39. Hiring this i a riot a iii Nebr of new Stales Havi been Admill d into Tho Union and several new territories Cima Ltd flip army and Navy have loth icon consid stably increased and tic expenses of Congress have of l Ito year enormous requiring Reform More than any Oiler Branch of the gov crib Menf. On expenditures mint necessarily in one Large item in this amount was for Money expended upon the Public buildings. Is there a single member f the semite did either raised his voice or gave Vole against Llie appropriations for this purpose / i he Money expended on these in tidings alone during the period of the present adminis Iraklion Anion its to hew Yeii four and five millions. 1 i inc not added no lie Sivin but it is certainly not less than four Mil ii is. And yet the it Eppro Pri Lions made by Congress Wodtli omit distinction of party arc coir i rcd into an item of Exira Agam a against or. Van a Nice i Hen there was the Money expended in the payment of pensions a manniing to upwards of ten millions of dollars. Had the and Ninnis crease Willi the growth of the country but it i ration any control Over this a ought to fie on care this increase shall l e Prii Osc pensions were granted by a Graten As slow As Possi Lile. And never proceed beyond Coni itry to those we Hoh d defended it Mihe per what is by narc scary Foi the Public service. We might w iii As Inch reason expect Tuiai the Little Garmyn which was sufi Cint to cover the child of a igbo or ten years of age. Icons times a Liili third menus souls and who Are now the Fei Ilc and broken relics of a past age dependent on the Public Bounty for their sep Poi. ins Abo Gran Ltd pensions would prove sni Ricieri to protect him from tie to such widows ovoid soldiers As in Llie Days w ind acid the storm flit he had grow to he a giant As argue that the a to Linary of the Goyer Mienl not have increased w ith Iliera id nay the Nin main pm d growth of the nation Der iii the last gift Eric yet a ars. Nothing has Heen said against these expenses either in the a Gregariou in detail since they w Cre i l ought to the attention of gentlemen by the Secretary a report. It is then fair to presume Liat Noll dig can he urged against a single item of Rhein. On this inn Phani result of Rynn ii cd at Home and attended to tin in a Wiiilie whilst to Weir went Forth to the be Field. Be this right or he i w Rong had tin. Present administration my a it icy in Grant no these Jhu visions / a did not Congress pa5s these Laws and did not the senator from Benicky Vole for them a i do not know the fast he Canso it is not my practice to examine t be journals for the Piir pose of ascertaining in we individual Mcmyers May have voted Tail 1 do know from the am most Happy to have it in my Power to con Ianire of the Naii lha he or. the friends <>1 Llic pics it ii Adieu Huistra 1 is one of the last iii Uii ers a it of the Senate Odio lion. W on a Vole so h pensions. And yet strange to say the a Seiil of these very pen 3�?Tl a Secretary of the Troa nov in tie same to a Wlinich i have n Fern a also in Keiit sinus to old soldiers Aid Iligir widows by the de an Arinna Slalz Nunt of the expenses a a of an Rivas try is one of the items of extravagant extraordinary or temporary al Ai Acler a from expend Inre charged against or. Van Bare ii a 182-1 but 1s39. Both years iii elusive arrange d and l in aggregate of Nuder Milf credit Heads. Volt ii ibis n port came 0 10 obo Toni posed of Snell items As Toliese has into the Seii att ill tie Nionia of May last 1 orb been Speed Over Ibe w Hole count in in of incr Llie senator from ii Somri or. Benton . To alarm fear Softie people upon the gentlemen on Llie Ojito Sile Side to Point on l a single item of extravagance amongst ail Linese of tie win slut Ordinary or Exira Ordin Ary. Not one of Lilieni was then i old a Nongi even to make the alien on Challenge was not met. And now 1 would ask Tho senator from Kentucky or. Crib Bendim on whom ought the Hii Den of the proof of extravagance again Riziere we As the expense of exam Gish my the titles within the states and Tei ii fonts of the in Nion and of a moving Llu indians a vast of the which am Okinu d to More than ten millions of doll irs. Are tie present adminis rating to Blaino for this expenditure could the president have avoided it. After