Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-10-05

cy "a The sO!dersl ! The Spanish officers and
0ther persons Of my confidence who were
there or repaired thithrr We're ordered oil ana
none OF them permitted Ia remain. My pa
pers and those 0fthc Government w hirh were
under my charge We're left without any in
Yeniory or account of the same: the KEYS Of
nay trunks were left ; my property and that be-
longing To my Government for the purpose of
the Commission, were in like manner ADAM
"ontd without any account or inventory, as
also all my other personal property. At eley-
en- on the following morning of the ed, wri;
OF iiabeas Corpus was issued by the Judge
Don EhjinS Fromcntin, but Governor Jackson
treated 1t with contempt, stating that he did
not think proper 10 allow it TO be carried into
effect.
At about five in the afternoon OF the same
day was informed by the officer of the guard
at the prison OF an order OF the governor,
which stated | should be set mt liberty and
accompanied by the officer orthe day TO my
house, as he had now got possession OF the pa
pers and | might seq ii the eases were closed
and sealed. told the officer who delivered
the order that could not enter my house un-
less accompanied bya Judge. He said might
look for one and then | came out of Prison
The officer accompanied me with many other
persons and [ went to the house of Judge
t'romentin, as being the only one in West Flo
rida. found him indisposcd and before every
one present, made Il succiuct relation of all
these facts, ana begged that he would extend
TO my person and house the protection of the
law. lie informed me that his inciisposition
| prevented him from ACCOMPANYING me. and
that in his place should take witnesses to be
| present at The recognition.
| then went tn the house accompanied bv
many people and the officer OF the day found
armed troops inside my papers scattered on
the table, Il case OF papers which had been
nailed and sealed with eighteen wax seals, with
the impress the seal of my government. was
found fractured and reco5cd and sealed with
different seal. My state of health has not
hitherto permitted me to make the necessary
examination of my private nor public papers,
nor the confidential ones of my government
during my administration, nor the documents
ot my commission. The money was entire
The ioregoinSrelation comprchcnds the out
RACES committed against my person and OIL
clal character IN Pensacola on the bed day of
August, 1891, by Gov. Andrew Jackson. This
narrative IS the most sacred truth.-In il have
not suppressed any previous circumstances
the history of the facts had no other origin.
The motive am entirely ignorant of-and that
Inc whole Is a true exposition. do snicmnly
swear. ] tender the proofs, and protest with
the same solemnity before God, before my
| otlDEc tiidl Ot the Z lleu states,
ana hc!ore all men, against the authors and
perpetrators of these deeds. also swear IN
der the same obligations that | have always
observed, during my administration as Govern
or of West Florida, Unfortunately to every
individual of the United States, whether resi-
dent or transient persons, the utmost consile-
raflon; that have respected their persons and
proPerty.-W!ien any one has been guilty of
any delinquency, he has always been treated
with indulgence and generous lcnity; and 81
true IS what have manifested, that if public
notice were to be fixed throughout the whole
states, there would not be a single individual
who could shew the least cause OF resentment
This conduct emanates from my own natural
disposition, and from the orders prescribed to
me by my own government and this my
propensity so to act with all mankind indiscri-
mlnately, cannot be mpugned by the strictest
investigation into my conduct during my life,
and the commands which have held