Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-12

swer TO his letter on tina, subject" tn.
no comment. ANS NEEDS
The committee give US cormid,h,.
RATION oi mu'inous acts, riot, robbery, b,,s; %'e
breaking up ovens and bake houses, fo,c,,,"ms,
! suppose, or presuming The public b,lSf Sung,
ten. tia, by the documents they puLlj,hs%SS'
spring il appeared, Of all these ,hirpx ,S sn at
were acquitted. II is true, indeed ,h ,"' men
their term of service had expired, The men wren
ced in wilderness, at distance fror, pa
without Subsistence, or the means Of brorn.'
it on their way, did forcibiy take r.!i,n n,Tni
the public stores, cunceiving tie Soy,rr,
bound to suppori them Until their ..gurn 49,,
!! in this they were wrong, the cons,rn,,,.,,',c;
the law on tina, subject had been given ,,gn nv Ut
General Jackson himself; the folowin. ,,,o.S,
of winch is given by his biographer E,,o,
o. General Jackson in 1918, having m,,,br1
a body oil militia 10 Nalchez, there recriyrd .,
ders TO dismiss his troops, and de!i,er ~ ~
tie public stores to General Wilkinson
Refusing obedience To This order.h,c.,
he resolved 10 march back his army, SA,lnl
from the s,oses such supplies as were rrc,,,,,,
lol hem Oh their return. General WIlsin,o!!
to whom the public property WAS dnr,,eJr,
be delivered, leaning that lhe dctcrmin,,;,,
had been taken, to march the troop, back ,,I
take with them so much OF that ,,ror,r,.,
shouli be necessary for their r,lulu, alyu,,,,I
ed Jackson in a letter Of sulerDn aud my ,,ri.,,
import, OF the awful and dlnGrrous re,.g,I
billy he was taking on himself by rpg, M.
sure. Gen. Jackson replied, Tia, his eool,.,
and the consequences to which it mirh, lad
had beer. deliberately weighed, and laa, he W.,
prepared to abide the result" jackson Lr.
shows that he bad right sen.e Of The mug,
obligation between the militia and The govern,
ment; bat for acting under similar sense Of
this obligation, Harris and his fellow sult,gr.
were executed.
Another remark, and SHALL for he pytser,
close my observations on this subject. III.
committee Informed US las, spring, that On Ii.
trial il was given in evidence, tina, the men A.
piled 10 some Of their officers, who informli
them they knew no law by which they could ls
compelled TO serve longer than three monll,
and although two or three Of the officers were
equally guilty with The men, their lives wev
spared, contrary TO all military prrccdenr
whilst the men were executed. Could tits lay.
happened because the men WIRE cpnsidersl
poor, helpless, defrnceess, and obscure, whose
fale was not likely 10 excite sympathy, nor
make much noisr? \ MIIlllAlAN.
p. S-Since wiring the above. ! have seen
the correspondence between the Secretary Of
War and Gen. Green on The subject, and 10 the
attentive reader il is unnecessary 10 say it docs
not alter the argument in any respect The
letter of The Secretary only shows tie hcr,
which We knew before, iha, the men were mu.,
tered into ssrrice for sir months but does not
show that this was legally done. and Of court
cannot show Mui Tie men were kgaliy 5omib
serUe that lime. Again the Secretary SAYS tEtI;
terms Of service generally commenced on The
Goth of June. Now does this gene ally en-
brace Harris and his fellow sufferers!