Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-19

| was one ana out one way Wy WHICH VIC Sooia
hope for success, that he must have strong
corps Of reserve, to meet the enemys main CO.
!umn, wherever it pproached-atter some iur-
Their conversation on the subject he agreed that
should act with the Kentucklans as a reserve
corps and directed me to select my ground Tor
encampment, to govern my men as thouSht
most proper, that would receive no orders,
but from himself--this arrangement was YER
bal. | received no written order on the SUD-
! ject-In consequence of this encamped In the
rear Of the centre Of the whole line, without
any reference TO General Carrots command |
Immediately informed Col. Slaughter and the
field officers of my command OF our destlna-
ton, that in case Of accident 10 myself they
might be prepared 10 carry II INTO effect In
obedience to this arrangement on the morning
OF the eighth, as soon as we discovered the enc
! my were IN motion, the kentuckians were form
ed IN two lines, in close order and marched
within about so yards OF the breast work and
halted. went to the breast work myself TO
! see where the main column OF the enemy would
| approach-the fog was thick and 1t was not YET
| day, could only Judge from their noise as they
advanced. The enemy soon commenced the
| attack, with their cannon and rockies, | then
! discovered their main column * returning 10
| the Kentucky line ordered Colonel Slaughter to
march with his right, near to the nearest OF our
batteries-his right would govern the whole
| the men were not al the breast work more than
| two or three minutes when the enemy approach
ed and our musketry commenced hrlnS then
discovered the cnemy's column was somewhat
further TO the left than expectcd-three com
panics were Instantly ordered from Col. Slaugh-
ter's RICH, and marched to the left. IhaUe erer
been of opinion and still am that Il ,Cas o'cing 10
this disposition of the troops, that the enemy ccrs
repuised: had We been placed on any part of the
line with our due proportion Of lit defend, no
part Of it would have been strong enough TO
repel this co.umn-their discipline was such
| that they could only be checked by shooting
them down
OF the nagrant injustice of General Jackson
towards the Kentucky troops and the INJURY
which he was always ready TO do the honor and
character Of the state, there is ample proof
Colonel Alney Mclean begins his letter to
Adair, to which have before referred, thus,
81 am truly sorry that General Jackson has,
since his return from Orleans, afforded such
! strong evidence, to confirm the belief which
frequently heard expressed while under his
command al Oreans-that he was inimlcal TO
the reputation Of the Kentucky detachment, and
had and wOad do injustice 70 them in his Off
cial reports. 1t is disagree" able to me to say
any thing against General Jackson, or any Off
Ger and soldier on that campaign; as the Ia
tigues, privations and hardships which we en-
dared, and the service we rendered our COM
mon sountry, ought TO unite us like a band OF
brothers But when the General, whose duty
i, is, and who ought to take a pleasure in de-
Tending the reputation Of ell the troops who
contributed to raise him TO the highest pima
Gle Of honor auaiis himself Of that elevation to
DEGRADE and dishonor u part Of his command JUS
tice requires that true statement OF facts
should be given 10 the public, that they may
Judge imparlially between the General and his
soldiers General Adair (l6) speaking Of
Jackson's official reports and letters, says Gle
has found no cause for praise (oF the Kent uck-
ians,) and if he really knew that his praise or
his blame, his enmity or his friendship, can eX-
cite no feelings in my mind, bit contempt for his
mean mafgnity as q man, and diGh0nOyG6fe par
hadiy as an officer he would NOT again be pro-
fuse of either" So much for the v,racity, JUS
tce and magnaniml,y Of ANDREW Jackson, the
hero Of New-Orleans, and second Washington
Of our country"
His implacable enmity to Kentucky has brok-
en- out on several occasions, since his last con-
troversy with Adair. His hatred and denun-
Citations Of the relief system when it was at
| tempted 10 be introduced into Tennessee are
well known; but his fury against il when intro
duced into Kentucky became ridiculous ma
ny Kentuckians must we'll recolleCt, who have
! visited his residence the Hermitage. 1t was
adopted in our state, and Of course The Gene
raj was unsparing in the severity Of his re-
marks. | do not mention this because am
friend to the system, am opposed both to the
measures and the men who devised them. But
to show the unvarying i'll feelings which he has
cherished towards Kentucky. Some Of ourre
lief judge-bre aking leaders have lately became
very fond Of him. They may congratulate
themselves, that his Head Quarters were in
Tennessee and not in this state, for Judging
from his deep adherence Of their principles
and conduct; it is not improbable he might
have deemed it his duty to have hanged them
under some "of the rules and articles Of War;"
as he said he would have done the members of
the Hartford Convention if he had been the
General commanding in New England
Even in the Senate Of the United Safes, he
could not forget his former hostility. When
the tariff was under discussion, he was in favor
of all its material items except the duty, that
was proposed to be laid on Cotton Bagging,
the most important article in which we were
interested. BY reference to the National In
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