Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-03-10
ROW rue NArIoylL N4sLLIcEEcEs.

the public the totowing statement oft facts.
1t IS duty owe my country, my friends
and myself
eft my own house in Kentucky early
in December last, and travelled the usual
road TO the Chickasaw nation, thence thro'
the Choctaw nation to the settlements on
Tombig5ee. Here l spent two or three
days looking at lands; thence across the
country, to the upper settlements OH the
Chickasaw river and down the river to
where it takes the name of Pascagoola
here left my horses and took canoe, and
after spending several days on the river,
and part of two at the house of gentleman,
who showed me the papers and Livingston's
address from New-Orleans, | crossed the
lake TO the Bayou of St. Johns and passed
into the city the usual road am thus par
ticuiar, that my enemies NAV retlace my
steps if they choose. ] rode, for was una
bic 10 walk into Newt Orleans between -
and 1 O'Clock, p. NJ. ana took lodgings at
madam Forages boarding house, remain
ed in the public room where there were a
number OF gentlemen until dinner-at the
table, think about o'clock, Twas arrest
ed by col. hingsbury of the u. S. army, who
came attended by FIVE or six officers, having
left guard of 100 men ut the door Twas
imme diateiy taken to the garrison, and
closely confined under centinel. About
O'Clock the next morning, | was Convey
ed down the river In a boat about 25 leagues
to Fort Sc. Philips, from thence about ;he
same time the next morning | was convey
ed twenty miles further down the river,
and kept in the woods until the 22d in the
evening; when l was put on board the
schooner Thatcher, Captain Haws) for
Baltimore. On the evening OF the I7th
February | was gwen in charge to the Off
Ger commanding at Fort M'dcnry-on the
18th WAS taken before judge N;cholson by
writ OF Habcas Corpus and discharged.
felt pleased to find myself once more in a
country where the laws were respected and
where there were men who dared TO arrest
expressions whether it was the act of a
petty tyrant, or sanctioned nv the chiefs Of
the nation. On the 23d inst. | came TO this
city, and addressed q note TO the ATTORNEY
General, letting him know where ] was, and
requesting To know whether any and what
charges were in his possession against me.
The second day after ! received an answer,
telling me that when the executive should
lie furnished with sufficient evidence, l
would be appraised. conclude then the
executive has not yet been furnished with
sufficient evidence to warrant an arrest
positively say it cannot be furn;shcd-I
have committed TO crime against the laws
w isl1 NtblNtN N0N L nave DGNn lNlDllSO1-
ed, forced, from place toplace at midnight,
sent TO sea i'll tempestuous season, and
carried 1000 miles or more from my bust
ness, to the loss of my property, the injury
OF my health, and the danger of my life
Why has all this been done l have not
vet been told. Wilkinson has acted with
the honor of n soldier and the fidelity of a
good citizen--and can the President really
approve and justify venal, petty tyrant
in the act OF violating the constitution and
laws of his country. He is, however, a.
Ware that some apology may be necessary
fer his general-he attempts to make il in
the latter part OF his message of 22d Janu-
"cy; he there seems to think it probable,
the general sent US round from motives of
humanity, least an impartial trial might
not be had in the agitated city of New-Or-
leans. In this holy ten miles square, there
could be no doubt, where, not only, the
highest judicial authorities were to be as
Semb,ed; but where the court cuuld be
furnished with the aid Of executive means
What aid What executive means Per-
hapS the Senate can tell. The Supreme
Court did not think it necessary it dccid-
ed without and consequently has incurred
the displeasure OF all who believe i'm exc
Cutive infaIIibility. l have said the Senate
could probably tel what was meant BY this
aid (and hatb3dy highly reapcct.) Take
the following statement-On tie ed Janu-
AIRY, this ail-importaDt message was COM
municatcd 70 the Senate their doors we're
closed, and in few hours they passed a
bin s,lspending tho power of granting the
writ Of Habeas Corpus; thus prostrating
at one blow the civil authority, sacrificing
the constitution ON the altar OF oppression
and subjecting every citizen in the west to
the will of an ambitious uDprincipled ty-
rant. Was thrs done through the aid of
executive means; or had they Just heard
the Arabian Nights entertainment Of last
winter, and shut thcir doors 20 keep ont
Burr and his army. lest they might be tied
meek aud heels and tumbled into the Poto-
mac have said every citizen ofthe west,
because on them was this bill intended to
opcrate-My owp case may be the case Of
every individual of that coIntry--impri-
soned without having committed, or being
charged with any offence, denied the use Of
pen, ink and paper, l might have been
sent to the Columbia river, and kept there
for seven years unheard Of by my friends
or family-Tyrants never lack the means
Of destroying the regulations of those they
Cypress
Had not the House of Representatives
spumed with indignation this unconstituti-
onal attempt to justify the Iawlcss acts of
q lawless tyrant, the suderings Of Earon
Trenck would not have been strange in A