Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-02


,uated, Notwithstanding he is informed OF the steps
daily taken by the tyran,, by illegally, and might |
say inquis,orally, screwing witnesses find pre-
tence 10 accuse and destroy him. still remains nj the
post assigned To him by his commissions unprotected
but by has courage and the cneih he derives from
steady adherence what he deems his duty that
man is Il weak man /? Well, be It SO, my opponents
welcome 10 the reputation OF courage most nobly
manifested IN their unanimous support Of the many
acts oi oppression and tyranny OF their apostle in
the s;ici lice they have made Of their own sense Of
right and wrong, oil their understanding Of their
prob,tv; oi their virtue Of their Independence
and, far lheirnHuence could go, (not far thank
God) OF the Independence of their country, AT the
shrine OF their Idol. Each and all of these sacrifices
required, indeed, courage which did not possess.
Most noble, thrice noble h,gl, minded republicans
brave, generous, nndaun,ed frecmen, who have had
the courage IN rare courage in America ! hope) OF
dancing by the sound OF the music Of their CHAINS
oil ringing whole night those chains ia the OF
their master, sweet music IN the of tyrant
OF offering up libaon after bation i'm honor OF their
deity.
Indignation recoils with horror nj such prostitution
Thus, after Nero had as>;,ssnaied his mother, he
WAS called the savior of Rome the brave of the day
ran To kiss his parcidia hand, and all the people
locked to their temples to return thanks to their
Gods.
am not unwilling admit r,,a in the number Of
persons who joined in the dinner intended as AN HON.
age 10 Gen Jackson, there are who enjoy, and
probably dcserveuly, u reputation of honesty. Still
II Is beyond my weak understanding TO compre he nd
that, 10 make of the indugent expressions,
indifference Tor injustice is not bordering upon
nrtcc and treason. Sill, ! cannot believe that il is
the duty of every honest American to oppose and
resist oppression To eNecraie and unnask tyranny
and never can he made subscribe to the suicide
doctrine Of an unliaiowed alliance between allegi
anec and usurpaton, any than the country
eide right claimed by some of remaining neutral be.
tween them.
BE IT recol'cctet, that this man. still rocking with
tie blood OF his victims, had snatche from the
sword OF the law, the last Outrage of despoiisn nut
ting on the gaib OF justice, the better Disguise s
tyranny II Is an abuse of words contend tai, hy
going 10 his office under those circumstances recop-
nized his jurisdiction me. AS well might il he
sad that travellers yielding superior force recog
nize the Legality of.he authority Of the highway rob
hers by whom they have been pundered. This is
not the case OF the abusing power legal i'm it,
sell, for the purpose OF committing an illegal act in
government in other respects regular This is the
case OF an entire suhversion of the government pre-
scribed by the Congress of the United STATES for
those PROVINCES. This is the usurpation of a man
who recognizes no authority but his own aud this
authority has no limits but such his rage sometimes
perhaps weary, hut never situated, prescrbcs him,
what military chiet, what executive officer before
General jackson, ever dared 10 refuse 10 ackuow-
ledge tie authority of the Judges, whose mandate
they sometimes refused TO obey' What military
chiet, before General Jackson ever dnr ed 10 assume
tlin authority OF those very Judges and TO claim The
right OF Judging his Judge The abuses of which
those military chiefs, IN well regulated community
could make themselves guilty, had limits, the extent
oil which might be calculated before hand But who
Will be bold enough u assign limits To the crimes of
which General Jackson may render himself guilty I?
whenever military chef acted the Iyramt in the
Chlted States anterior To the tyranny exercised here
| by General jackson, there existed an independen,
| population, which secured an independent Jury But
here, under Gene Val Jackson There we're indie
pendent Judges There was a bar the greatest
| number OF the members of which, ir not ALL was
independent. But here =
This mention Of the bar leads me naturally 10 r sim
gle reflection upon the conduct pursued here, with
respect ia me, by persons calling thcmse Ives by
what right know not, members of The bar Of Pens;-
cola Who they are, with the exception OF one ONLY.
with whom have been long acquainted, | know not
One OF them, named III. Biaeow, the man who | an,
informed, wrote and caused TO he signed, the peti
on 10 the President, has lately become one of the
band oil strollins players and has left the country
"hat hnl man is,can he easily ascertaned by thar fact
alone What the others are mot to travel out of the
recoro) is, think abundany made out by their own
conduct towards me, and might say, towards them
selves, II they have any seiirespect. Strange as il
may appear II rs nevertheless true, that those q
speak OF those who signed the peiition) one and all
have acknowledged and maintained The authority Of
General jackson IN these Provinces, the supreme
Judge OF Tie land that they nave argued caases be-
lore nun, and before The court created by hin, thar
the most absurd preensions, the most extravagant
doctrines by which they conceived the supremacy OF
mer patron could he supported, have been zeaiouiy
maintained by them that they and all condemn
cd me Tor issuing the writ of habeas corpus in the
case OF Col Ca'laya Surprising, them that they we're
determined upon lodging complaint against me, one
should have believed that they should have de.
nounced me for issuing The writ Not nj all Cen
jackson takes that part OF the business upon himself
His faithful auxares persuaded that il is better 10
nave two strings 10 their bow Imagine another crime,
aud, apprehensivc lest may not he crushed by the
accusation Of usurpation regardless OF the reproac
oil dissraceiul inconsistency 10 which they maxi
themselves liable, they wheel about, and admit, but
only To answer their ncaruus intentions, ready after
accomplishing their guilty purpose to return TO their
former .dotiry, thu. t!,s judicial authority was ac-
ually vested i'll me, in order TO accuse me Of having
acknowledged, as they say, that had no right 10
IN tpSiin hat
such a con!;'f., ci'ler knavcry or stupidity, am
at Il loss ~ determine
~ Here follow part of No. 9 "Some structures
on document published az The FIoridiu, at Pensacola,
on the 10TH September, 1871 under The hetd Of ia,por-
tdnt judicial decision"
Copy od letter from Me Secretary Of S,'e to Eiicius
Froniemia, dated October 20, 1891.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, Oct. Is, 1921
SIR have had tho honor of Receiving your letters
Of the Goth, Goth, and 18th August 9th 8i and Dist
September, with their respective enclosures all
which have been submitted to the President of the
United States.
ani directed by him to inform you, that the rvs
OF the United States relative TO the revenue and its
collection and those relating TO the slave trade, hav-
nS been the only ones extended by act of Congress
To the terrlt cries of Florida, il the execution
only of them that your commission judge of the u
States was considered and iHlended TO apply. The
President thought the authority of Congress alone
competent 10 extend other laws of the United States
20 the newly acquired territories; could he give
to the Judge a jurisdiction which could only he con.
ierred by them There being essential difference
between the nature Of the powers heretofore exer-
cised by the Spanish authorities IN those provinces
which were continued in force BY the act Of the 81
OF March last, until the end OF the session of
Congress, unless temporary government should he
sooner established Over them, and Of the laws Of the
United States which were extended to- those prOvn-
ces by that law, the President considered his duty
to enrust the execution Of each branch to officers
specially appointed for the purpose. In the
ton OF those laws IN your Judicial capacity, tie Go
yeFaOr has been informed, ilat you considered
aincnable only TO the Government Of the united