Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-22

fact, then pcre kept shut, from The 2Sill al
December. 1914, nil about the 2nih Of
January, 1915, when the enemy retired
90 his ships
After the cuemy. ioiletl and broken,
had abanhoneIihe enierpr'z", srrell, sir.
The suspension of civ,l law an' Justice,
and the tyranny OF marital ia", could no
longer be necessary. Was cis,i liberty
vet restored 10 tho city No: military
;lespn,,sm WAS sill sir,niy mainiained.
On the 10Th oi March, Aimiial COcii-
rane announced ,ilro' Mr. Livingston, wi,o
had been seat Ia The British 4, ~ 10 settle
a cartel, tina, rrws of peace Iiii arrived
at Jamaica. Certainly, sir. The necessity
of military despniism WAS now at an end.
Did Gen Jackson r.aX his absolute au-
ihorit, II Was Only the occasion oil en-
shaving the press 10 his unpF,,adi"f.
few DAYS after This intelligence, Mr..
Iou,;ller. a member of the legislature,
published paragraph III the news
paners. calculated, we are fold, la ex-
s.iie ,nu,iuy among the troops, aud to
afford The enemy Intelligence Of the stu
alton and disposition of the army The
nrinter is iHcon,inently brought before
The General, and compelled Che poor
prinier afterwards told the story TO his
country, hut ii had no ears To !iear) 10
disclose the authors name. Mr. Lou
aillirr Is forthwith arrested by Tile OF
soldiers. without care or thought oil The
privileges of the assembly TO which lie be-
longcd, dragged TO camp, put INTO strait
confinement r and arratgned before
cour, martial as for capital offence
Mr.. EQUALIZER was NOT absolutely friend
less. nor had his friends entirely lost the
sense of freedom They applied 10 Mr..
Hall, district Judge of The U. States, for
an ha6eas corpms, which he accordingly is
sued. The General knew The has been
a Judge himselD that Judge Hall was
bound by his oath ofothce and at his pc
Ri. 10 issue this writ. Every end he could
have reasonably desired had been an
sw red by simply dIsregarding the pre-
cept. But he was not content with that
and, as il for the purpose of showing that
martiM dw was something more than the
Suspension Of the habeas corpus, he seized
The person of the Judge; exposed him
and ms function to ridicuie and contempt;
brought him under guard 10 camp; lie
tanned him for Il Time in close custody
and then sent him, by force, beyond The
limits of his encaHipmeut, which includ.
cd the city of New Orleans and environs,
with orders 10 remain in cxil. from his
family and his home, till peace shoulh be
regularly announced for il seems from
the order Itself, that the general knew
that peace was III fact concluded, though
not YET formally communicated 10 him.
The district attorney, Mr. Dick, a brave
and honorable man, Il know him WE'LL
applied to Judge Lewis for Il ha6eas corpus
10 lberate Judge Hall, which Judge Lew
is granted. The General instantly ar
rested Mr.. Dick, aud issued an order to
arrest Judge Lewis also. Both these gen
tlemen had recently borne arms, under the
General, against the euemy.S
Al length, sir, civil liberty was restor-
ed with peace, and General Jackson was
summoned by tlIr judge 10 answer for ili.
contempt of The laws i'll the treatment of
his person and authority" fl said
The magistrate" the party object to Tie
Jurisdiction of the court, he shall be
heard: if his defence be denial Of the
z" facts charged, or tina, they amount to
contempt, he shall be beard if il be
All apology TO the court, or show that
by the constitution and laws of The u.
States, he Ind right to do as charged,
- The court will hear him." This is com
planned OF, as not allowing latitude e.
houghi lie demanded leave TO abuse
aud Willy The Judge The written defence
he offered, being rejected by the court.
was printed, and is before the public. I
should smile al lis wreiched sophistrv,
1t were not alarmed al lis apfIacity, and
disguised al the impotence with which
fre pleads, as his protection from summa-
ry punishment, the very constitution and
laws he had SO lons and SO recklrssly
trampled under foot; and denies his own
plea OF necessity a. Il proper foundation
orihe known settled practice ofour conrts
al justice IN cases OF contempt He WAS
fined "a lhnucanu fIollurs. ,,,ga..,..,,oI
insuiied, aud brow beat the Judge or The
Judgment seat; aud retired amid Tie
liuZzas OF people whom he had tanned
TO wrongs, or this had been his last
Did The Legislature of Louisiana remon-
stratr, or demand redress2 In the utter
most AFFECTION of slavery, they burst hard
~ Withhold from him their thanks. Did
the people, III any part oil the UHi0n, MUIR
muir or complain! The Turks had not
renamed more quei and eonteured. Did
Tie Press, the Waterman of Liberty les
ptclaiy OF it, oNn) the wardcr on The wall.
give line alarm he ,cas either tubing. or
pursuing, 81 peratvAtarc he slept and could
not be owoke. Did the General humble
himself at the i,et Of the constitution.
anu pray an inquiry into his conduct and
moflvesi Did the executive OF The Uni
ted States order any Trial, any inquiry.
or uiier any censure, any appreciation
On Congress pass an act of indemnify,
WHICH, acknowledging the purity OF his
moiIyes aud The necessity Of his measures,
bu' Affirming their illesaliiy, obviated in
some measure the dangerous copseauen.
ces OF the example, at ihe same time that
I" protected the officer from being punish
e" or questioned? No History, sir, thai
records bis ninety days tyranny, records
also, 'hal Iils whole conduct stands un-
Questioned to this day, as if it were Tie
regular exercise Of unduubied authority.