Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-28

describes il. Life of Jackson, 23l, as compfe'
bendinp ",he loss of their best ship, and TWO
hundred and thirty men killed and wouhaeo,
while the loss sustained by the Americans o,u
not exceed ten" Gen. Jackson was al Mool'e'
with respectable force. Col Russei sta'es' |
that besides the regulars, which he enu'herateu'
there "was the militia under Pipkin, to which
the mutineers belonged" He remembers 10
forget the mounted troops under Gen. oomep,
"tso thousand able bodied men, well suppiieu
with rifles and muskets," ana the militia anaet
the command of Col. Lowry, all OF whom were
on their march, and soon joined Gen. Jackson,
so as 10 enable him, early in November, TO cap
ture Pensacola itself.
A. The time oC the trial OF the 1913 individuals,
the situation CT the country was no doubt goo
my; but il seems 10 me that IL would have Deeh
much better to have employed these 1913 men,
and those who must have been Kept TO guard
them. in fighting the battles of their Country,
than in keeping them in prison, not only useless
bu, al great expense and hazard.
| Col. Russell gives full effec, TO the force oil
the British at the time Of the execution. be-
Iicye they might have re. captured Fort Boy
err Major Eatc., however, holds this IAN.
ruage in respect 10 the event. Ufsp'nlea
| and reduced as the enemy now were, even should
they possess il, th,v would be without The pow
/ or to derive those tsH pnrtant advantages which
were heretofore SO greatly apprehehdtd anu
Dire adedv"
There IS one fact connected with this affair
upon which Gen. Jackson and his friends choose
| to say nothiug. What was the situaion OF tie
General at the time he approved the sentence:
and ordered il 10 be executed? This was Janua-
ry 90, 1915 According 10 Major Eaton, Gen.
Jackson, after the complete discontinue OF the
invading enemy, made a triumphant entry INTO
New Orleans, on The goth OF January. we
have a most poc,ical account OF TINS re-enHy'
| All was Joy, reclamation, and applause. Ho-
nors aud congratulations were heaped upon
him. Joy sparked in every coun,cnance.-
Children robed in white strewed his way with
flowers. The church and the altar were splen-
didly decorated Strains Of poetry and OF pous
cloquence were poured on, before him "h tpas
scene ,peN calculated 10 ercite The iendereSt emo
fions! Such is The account given by Major Eaton
of he proceedings from the goth, including the
Esd of January In the midst Of oil this Joy,
of all these kind and geniaffeelings, ",ceH cnIcu-
lated 10 ercte The lenderest emotions" Gen. Jack
son found time and had the heari, TO approve the
Csrocious sentence OF the ignorant and savage
eourt-marlial, by which six fellow citizens were
illegally condo mned TO death, and one hundred
and ninety.two, to infamy and disgrace. Ad-
nit that the gloom Of the times furnishes some
apology for the conviction, that gloom was dis
Dersed, when the sentences wcresordcred to be
executed. If 1t excuses the court martial, il
doubly condemns The General. Stern necessity
might controlboth the feelings and Judgment Of
the court. But the pride Ct Victory, the glow
Of enthusiasm, the applause OF surrounding mil
liors, do not soften into kindness and mercy the
blood and carnage-ioving temper Of Gen. Jack
son. The sacrifice Of blood and Of life, give
zest to his other enjoyments. Ia Others the
scene may indeed be "peH calculated 10 ereite The
tenderesl EMOTIONS" But in Gen.5a&xeksop, II
exciies no such sentiments. He consigDs TO
death six fellow citizens, upon four days notice,
whose crime was, tina, they interpreted The law
differently from their judges, and acted upon
their own interpretation. He consgns to infa-
my hundred and ninety-two brave soldiers,
upon The same ground And this he does while
assaulted by !uil flow Of every thing tina, could
excite the kindly feelings Of the most obdurate
demon IN human form. Let those justify him
who may. | envy them neither their hearts
nor their heads, nor would invoke upon them
a heavier punishment than the dominion of such
a chief.