Delaware journal., 1827-11-09

subject, and you may thus give us new, and per-
haps better version Of this tale, if you are not yet
sick of IT, and think the world can be made to believe
it By all means, go on--Your tales, to be sure,
have aided our cause, giving the people glimpse
.fthe character your Hero and some ofhis friends.
But your wits are not yet exhausted, and your fab
rcations though of late rather short lived may keep
some fainting hearts spirits, and rouse the dor
mant energies of many g lukewarm Jacksonan, -
if we may be permitted to use the language of the
Richmond Enquirer, who, like some Delaware pat
riots, now advocate the claims of the General,
though it once declared his election would be "a
curse to the country
We have tried, in vain to publish all the phases
of the Palladium and Post story. 1t is worthy of
remark, that the Delaware member Of Congress,
mentioned in that tale has not appeared in public |;
and there is silence in another quarter not alto
geher indicative of any good to be obtained by the
Combination by further stirring the subject.
= The Nashville Committee have published an or
der Of Willie Blount Governor of Tennessee, dated
MAY IUa 1olf III WHiCH appears lInt SoFC'-
nor authorised General Jackson to 9 order out one
thousand militia infantry Of the sd Diuision for the
term of sir months, aaless discharged by the
order of The President Of The United States or you
may accept tender Of service Of the above number
Of volunteer infantry from the second division for
the aforesaid term" &c.
Gov. Blounts authority for this order, the mate
rial part of which we have quoted, are in the opinion
Of the Nashville Committee, the following letters.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Jan. tn, 1894.
"Sir.-You are authorised supply by militia
drafts, or BY volunteers, any deficiency which may
arise in the militia divisions under the command of
Major General jackson, and without referring on
this head, to this department..
1t may be we'll, that your exceency consult Gen.
Pinckney on such occasions as he can judge of the
whole number necessary to the attainment OF the
public objects.
(sisned) ]. ARMSTRONG"
'Tu Governor Blount.
(COPY.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, Jan. 81, 1914.
Sr---I had the honourto receive your Excellency's
letter of the 5th inst. My letter of the lth will
have anticipated your enquiries relative to further
detachments of Militia. The attention Of the Pay
master Of the army will be particularly directed to
the payment OF the troops who had been in service
from Tennessee.
| have the honour to be very respectfully, your
(SisnedD J. ARMSTRONG.
w. Blount Governor of Tennessee.
Now the advocates of fGeneral Jackson would have
us suppose that the President, through Gen. Arm
strong the above letters, authorised, calledu upon
the Governor, to call out the militia for six months,
in virtue OF act Of Congress, passed in April ID,
Of which the following is the 9Th section.
See first column second page, near the top, Of
this days Journal
In Gen. Armstrong; letters, nothing is said about
sic months, nor of the opinion Of the President Of
The United States that the public interest requires"
such term of service. The Governor was 6 au-
horised to supply by militia drafts or by volunteers
any defcieacy which mig ght arise in the militia,
called out for the usual three months service
We have just met with the following remarks
from the Cincinnati Gazette, and offer them nsteaC
ofany further comments of our own.
In this order, Gov. Blount fixes six months as tht
period of service. From whence did he derive au
hority TO do this? The Committee say from the or
der Of the War Department of January, 1914. Bu
the order gives the Governor no direction about tn
time of service. ltconides to him, simply the pow
er to call the militia, for the legal time, withou
specific requisition from the department.
The law of April 1874 which is quoted and relie
upon provides, that militia called into service, unde
the act ofl796, may, # IN heopinion Of the Presl
dent the United States, the public interest requir
1t, be detained in service six months. Were he dis
posed to do so the President could not legally cone
upon another the discretion, specially confded to hir
dy tasp. 1t was to his opinion alone, that the lay
r submitted the decision and the opinion of anothe
. could not be substituted. Had the President express
!. y authorised Gov Blunt to decide upon the propr
ETY. of making call for six months, it would hay
. been void and nugatory act He might as well hay