tie Senate had in Tifuh tin treaties Niido or which it was ii urged / no to rest Vond he a quire the friends of the senator on this floor will say he could. A to go Over item by item All he had no disc lion whatever on the subject a bul was obliged to execute these treaties and tie ten thousand items of expenditure which h ave been sulm pitied in a distinct form Tocon-gre.s., nud show that in Yaeji in stance there was no extravagance this would As that Lioi Norahle senator Well knows be reversing All the rules of common Law As w Ell As of common . Be present to the serial hrs in a Clear and distinct account ill detail of the expenses of the govern ii it and it is manifestly la Weir duly if they la Lieve there has been extravagance in any nem to Lay their hand upon it ail show wherein the extravagance consists. This they cannot do or they would Long since live acce it cd our Chalk nge. Roicy arc tin n fore driven to condemn m. The aggregate tilt Hoigh Lin y can ind no fault w ith any of the i tails of we hich this aggregate is composed. They exclaim that the administration has Heen extravagant been Csc it has expended one Hundred and thirty millions of dollars in four years w Hilst they do not Point out in we Hal manner it would have been possible to live reduced this expend Inre. If is True that at this late Day the Sam tor from Kent Nek y or. Crib fun Den Jias denounced four pail Icolar items of the account As extravagant hit i think 1 shall prove before i sit Down that he has been the Laws made in pursuance of tin m. How in just is it Ihen to put Down this item in the agr Gate of one hum red and thirty million s of by the present Adi iii. Viral incl i might if i pleased piss in review All the other Heads of extra Ordinary expenditure detailed by the Sicie Lary of the Treasury in his report and show it was impossible for the president to avoid any one of them. Hot can exercise no dispensing Power. He must obey be acts of Congress and and lha be Laws and treaties we Cre of such pressing As even to have Disaru d oppose iii ii and to live received the votes of the political , As Well As of the friends of the . I May we Ell spare myself this trouble As not one of Ibec items of expenditure Bas Ever been questioned any senator upon Liis floor. It is True they exclaim Yon have spent me iii idled and thirty millions of dollars and Elliis is enormous hot they make no attempt to Bow it was for the president Bave re diced tins amount. Rise rare iwo or three items embraced we it iii Lilis aggregate of a As to deserve More Ilian a Mere passing notice. In the Secretary a report flip indemnities amount to Wise and wary than his colleague or. Glay . What in from generals to a Lai ii Lars. Are these indemnities ? Glt n ral i do not deny hot that the his prosperous administration sir needed m or expenses of the government have been very Taining satisfaction for All the old claims which Large during the last four years. But lie ten r on citizens bad against foreign governments Tiburse expand Iines were great or Small is not he got nearly five millions from France and the question. Were they inevitable 7 could they have been avoided by any Amman Pru Dei Leeor foresight on the Pari of the executive or his friends in Congress 7 w As not each of the treaties and a to of Congress under we hich these expenditures we Ere inc non a sanctioned and six Sijo nod by the very senators w How Iowa condemn them in the aggregate arc the True ones Loii s. Fiese a extraordinary expenses must from Llie nature of things vary with the Evcic varying condition of the country. On circumstances arc changing with every changing year. Some years ago Ilie nation we As gliding along on the smooth current of Prosperity and requiring hut Little above the Ordinary exp ii. Iii inc necessary to keep pie govern Mcnol in regular motion. Not so since the a present a president come into Power. It has Heen his tin la during the Ici Iod of his administration heavy expenses of any ext character which he could not have avoided we Ere rendered a Len lately necessary we isl the Revenue of the government inns been reduced by Canses equally beyond ins control. Is it idiot then the most crying injustice is it my in the world to charge the Man who happened to the Helm of stale when the country