Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-06-05
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From tie Noional .f0t


The Nashville Committee in the pieni,n.ie ofthei,
confidence il the suic.cncy OF ;beir v'ntcatioa
General Jackson, have said, that il hey could Tor
moinent believe him gnilty uf the c'lteL offence eubra
ced 10 the first charge, a1noy, that he caused the
execution OF SIX militia men, for crimes committed al
Ter their tern OF service had expired y hey would ever
after bold him unworthy of their frendahjp and sup
port.H
The first member of this CHARGE. 10 wit, that br
'cnsci tte erscu'ion n So al,1 sen must be con
s'dcred ihniS, aireljy ucontestably cstablished
The testimony OF Colonel ppkin i3nsef--a " tnes4
uHon whom tue Committee TO have relied witt!
unhoundei fal---shoTs that General Jackson order.
e. the rTrcSt OF the and ha he ordered ard par
italy aPpom'e the Count BY wLi2l the, were triod:-
whlc the e!iaal order copied from General jackson
Order E09k, and recenliy Published in the National
Journal, pats beyond question, thai the sentences of
ta,S Court were submitted 10 General Jagt,sol---ts.
ne G2p'oced them-and tAat, with pro,npUDde that
may we'll be ascriba1 90 Teckessnrss of human life
he ordered them TO BE- cn.7icI inlo e6c-aowina 70
the victims only the short respite ;1u dis TO orc
pare them for eternity. II has hecn shown HAT he Il }
tdis too, though the articles Of By giving him a-
taoiy - suspend The sentences until the rgeas,rr Of
President Vi the Omitted Saics could ba known OFF, 4
him II iair opportunity and I'll occasion to exercise
that "hcnevoencn ani luman;tyn which his defenders
say ''are most prominent traits IN iis disposition
Good God! that honevoleuce and humanity shouil be
said 10 be n1St prominent traits in ha desperation oil
who displays such cararuess 10 enforce the
crnelest penalty oi ihe law.
Clear aud irrofragahle, however as is the rrooC
that the hurried execution of these unfortunate militia
men was the work Of General Jackson base sttainD;
has been made to throw the oiium OF on the me.
InOry oil an officer deceased. The ashes OF General
1P;nchesisr have been outraged FOR the purncsc Of
screening the living cteGder from the last inlicna
ton o.! people II whose honur and whose lives h..
has shown himself equally Indifferent If tho execu
lion OF these legal and lust ana cxroIient
wbv this attempt made?
Under the persuasion that even the Nashville Com.
ilitec must be satisfied with tho proof offered tI,a
General Jackson ''cn,gef lie execution or sir militia
aasa" shall ho'7 proceed to s,ow the grounds uron
which II IS assumed t2a the 'crimes,'' improperly
called for Which they were executed were com
;tted after their term Of service mad sex pired
These the facts.
~ az act Of Congress, approved tho 2Gh Fahru.
airy, 1875, the term of militia service is innitri e.
three months. Under TINS act the Ciovcrnors OF S,ass
empowered to call ou Their militia il cases O. To-
cal Invasion imminent danger
GA the 10Th OF A3ril, 1912 another law was pas
sei 40 authorize detachment from the militia Of
United Ststes, the third section OF which enac:s t!a
the said detachment shall not be compelled TO serve
longer time thau six months" This law vas Ei.-
led in lis operation 10 two years ard OF course ex
pred Oh he l0th April 1914.
On the i&h OF |.p,iI, 1919, Congress passed :
Third law, tie eighth section Of which contains ht
following wO5lS'th the militia. when called ints
the service Of the United States, hy :ruo the above
rsciteI act (of February 29lf 1851 NAV f ~ IL,
opinion Of tie President Of i&c Uijiet States the ,s5
nc iuteresi ,eqsj~e H. be compelled to serve for tern
not exceeding SIR months, after their arrival at Ii,
place of rendezvous, ~ any year, This act 73
promulgated By publication ii lie National Ialeigea
Ger, on The 3O, CT April.
By y es' Register, vol Y T. D. 2GG. Il aDraars !.a
General Jacfsan's order. calling ont 4 d.ag from s
division Of the militia, is dated the 9Th May, 1919
The following Is an extract from that order. as over
by Alr Niles: II commanded jy lis Ercci}sas,
i'oo"r'lor Bi'al, to call from nv division ihou
sand men ia .iatoj the service OF the United States
Tor The period Of lX 'noniis, nness discharged
jy the PfcsiI lent Of the United Sta'oa.n
From the Language ofhis order. 1t is clear tat nor
E]opH makes hlHss the Judge Of ueressv OF the 81
mouths service instead OF leaving it To ne PrcsiJeat u