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ne OF one thousand dollars to the United States. The
General paid the fine and was discharged
Louisiana Gazette, .aprH i9, 1915.
ooMMuNIcATIoN
Judge Hall has seen, in late paper, publication
called Answer Of Major General Jackson" and
has observed much art exered to divert the public
attention from the outrage which he committed
against the laws, and to direct it elsewhere The
distinct charge against General Jackson was, that,
while the Judge of the United States was exercising
one OF the most important functions of his office he
was imprisoned by order of the General that the
process of the Court was treated with dsrespeot !;
that the officers of the Court were menaced; and
finay that, by threats and violence, the course of
justice was obstructed. In answer to this, the
General talks OF mutny and desertion in his camp;
OF the Judges having once approved Of martial law;
and OF his having manifested apprehensi0ns of the
fate Of the country ,isgraceful to himself, and nur-
Gus to the State, while on his route to Bayou Sarah
Why was not this language used before the 5th
March, the day on which the Judge made the order
that habeas corpus shall issue in the case of MIR
Loualier? Judge Hall had been four weeks in
town before that period he conversed with Gene
raj jackson at the funeral Of Mr.. ButOrd, and was
cordially received by him; he was till that day
almost constantly visited by the intimate friends Of
the General. Who heard before that day of
charge OF exciting mutiny and desertion! Or that
Judge Hall had been guilty of military offence ?
This is all pretence. 1t is made apparent by the
testimony Of Major Winston, Major Claiborne,
and others, and by the evidence Of circumstances.
Nay, il is established beyond all doubt by the an
swer Of the General HIMSELF on oath. This answer
goes to show that il the issuing Of the habcas
corpus that constituted the Judges offence Judge
Hall was arrested four hours before General Jack
son had seen the original petition, which he after
wards withheld from the Clerk, and before lie had
made the wonderful discovery that the figure had
been turned INTO 6. The Genera, in his answer,
observes, that this alteration in the date was such
evidence OF personal, not judicial interference,
as justified the idea he then formed, that the Judge
approved Of Louaillier's conduct, and supported
his attempt to excite mutiny and desertion" But
how could this discovery, made at 12 O'Clock, ON
sunday night, have influenced the General in his
arrest OF the Judge at O'Clock the same evening
And yet, at that time he arrested, and, shortly
afterwards, committed to the barracks II must
again be repeated, that il the issuing of the
habeas corpus that made the Judge criminal. On
the afternoon of the 5th, the General was informed
by Mr.. Morel, the counsel OF Mr.. Louaillier, that
the order for habeas corpus was made returnable
on the next day at / o'clock On the evening Of
that day Judge Hall was arrested. In the evening
the General Informed the Marshal he had ssshoppyd'
the Judge, and would serve every man who should
interfere with his camp. On the same evening,
the General threatened Major Claiborne with his
military order, saying, at the same time, 6 he had
no prejudice against the Judge" Major Winston
SAYS that General Jackson did not intend to pay
any attention to the writ. Mr.. Dupfesis states.
that, from the whole tenor Of the conversation which
he had with the General, disposition was mani
tested by him to disregard it. The General him
self says in his answer, . writ Of habeas corpus
was directed to be issued for Loualier's enlarge
ment The civil magistrate seemed to think it his
duty to enforce the enjoyment Of civil rights; an
unbending sense of what be seemed to think the
conduct which his station required, might have in
duced him to order the liberation of the prisoner
No other course remained, but to enforce the prin-
8 ciples which he had laid down for his guide, and
to suspend the exercise Of judicial power when it
, interfered with the necessary means of defence.
The only way etfectually to do this. was to place
the Judge in situation in which his interference
could not counteract the measures Of defence, or
give countenance to the mutinous disposition that
had shown ltselin SO alarming degree" Mere
" to have disobeyed the writ would have but in
creased the evil and to have obeyed it, was wholly
repugnant to the respondents IDEAS Of the public
safety, and TO his own sense of duty; the Judge
was therefore confined, and removed beyond the
, lines Of defence" Here then is an express avow-
al that the Judge his object. and not he
( serted in open Court, with what propriety the
world will judgc) the individual Dominick Angus
tine Hail. fiis OBJECT was to suspend the eXer-
else Of judicial power" With equal piopret,y
and consistency, does General jackson state, in his
ninth exception, that the writ was serves. after
the return thereof, by whereof he could not
comply with the tenor thereof had he been SO dis
posed" II appears in evidence, that when the
writ was handed BY the Marshal. the General said
he did not know that he would read it, and then
laughingiy inquired, " Mr.. Marshal is II not past
II O'Clock ?' This happened at four or i!.c in the
t afternoon. Who on the night Of tie 5th threaten
; ed the Clerk with his general order Was not
! General Jackson's conduct calculated 10 inspire
! terror and dismay, and to cause tlelav Yet he