we As involved in such Difini colties wit i extravagance merely he we As compelled to execute treaties and Laws received the Sanction of All political parties in Congress under such Circum stasices ought la to he the necessary expenses of government happened to exceed under his those which were iii Fred under his ? True Economy in a government does not consist in hoarding Money like the miser and in iii to Good Vith it Hill in applying if with h of Ovidiu in hand to a ranch a Becis As pro to the defence and Prosperity of the Chat inlay. After in raft objects of ext end Iffe a of a a a been designated by Congress executive in accomplishing them a Tjho. Cheapest rate possible. This the Only a you 1 do not recollect precisely How Inucci from Denmark and Oil ii r nations. At All events he left is a Clear score and the enjoyment of peace with All foreign nations. Now according to tie terms of the treaties these Indendi , obtained from foreign gov comments for our own ii citizens were paid ii Ito the Treasury for Lii in use and were of course paid out of the Treasury to to Irani As soon As it ascertained How much each one we As entitled to receive and yet strange As it May seem these very payments from the Tran snip constr Fate a of the aggregate of one Hundred and thirty millions Bonf which we a have heard so Inch. Phis Sareil Trust Fri id which wms a Nirid for our citizens by the most efficient and persevering exertions this very fund we hich we of fairly distributed Tho seen tii cd to receive it has thus been Corive Riiho ii itch a charge of extravagance to its full amount Ngai st or. Van Ruren sir imply he Canso. It was paid out of the Treasury Der iii his administer Orion. This item shows Why Tise senator from Kentucky or. Clay goes far footings and not for particulars. Is this fair towards the present y if it were had general Jackson succeeded in obtaining Twenty Nii Lions More from foreign , or. A no in Reid disbursed the iii airy would have la Yeii Twenty millions More extravagant might five exclaimed a Lyon have expended one Hundred and fifty millions of dollars instead of Ohe a nildred and thirty.�?�. In making out these debtor and creditor accounts of extravagance we ill a no Man i be permitted to remain in the Senate 1 shall Call upon theim when they have All the Offit Iai Doceti Mcwils ill their Power to make Good the Ghatge of we As Lenl extravagance against or. Van care he a administer alms. This is due to themselves is Well As to Ilmi portion of the Amer iraqi people who have been deluded into the belief that the present administration has been guilty of a prodigal and wasteful expenditure of the in hic Money. Another most a charge against my. Van Byren embraced within the aggregate of one i in and red and thirty millions i thai of Myie than iwo Enty millions paid oni of the treas iry in discharge of the National now sir observe the Gross injustice of Titis Cli Argei the administration Are first charged with All the expenditures we hich rendered it Nec a Simiry to create a debt by the Issue of Treasury notes and afterwards As this we As discharged they Are again charged the second Lime with the a Mouti paid in the Public creditors. According to this Mode of staling the account an adn ministration is first Chi urged with 1 shall say Twenty millions of dollars for Public expenditure. Their necessities require them to borrow Twenty Nii Lions. Ulicy Lii ii pay the borrow cd Money and this discharge of the debt is Twenty Nii Lions More expended and swy Ells ii Motal to forty millions instead of a veiny Althon Gli this last sum is full Pablo tie we Hole amount . As a in Lisej illustration a i me suppose a the senator fro iii Kentucky employs an agent to build him a Louse we hic i shrill Cost ten thousand dollars and directs him to borrow inc Money on Bis the senators credit. I Beagent i arrows the Money and builds the Bouse Ned discharges the debt from Ibe proceeds of the so Viator s estate. What would be Ilion get of Bis in since if the senator w Cre to a rapid this agent with Ai d say Yon have expended iwo Eniy thousand dollars of my Money w i Jii i a Nihon ibid Yon to expend hut ten 7 Yon have Tarsi paid out ten Thon squid Dowlais in the Erc Cimon of my House and shameful extravagance you have squander d ten thousand dollars