The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-06-28
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From the National Journal.

! in some Of our remarks upon the Jac ksor
I Corresponding Commiitee," at Nashville
which, among the many novelties OF this
} fruitful age Of experiments, stands strik.
, ingly prominent.
When its organization was first announc.
ed, II struck ms as mattce Of surprise, thai
{ any man, prosv ntlng himself To the nauo,
as capdldate lev . =. chief ins0lstFse'
should think II necessary 10 iorm 80 extra
ordinary an sssoclaton Tor the purpose o
, promoting his views. Nor were We with.
out our regrets, that any number of our
} fellow citizens could be found who could
reconcile 1t with the dignity of igeemen
voluntarily TO assume position so humllI.
atlng IN itself, and SO well calculated TO in
volve them In dishonorable labors. We
inquired with no little anxiety, what course
they would pursue-first as TO the manner
OF procuring evidence on any charge which
might be made against then patron--and
secondly, as To the probable temper in
which such evidence would be Inyestiga
ted and weighed by tribunal 80 consti
iuted, having IN view the single object of
vindcaung the character of General Jack.
son from all lmpu,ations. We asked our
selves whether il were possible that such
men. with such views, could be so far i'm
partial as TO fulfil their promise of giving to
deuded nation the truth, he ,ohoie truth,
and nothing Bat The truth.
These specuations have al length beer
put to rest, by the appearance ofthrir first
| oDctm report, which, with all the forms ol
| authenticity, has been ushered To the world
from their bdreau at Nashville. This re-
port begins with lamentlng the character
OF the assaults made upon the private and
public conduct Of General Jackson, and ai
4 ter expressing an abhorrcnce of that -ys
TEN OF electloneering which INDUCES IN al
tacks upon private character, the commit
tee hastens 10 the concluson--not very 10
lrlcal TO be sure--that the administration is
VI the bottom of this neiarluus attempt e.
elame General jackson, and that nothmg
short of the sacrifice of the Generals rep
ftntlon will appease it.
For two years past ferocious "Combl
aa,lon," visible inmany prostituied presses
md even in lhc iIails of Congress, ha,
not ceased To Hssailthe characters OF Nj
Adams and Mr.. Clay. both public and prl
/, vate, with the vllesi obuse--even down 10
ss sopr"brious eptthet of'becklsQ, The
yillainons terms of Intrigue bargain,
management and corruption have been
rung through all their vurious changes.
Zen. Jackson himself has Joined in the cry
No means have been left unessayed to dc
stroy or 6lacsen the fair fame Of Mr.. Ad-
ans and Mr.. Clay; and this committee il
sell, amidst It's pathetic lamentations that
such a course should be resortcd to, min
gIes the iouest aspersons against the Ad-
mlnistration. They can feel It's damning
effect when levelled against their patron
but can unblushngly adopt il az their own,
when the characters of others are to be the
sacrifice.
The committee proclaim their purpose
TO be the dissemination Of TRUTB," ano
To make IT the more emphatic, present il TO
, us in capitals. Let us calmly examine this
their first essay, and see how far they have
! fulfilled their purpose; how far they are
pillar Of light at whose approach the cred.
ulous are 10 be undeceived, and the fals
hoods and misrepresentation of the Ad.
mnistration TO disappear
Out Of the almost infinite number Of
charges which have been made against
General Jackson, the committee, for some
reason known only TO themselves, have 80.
lectcd Jour-some Of which, compared
with the omitted catalogue uay be regard
ed asirvoIous and unmportant. Whether
the graver charges now neglected, are to
be left to tho unaided energy of'TRUTH.'
or whether we are TO be favored with fur.
ther reports from the committee, the public
arc left to conjecture. Beware. gentle.
men, how you proceed You have under
taken difficult task. Ifyou have thought
ii proper 10 defend General Jackson's O.
pinions and conduct on subjects of minor
importance, take care lest your silence on
graver and more important charges, be
construed to imply that silence is prescrb.
ed by prudence
The FIRST charge enumerated by the
Committee, and the one upon which they
have spent their force, is that Gen. Jack.
son caused the execution Of six militia
men for crimes committed after their terms
Of service bad expired.'-We will give the
circumstances OF this bloody transaction,
as they were given 10 the public at the
time Of their occurrence.
a detachment Of Tennessee militia was
drafted by order of Gov. Blount in May
1914. They arrived st their place Of rem.
| dezvous, on the 10Th Of June. The pri.
Yates were told by their oi6cers-a Cap
tain Stroiher, and Lieutenant. whose
name IS no, recollected, that by the exist.
Jog laws Of their own State, ~ well os Of
the United States, thoy could only be com
PEELED 70 serve for three months. Impress.
sed with this conviction, on the 2Oth of
September, considering their tour Of duty
a. completed, upwards Of two hundred Of
them, delivered up their muskets, drew
their ratioDs. and set oui peaceably on their
return home. The greater part of them,
having received advice on the road that
they were wrong in sUpposing their legal
| term of service expired. gave up their own