Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-03-26

his arrest. The Secretary considers this suffi
cientrecompenseSo FOR all Lieut.. Keunon's ,orongs /.
pricu<ions! aud expenses The Court pronounce
no censurc upon his Prosecutor, nor does the
Secretary deem it proper for him to bestow any
mark of apprehension for libellous and anony-
NOUS attack upon subordinate officer the char
ges against whom a select Court, after duly
aud maturely considering the same" declare are
ssnyt y,roued."y!
I" Withholding the sentence from Lieut.. X.
uatil the eve ofthe Peacock's sailing, complete
1y dePrives him of the right he has to a copy of
tn , proceedings for publication, and was assur-
ed, at the Department that nothing but the sen
tcnce would be sent to the Press ttut quarter!
SHY authority iustiies the most implicit reli-
ance upon these facts, and impart them to YOU
with equal confidence in their truth.
&C In a course like this, and with reference to
one of the most aggravated insults to which a
young officer was ever subjected, am sorry to
say, but one opinion prevails with regard to the
new Secretary! Might against Right must now
be considered as the doctrine of the Navy De-
par tment!
&c Il trust there will MT be voice in the coun-
try TINT will not be raised against such systena-
ticoppression, nor Press that will not freely be
employed to give its denunciation the most am
pie circulation and effect. Let the friends of the
Navy Look to this in ol."-Cb.
Ertrdc! Ola letter totte cf'or of tie Herald,
dltei
"WAsHING TON, 18th March, 1924
DeIr Sir-The sentence of the Court Mar
tial upon Mr.. Kennon is a '..fun ac9uit1E" upon
ecsry cturge aai specification but the Court go
no further!
lie is.orierei to the Pacific In the Peacock
and if report tells true, this is a step by the
tpowers that rule the roast" stiae all further en-
qnry about the famous Georgia libel for, it
Is understood here, the Secretary will make no
partof the proceedings public but the sentence,-
All making keanon's sailing nearly sinu,tane-
ots with knowle lg ofhs sentence, puts it out
OF hii power to get any thing else for that pur.
pose.
No steps are to be taken against the prose-
c1or, though the Court have declared that the
canrse; an specifications are not proped :"
6 make this known to you to satisfy the Gu
riosty know your readers have about the late
Court Martial, and sugg cst it asdue to justice and
the honodr of the Navy, whether il will not be
expelient for Lit. kennon to publish all that he
can, to wit,--b:s d feace.-The public will from
that, an told, be able to comprehend something
or transaction OF which they are tobc officially
kept ignorant, but w'iicl they have only to know
TO stamp with their severcst apprehension.
s'The O,ficers here, under the rank Captain, ;
hope some independent Member of Congress
will call for the proceedings ofthe Court martial,
Amen sayI ID.
.Ne,o Yort--Thc N. York american recon-
mcnds State ConUentiOn, to he held during the
summer, for the purpose of expressing the SEN
tirnents of New York in distinct manner, res
pccting the Presidential candidates, as will
serve to guide and control the choice of an cleo
toral ticket, by the Legislature, in November
next, and adds
This goes on the presumption that the die is
cast as TO the electoral law, and that it will not
be revived during this session. 1t may be how
ever, that the representatives of the people will
think it their duty to revive the bill in the House,
again pass it, and again put it to the Ito re-
ject, if they dare. Iftrs course is not adopted,
then the people must act directly--and they
cannot begin too soon. 1t is not matter of
doubt that all the candidates before the public,
MIR. Adams has the most positive strength, as he
has the highest and most UNREASONABLE quail
fcations for the station of Chief Magistrate !;
naxt to hmm in public estimation stands General
Jackson. Why look further? Let it be un-
derstood that the voice of New York designates
for the two first stations, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
for President, and ANDREW JACKSON, for Vice
President; and that voice will be. re-echoed
from the east and west; from the shores of the
Mississippi to the St. Croix; from the sea-board
to the wiiderness--that voice, and that alone as
we sincerely believe, will silence the clamours
of faction, and speak the honorable, disinte-
rested, sentiments Oft this free people.
n Patriot tn distress.-An American Revo-
lutionary Officer major Swan, (of Boston) is
said to be in the prison of st. Pelogie, in France
for debt, and has been there fifteen years. A
NewYork paper proposes, in this age of liberal
ity, to raise subscription and procure the dis
charge of this old compatriot in arms of La Fay
cite and Washington, that he may return tc
his country.
From The Norfolk Beacon.
We have been politely favored by friend, with
the following extract of letter from an officer of the
L, S. Schooner Shark, dated,
s'.H anchor Of Ponio .4ntoni del Sardo,
February 10, 1924.