Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-20

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friend, never once adverts to it in his letter
He knew that the expurgator had gone too fal
and therefore prudently refrained from confirm
! ing theevidence cover his own name What
are The facts of the case to which Mr.. Hart re-
fers. Wehave long since published the Official
Record which declares that SIX men were
sentenced to be shot to death, AND ONE
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR,t 70 have
their heads half shaved and to be drummed out
of Camp. This sentence was transmitted TO
General Jackson, then at New Orleans, who
Immediately issued an ORDER, of which the
followingis an extrac.:-
"The Major General Jackson APPROVES
/" the proceedings and SENTENCES of the
Court, and orders them to be carried into ef-
feet. Withrespect 10 those sentenced to the
punishment of death, their sentence will be
g carried into execution FOUR DAYS afier.the
s'promulga,ion Of this order at Mobile
Now wha, were the Sentences" ofthe Court
Why, that six men should be shot whenever
the General thought proper 10 order it, and
shaved ana be drummed on, Of camp, at The end
ofthsr yespsctire Zines Of service. These" sem
fences" were apworsd aud ordered TO be erecu-
ted The six men were accordingly shot; but
their heads shaved, were ?afdoned and (" HON
ORABLY" discharged. How could thar bc?-
How could they be " hohorably" discharged,
when they had been convicted of the very same
offence for which circompanions, in an ale
ged mutiny, had been SHOT TO DEATH. The
assertion is too ridiculous 10 dupe even Jack
son-man.
We do not say that the men were not par
doned. They nigh, have been; but not by Ge-
neral Jackson. He approved the Sentences"
of the Court, and ordered them TO be carried
into execution. They were carried into exc
cution as far as they related TO the SIX, and
if they were not carried into effect in rea-
ton TO the ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
FOUR, il was because general WINCHES-
TER took command before the appointed time
Of SHAVING. On him, therefore, the power
Of pardon deyolved, and he probably exercised
il mercifully. We hope he did.
We have said that the bulletin under consi-
Iteration was issued for the purpose of control
ing the Kentucky Elections, A few words in
support ofthis position. The Bulletin is dat
ca &c IuIr ,,6,h--ioaz,, ,, 4 -
Kentucky Gazette, newly purchased Jackson
paper, on the Sd of August-,hrte days previ-
Gus 10 the commencement, Of the Elections. 1t
burporls to be an answer 10 u letter from gen.
tleman in Kentucky who asks for information,
and for authenticated and printed PROCEED
INGS Of the Court, The information was
"freeIy and frankly" given; but, strange TO tell,
the proceedings" were withheld. Hear the
Hero!
1t would give me great pleasure TO send you
" printed copies from the documents in my pos.
" session, properly certified, proving what
" have here asserted, but ii is impossible tina,
E" this can be done within so short period as
f" that requested. I TRUST, HOWEVER
"rHAT THE STATEMENT HERE MADE
/" WILL BE SUFFICIENT, with all honour
" able men, to counterfeit the false impressions
" sought TO be forced upon the freeraen of Ken
f." lucky, by Mr.. Buckner."
Every rejecting man will at once enquire
why the "proceedings"-these allimportan,
not furnished when the Gene-
raj was informed by his friends that such evil
dence would be useful, perhaps necessary. His
reason that the time tras TOO short, is wholly I'M
sa,islac,ory-nay, false; for there are several
large printing establishments in Nashville, each
Of which, we believe, but certainly all acting
together, could have printed the required do
cumen,s in less than twelve hours; whereas two
days might have been allowed without leopard
ing their timely arrival in Kentucky. The
truth is, that General Jackson knew better than
TO trust the people of Kentucky, or any other
people, with the record of the "proceedings"i in
question. The sentence of the Court was lille
gal and barbarous, as could be demonstrated it
the proceedings" were before the world -