Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-12-20

OF LouIsIans, some time after the battle
| Of New. Orleans, has bsen the subject
OF many remarks and much discussion,
both among bis pa,tisans and bis epp0-
ssfs. Ills oppeseIs have called il illegal
and unconstitutional, and Of course ~
rsnnical and oppressive. His friends
have justified il on the ground OF State
nscsssity-eharging MF Louailier with
muiIny and exsillng mutiny, with beisg
a spy, &c sc. Dir LouaiIlier has pub
Ilsbsd history Of the Transaction, which
has given rise to the following article.
tses ms that he inserted an article IN q
newspaper ON the Sd of March, 1915,
complaining sfan order of Gen. Jack
sons, Commanding tie French residing
in Nav Orleans 10 leave that place in
ihFes days, aud to keep themselves a.
the distance Of one hundred and twenty
miles from tho city. For this be- was
arrested and impr,soSsa. aRd then
brought before court n.ssnsl to an
swes 10 No less than seven charges as a.
bove Dentioaed--sll arising cut Of the
article thus published. Alter denying
the jurisdiction ana authority oil the
court martial, and being overrulsd, hs
suffered the case 10 60 on withsut call.
ing witness or nsking any defence.
Tie was, hovevsr. acquitted. General
Jackson disapproved OF the sentence OF
course and gave hia rsa,eRs. AZ soon
- M. Lsuaill,er was arrested, he ep'
piled to Judge Hall of the District
Court If the United sta,es far haheas
Corpus, which was granted. Instead
of pay ing obsdience 10 the writ. Gen j.
ordered the DlstEici Judge hio sslf 10 bs
arrested for lssuing ii, aud bad hi ia im
prlsoned. The District Jodge employ
ed the U. s. District Attorney TO procure
habsos corpus 10 his own case, fr, a.
Judge Lewis Judgs under the State
authority fer procuring " iet the Al.
Ipraey ass arrested, and an order WAS
isausd by Gen. j. fur arrcs,ing Judge
i.swi. for granting the hG6eas corpus an
(ayor cf Judge Hall. Here thea wers
Tires arrests, and an order for fourth,
under the authority OF Gen. j in TIE
proceedings relating TO which, the rights
aad security Of che asverai Individuals
wsrs Totally d'srsgardsd, aud the su-
thsrity aud sanctity 81 The civil laws ut
tsrly dsspised, aud trsmpled under foot.
Il nust be scknawlsdged that q strong
necessity must have existed to Justify
such outrageous proceedings. We vail
sadesvss TO asssrtaia tas facts respect
ing il.
The battle Of New. Oslesps. il will be
rscelleetsd, happened ON the STA Of
Jan. 1875. On tbs 2ist Of Jan. General
jackson and the araay left tho field el
BATHS, 10 return 20 New Orleans
Tive regiments received orders Tea
sscsmp at a place called Where's plan
iation. III will easily be imagined"
ssys Mr. Lsusilisr, bow PAINFUL such
an order must have been fer these tive
regiments. which, az party OF the lazy
en- mGsss. were eoEposed ct ths greater
part Of lbe sltixsas oi New-oFlesns, be.
tween tba ages of IS and as years.
These militia men ware deeply wousdsd
al bang thus deprived Of the happiAess
Of returning to the bosom Of their tam
lies, at the ssma ti0ae that this favor
wa, granted 10 ths battslhon Of volun-
ieers under the command Of Major
Plashe, and the eoloFed mea under Ma
lor Dsquen" aWhy did he retain III csc
mllitiamea without the city, while ths o.
Tiers. and even tha corps of regulars.
were allowed to enter it2n-lD this state
OF thing, il would seem, and in conss-
cna,~a IF fha t1rnnsina.s felt and az.
pressed, Gen. jackson issued his pc
vemptsry order tor the renewal oil the
Frenchmen in the city to the distance OF
100 miles in the country. That they
should have been uneasy, is not strange;
not merely because they were unneees-
sarily and arbitrarily kept from their
families and their homes: but they were
probably apprehensivs Of the effect Of
their exposure TO the most destructive
diseases. Ii is stated in one OF the doc
umen,s accompanying NJ Louaillisrs
account, that the troops from Kentucky
and Tennessee were stationed upon
plantations and that in one month no
less than Eve hundred Of them fell vic
Tins to diseases which originated among
them
What makes Gen. J.'s conduct to-
wards Mr.. Louaillier the more remarka.
BILE is, that the publication which was
the cause Of il appeared, as il is assert.
cd by that gentleman AS days after Gen.
Jackson had left the field OF battle, and
returned to New Orleans As days after
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