Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-28

FROM the statute Law, either in Great BrtAia,
az IN the several states and territories us the
Union, nome of which individually can De cou-
sdered as applicable 10 the Floridaa. Ny
only duty, IN which allthe wrtersa and iheuni-
toriu practice of the United States, and Great
Britain agree, was to see that no possible in
Jury could result 10 the public from granting
Inc writ; And against this had amply pro-
Nidcd, Uy requiring security Tor the pro-
d0cuon Of ;lc papers, IN the sum OF forty
thousand dollars. Further than that, could
DOT - ui;h"a, uSurPing an authority which
was not delegated TO me.
.fuguSi 81, ieel.
A7otheT part of my conduct may require a
more Detailed explanation than could posi-
ny give !; 10 my last letter. / alluded 10 the
Dissemination 4 tooi; 0f repairing 10 the Office
~ ucecHl Jackson Sir, if General Jackson
nae been, 0r rattle; had protested himself 10
be- rs I believe re is, only military chefand
an executive officer, should nave resisted his
authority jo Tie last. The worst then, tina,
could haye happened, woai have been an
tm9rs0emVnt, more or less pr6tracted more
or less severe For that was prepared
But, sr,.bc x remembered, that General jack
sod contends for unlimited powers. He is d
Captain general he is an intendant: he is 4
governor: he IS Il supreme iudge he is Il
chancellor he is - What Is he not VIVA,
ne MAJ claim right to do, nobody knows
nobody can tell. And in all these nu!tiiari-
Gus characters, If he had been able 10 dssel
ne, Ike Tiberius, and had not dragged me- Be-
fore MS OWE tribunal have ltile douh, but
that upon the slightest pretence, he would nave
Transferred me before the tribunal of his ON
creation, not less his own, 10 which tribunal,
contrary to all principles rec0 alize,i by our
government, he assigned IA jurisdiction eXtand-
ing To death, grlciously, however. nlaniiesting
his tender mercies 10 the people Of these pro
N'nccs, by declaring, as he does in his urdinau
ccs published In the iigs' number 81 le 1'io,;
dIan, that there shali be no execution
Tor capital offence, until the warrant ol
The governor be first had and obtain
cd. Sir, that man mast get rid o, ms
~ some way or other, tn make room for \
Mr.. Hayward, or Haywood, from Tennessee
whom he told ms hnselfhe had recommends
| ed to the President (or he o!::ce which now
hold
understand that, with this view memo
riii mas been by the last mail 10 the Pre-
slue1l, purpurting 20 be signed by persons
VINO call themselves members OF the bar.
Nhat the precise puTport ofthat memorial is,
know not. Ofa.i the persons who nrot,s,
themselves TO hr lawyers in this place. k,u,,y
nobody even by naile, but Mr. Brac,enrid..e.
VITA whom, for fifteen years. have hecn on
terms, II not of Intimacy, al least of fauliliai
acquaintance. Whether ne hs signed that
memorial or not am not Informed. But il
u" has, II affords an additional proof os what
riaplu progress the gaagreAe nf the most abb
Icct slavery can make, even Ia few hours,
whcn The putiuS iaSiaaiis tranui, by striking
terror III every soul, cnmpels men t. do thai
"hicii, under every other circumstance, they
wouIc hold most IN abnofrence. Such ara
the ineXiricablc mazes of the abyriotb i,
which tyranny Involves itself, that in order tb.,
better 10 conceal the bastard origin of this me
moral, It Is not Improbable but the memor-
ai'Sts' agreeing II. the maia point with THEN.
master, were made there to hold a language
some "ha' at variance with what are general
J.: Known 10 he the opinions of the man. un-
der whose auspices | cannot doubt the me-
inoritl originated.
And now, S-ir. have done with talking 20
You OF myself Oh the snhecl of this de.cstahls
al5T. aGl sensible that | owe an apoIosy
ior consuming So mIch of your time. Yet. !
could nos have said less in duty to the go
yfrnmcnt by which was appointed. and in
duty 10 myself. now leave tha cast. TO ibr
JHdgneoi OF my country aad, anxious AS I
must ieei for favorable ISSUE, must he p.,.
l''"eu 10 ind, that had rather fall in the
Cause which defend, thaa to triumph in that
supported hy my ad,ersarics. haze. SIC.
ELIG. FROMENTIN.
". u. When in the line before th. last og
the third page ofthis letter ! say thai IslouIa
hare resisted has authority 10 tie i1s!, simply
aHude to my conserving TO 20 to his Office, un.
der the circumstances detailed in my letter of
the e6th uIt and not to any improper coaces-
slons, which have never made, aad never
shalt make
September Cd, 1891.
Some less vague information, Just obtained
OF report prev aiIing in town that { had apoI-
ogIsed to General Jackson for issuing the wri,
OF habeas corpus, in the case of CooDcl Cal
lava, will necessitate, on my part, an applica-
tion to General Jackson for solemn denial
6i the atTocIous charge. OF what may pass
ON the occasion, I will advise you by the next
mail.
No. 6.
Judge fFOm6yfiI TO the Secretary Of STUFF
PENSACOLA, Septembcr q. 1921
SIR By the last mail had due honor 4, lorwin d
yon copy OF iiIe letter which told you eontenpla-
ted undressing to Genera, Jackson on III, 81 nst
sen! 10 him accordingly little after twelve O'Clock
ny Mr. Ale%ander Scott, jun. The verbal answer OF
general Jackson, as delivered to in writing bvI
w ocoit, Is forwarded with the proaent marked
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