Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-02
No. 81
JuO,se f,a'ae,,th TO The secrehiry erStot-


under the obligation oil writing book attached my
sefony To Few prominent pai Of such gross asur
duy and per,"rsiiy as necessarily imposed upon the
duty OF few observations The rest is ~ very, ye-
~ dcspicabie, that must he left to refutc itself
You viii receive, AT the tiMe, extract from
some more copous notes which have taken to an
swer such contingencies as future NAY posi-
Diy create In the mean time this extract not
TO useless, AS II contains minute details
OF the motives OF my Conduct than had il in my pow
or 10 give IN the hurry in which all nay letters you
giving account OF the transactions here were writ
ten immediately after they had taken place.
The blank left in the send is filled up i'm
the original notes by narration in all its essential
parts similar TO what is contained in my former letters
and winch deemed unnecessary To repeat here.
Allow me, in conclusion, to declare, that, had l
to 90 the same ground over again, | would again do
what have done More than months re1cc-
tons have confirmed me in the correctness Of the
course pursued. | am DESTROYS of the approba-
ton oil my country but AN DESTROYS of the
appreciation of my conscience and turn things as
they may, have secured that appreciation.
have heard yet neither from the marshal nor from
the attorney Of the United States
have the honor to be, &c
ELIGiUS FROMENTIN.
The Hon. j. @. ADAMS,
Secretary Of State.
EXTRACT.
There is TO be observed in the conduct of every
man motive of action which may be called radical,
and which, when correctly asccrtaincd, gives an
accurate observer the key of actious apparently not
I'D he accountca for by any known Jules. This is
strongly exemplifed in the Conduct OF General Jack
son. f rom the moment he appointed Governor
OF the Floridas he scens have Lecn entirely over
powered by the madly gratifying belief, tina, he was
to be then omnipoent. And, indeed, to hear him
speak, and to test his speeches by his deeds,
would be apt TO think that this onnipoency was the
sine qua non condition OF his condesccntmr 10 accent
" the oihce MIR. breckenridge told himself that
Tia" general was raving when he first list OF
appointments winch had been made for both the
tiorida-. His resentment knew no bounds and the
srlihcaon at his own appointment was lost for a
while IN the modification he experienced in the nom
appointment, ny the President, of the characters he
hi recommended Tor the several Offices IN these pro-
vinces. He accordingly lost no time in taking such
steps as could enable him. when the opportunity
should offer, and when necessity, in his opinion
should require It, to to himself that absolute
deslouc authority Tor which he painted entirely re-
gnrd"ss OF that portion of authority vested bv the
President ~ The officers who jointly with him.
70 ADMINISTER ~ ITS several branches, the government
under his direction. His advisers OH the occasion,
he himself told me, were H. Nj. breckenridge and
Abner L.. Duncan, Esquircs-Abncr L. Duncan,
The TREND and adviser Of all the tyrants, be they who
they may. The notorious Abner l.. Duncan who
IN New Orleans in 1907 advised General Wilkinson
10 perjury, was pre- eminently entitled 10 become
! IN 1871, the adviser of the Unconstitutional ni,ui-
to"s, "ad iyr,nn,ci' measures but faithfully pur-
sued since, ny General Jackson.
The tweniyy-second day OF August arrived en-
uW any had been Iniornied that the county court
created by General jackson was 10 moe, a"o;n nm
the first September, and anticipating the fatal com
sequences necessarily follow from The suits which,
were 10 he tried before that pretended tribunal,
wh0"t any legal jurisdiction, only for the par.
ties, but even Tor the judges and other officers of the
court, and tor the general himself, all answcrablc
'o the parties IN damages had determined on that
day again TO call on General Jackson, once more 10
endeaVorto open his the mpropriety of the
course which he had adopted aud whici, he seemed
determined TO pursue. The prcvcniion by all puss
bic means IN my power, of "a continuance of usur.
