Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-04-17
From The Hesisrn Firgtnion.
A GREAT CIVILIAN.

In his letter to Mr.. Monroe Of January 6,
1917, General Jackson said
81 am free TO declare, had | commanded the
military department where the Hartford Con-
ven,ion met, if it had been the last act of my
life, should have punished the three principal
leaders Of the party. am ceryain an indepen-
dent Court Martial would have condemned
them under the second section Of the act es:ab-
fishing rules and regulations for The govern,
men, Of the army ofthe U States"
Remarking upon this extraordinary dcclara-
ton, the Richmond Enquirer says or rather
in May, 1924, said:
"Now what is the Cd section Of the act Of
Congress, by which the general would have
hung mp these members of,he Hartford Coaven-
toni"
"SEc 3 find be it further enacted, That in
lime Of war, all persons, not citizens, Of or ow-
! ing allegiance to the United States of America,
who shall be found lurking as spies in or about
The Notifications or encampments OF The armies
! Of the United States, or any Of them, shall suf'
! fer death, according to the law and usage OF ma
tons, b. sentence Of q general court martial"
The Enquirer then adds
"Now, how can any man bring the Hartford
| Convention within this section! Where they
aliens? No: they were ciuzeas Were they
hrking as spies? Call them traitors, if you please
they we're not spies Again, were they lurking
in or about the iorli6cations,. sc. when they
were in Hartford, where no Notifications per-
haps were erected, no troops encamped!
| "NNhat kind Of President would this greai
civihon make? A gentleman who cannot inter-
pref the plain expressions OF one law-and yet
would be called TO administer all the laws OF
the land! One, whose ideas are so purely militia
| ,h.t ha tran fp trai Mt a S,y
or would punish treason, not by the civil courts
but court martial? One, Vho, an any great crisis
,could conperf the tohole country inio one greal
camp. and ,could reduce almost every thing nnder
martial ka,D!
.If this individual be Republican, then, in
! deed, as he saws himself, ''names bubbles. y
What respect would such great civilian en-
terrain for the laUs and constitution of this coun-
try? In such an one quail fed for our chief mais-
| frafe.
Sure enough, Mr.. Richie! thou hast hit the
nail on the head. VIVA, kind ofPresident would
this "grea, civilian" make? One, who, in any
great crisis, would convert the whole country
| into one great camp, and reduce almost every
thing under martial law! Mr.. Richie, US such
a one qualified for our chief mag'sfrafe is sucN
a one, who cannot interpre, the plain expires
sions of one law, 10 be called upon to admins
ter all the laws Of the Union? That would be
pretty business, MIR. Richie especially
when, moreover, his ideas are so purely m'nfd'
| ry, that he would transmuie traitor into spy,
or punish treason, not by the civil courts, but
court martial" Indeed, Mr.. Richie, it's most
true, that 4" il such man be Republican, then as
he says himself, names are bubbles" ane more
insignificant too, than your great, splendid, O.
yershadowing bubble which is about to frtter
away Rights of the States, and humbug this u