The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-03-10
rsom rnr NATIONAL iwrHlLicENc.h.

viii make apology for prefen,ing to the pub
Ge The following na;cnent o. iatts, 1t is duty l
owe my country, my friends and myfelfl
left my own houre in Kentucky early in Deem
her lat, aud travelled the uurl road the Chi,ka-
Jaw nation, thence through the Chaaaw nation to
The lettien,ents Tumbig bee. Here fpent two or
hree days looking at lands; theNee acrofs the eoun
try, to the spper iet,.menss the Chieka.aw river
and down the river to where it takes the of
Fasasno!1; here LEFT MY ho-!es and took canoe,
AID after fpeniing ieverai days the river, &
part Of two the houre offs gentleman, who fiewed
me the papers aid Living Cons addrels from New
Orleans, cfoilsd the lake the Bayou ofSt Johns
and paiied into the city the ulual road. am thus
Particular, that my snenies may resrace my feps If
they chooic rode, Cor ] YVES unable to walk into
New Orleans between lf aud o'clock, p M. and
took lodgings at madam FOrages boarding houc-l
rSnained IN Tie public where there a rum
Der of gentlemen nn,il dinnerat the table, think
about o'clock, arrefed by colonel Kingibnry
OF the U. 6: army, who game attended by five or FIX
officers, having leta guard OF 100 the door,
was Immediately taken 20 the garrilon, and cloiely
confined acie- ceutine Abou; 9 o'clock the next
morning, YVES conveyed down the river in a boat
about % leagues 20 Fort st Philips from thence a.
bout the fame time the mex; morning conveyed
twenty rles further down the river, and kept in the
woods until the 22nd in the evening; when was put
Baltimore. On TIE evening Of the l7th February, |
was given charse 10 the officer commanding Fort in
EcHenry-on The ls.h was taken before Judge Nj
eholion by wri, OF Habeas Corpus and diGcharged.
'eit plsaied 20 find n,yisf orce more in country
where the laws were relpeaed and where there were
men who dared TO arrelt oPpreflion whether it was
the aa Of petty y rant or fanSioned by the chiefs
OF the nation! On the eel ns this city,
a. addFsted note to the Attorney General ,eting
him know where was, and requelting to know whe-
Their any ard what charges in his poiellion L.
CAN'T me. The ieccnd day after received an an
fver, telling sle that when the Executive fhould be
furnaed v.'th iohcieDt evidence, | would be appri-
ed. conclude then the executive has not yet been
furnhed with infIcient evidence TO warrant an ar
Jett. polively FAY it cannot be iurriihed-I have
committed no Cline aganh the laws OF my country
yet have Ssen iElprifoned, forced from place to
Place at midnight, fent TO iea ia tempefiuoas fea-
f)u, < carried iCco miles more frons my bulinef,
10 the LOIS OF my property, che injury of my health
aud the danger 0! Dy li.e Why has all this been
done! have not YET been told. Wilkinfon has act
sd with thu Horror Of folder aud the fidelity of
good cit'zen-anh can the PRECEDENT really approve
ahd judiI venei, petty tyran, in the a9 of viola
ting the contribution and laws of his country He is
ho'yev5, aware that fone apology may be necefary
for his general-he attempts make it in the latter
part of his meilage of ed January he there feems
think it probable the general fent us round from,
motives Of humanity, leaf impartial trial
might not bs had IN tie agitated city of New Orleans
In chs holy ten miles quare, there could be no doubt
where not oalY, the higher judicial authorities were
De afen,bed bat where the court could be fur
niihed with The aid of Executive means-N lWha, aid
What Executive meals Perhaps TIE Senate can tell
Tie Supreme Court did think it necehary IL de-
saSea without and consequently has incurred the DIFF
p'eaiore OF all who believe executive infability
have fad the Senate could probably tell what was
f7eaft by this aid (ond that body highly refpeGt)
Take the following fiatemen;--On the 22nd Ianusry
Tins allimPor,snt nIeG, ge was communicated to the
Senate their doors cioied, and in few hours
they paied hil! idfpendng the power of granting the
WIKI ol Habeas Corpus, thus Protratng blow
the civil authority, iacrficing the contribution on the
alter ofoPPreion and full ctng every citizen in the
wea TO she will ofan ambitious unpri1cipled tyrant
Was this done through the aid Of Executive means
or had they jull heard the Arabian Nights Entertain
niepI Of aa winter, and ihut their doors to keep out
Burr and his army, Leaf they mght be tied neck and
heels and tUmbed into the Potanl1c-l have faid eve
ry citizen Of the weh, (2) ecauie on chem wasths bill
Intended 10 operste--My own cafe may be the cal.
OF every individual q thar countryirnprfoncd with
out having committed, Or beirg charged with any
offence denied the u(e Ct PEN INK and paper, right
have been fent 20 the Columbian river and kept there
for sven years unhsard of BY my friends or family
Tyrants never lack the means Of deltroying the repu
tation Of thole they oppref.
Had no, the Houle Of Representatives fpurned with
Indignation this unconditional attempt to julify the
lawleis atls of la~lefs yrant the fufcrngs of Pa
Trenck would NOT have been iiIang. in Ameri
e.
And what, let alz, is our prefcnt fecurity, I'm
lefs Gen. Wlkinion is pun2 for his daring outrage
on al law In the cafe Of Or. Bolman. we are
told in Dewlpaper, the writ Of Habeas Corpus gram
ted b. Judge Fee o South CdJoua, was acl ually fer.
we'd. What was the aniwer Of the Officer who mad
birr in cuilody? Attoad 20 it We who rcfpea your
government Although Qlid he) reipeG The civil
J!l3frtoH5 OF my country; ye, { nuul obey the or
dsrs IF my uYeriot officer The proner was not I'll
vsr ~. Here then was denial OF this aliimportast
right NJ need FOR the interpolation Of the Senate
IN Frgln1, that land Of oppTeon, this officer would
have been Immediately purified. In our fee go-
yernnent, things are ordered c'her%ilc. Under The
sinriitration Of Nj. Adams, there was much grun-
blirg about gag law, that f.ui peoples mouths
urder ;he preicnt administration man may not only
begaggcd, bur his tITaa cut without any awL9) & ls
-h0t docs viii find protectors among the FACES of
the nation(1)
Wrkirfon tells us he has aaed with the approbat:-
or Of the governor and judges 81 II this be iOe it
high time thele men were removed from off, c.
Wen plced in thr nor important Dat ons, o
yer aterrory Respectable for IT, wealth and popula.
zion, and city tha; yields 10 importance 70 We
~ few the eopiinen fvoTn 70 adnIininer iufliec
agreeable to the contns,ion and laws, who would
sfi1cc military tyrant, and fuller him to trample
- 4 law ihoslJ no' be trsted. Perhaps tie bsyo