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pal ports Ot Coqutmoos
Conce p,oD, in Chill; africa and Caiioa'
in Peru; or OF Tehuantepec, Acapulco
and San Blass, in Mexico. Nature In'ena'
ed. if ever tue industry OF The people
should second her efforts, that Porto "a
yello. SavaniIIa. at the immediate mouth
of The Magdalena, Angosiura and Guaya.
quill, as the most important pOrtss 0 OF Sna'
country. io''
From III. Richmond Enquirer. March 70.
GENERAL JACKSON-No. 4.
I. has been the fortune Of Gen. jack
son in every situation where ne has
been trusted with great authority''o
signalze himselfin some way or othef.
Power in his hands is not very apt 70
sleep, His ardent temper hurries him
into measures, from the responsibility
of which his independent spirit dlsaalHs
to shrink.
Florida ha. been destined to witness
the exhibition botn of his military ana
civil powers. As a General, he has oc-
eupied the Spanish forts; subsequently,
asa Governor, he arrested the Spanish
Col. Caliava, and summoned an Anne.
ricau Judge to answer to charge OF
contempt.
tits unnecessary to enter into the
particulars of these Transactions
They are too recent to be forgotten.-l IL
| 10 sufficient to touch upon few OF the
points which they deveiope--Fhey
show that Gen. Jackson does not pos
sess that equanimity of temper when
is SO essential to the due administration
OF the powers Of the Chief Magistrate.
Itis not necessary to decide whether
Col. Callava was at the time of his ar
rest Commissary on the part OF Spain,
as her minister contends in his letter OF
9th October, l82l-or whether ms
functions had ceased las Mr.. Adams
states in reply with the expiration Of
the six months from the exchange OF
the notifications of the treaty. Yet ne
had been SO recently the representative
of the Spanish Government, that Zen
Jackson was bound to manifest every
courtsey towards him, which was COM
pa,iole with the duty which he owed to
his own country. When Callsva, there
fore, detained certain papers which
ought to have been surrendered VIII
the other archives, was the Govern
or's course towards him as forbearins
az circumstances permitted?
What course did he actually takei
When Gen. J. ascertained that the pa
pers had been sealed up in boxes, in the
possession of Callava or his steward ;
and that they would not voluntarily sur
render them, he directed them both tt
be arrested by military guard ans
brought before him. Here scene o
vHv t}srrv1s. me gsneraFs manner wa:
animated-his language warm, and he
struck the table with vehemence. Or
Callava's refusing to deliver the pa,
pers, the General ordered him to be
committed to a military guard-and
then his house to be searched, the box.
es to be broken open, and the papers te
be taken out. Callava was then set al
liberty.
But what course might Gen. J. have
taken? lie might Immediately have
ordered the search to be made, and the
papers taken out Of the boxes, withou,
Offering the violence to the person OF
Callava. These military arrests,
this impassioned language might all
have been avoided, without defeating
in the slightest degree the ends Of pub
lie jussice.-Look to ST. Augustine,
where similar object was to be at
tanned. Sec The difference between
Secretary Wor.hington and Governor
Jackson. WoS,hing on appointed three
Commissioners, to wait upon Colonel
Copplnger, the late commissioned at ST.
| Augustine. when the following scene
took place:
Extract from Report ofths Commissioners
In the mean time one OF the nnder-
signed, accompanied by one of the Sec
retaries to this conmi ssion, and the
Sheriff of St. Johns county, proceeded
to the House Of Col. Coppinger, and
made similar demand and received
the same answer as given by Don En-.
ira slao the Notary a request was
then made that Col. Coppinser would
be present when the papsrs in his pos
session should be taken, aud was also
requested to affix his seal to the boxes,
together with one of undersigned, there
10 remain until an examination Of the
papers shoold take place. both of which
propositions were rejected by him--he
continued to protes, against all the pro-
ceedings of the Undersigned, and refus,
ed TO open the door of his office. The
undersigned then proceeded, as the on
ly alternative left them, to force open