Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-15

haze acquitted Col. DGCis OF any conducl deSsTO"S
Of censure, ON The right bank Of the riuer," And
he compliments them" (says MIR. Moore) "in
his general order of the l4th March, 1915, in
The following guage,-"The MAJOR General
is at length enabled to perform the pleasing
task Of restoring 10 Tennessee, Kentucky, Loui-
siana and Mississippi, the brace troops who have
acted such distinguished part IN the war
which has Just terminated. In restoring these
bydve men to their homes, much exertlon is eX-
pected OF, and great responsibility held on, the
commanding officers Ct the different corps.
SO much foi the testimony OF General Jacksor's
friend +. p Moore. MIR. Henry, his other
Kentucky friend and companion, makes 80 the
same quotation from Niles Weekly Register.
Now gentle reader, attend TO the solemn and
last opinions of the General on this same sub
iect, which were published TO the world in 1917;
upwards of two years after he had approved the
sentence of the Court Of Inquiry, and published
the general order as above stated, 1t will be
found that he not only made the charge again,
against the Kentucky troops after solemnly
stating that positive proof had satisfied him he
was wrong, but that he is also guilty OF gross
contradiction utterly irreconcileable with vera
city. In the extract from his letter OF April Cd,
1915, to Gen Adair, he says, that he made the
report 10 the Secretary of War on the author-
" Of General Morgan and Commodore Patter-
son: now we will show, that he has since stated
that he Witnessed the inglorious flight himself.
As 10 the general address 10 his army, in which
he boasts OF having shewn so much impartlall-
~ to every corps and description Of troops his
treacherous memory must have forgotten It's
contents Although there were 1900 Kenluck-
ians actively engaged on the left bank of the
river, who were principally, instrumental III
gaining the victory Co and who according to
his own statement, behaved well, yet General
Adair was the only one, whose name is men
toned in this impartial address, and even the
compliment, 10 him was so given, tina: it was
construed TO be sarcasm on the rest OF the
Kentucky troops a.
In his letter to the Editors Of the Reporter,
dated Nashville April II, 1917 almost in the be-
ginning; he d, MES that he added the weight OF
his dsapprobation, to the official reports of the
affair of the eighth Of January, made by Com
modore Patterson and by General Morgan and
thereby brand those two officers with the, infa
my Of having reported fasehoods." In the same
letter he savs," Will now add that the fill cie,c
,rhich IAad from TIE parapet Of my hns Of defence
gaze me full eUidsace Of the ingtOrious flight Of the
troops on tie right banks before tie enemy. And
although | could not distinguish between corps
still it was clearly seen that the right (where
the Kentuckans were posted) first gave way, s
no where dbl behold that manly defence
which expected except from Patterson's bat
teries which were well served" Again,"I Will
barely observe that it is impossible TO write
men into heroes, who fly before weak enemy
without the least manly resistance" "the troops
in question, haye not been so much detained,
or the injustice done them notorious as you
su posed" And lastly, towards the conclusion
Of his epistle, by way OF consolation, and to
show, how forbearlng be was towards the cow
ardice Of the Kentuckians; he tells US he has not
published the whole truth, that detachment
under Col. Kinds, had also disgraced them
selves, but in tender mercy, he had withheld the
infamy of their conduct from the world
In SIS April I'd as quoted above by his friend
Mr.. Moore he says. "Ihe court OF Inquiry,
greatly to my satisfaction, have acquitted Col
Davis Of any conduct deserving Of censure, on
the right bank Of the river" Bat 0 People Of
Kentucky! hear him in 1917, speaking of the
same sentence of the court Of Inquiry. When
(S)a view is taken of the decision Of the Court
Of Inquiry: the time when it took place;-when
the danger had passed, and the JOY attendant on
success, had induced feeling in every breast,
(from the influence Of which the court could
not have been exempt,) 20 bury and excuse ev-
cry thing that might tend to lessen the general
Joy or tarnish the American character; added
to which when we take into view that the IN
quiry was conducted without a prosecutor,
that only such evidence was adduced, as the in
dividual who soughtit thought proper to bring
before the court, say when il is perceived that
under all these circumstances the court barely
found them 'excusable' ii must be acknowledged
that The reports of Commodore Patterson and Gen.
Morgan cere strictly true; thrust at least ,cR be
believed that Ihaue erer considered them So So
much opposed did he at last, become TO the o.
pinion ofthe court Of Inquiry "excusing" the
Kentuckians, that he positively asserts, that
some oil the officers on whose testimony the
sentence was based perjured themselves (9)
Such are the last declarations Of Gen Jackson,
relative to the conduct of the detachment of
troops, on the right bank Of the river, whatev-
er his partisans may now say to the contrary.
The following correct narrative (lo) OF the
proceedings of the court of inquiry were pub
lished In consequence of the above statements,
and although Gen. Jackson was confronted with
names, he never in any Of his subsequent cor
| respondence attempted to controveit them, ex-
cept by his own unsupported assertions GAS
the General we'll knows that there never is
public prosecutor employed in court Of in
quiry, why has he stated that the inquiry in this
case was conducted without prosecutor. AL