American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-10-30
From the National Inteiligencer. Oct. 10.

FROM tHe 'fUtOhut 1hIeulSeHceF. OCL. ~
Mr.. LouAILLIER's AppEAt.-The appeal Of this
highly respectable French citizen Of Louisiana, to
the Press, for the vndcaton Of his character from
unmerited reproach, is of a nature not to be re.
sisted. Long as it is, therefore, we have given it
place. 1t is cool and dspassonate. and fortified,
throughout, by ilrefragable testimony. 1t is time
that he should be heard and that the nature Of his
persecution and prescription, with the military
usurpations which followed his arrest, should be
fully understood, now that it is made merit in
the Commanding General, being candidate for
high civil Office. that he did not suffer violence to
be done to the Judge before whom he at last con-
descended to answer for his conduct.
Of Mr.. EQUALIZER we state, for our readers
information, that he is a man of talents, fortune,
and an influence in his own State equal at least to
that of any other individual that he is universal.
" esteemed and beloved that he is the enthusi-
astic friend OF our country, and the friend OF his
distressed fellow beings. He contributed most es-
sentiaIy. by his influence and personal services,
and generous conduct. to the defence Of Louisiana.
The offence. which drew down upon him the visi-
tations of military law, was his opposing, in the
Legislature of Louisiana, the suspension of the
writ of Habeas Corpus when Gen. jackson asked
for it.
of the transactions in Louisiana which followed
the cessation of hostilities in 1915. but little is
known in the Atlantic States. We confess that
$50 to speak) we did wfully Shut our eyes upon
them at the time of them. At that moment we
were not willing that any thing should be general
y circulated which would tend to dim the fame
qured BY the brave General at New Orleans No
body dreamt of his ever looking up to the highest
civil office; and there was no apprehension that
the temper and tendency of habit there displayed
would ever have possible chance of displaying
themselves injuriously on wider theatre We,
and generally all the People Of the Atlantic bor-
der. were content to look at the bright side only
of the Generals character. The same disposition
still feel, and regret that circumstances do not
longer allow us to give way to it.
If ue have hitherto refrained from this subject,
however, others have not. Three years ago the
press Of MIR. Moan. in New York, and that Of the
RIcHMoND Enquirer groaned under the repeat
Ell eXpositons of General Jackson's usul ping tenn
per, and We'd one with another III the frequency
ana harshness Of their structures on his conduct
and character. We shall conclude this article
with single extract from the Enquirer, the ap
u!ication of which we Willingly leave to the rea
der.
From he Richmond Enquirer, Of .uarch E, 1924.
"We pass the earlier that were exhibited a
New Orleans in December and January, l94--l9l5. We
shall not enter into examination of the question: whet
tal law ought 10 have been proclaimed or the Legs
latve body put in state of surveillance These extraoldi
nary measures, however harsh, might have been
the supreme law But why vigorously maintain mar
law, when this necessity seemed 10 vanish The Briisi
army had Withdrawn mir Livingston had arrived on I'll,
10th (of March) from the British feet, whittier lie haf
gone effect general cartel through him Admiral Coch
had announced the arrival Of vessel from Jamaica
with OF peace having been agreed on by the tw'
Countries The same intelligence had reached Few Or
leans from another quarter On the IN O March Genera
Jackson received express BY the Postmaster Gen
era, bearing communications from the Government, il !
understood that the Treaty of Peace had been signed thu
Oath December 1914 Was il not time, then 10 close il'
oelious Of military nowerl Did necessity require
that MIR. Louailer member Of the Legislature should b
arrested and confined? That MIR Hall, District Judge
the United States for issuing writ OF Habeas COrtaS,
application of Mr. L. should himself be seized, dragged
the Generals camp, detained in close custody and the
sent beyond the limit, of the encampment until the rat
cation of peace regularly announced, until the Births
shall have left the Southern coast That the District Al
torney Mr.. Dick, who sppedto Judge Lewis for ha5ea
CORPUS TO berate Judge Hail. should himself be ar esed
And that order should be issued, also for the arrest
Judge Lewis! Were these hhanded measures render
ed necessary by the circumstances of the case Or do he
not rather bespeak that species Of TEMPER General Jackson
.yhich is disposed OWN WILL TUE SOLE nuL
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