The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-11-14
CENERaL LaCKs0N..

departure IRON Florida, is distinguished
for mildness, though the explanations
are by no means conclusive. Those
who have zealously supported the Gen
eral, throughout these transactions.
have been governed more by admira-,
ton of the man, and unteigned gratitude
tor his services, than reference TO his
measures, aud the pernicious tendency
OF exercising combination Of powers
fatal to a republick. II the brilliant
exploits of a soldier can render US in
sensible to the paramount obligations es'
the citizen, we must change our iornl
OF government at once. II publicA
ofil9er can be justified in doing pub
lick wrong under our Constitution and.
laws, it is evident that we shall suffer
in our nationa! character, and lose that
high estimation in which the civilized
world now holds US, and by the force Of
example we shall insensibly be led to-
encrcach upon the private rights, and
assume power until practice renders US
callous to the consequences. Gen. Jack
son was justified in Selling upon the
publick documents withheld by Col.
Callaya.
AS the Floridas, Immediately upon
their transfer became the property OK
the United States, and were under the
control OF our constitution and laws
every resident was entitled 10 equal Sc
cunty in his person and property, and
therefore the Imprisonment OF Calaya
was illegal, unjust, unnecessary and i'm
pohtick.
From the official character of Col.
Callava as Governour of Florida and
Spanish Commissioner, his person was
sacred, and his Imprisonment viola
| ton of the law of nations.
The appointment Of Mr.. FFomentin
as Judge of the United States for Flori-.
da, necessarily included every judicial
power. The suspension, therefore, of the
writ of Habeas Corpus, and which was tha
! prominent and fatal error of the Gener-
| all, was violation Of the Constitutions.
which expressly declares that the
writ OF Habeas Corpus shall not be sas-
| pended, unless, in eases of rebellion or
invasion, the publick safety may require
it." As TO the powers said TO be con-
| terred on Gen. jackson, and exercised
by him, they were unconstitutional and
| void
These premises we adopt, and from
which no explanation can make us
swerve. They are not to be denied or
eVaded.- Nat. .AdUocdte.
From the Ontario N. " Repository
/" The tables turned" "A law in force
in the territory of Michigan, provides
for the sale, at publick auction, of all
idle and dissolute persons, on. whom
costs of prosecution may have accrued,
A,1Chite man was, under this act, lately
offered" to the highest bidder,n at De-
troit, in pursuance Of the direction Of
the court before whomehe had been ex-
amined-ln the crowd assembled to
witness the scene, appeared sturdy
negro, ln'the character of a,purchaser,
who actually bid off the property. fon
which he paid one dollar. After hear
ing from the auctioneer 8. yours, sir,'
the negro walked up to his slave with
all the majesty of a planter, (Judge
Washington himself could not have done
it better, and, after bestowing several
! opprobrious epithets upon bis. trembling
/ vassal, he concluded in firm and i'm
pressive tone, 6 foIlow yOur MASTER" and.
\ moved off the ground, the purchased.
animal obeying him Thus far the
| black had successfully initiated what is
often seen in the southern states; but,
as if disdaining to follow an example
farther than the rules of justice permit,
he took his victim. on board, the steam
boat thef; lying at the wharf; and hav-
ing safely conveyed him out Of the ter
ritory, he gave him both the price Of
bis passage and his native freedom.
Ills but a step from such a sale to,
, indiscriminate trafick and, although
am not pleased with the prospect, (for-
: all negroes may not prove equally hui
nancy yet it is but fair that blacks
should have their day.
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"The worm that dieth not, and the.
fire that is not quenched.n
A most wonderful confession, by a
dying man, has lately been made, ex-
planning things that have long been hid
/. den in mystery; and unfolding a scene
Of horrnur which ynakoc tho,ovo Hal