Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-21
FLORIDA nocirMENrs

| FLORIDA DOCUMENTS.
We have received from Washington tho Sd Part o
the documents communicated by the President on the
18th ult.-This embraces only {" the correspondence
with and papers received from Judge Fromen,n'-
is LIST letter to the Secretary of State bears date Aug
the lsth-his last, Dec. l7,h.--The pamphlet occu.
pies more than 100 pages. Within week from, hi,
arrival at Pensacola, Judge Tromentin and the
Governor were at points CONCERNING the extent Of the
j"dcialpowers conferred on F.--,he Governor con-
tending that they were confined to the revenue laws
OF the u 5. and TO the act respecting people Of CO
iouI .-on the 2sd of August. the remarkable arrest
oi Caiava took place-on the 23d the Judge issued
ms wt'of Haheas Corpus, which gave rise TO an open
war between them, and one of the most ex,raordna
ry correspondence of the present ,imes-Onr read
ers have seen in what impassioncd terms Gen. j
speaks OF his adversary--ln Judge Fromentps LET.
tiers TO the Secretary of State, he speaks of Gen.
in no measure ell terms of resentment For instance
IN his letter of Sept 6lh he pours out his n,igaticn in
these violent terms
I" To what purpose, then, could have been in,,u
ced TO make concessions Of a nature to disgrace me
forever, when thereby / could obtain no additional
certainty OF relief, which was MOI aIfeady secured Inv
he word of General jackson, IL there he any secu.
rily IN the word OF a tyrani Aiyrant did 1 saw ?
viii, that
oil General Jackson. The word Jack son in future
shall he used instead of Ike word yrant, when ever
correct idea shall he attempted 10 he convey ed of
those por'entous crimes, grauitonsIy committed,
wnich throw ~ The shade the former crimes prtmp-
eu at least, although not excused, hy the passions of
the Jacksons who have preceded him"
lie calls him also tiger Jickson"-In his letter to
Mr.. Adams of the 9Th Dec. he saws:
fiectere 81 nequco Superos, Acherona moycl,o
rfSfrt ~ Or, bitterly regrst it, the Genius of Ane
r,n. HISTORY WI drop a tear in penning the page
winch Is TO record thi' Singular political phenomenon
but, a the people OF the Floas canno, he protected
~ '"e,r 'neny AMI properly, of right they ought
ne, ny Tue constitution of country, by the con
s'i"''on o their county, they shall be protected
u" ut least as my weak powers may avail them hy
e constitution OF Spain, by The constitution of their
| former country
what consideration of comparatively frisd duty
can check, IN his mad career, the man who could
not tie checked by the glowing enthusiasm of his own
'o'he oec's say nothing here of his former
crimes they should load the canvass, without adj
ding 30 the effect OF the picture Those crimes The
di>susiinsly rich subject Of another picture Them
sri.e" are without physiognomy along side of the sa-
cr'icG'ouS proclamation OF his own fame And for
what nave these invaluable sacrifices bee, made
mat he might play tyrant his fellow citizens
ms fellow cZcns whose happiness had been entr,st-
ed 10 him by the President of the United States
wnosc happiness he had sworn 10 promote"
Cine word more, and have done The question
now To bc decided is not the insignificant and mm-
norian question Of The difficulty between General
JACK son and myself. Ii is question of country or
no country constitution or constitution liberty
~ slavery he dr>poiism which attacks the liberty
oi one OF The eaneSt of the inhabitants of this coun-
ny, makes an atick upon the libciy of ALL Every
'E'Wh icSan lis career 10y rendering eminent spen-
ma services to his country. Cesar had conquered
III. ""nis, subdued part OF Germany, and even
pointed oui Great Britain to the ambitious cupidtv
o' ms co"niiymen, before he turned his parricide
| arm against Rome itself speak not this now with
'e'c'encc only 10 the present occasion. But, Sir ~
rHnis begft y rants Beware"
we hnd lh ihis pamphlet, the secretary of states
| 'e''or TO The Judge, which was pretermed in Part
the i't In tlns, hearing date the Goth Oci the Sc
cretary OF state says &c / am directed 10y him (the
President Of the U 50 inform you, that the laws
oil the u States relative 10 The revenue and its collec-
lion, and those relating the slave Iate having
been the only ones extended by ac, of Congress TO
the territories of FluriJa il WIS 10 the execution on
Is of them that Your commission as Judge of the u s.
| WAS considered and intended to apply" He adds by
way Of soitenng the natter ain the different view
which you have taken of this subject he is persuaded
! that your motives aud intentions entirely pure
though he deeply regrets the collision of authority and
misunderstanding, which has arisen between the Co.
vernon oil the territory and you" This letter. not
making page, is the last and the only one on this
subject, the pamphlet before us, from the pofu Sc
inundated by the reception Of this laconic epis,e
goes on 10 denounce in the Interest terms the go.
| vcrnor's conduct.
Many of the documents in these three official PAM
| phles have been already pubIished--but we shall
| commence in our next such extracts from them, as
we may deem interesting TO readers.