Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-03-02
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January 90. 1922.
fxtrdct Of letter from Coz. Jac&son to
tie Sscretcry Of State, dated
NASHVILLE, Nov, Is. 1921.
From the National intcIiigencer I have
discovered chat publication has appeared
"a the Charleston Patriot, purporting to give
the sub.tance of correspondence between
Judge Fromentin and mysslf, with accom-.
panying stticturss upon the same, end sta
ling hat "detaiFed accounts of the whole af>
FAIR" with copies Of said papers, had been
tran smitssd to Washington; that they shave
been coniided To individual, aud are circu.
lated privately" On referring to my former
Communications, DO not find that "a copy of
that correspondence has been forwarded to
the Department Ut State; and believing, as
do, from Judge Fromentin's Disregard to
troth, that he has secretly circulated it, with
out the accompanying certificates, for the
purpose, 1t possible, OF fores,alIng public O.
pinion. herewith enclose copies of all the
documents touching the transaction, with a
Teque.t that they may be laid before the Pre-
sident; and, shonid il be deemed necessary,
90 be communicated for the Information OF
the Congress of the United States. This ex
pose furnishes satisfactory view OF the
whole ground in dispute, and incoatestiby
proves that Judge Fromentin has been guilty
of ~ilfuliy and wIckediy fabricaticg the most
palpabe falsehoods. The evidence Of such
nnblushing depravity and corruption should
Be placed IN The possession of The President,
and in stric' Justice deserves to be exposed
to the execra,ion of the whole Amer goo
pie. When an officer Of such high RESPONSE.
bii!Ly unaer me Federal Government, mani
fiesta ouch ba;eness and ob!i9uity of heart, it
ought to excite our alarm, and stimulate the
Propsr authority to apply the most speedy
aud efficient remedy.
tVaon JGdse f!omentin appeared before
me, IN obedience to the citation served upon
him, and made what conceived to be 6uf
iici~n' apology for interfering with my luris.
dlction, by issuing the Habeas Corpus: and
having explicitly and positively promised,
that he would not again do any thing to i'm
pede the ex, rcise of my prerogstves, wa.
perfectly willing that the affair should here
be pu; to rest, and it possible be batied in
oblivion. Wish this view alone, | barely re-
luiret his signature to so much OF the pro.
ceediHss between Us as was absolutely neces
gary for my own justification; and to shew
that he had granted the writ without petition
or affidavit, sgreeahly to law, and that he
did not recpllsct TO whom, OF to which of the
applicants it had been delivered!
Although the Judge, IN the publication re.
ferred 20, asserts that our interview and its
results were the topics Of conversation In the
towa of Pensacola, for week after they
tra.s.ired, | can confidently stale, that
they oever did become the subject of remark
where was pre,en,, except on the evening
subsequent tn his di,charse. On that coca
alon, there appeared 10 be All universal con-
cnrrence IF opinion, that the Judges aholo-
gy, as made in the presence Of 'everal respec
table gentlemen, was correct and prudent
measure on his part, aad that it was an act
OF leaiercy and fnrbearance on mine, in thus
terminating this ha.ty and in6ecorous at.
tempt to embarrass the administration of Jus.
tice, inasmuch as the Instructions and duty
OF the Judge enjoined it upon him, 10 co
oper.ts with me in the administration OF the
government, and in distributing justice g
qually to all; general surprise was also ex-
pressed at the circumstance Of his sympathie,
being exclusively enlisted for the Teliet of
Colonel Callava! With respect to poor Do.
.Tningo Sussa, and Fuilarat, the steward, the
law wSs To be permitted 10 take its course,
end although The servile Instruments of Cali
lave they were to be left TO their fate, For
thsm Judge Fromensin seems 10 have had no
bowels of compassion.
They might have perishe3, and rotted in
prison, before he would have stepped forward
with the sanction of hi. authority for their
de,iversnce. The fec, was, they had no
wealth or influence, and the Judge was not,
consequently. clothed with the power to 10.
SUE writ of Ha6eas Corpus for their relief.
Agreeabiy to his principles, the laws of the
u. States are only made for the punishment
of the humble and penbyiess; bat whenever
opposed to wsal;h and power. they must eli.
ther remain imperative, or, If enforced, il
most be done wish great delicacy aud respect.
This course Of proceeding may very well com.
port with tbs corrupt and inquisitoriai sys
TEN of former Spanish tribunals. but they
are clearly and gal paby unjust, and merit the
unqualified TeprObation of every honest and
Intelligent American | can assure you that
so far as have bsen enabled TO collect an ex.
preston OF public sentiment relative to the
conduct of Jcdge FIomentin, II has evidently
rendered him so odi,us & contemplate that
his name is only mentioned in gentsel cir
clss, to-bs depIeciz,ed ard despised Ii 10
considered 40 hagrant and Hsgitious depar.
ture from justice and propriety, as seriously
to impair his standing and rather to produces
dI'atiectjor. than inspire respect and conf.
Sence in the American authorities in F,orids.
Situated as Judge Fromeatin was, did
Dot anticipate that he would have had the
hardihood and temerily to revive this trims.
action, and make il subject Of public in,
Vestigs,ion. Good sense, as well IS the best
policy, would certainly have dictsled a very
different procedure. After his conce5.ion,
and open acknowledgment that he had act
ed hastily. aud without a due confederation
OF The case, il could not have bern expected
that the ost abandoned aud pro1icste
would have denied the facts, particularly
when those declarations were made in the