Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-01-07

- lie INDIAN Mar. with, whirh we have
/" been afflicted, iave been distinctly
" ir;reahe 10 tie ins'igaiipu az EngIisl.
'r.n;eis ar ~. MS. ahsaNs d,saYOneh.
Nc' always felt. more than cuce detect
Ell. 'nt newer before punished" IL tke
nsTe'rs oj;onr {n,iicn V'aix. then. vsr confess
lhr'~ ~ 40 snppost for yorr a5gGmtpt II,
February, 100. Col. Clarke mal- Tic
Buiisl, Col. Hamilton = prisoner at ST.
Vncent's; and as he had been insirn-
mental III The savage harbariiies lie had
encouraged. lie YVES, by order of The cx-
ecnilve of Virginia, PIT III irons, amt con
hned IN a jail. /, is known that General
Washington Disappeared even this mea-
sure of severity, and tic Governor of
Virginia soon rdleoicd, AMI restored him
10 the CONDITION OF AN ordinary prisoner
OF war. Allow me To suggest 10 YOU, as
one reason for This, our underwriting cle-
mency: we have always known in our
cousciences, tina, we have constantly en-
ployed friendly tribes in war against
those that were hostile, and fought our
selves by the SIDE ofsavases, who spared
no age, sex or CONDITION who gave no
quarter IN battle; scalpcd and iomaa" H.
Ell the vanqnisled, the wounded and the
dying and made prisoners only to add
me pans ut torture to the horrors OF
ueath. Shall rigors, never heard otwhiic
hortes al savages Cncircled our srsrse
and feebie frontier settlements. he iniru-
'uced now for The first iIre, hen, part
~ by wars among themselves, and wars
with the whites, aud partly by the PRO
gress OF our population. ihis Devoted
race is visibly and rapidly approaching
TO utter extinction?
You have taken grea, pains, SIR. 10
prove that Ambrisier vas guilty of traitor
Gus designs and practices asains, Spain
herself: aud this is gravely urged, az u
reason. TO satisfy SPAN, that :; en-. Jack
sons execution Of him, in her own irrri-
tory, and within hes own jurisdic'iom was
no violation Of her sovereignty and Ia sa-
tisiy as that II was according to the legi,i
mate usages OF war!
Yoh represent, that, under the circum
stances, Gen. Jackson might. by the law
iul and ordinary usages ofwar. have hung
both these men without The iormalily ola
trial; that TO allow them every possible
opportunity OF refuling the proofs. or
OF showing any circumstance IN exten-
uation OF their crimes, he gave them
! the benefit of trial hy a couri-marfial
(" Of highly respectable officers" Can
you expect MS 10 forget, that i'm contemui
of the opinion of this court Of bighiy res
pecio6te officers, (who would have spared
Ambrlster's liie,) deaf to the pleadimgs OF
mercy, sirelins his breast against com.
passion, from whatever Qua,ier II address
ed him, the general, Of his ewn mere will,
doomed him To die the death
You endeavor To establish, that the
Spanish comnandant AT ST. Marks, and
The Governor of Pensacola, were them
selves incendiaries, and accompiices with
Arbutbnot, in inciting the Seminoles, the
ou'iawed Red Sticks and the Negroes, 10
war against us. Do YOU mean that Spain
and the world may follow your reasoning
10 lis consequences, and infer that If
Gen. Jackson had hanged the Spanish
commandment and governor, the govern
ment ofthe U. States would have APPROX
ed and indicated the deed
When you describe the well-founded
objections of Arbni!inot against the com
potency of most suspicious hearsay tesii-
lnony, adduced against him, as 50 terhui-
f." cal caviis at the nature of part Of The
= evidence" ! must suppose you have
never bestowed n thought on the subject,
much more examined the authorities he
referred TO. assure you they are direct
iy IN point, and conclusive aud say,
with perfect confidence, that such evil
dence was never before heart by any
American tribunal, civil O., military. in "A
cas-" OF life and death. much more taken
as ground of capital conviction and
sentence.
The remaining subjects of difference
between us must be postponed TO another
letter. Be assured, am not the person
al. nor even the political, enemy OF Gen.
Jackson, or OF The President, or OF YOUR
GfJI Me ,.I l.
entirely OF a public nature, and concern
what conceive TO he The general " cal.
II Is my understanding, not nay heart,
That has dictated these lines. am pos
sessed with no angry feeling or party spi-
ri on the subject. I have feelings, in
deed, OF another kind, which, as an Amer
lcan and christian, am MOI ashamed 10
have avO" ed Of which, since learn they
are censnred at Washington, | am proud
10 repeat the avowal. The fate ofArbuih-
not and Ambrister moves me to pity and
regret. Homo sum humani Mill me
aHenuD' pnto. Were they the vilest felons,
mnrderers, cannibals, ] should still have
viewed their death with horror, il inflict-
ed without an undoubted legal sanction
Whatever were their crimes, they were
entitled to justice and would never to-
lcratc an irregnlarily of trial and punish
meni, because tile victims are worthless
or odious since The same injustice that
smiies the guilty to-day, may Tomorrow
she'd The blood of The innocent. Were
these men ever so regularly and Justly
fried, convicted and condemned, should
SIN have claimed some respite for them,
10 aTranse their affairs, 10 bid last fare
well 10 their families and friends, and TO
make their peace With Heaven. While
admit, that IN such case this would have
been subject for the General alone TO
consider; think there was no need,
on the present Occasion, for the usual