Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-07-12

virtuous yeomaury OF my country, will
fail of their snds.n-While the jealous
partisans of the General claimed for him
the lofty attitude OF a peaceful retire.
ment at 1.-THE Hermitage. like ano-
Their Cincinnatus, looking serenely on
the troubled scene which his name had
created, using no agency, and feeling
40 concern in the fesult,-it was scarce.
~ 10 be expected, particularly after he
had given ~utterance to bis resentment in
his letter TO Me-. Swartwoui, aud in that
to his Mineral water correspondent of
Kentucky, that be would again have
sought, so much out of season, to re-
vlvs the miserable slang of 'intrigue and
management"--terms which, when ap-
piled to the presen, Administration, the
virtuous part of the community have
long since condemned as unlounde q
SANDER, and pf which even Kremer and
Inghon must be ashamed, ifindeed they
be susceptible of such a sensation.
had the Intrigue and manage
ment," so falsely charged against the
present Administration, to do with the
charge against General Jackson, ofha
wing illegally caused the execution Of
SIX miliiianen, teslus years ago? What
bad the present Administration to do
with the charge, or the source of its pub
licitys Mr. Benton, and his pamphlet,
were well known to Gen. Jackson. TIE
n resides in Tennessee, and the other
was published long before the late Pre-.
sldentiai election Why, then. in endea-
yoring to jus 'ify bis couducti in this trans
action, did General jackson resort to
the use of these party ,rords, introduce
ed by bis worshipers, Krsmer aud lag
hani, and adopted into the vocabulary
Of the faction, long alter Mr.. Benton's
publication, and only a few days before
the occurrence of the Generals over
wheiming disappointment Was il 10
draw oil the attention of the public from
the oaked circumstances of this trans
action, by an appeal to the preiudices
of MS partisanss Or, was ii an appre-
hension that the innate Justice OF the A.
rnerican people might yet rise triumph
ant over the in6rmity. common to man,
oi an idolatrous attachment 10 military
renown, and pronounce a verdict, which.
while it must be fatal to his hopes, might
vindicsts the character of our institu
tons and of our country from the impu.
ta,ion OF crueltYi Let the Nashville
Commitee,th the keepers ofhis conscience,
answer the questions, while we look at
other parts of his letter.
1.-The case you allads to.o says the
General to his correspondent, might as
well be ascribed 20 the President OF the
United States, as Commander in chief
Of the land and naval forces as TO me-"
In reading this paragraph, and com
pairing il with the defence set up by the
Nashville Committee, the unavoidable
impression must be left upon every can-
did mind, that a disingenuous attempt
Las been made To conceal from the
world the most important fact in the
transaction, as il regards General Jack
son, namely, that It was by his order
the execution took place. The general
order recently published, which General
jackson knew OF when he wrote his let
ter, and which the Committee had be-
fore them when they wrote his defence,
puts the fact hey ond controversy, that
General jackson, on the 22d January,
1915, approved the sentence OF ihe
Court, and ordered the sacr fes-for
the term execution is misapplied. Yet,
in the Nashville defence, Col. Pipkins
is said to have sworn that Gen. jackson
was three humid ed miles of. and bad no
more to do with it than the Chairman of
the Committee. And the General him.
self expressly ascribes as much agency
in the execution. to President Madison
as to himself. What bad Mr. Madison
to do with iti Ii the General had felt
and acted as other men-if he had for
once subdued his h~eadlong and furious
passions, the article Of war would have
presented to him the proper course-a
reference of the case to the President.
Why did he not pause aud consult him?
But when did Jaekson-a man Tin
whose disposition ~benevoience and hui
manity are most prominent traitsn-
when did he. either ia public or in pri-
vate life, psuse when there was a pros
pect of shedding bloods-Let Dicksrson,
let his namesake Jackson, let the Ben
tons tell! Testify also ye militia men,
and ye soldiers, from your untimeiy
%graves!- Consult the PRESIDENT No.
The militia men might still have lived