Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-04

WHICH OttltuTUtd tDc IlDcIlteS OI ROme p
he hsseeched The committee not 10 be
iakeh captive by hecilarms ofeloqucnce
and The appeals made 10 oar passions and
Our symratiiics, SO as Ia forget the l,lud.-
niental principles of Our governments
The influence OF bad example would Of
ten be felt when It's authors and 3ll ,l,e
circumstances connected with il were no
longer remembered. He knew of bnt
Que analogous instance OF the execution
oil = prisoner, aud thai had brought more
o'iini", than almost any other lncidpp,
on iiie unhappy Emperor of France. lie
alluded In tie instance of the execution
oi lie unfortunate member Of the Bn,,r-
bon house. lie had sought an asylum i'm
The territories OF Baden. Bonapar;e.
dispatched corps OF gen d';rmes To lie
place ~ his retreat, seized him and bra't
INN Ia The dungeons Of Vincanncs. lie
MAS There tried by a court martial. con
demncd and slot There. as here y.s
a violation of neutral territory there lie
neutral ground was not stained with tl,e
blood ut him whom IL should have nro-
iectcd. And there was another most mn
fortunate difference, fer The American
example. The Due D'Engllein, was ex-
ecuied according to has sentence. II is said
by The defenders of Napoleon, that The
Dmke had been matchmaking, no, merely
io overiurn the French governments. hui
against the life OF its chief. III tina,
were true, he might, II taken IN France.
have been legally executed Such was
Inc odinin broUght upon The Instruments
81 his transaciion, that those per-
SONS VINO nave been even suspected of
participation in il have sought to vindi-
Gale mselves, from what they aDpear
In have rr.roH
lore foreign courts. In conclusion of
this part OF the subject, Mr.. C.. said that
he most cliecriuily ana entirely aronit,cd
General Jackson of any Intention 10 yIo-
late The laws ofthe county,, or The obIiya-
iiois ot humanity. He vas persuaded.
ON all that he had heard, HAT he ibn't
himself equally respecting and observing
porn. VAN respect 10 The purity of his
intentions, there lore, he Was disposed to
aiii" II IN tile most extensive degree. Of
Ills acts, said MIR. T.. il is my duty TO
speak with the freedom which belongs to
my station. And shall now proceed 10
consider some of them, OF the most mo-
IN entous character, as il regards the dis
frlbuilon OF the pow ers of government.
vi all the powers conferred hy The con-
situation of the UBiied States. not one is
more expressly and exclusively granted
Than that is 10 congress of declaring war.
The immortal convention who framed
HAT instrument had abundant reason for
connding this tremendous power 10 ile
deliberate Judgment of The representa-
'ives OF The people, drawn from every page
OF history: II was there seen that natl.
ons are often precipilaied into ruinous
war from folly, from pride, from ambi
iion, and from the desire OF military fame.
II was believed, no doubt, in committing
THIS great subject 10 the legislature OF
The union, we should he safe from the
mad wars that have afflicted and desola-
led and rnlned other countries. Ii was
supposed that before ANY war was declar
ed, The nature OF the injury complained
oiwould be carefully examined, the pow
er and resources of the enemy estimated
and The power aud The resources of our
own country, as well as the probable is
sue and consequences Of the war. 1,
was to guard our country against precise
~ that species Of rashness. which has
been manifested III Florida, that the cor
slltutioD was SO framed. II then this
power, thus cautiously aud clearly be-
SLOWED upon Congress, has been assumed
and exercised by any other functionary
OF tile government, II l. cause of serious
alarm, and II became tha, body 10 vindi-
Gale and maintain its authority by all The
means III lis power, and yet there are
some gentlemen, who would have us not
merely 10 yield a tame and silent acqui-
essence IN the pncroachmenf, but 10 pass
even a vote of franks TO the author.
On The 25th OF March, 1918, Mr.. G.
continued, The President OF the United
States communicated message TO Con-
gress in relation 10 the Seminole war i'm
which he declared that, although, in The
prosecution Of IT, orders had been given
10 pass into lie Spanish territory, they
were so guarded as that the local auiho-
rites ofSpain should be respected How
respected! The President, by the do
cuments accompanying The message, The
orders themselves which issued from the
Department OF War to The commanding
general, had assured The Legislature thai,
even II The enemy should take shelter UNI
der "a Spanish fortress, the fortress was not
to be attacked, but tile fact 10 be
reported TO that Department for fur.
tlIer orders. Congress saw, therefore,
thai there was no danger Of violating the
existing peace. And yet, on Tie same
25lh day of March, Ga most singular con-
currence of dates, whenIlie Representa-
lives of The people receive this solemn
message, announced in the presence OF
The nation aud III HE face Of the world,
aud III The midst Of friendly negotiation
with Spain, does Gen. Jacks on write from
lis head quarters, that he shall take ST.
Marks as necessary depot lorbis militia
~ operations! The General states, in his
letter, what he had heard about tie threat
on the part OF the Indians and Negroes,
10 occupy the fort, and declares his par
pose TO possess himself af ii in either of
the Two contingencies of its being in their
hands or III the hands of tie Spamiards.
lie assEmed a right 10 Judge what spain
was bound 10 DO by her treaty, and judy
cd very correctly bnt then he alsn as