Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-10-10

a." Hetny Horn, Secretaries, of the Commit
zee Or Superintendent and pfgiiance to
'"e e"y ana County Of PHILADELPHIA.
tConnued.l
"u, aho'her objection and one which presses
heavily on the mind of Mr.. Roberts. is ,ha, Nj
Cameron, soldier in Jackson's division :. ,na.
put 10 death without the form of trial and bs boI,
lett unburled, prey TO Vultures' The eviden
intention here, was TO impress belief that IN,
eehersl himself was the ise of the deed helm,
done, or else why did Mr.. Roberts offer more ~
serion' why did he not state by whom il ba,
zen oone, ana the circumstances in relation to #
Iuiy ana larry again is further evidence az
ioIded OF the dread prejudice which infe,ts hi.
mna' And is Andrew Jackson by some new
| lashiohed system OF ethics 10 be held resnonsbIe
Ior every thing that happened in his division
Benedict Arnold was a traitor and secretly rrar
USED treason In Gen. Wa.hing on's division and 50
100 within that same division, was Major Andre
'.'es'e' ana executed as spy; but did any BODY,
al mat period OF our history or has any one s,nce
considered 1t necessary to hold Wasbington a..
couhtaDie Tor those acts and yet he should he held
accountable precisely jackson should h. Tor rho
usath OF cameron. But lie was no, killed in Jack
son division; 1t is mis-sta,emen ON the MAJ,
VI WI NooeI's' and one which he must have
SHOWN 10 be incorrect at the time he made il. -
cameron was Killed In F!orida-wiihil. the terri
toIy oil SPAN, and within fifteen miles of pensa
cola, on the 9Th of September 1878 ,b,ee -
oeAofe was attached TO The United States and
consequently at the time referred to- formed M
part oil The military division Of this country.
| N""neloh VINO was deserter, was shot by or
oei' VI |oi' Ains. Subsequently King was ar
iesteo' and The eAecuten of a soldier without trial
was one Oh the charges preferred against hin, on
his trial lie was suspended for five re,,s .rd
last year died Pray then, who was cuJ,.bIs -
TINS business bat Col. King himself? jackson, was
NOT iteseh'-was not in That section of country:
Shu IN iact not nearer 10 The Transaction than Nash
Vlie, distance of four hundred mile. ILpo,v
OF no rule, by which 10 render one man lishl. aod
ahswefao!e Tor the msdeeds of another. when be
- "oSen'-'Snoiant OF what is about 10 be done
and wholly without the means OF preventing il
as well might Judge be eldre,pousibIe Tor .ys,v
crime committed In the range of hi. circ,,it
intend not TO enter into any formal discussion,
OF this matter, because il is NOT necesssr. W.
'her IL iorins any excuse for Col King that he
was IA ioreigh country and in presence of = force
tbat might speedily have been converted into A..
active enemy, does not pertain 10 the present in
curry. That was matter for the court which passed
ms eohuuct In ievlew before them Il is enough
mat lie was punished by a competent tribunal
mere let II res. My objection lies in this. tIa,
UT hcotits has no well founded night 20 hold
ven. Jackson answsrabie for tie acts of others:
ala wEen he SEXES hold on such circumstance ,n
produce against him unfavorable impressions in the
pubic mind, II is but further evidence of tb. n,.
Juaice under which he Is aboring. Mr.. Roberts
was member of the Senate In the winter off ISIS
~, when all and every thing relatlng In III. S.,,i
mole war was discussed and examined in Cono,o.s
lie well knew the trial OF Col KIM ,o,l- -
IN 1871, and that subsequently, the ufoceed:na. -,
the court were published. With tbs information
ueioIe MIN, he must have kHown, and did koo,y
that Cameron shot near TO Pensacola il ,oa
'e'nU'y OF iofids, and not In Jackson's division
as ne mas asserted And even il 1t had been in hi.
H.'is'ol, ne was no more liable for il than yeas
Gen w ashngton for the treason of Arnold. y,
than Judge would be for the crime. commute, -
MS circuit, whose powers extended merely IN rho
Furnishing Tor offences committed, not 10 the ore.
venting them. pa
might be content here 10 STAY any G,,tbe, on
curry, and leave the accuracy o, the REMAINING
charges coniained III the address of MIR. Roberts
10 DE determined by what has already been n,e
sented. But my design is 10 show that every nm,
ne mas urged Is alike unenable and unfounded-
"h 'hiS view proceed 10 a consideration OF the
o'her points OF attack which stand before the puh.
lie, Under the sanction OF his namei IynrIa,f,i
WeJuclce! tie will leave to Jackson no.hiop-n,,|
even Tue humble merit oihsvng defended his conn
Iy' OF saving her from pill,ge AID Outrage. l.,
was = MI Monfoe's extraordinary excrtioos. will
"''' Madison ; cooperation, that prepared The de
'ensive force Tor n. Orleans. and urged Gen. Jack
son 10 repair there Such is tie language Of VI
hobrTt-, such The accusation he prefers
This truly Is new discovery In the Ii.,orr NJ
our country; and as every author Possesses A.,
ambition, that bis facts should be aceu,.te
however oadiy they may be thrown together. il =.
nor unreasonable 10 ask, that he should difer, On
uhIhloFHIsd community 10 the data whence hi
opinions were formed. They are MOI i, ,bo Ta
paf'ment OF Wsr, well know. From Mr. Njonroo
'hey were not Obtained; for however efficient N.
services may have been, during our recent contes.
80 ~ "C'' 10 benefit hinsei, pluck single leaf
- - no 'f'e wreath, which he well knows
JACKSON wOYe Tor himself, It'll less for The al os
aiding another, amidst diffcultje. vbicb Laataea
bdo 10 encounter and sub!ue " Re,,Is, ,,n,,
Cesar, that which is Ce.ar's:' and let Az NI.E
%" anu -lr. Monroe, claim every honor and r,ybt
''''' - '"ei' = we aid not suiiy or take a ain
&c "''e away; yet to ascribc 10 either of tbc.n
any portion OF the efforts made al Ne,v O. i.,us
" "c means OF defence resorted to, is 10 tender
mem nose things, which they have too much mar
"'","''y 10 accept. Such was not the LANGUAGE
AZ 'He oioSe OF the war; aud truth will not sustain
-. Dy 'hose TWO distinguished individuals
"O'Hl'e 'hsn was cloifned. The whole coun,rv
nad awarded whatever need of prai.e 90 ,,,,o -
JACKSON II then Mr.. Roberts, alter a I,nse nj ,o,
years. would change tbs order of things ,,retbir
liO'e man assertion must he Necessary and ,yu he
required Of him ''0 " ia 0e
nave Already said, that never was an army COIN
PoSeo Of more d'corJant materials than thar ,Lct
nlaue up the defence Of Louisiana: viii, lac go
~" oi we fih and 44th regiments, amounting IN
/ sOOu' 'VO men, there were volunteer militia srJ
-" '"lIua, Dlack troops aud white troons. \.
Is''I'ns' FIehchinen, and SpanIafds; Sailors and
Lahd'inen, all MKT together, and constitr,,r, ,Is
strength Of our army To give d,,,c,io,, ,nJo ,'
cheney to these--sof 10 arrange TIN. ,lis.,,t, -.
as that u should be blended sod -. ~