More in Dischia Gitig tin Del i we Linch i Anth Orinc a Yon to contract. And vet this is to a measure of in since which the senator won id apply to the presi it president a fihe United slates As the agent of the people. No fortunately for this c on try iii tier the pref it nor any of nine promis it of tie United slates can be justly charged we Zilfi extravagant i except in Lew cases Ctm Gress do their duty. Under the Onsi Wintion not one Dollar of Public Money can Ever be draw n from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made i y in most instances a ingress the precise sum which under existing Laws is required for Eracli i Cial purpose and the Secretary of Tiki Treasury tii rely pays out these surns As their agent. Neither he nor president can make these Payn cuts either greater or less. Since the origin of the government Llie Pul lie Treasury has been protected by this guard. A it North a pm. have done More than All their predecessors to secure the Public Money in the hands of on receiving and disbursing agents. Hitherto we Hilst Ilu poor we Fetuli who stole five dollars to gratify the cravings of hunger we As doomed to the Penitentiary the Public Oti icer who squandered the Public Money enter snied to his care or fled with it to a Ford Ltd country was held to have coins pitied a Mere Are Ali of Trust and escaped without any punish Anent the Sincli Aliu cd a area Spry Law we Biclie is now about to lie repealed w is the first act of legislation whichever inflicted any punishment upon Public officers for plundering the in hic Vioney. Under its provisions in Cut a crime is mad it felony a and the enl Prii is consigned to the four we alls of the Penis Ehria by instead of being sent on a Mission to London or Paris to revel in in it Ury thereon the spoils of the Pul it Lic and to enjoy the pleasures of a Good but the decree has gone Forth a ii Lilis Law is to be repealed by tie new . The Pioski Donl of the United slates can Only be guilty of extravagance by recommending and by influencing ins friends in Congie its to adult a pm useless and projects not necessary for tie Enlil in Good or where from the ii Inre of the Case a i neral appropriation must be made to accomplish a particular purpose by not applying this Money necessarily sch jelled to his discretion with a Hvisc and pro per Economy. Gentlemen May test the expenditures of tie present administration by any reason note Rule which Slipy please and ascertain whether any of then could have Heen avoided. There they Are spread upon the word of the american Senate in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury and there they have been Ever since May last subject to the inspection and scrutiny of each american senator and what has been the result 7 at this late period after the presidential election has been decided tic senator from Keri Tacky now for the first Lime makes four specific charges of extravagance. If we we Ore even to admit that Toliese specifications Are All Well founded Happy indeed we Ould be the country where in tie expenditure of so Many millions the research and ingenuity of Genii Emesi could discover but four Small and com Arnt ively inconsiderable items to which they can object. There is no other nation on the Nice of the Earth which could present such a spectacle in the of its finance., and Peri wit i these blemishes if they existed it Wakild he the glory of on country to he Abl to present such in no cont. It would be conclusive evidence of the regard for Low and the morality amongst is. After this report had been thus subjected to the a Iceni of these get Lemon for the greater part of a year the senator now confines himself to a specification of Only Foi if Baftir Silars ill Wlinich he alleges the govern Meril have been we Fticar a is amp less expense was incurred in sending to Emja yer land. Three Blind red was the w Hole number of these Missouri volunteers As i have been info a med by the highest official minho qty auth proper . And to whal Ihen to this we Hole charge of cd lava Gance again of the administration amount a tothe exc of what it would Cost to transport tirces inn Rod men from miss Fri to Florida above the Cost of transporting the same in her of Inen from Georgia Alabama or Keri Tiki Kyd. This difference of Price is the