Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-17

reasons: "The personal invectives INDUCED
in, the structures, correspond entirely win
+" his Gen. Jackson's precious observations an
" The oubfc tauerns and ball rooms of Washing
ton: for it is fact notorious and c0a'lof be
IS denied, that on thuse occasions, he was Coc!fe
yous In his imprecdtions, and riofent IN ms
threats, of personat vengeance; eren 10 cnttng or
the ears OF some Of the members ofihe select com
"n,iiee and this ,chtle The subject toas before the
Senate; and some Of the members ofthe House
" of Representatives who dared to animadyert
" upon his condnct, or even to doubt his lniai-
hbility, ,cere n1enaced in nearly a similar man
" per" This statement by MIR. Lacock re-
maips, as.far as we know, uncontradicted to
this day. These facts alone in our opinion IN
dictate such want Of temper and discretion, as
unfit citizen. however successful and however
skiliul as soldier, for high civil trusts and
dignities OF Washington, it has been lately
told as a fact, deemed singular as well as new,
tina, once IN his life he gave wav to p,ssinn. But
that single ebulition ION the occasion Of St
Glars defcat,l ,0as rsmessed before company. and
when given loose 10 in his retirement his Pri-
vate Secretary alone present was one of sorrow
for tie crippled army and Tor his country, and
rot Of yindic,ive feeling even towards their un-
lie functionaries, for things done N the dis
charge Of their constitutional duties. Yet, with
all his infrmitiss Of temper, his want of sell
command aad of "a just respect towards the le-
gislativc authorities of his country, the laurel
led victor of the Eighth Of January has been
declared, by his partizans, to be scarcely infe-
rior 10 Washington. Thisis not blasphemy, to
be sure, nor is it treason; but il is certainly
1, 4
citation of characters, between whom there Is
scarcely single point OF resemblance.
To this department Of General ]. Mr.. LAcocK
applied at the time the following observations:
alt is believed that tins is the first instance
in which a military officer, whose conduct was
the subject OF investigation before the Con-
gress Of the United States, has ven,ured 10
" charge that body with violation of the Con
"stitulon, and with exercising inquistorlal
"power; or that Committee Of either branch
" of the National Legislature has been charged
with the 'most wanton and studied disregard
of truth and with the most foul and 'dIsho-
nest motives But how far it is either Tor
"the honor or interest Of the nation, thus to
" submit 10 military dragooning and newspaper
chas,isement, by military eff ers, who, /, Is
believed visited the seat of Government for
4" tha, purpose; and how far a Committee OF he
Senate Of the United States should be Subject
10 this kind Of discipline, for The conscie"fiouSd's-
D." charge of official duty imposed By Tie unanimous
" voice of that body, is for the proper authority
80 Determine.
It was no, in the moment Of passion, only,
that this vindicti,e feeling towards The Com
mit'ee Of the Senate was manifested by Gene
+ tLe ftnrt he CtNn-
per controversy with Mr. Lacock, paper was
presented in his name 10 the Senate OF the T.
nited States, purporing 10 be response 10 the
Report Of the Committee Of Investigation. -
This document was couched in terms so harsh
towards part ofthat Committee. and oil course
towards The Senate, that the reading OF it by
the Secretary was stopped almost as soon as
begun, and debate upon i. sprung up, which
was only arrested by the tcfhdia'cing ofthe pa
per. The friends Of Gen. ], Che being then in
fennessee) undertook TO erpursote this Paper,
Response, or Memorial, Of It's most offensive
expressions; ard, when thus chastened, II was
again Offered, and, after some debate, IN which
the rlnquerce of Piockney won upon the Senate
to receive it, the Memorial was received and or
dcred to be printed. Even III Its moderated
f2rn, as it is found in the pinned records OF the
= nate, II Is a singular document, DethS III palt
vinlcatory, but in part, also, in the nature OF
all instruction, by "AndIew Jackson, MAJOR,
General in the Army Of the United States, and
Commander Of The Southern Division" TO the
Senate Of the United States, on the score OF the
proper duties of that body He there tells them
that "ihe manner in which the inquiry in his
case was conducted by the Committee, is be-
lip,ed to have been novel;" that to adop' such
a course" Us was adopted by the Committee,
" is 10 PROSTATE the rules ofjudiciai proceedings;
"io woLIe ecery marin Of justice and TO irnmple
&" dorm all NE sacred guarantees ofthe Consttufioar
4" The Committee, he says, rattle r have employed
/" paAahres for The outroses Of The enemy, and 81
Z" ven an aggravated aspect 10 the measures which
" were adopted for the peace and security OF our
frontiers Add TO this the mdnner in which
+" the testimony was collected-the time at which
" il was published and The style in totich ii ~as
{" composed, and your respondent cannot forego
"the belief, that il evinces an hostility 10 Inc
|" Executive, and 10 tie Military Officers under has
(" command" "Should the Time ever arrive when
" a maiorit, of any Of the superior tribunals OF