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

! justihable end OF bringing him IN rea-
son, and obtaining justice and serilriiy
{" from him. The lawful end gives true
right only TO those means, which are
necessary for obtaining such end.
Whatever exceeds this, is ccns,uc,i hy
The law OF nature. is faulty. aud vii! be
condemned az the tribunal of consri-
encc. Hence II is, that the rigbfis srch
or such acts OF hostility VARIES accord
! IN. 10 their circumstances. What *
/ Just and perfectly innocent in "a war.
| IN one particular situation, is not al
ways so III another. Right goes hand
p" M hand with necessity, and the exigen-
~ al the case, but never exceeds IL.
! IL beng, bonever, very difficult always
! 10 form ap!ecise Judgment oil what the
present case requires /; aud every nation
! Just war: for when the end is lawful. he
" who has right TO prosecute this eui,
warranted III the use OF all necessary
means 10 attain il. The end of "A lust
war Is To avcnge or preveBt injury thai
IS. TO procure by force the Justice that
Cannot otherwise be obtained: to COM
pei IN unjust person TO repair an inju-
ry already done, or 10 give security IA
gainsi any wrong threatened nv him.
Ona declaration of war, therefore, this
"naion has right of DONG against The
enemy, whatever Is necessary 10 this
being q Judge of what lis own pariicu-
lar situation will allow; nations must in
TINS particular conform to general rules
| Accordingly, whenever il is certain and
evident thai sich a measure, such an
act OF hostility, Us necessary in general
'or o'erpowerirg The enemy's resist
ance, and attaining The end of lawful
war; Ibis measure, taken IN general.
~ accounted by the law of nations "A
:" r,s' right III var: rio he who makes use
"i II unnecessarily. vixen &c riich,
attain his end by nlil'cr methods, is no;
innocent before Gud and his cnnsci-
eDce. On this the difference between
what Is Iiist, equitable, irrcprelieusIlle
: IN war. and what is ONLY allowed and
MOI punished among nations, isioumded.
The sovereign who would preserve a
| pure conscience, aud punciually dis.
charge his duties 10 humanity, is never
10 lose sight Of what wc hav, alreau,
observed more than once, HAL nature
gives him right of making war, only
Ia cases OF necessity, When remedy,
ever 'lisasrerable. though often neccsss,
rv. must he Used against obstinate in.
Justice or violence. II he is penetrated
with this great truth, he will never carry
| "'tilc remedy beyond lis due limits and
wiIlbe careful, t,atit shall moi fall ~iil.
greater wc Ga on mankind and cause
more calamity and desolaii n, than
is requisite for The defence of his rights
and t!ircare of his safeiy"t Let Gen.
Jackson's conduct, in the eases Of Afbut,
nniand AmbrtSfer, be tested bv Ihrsc
principles. Has he puDciually disctarr-
| ed The duties OF Humanity 2? Is he iuno.
cent before God and his conscience
Was The execution of these men neccssa
ryt Could the ends of the war have
been obtained by no milier methods
| HE ends OF The war . They were alrea-
! dy accomplished the war lis If was AT
AN end: at least. that was his own opinion
THE time. ask your minute attention
10 daies. In a letter 10 the secretary of
war, OF tie Goth April, lie says: " | be-
lieve NAV say that The destruction of
tins place Bowleg's town on the Suwa-
ney)" with the possession of ST. Marks,
having on the night of the 18th captured
the late lient. Ambris,er, and, as re-
presented by Arbuihuot, successor of
Woodbine, ,oW end The Lidian ,rar fan.
the present G,id shouid it be renewed, tie
position taller, ,okich ought to be held, mil
ena6te n smaN party to PIT it do0n prompt
~. Indeed, so confident was he that
| The Indian war was al an end, Ina (as we
| learn rom HE same dcspatch)" he had
| ordered Tie Georgia troops no Hartford
to be mustered, pad auddiScharged." On
me 26ih, he writes still more explicitly ::
My presence in this country can no
" longer be necessary. The Indian for
| ccs have been divided and scattered. and
| cut oil from all communication with
! those nnprincipied agepts of foreign
nations, who have dcluded them other
rum; MeyhdDe nat he po'cer, if tie miU
remain, ~ again annoyipg onr frontier"
NOW, 1t was on that rery aay, (26iI April,)
! That The court martial was detailed for
| the trial of Arbutbnoi and Ambrister
| on me same dav, II convened and pro-
! ceedcd to HE Trial OF Arbuthnoi; on The
27ilI, he was sentenced 10 die +; on The
| 2S'li, Ambrlster vas put on his trial and
| after o'clock OF that day, condemned.
ont notfo death; ontlie 10Th, the general or
| der Tor The execution Of them both was
issued, and on the 30ih they were exc
| cuied. was the execution necessary
Just as necessary as il would be 10 exc.
cute Woodbine or Nichols, if we could
lay hands on them, al this time, or twen-
| ~ years hence. Let us again recur TO The
| example of Gen. Washington. i'm whose
| hands power was blessing 10 mankind
1t was not in compliment 10 The interpo.
| siiion of the Queen Of France. though 10
| Halter our ROYAL ally he was willing 10
have 1t thought so, that he spared Sir
Charles Asgili's life he spared him, be
cause tie necessity Of retaliation had passed
array Otherwise, he who had sliaed all
the generous sympailIies ofhis heart, and
sferniy doomed Audreto The gallows, had
without HESITATION, delivered over Aseill
| TO the execn'ioner. The manner in which,
| Gen. Lee accounts for the torbearance OF
Gen. Washington to make hesitation.