w Hole suit mid substance of the senators fir to charge of to rav Gance i have then also in formed Fri Jil the Sanie Antl Jority that these men did riot March Over land through Ken Tacky As the senator but were unfortunately to is pried by we Ater from 81. Lot is to Elorise the cd Liseq Nevice we As that they Tenconi tiered n storm in the Gnolfo mexi co and Maity of their horses were lost. The utmost Energy and vigor and to Concett Trute sufi a Tofic As Nidd overage ail Oppte sit Ion. 1 ask then we onto not the Radii Fiji irn Tion have been or Emiily to Blarrie lipid Tai Eye not collected fulfil Keiit provisions for of fit adv a old Force which general Scott deemed Expedy a Eril to Call into service / in this crisis John , the head Cine for the Cherok arrangement Klif git feral Scott under the Sanction of the Sef Crew Ary of War and engaged himself to re nov his people. It was to employ on troops in removing Theta by. Force and a Large portion of triese tro rips was immediate in discharged. A sufficient in Sheri therefore. Did not t of Limie in the service 1 consume All the remainder of the Provit torus w hich had Heen collected were Triesc provisions in in openly collected a was it not necessary that the department of and Many of their horses were lost. I Lap should have them at where Llic Nurmi by indeed therefore would ii have Heen for 1 assembled / Bol a of Ildy then if Isis portion Ollie senators charge had j was soon disband Ltd and in this Nefor Cecii Coli Heen we Ell founded and if Fiey had in arched Lii Goncy a dial Wasto by die with the remix in Over Laid. Quot Dierof the provisions / there they were in but we hyoid the score Ary of War resort to the midst of the Indian country where no do Missouri for these volunteers was it no Nia iid for Vliem and a Cess ii com Ean Sehe had not anti recon id Rire in the Patri polled the officer in command to Dereef them i.,-. A a Quot a a Ca i. 1#, kit o#.i-1 i a i. Bruli could to be Jone / i he expense of Sherii pers of the far West who had been accustom to Rainy place where they tit Igil have sold for of Rio Indian War were better acquainted with it line value would have been greater than clip the character and habits of our Savage for and we onid for this reason be More Cal Iceni than equally Brave soldiers we Lin had not the same a Ieper Ienco. It we As believed that these Fri i tier men w onid be skilful in penetrating tic Everglades of Florida and discovering the indians in their hiding places. In the Days of the Indian we ars of Kentucky diff Crevice Betws in that value and what Trio Gove Milioni actually received. Bill a sheiber the loss were Groat or Small the adn ministration had nothing directly Todo with the Sale and arc not Ihu of fore liable to Cen Siire for this cause Rise provisions were col ii i led by the proper Deparis Wiit for the is ibo Sisi ence of the aim under the . Ding the kentuckians were probably the Best Indian a i neral and Lilac Tel in strict Ron Omitty with in the world. But these Days live his duty in directing the Sale of such of Jioio fortunately Long since passed away and Yon Las be could not use. The admin Istre Tioy a must now go funner West for men of Cupi it ii a knew Noil nug of the inn Lier Nii lil Aflex they ence in this Peculiar Mode of warfare on Sid Cring How our army had let Yeii baffled by the Florida indians it might have been Wise and i believe it was Wise to accept the Sei vices of these mis Sotiriadis and the conduct of tins i rave band with colonel Gentry at their head prove that Llu Secretary we As not had i can soul and the accounts of tie in a a Werp rendered riots ends the second item of sex Ira Ingance allegedly the senator against Tori Adin initiation. Jibe third Speed Firalio of sex Fufai Rwjr Kryci mainly rests upon the Sirn nge order if Brigi die general read of the Florida Irvil Tiia of mistaken Eitnier in to Weir skill or courage. Some j All the persons i live Eer known clip a seun forty or fifty of tic Fri lost Ilu in lives in Batik Lator from Kentucky can the a a of a ctr Feliy and yet the charge is. Toliaf their transportation turn into ridicule even that we hich is ride Hai what a rare occasion ii to crib from st. Louis to Florida had Cost the government More than it won id have done to transport the same number of