Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-10-21

OF THE OPPOSITION
No. VLH
GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.
(coyTINUED.)

sSSho VI ptoiis, pcIsouul cA-
pressons Of private animosties heart -burnings dis.
satisactions, eaousies and revenge. II is in vain
that we search for moment, when he was at peace
with the world solicitous to live on tranquil
terms with individuals, or his country. II, for a
moment, he has been disengaged, unemployed,
in his private feuds, he has, in the fllness Of
his anxiety to indulge in controversies, mingled
with those OF others; and, instead Of attempting to
conciliate, he has always -endeavored TO enrage
the parties-who, but for ill., advised friends, would
settle their disputes in amicable manner, and
without resoring to the field Of honor, the field
Of personal combat has been called, by those who
are fond of the sport it presents.
1t is known, and the fact cannot be disguised by
the arts, the sophistry the false assertions of the
iiiends ol ANDREW JACKSON, that he is of all 9TH
er men, least calculated for the Presidency Of the
United States; and if he should ever reach that ex-
aled station, farewell to the Constituton-farewell
20 the American Republic. Ifpaced in the Presi.
Dental Chair, he would surround himself with the
individuals, who are now catering for his vanity !;
and his Cabinet would he formed Of such men, as
the world have beheld bow;ng before the golden calf
and licking The feet Of Royalty-aimng at power,
whilst they sycophantically fawned and whimper-
ed around the victims Of their fattery.
But this is mere episode, and we return to our
examination of some of the extraordinary incidents
connected with the history OF the notspur of the
West.
With view of doing justice to General JACK
SONS conduct. during the Seminole War, we fine
1t necessary to revert to the recolections of those
days, and to reflect upon transactions, which, O.
themselves, ought to warn the people against the
approach Of a military despot to that high Office,
which is the first and noblest of their gifts and #
we at one time behold Military Chieftain tramp
liog On the Constitution, and on the Law of Ma
lions, should we not be warned mol 10 tratst him?
At the onset of the contest in alusion, the first
step the General took, arbitrary one it was
in direct opposition to the instructions given him by
the War Department. Nay,h went further-and
in appointing his own officers, he assumed power,
vested in the Legislature Of the nation in the Presi
dent anL the Senate and in the States themselves.
This power is rendered the more valuable to the
States, they at the time of the usurpers iron
rule, 60 use the words of Mr.. LACocK) had surren-
dered to the General Government, their revenues,
and the physical forces Of the nation they could
ly look to the officers Of the militia, for security
against the possible abuse Of delegated power.
Contrary to all precedent, and in open violation of
the laws of the land and in direct contempt for the
Constitution, he raised and oficered an army OF
twenty five hundred men, and ordered them into
the service of the United States. Two hundred
and thirty officers were appointed, and their rank
established, from an Indian Brisadier General,
down to the lowest subaltern. Thus army
organised, without the knowledge Of the General
Government, holding itself irresponsible TO the laws
of the land for its acts, and led by desperate ad
venturer, into the territory ofa people with whom
we were at peace assailing their citades' laying
waste to their towns and numbering the inhabitants
Such was the assurance of the Commanding Gene
ral that he considered it not worth his while to ad
wise the President Of his movements, or to furnish
the names of his officers and men to the War De-
parment, till the pay-rolls were made out, and
paymen, demanded for their services.
The army, with its officers, he considered to be
entirely of his own creation, accountable for ali
their acts to HIM, and to him only: for he constu'
ted five of them a Court Martial, in trial of life
and DEATH True it is, that this court was consti-
,uted to arraign and investigate the conduct of two
British traders whom he pleased to denounce as
insidious emssaries but il he had the power to es-
tabl;sh q tribunal to condemn those two men, he
might have extended lis jurisdiction still further, on
the same principles, and condemned and executed
the chief executive Of Georgia.
The infiactons on the Constitution, here commit
ted by General JACKSON, have parallel in the
history Of this Republic they even outweigh the
acts Of AARON Burr flor, Whatever might
have been lis designs, or however well he might
have been prepared for treason, ho did not raise an
army on his own responsibility, and attack neu-
tral people. General JACKSON has offended, not
only against the Constitution, but against the public
will; nor is there anything to excuse him. Ills in
vain that his parasites attempt to defend him,
| by saying that he did "right thing in wrong
| way"--for it is unknown what might have been
his motives, or how far he intended to extend his
designs.
| aThe Constitution is the written expression OF
the peoples will, and beyond the control Of all the
| public functiouaries combined. And when that in