Ph"o" pregnant with so many irremediible evils,
t.t,.t E.~ III
Unable to administer justice myself both because nv
Jnris'i'ct'oa was not ackno wledgcd, and because
The necessary officers OF my court, through whom, |
might have attempted 10 enforce nv iuri.tction had
not arrived, thought il my most Imperative du,v
imposed 10y my commission, TO neglect nothing al
!e' h't could put stop 10 the scanalous and Gala
nitous msurpation OF my jurisdiction The events
OF that day prevented my visiting General Jackson
! retired early 10 my house. In the night Colonel
Cal'ava is arrested: the day issued "A writ of
nibeas corpus, upon the application of some of hisI
"iehus te general ieinses TO permit IL to be obey
ed All At once the volcano, where the larring ee-
nents OF ~ overwhelming destruction had been for
some time working IN silence, makes ITS erupon
me general sends me his celebrated order oftle 23d
OF august the constitution of the United Stues
me laws OF Congress the commissions of the Pres,
dent, are all tramped under foot. The revolution is
c1mrle!e' aud The JIcksonian Q) commonwealth,
miserable hanging life on the walls of onr to,vn i
ncthaiy spcwed into existence
-, General Jackson has now crossed the Rubicon
Inc country was invaded, conquered. Whether the
isurper he foreigner or an officer of the oon,mon-
wealth, docs not alter the question exccpt so FAR on
", that M the present instance it makes the usrper
more guilty The flag Of the United States still per
S'.cd 10 wave here and the uniform of the United
1ates SIN WON by the soldiers of the garrison I'M
der The orders OF General Jackson, only add the
crime OF PROCLAMATION TO the crime OF usurpation of
me iyrant But, although exercised in the name of
me United States, still usurpaiOn, still oppression
SUI tyranny still terror, still Jacksonian rule, uncon.
roIied aud uncomfortable over this III fated land
2ucn were tie circumstances in which found my
sen P'iceo' wHcn was summoned, iv he name Of
me td'o, 10 appear before General Jackson And
what law and by what judges and under what
auspices, was the application Of that Law to he made
confess II, have no courage against the hangman
hne" lhat resistance was vain, and that it should
NC construed as rebellion, and, perhaps, treason |
was sun haunted by the hope, that possibly might
ny going, find an opportunity of exhibiting before his
eyes, 10 glowing coors, the calamities likely TO result
70 Tie people Of this country, whom | still s,posed
he could not wish grauitunsIy TO oppress from, the
assumed jurisdiction of the county court created lv
nm. Ihis hope must give up, il should absolute
refuse TO 60, and should suffer myself to he drag
Sed there by force, the only alternative had left
ana yet, under the peculiar situation in which was
paced, the performance Of that duty was almost the
ohiy 'hng ior me 10 do, not to prove myself unde-
serving oi the high office 10 which had been an
pointed not for the furtherance of my own views of
sc-d5niIy and import lance, but for the good Of the
people IN the best possible way ia which could pro-
'"otc auuh therc was an occasion when tic pro-
motion OF that good called for an abrogation of self
AMI Tor the severe and difficult obligation of fulfilling
hard duty, notwithstanding the obloquy which rs
performance might subject me to- this individually
was The occasion. Better, however, be, than appear
10 De, r,Sh In order then TO try to accomplish my
ogcci, endeavored TO STEER middle course. did
not go, ~ compliance with the order of Gen. Jack
son. on The day or the hour appointed by him. sure
~ was, that could obtain nothing from him. when
surrounded by crowd. But the next day deter
m'ned TO go ut Il time when, not being expected |
hoped might find him alone. Vain hope I ourht
to have recoectcd that the shark is never TO be met
wnh unaccompaued by its pilots
bni Is IL true that correct my motives and right
MS ny conduct may be- still il wears the nppearance
OF Meakness Whai ile nlnn ,yln issucL dc -.