Luck from Leeiii Ilion or Nasli Ville. I his is Tinly a give and serious accusation i can inform the senator in what manner i press Rife his Nus take originated in regnoid to the Minching of the Missouri Voli leers through Kentucky. Although they did not March through Ken icky. Yet the second Region enl of dragoons did and he must Bave mistaken the one for the other. And Why was this regiment marched to Florida Over land and not transported by water 7 it was not done and. But to save Jonejr. They fans transport cd themselves and therefore the govern evil saved the Cost of their transportation. Besides ill addition to All this they were trained and disciplined eve re Day upon the Road As cavalry ought to lie trained and disciplined. The Conse Qinn Nice was that the moment they arrived ill Florida they were prepared for native and wifi event service. On the other hand had they i cell transported by we Ater la Weir horses might Pilot ably have Heen lost As we Ero those of Llie Missouri volunteers and they could not have improved in discipline on the Way. In regard to the expend Tnie 1 have Heen informed at the i Par Imenit that it we As a Clear saving to tui government to March this regiment to Florida Fly land instead of Traci put it iii it by we Ater. So much for the senators first charge. The second charge made by the senator consists ill this that the administration had col Lecky five Hundred thousand dollars we Orth of provisions in the Cherokee country for Ilu use often my and that these provisions not being wanted were afterwards sold at Ancion fit a a skin but Little exceeding fifty Lions acid dollars. To this and to All the other charges of the senator i Felt myself prepared to reply Lusi in itself docs this order air sent for 11 is Powers of satire i he must esteem it As a precious n Lic and Ifie Reform i shall most certainly comply with his re ,and return it to him As soon Asl Liall have read it to the Senate. Here or. Buchanan read tic order As follows a Ricado new Antis Villot l Ece Inlo a 4, 1840. A a the troops of attic sedentary infantry Servic of which l Putin la roads Cor Pauy i a a integral portion shall not at Ouy Lime be Uroe Reil on us tiv a Lucy nor w ill ii Ever Ocker during their Irvin of service bit they shall inc ordered to tri Aroh a greater distance of iii Twenty Rhiles beyond the Hadgu arturs of to Weir resp a Tive Ceni Patiick. 1 hey will be it ii rect a to re Roain lbs heir usual i acc of Aldo and exp cod to Engist sedulously in the Pursuit of their i sual occupant Leigh reap a Wirig dior general Floridi Bri do Captain fincer Maudann. If Ihu a administration could Bediz a dds Sinh sible for the had i Isle in which conceived i should piano Niico the a Avgi Viliy it once. not of Date to tit of expend Inre and a Gnu did in Hrisi vie the senator Woi ild find that it did Noi it ail establish his prop Silit n. A a j i shall Liten first explain to the Iionno Aioge i Lle Naii wily brigadier general red Lioi of the by is excellent Liioi Pieer told these men to Rerisi iii at itome and attend to their own Basr Ziess. Allbon Gli it might live been in let Etter taste not to have Surh a command in a general military order at least without fair tier explanation yet the senator would himself soon perceive the propriety of this iii tic lion. Ii will be recollected that at the last session Llic Secretary of War had called upon Congress to raise a Trio Sand Inonu cd men or ilm Florida War to re Nair in service during its continuance and to receive a homily in land with evening but concluded that it was beef to the same pay and co laments As the cavalry Sny wins either just of proper to charge i guilty of extravagance. If i can , such an item As this against the fed Rizig Adas 1 Klieve 1 Cari that he has been Milf liken Mizii stantion if each of particulars then the friends 1 lion old have Betite joined if the in eject of of the admin Striction will indeed have a it fat of iho a recent Chrise for Nind trip tto pm. He expenditure of the administration hid not again been introduced until after the Ricc amp Csizi of general Ilner Fisun Bech Iise then As tie set Titov mfg Clit says the Hooks and Llie. Senators first spa i fico tip ii is that the a and Bong by Motrii tet vol in teen so null the Vay Furnin Missouri to the Florida papers will he in the of his friends wrist Hen men in Abidin Dirice might have been and pm pcs to their heat so. _ i iii i not a git fair no wait and re assure myself of tie. Precise Ria racer of the i its 1 can now assure the senator Ilia there is great exaggeration in this statement. Tie whole Supply of provisions was not sold at auction but the comparatively Small surplus Only Widich remained Afler subsisting the troops and this because the Arti los were Peri thable and we Ould nor linear the Cost of transportation. 1 admit that a onside Able loss on the Sale of this surplus chiefly in the articles of Bacon and Bard bread and 1 shall Tell the Gei Illeman Bow it and then ask him to say whether the administration is fairly chargeable Writh it. We All know t Lal the Cho royces Vit , ref sri to execute their treaty and remove to the West of the Mississippi. Indeed an incipient War already existed from the repro Semi Lions of their chief and from other causes which i need not detail they were induced to believe that the government would never remove them by Force. They we Ere upon the soil of Georgiie a resin Essex and North Caroli Lui who insisted upon their removal and it thus became the imperative duty of the government to enforce the execution of the treaty. Policy humanity Economy and the sex Mph a of the a Lorida War All required that a sufficient. Force should he Sbol into the Cli Eroyce Conn try to overage the indians and thus effect their removal without blood slide. One a the. Moslem Orient men tour Cairn try. The hero of. Lundyy a Lane general Scott Yas selected to comm nil these forces and nipple disc Retina Raj Iosef was Cori feared up ii him to carry the treaty into effect. To hero May in future time Bech Riichi still More character for the to ice of Riuli fiery Rhio Ftp ins is probably Tiff a Cutey Tinct. Under these circa Rattan Ces. It been me of cd Siary of to cd la act within the. Cherokee country a suffer Mienl Onari tiv of provisions for tie Supply of min Ahny. That this was their imperative duty to one can deny. Gene rail Scott executed tie High Frist conf a cd to Hiiri with do sting shed Fideli y and Neil e example of the Florida Garbo. Do Enid a it to act with of the a iii i Stales. Senate d a Bill for tint purpose in revising the Force to fifteen in ii dial men. A in Liis Bill went to the Hetiso of where la e military Aflaki a approving of the policy rcom Monacci a still fur ii a increase Vivoni l,5u to 2, Ico Tneia but the House never reached the measure and no troops were for the prot Sec Itron of the Florida War. But did Congress ii egg it into lid that Florida shot ted hot be Decemb d was it the design of Congress that the b Lovida i Iliia should not be matted into service Yor this purpose cd it airily not. I if airy Thimig could he inferred fro i flip neglect of Congress to pass the Bill it was that Florida should be defended Lay Llu Mai Iliff under the existing militia Laws for Nof Senn of can suppose that we intended to give up the wives and the child flu of its to the sculpting knife of Tho Savage. Whilst this Bill pending before Congress the governor of Florida in pairs Iannce of so act Oil he in Crri trial. Lorgis Lattire called Piilini to actual serve a a trimber of mounted it Nien for the defence of that territory Nomiki Mivy , which we All Kiino from Post experience Fri list eventually have to be paid by the United states. Aft the of without having passed the Hill to which. 1 have refer Rotl the Secretary of Wor interposed a find ordered out twelve Hundred mounted men cobra Rizig those Ihns already in service from Florida to serve in every part of the territory Aid to Purson the indians wherever they might be Tomi Dand five Hundred infantry militia. And for what in Roposo were five humic red militia lobe employed they Weie iii Elidea for brute neighbourhood Defelice and like Fhy iii Wiite Ronen of , were to be ready to repel invasion it n moments Uliey Are divided web Nien a and these men Cri Tivade tie soil and Are spread Over the Dpi def which diet pcs the Savages from inhabitants. They Are ii cipher r�iuired6p. Permitted to pursue the enemy More than to Fri a to Miles from tie head iii inters off Rifer acc Ulusc if Pliay were it a i

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