The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-08-27

The service II appears 10 W that nothinr
could be more explicit than this section bur
strange 10 tell. Gen Jackson seems to have a,
little acquaintance with the mauarg code as he
acknowledged hnnselfto have with the GIRL when
he resigned the office of Judge --In direct viola
ton ofths section, the court was ordered to
consist Of only three members, Lieut.. Col. Per.
kins. Mai c. W. Smart, & Capt. James Black.
man Now, we ask III man who musters mcn
for sir months. when the law says that they shall
moi be compelled 10 serve more than Hree who
forces Submission 10 an Illegal mandate because
he had committed an illeca act--who, in thu, en-
forcing submission, ar raigns number of indi-
'iduals before a tribunal which has no iurisdic
ton over then oilence,-ahd who afterwards
sanctions the bloody sentence of thai tribunat
IS INT Ion President Of the tutcd states ",
ask, With the Enquirer in 1871 How is it T.
he cspectadthat he who cannot interpret III.
PLAIN expressions of a single law, Is to adminl
terall the laws the onion p
The allu,ionto III .eseriers shot by Gov.
Washington is i,sueenuous in tie extreme.
Iaeg cers fe'srisr,. rhp,e snot nv order u
Gen. Jackson 'cers mol Ia thu f,rmet case.
the men were dim fishing our force. u adding
10 tn strength is we'll as communicating mn
portdn. formation 10 the enemy. Policy, jus.
tic" ',er5 consideration OF public interest Re
qulrrd thrir execution. rhcir country was
smuggling FOR freedom; and When frc1us I
disasters shroaisi 1'r ropes, thrse mca h.
~ ell 10 join the foe; The general tcanr of
Washington, lie is sufficient guarantee thai
no less powerful consideration could 1ave in
dnced him to shal tncir blood But the six mi
iitiam.n fxecatedby order OF Gen Jackson, werr
not deseHcrs 10 the foe-bm men. resolved 10 90
home after having done &c duty which The
laws equired. There is no. The shadow al sin.
harify IN the two cases, and every man who cn
SEQ beyond his nose, admits it, But die Gene
al cause IS weak. and is 4 ally getting weaker
and It IS somewhat necessary to shelter his mis-
der1' with the mantle of Washington's purity
Il appears from the Generals admission I'm,
Harris dd ~r1't him letter. IL he will pub
lish that leater can be better ascertained wheth
err thu published by Blnns was IA fofecry or no
BInns st asserts that iii NOT and even darc.
the publication olthe genuine one. We should
ike to see IT, that we may be enabled 10 do
Binns justice if our declaration that his edition
If Harris : letter was a forgery should prove to
he premature.
The tore OF Gen. Jacksons ctter,'it will be
seen. is not so temperate as was his reply 10
Mr.. Clay, though it appears MIR. Buclner's of
nre did not merit SO severe an application Of
ihe lash as did Mr.. CIay's. It NAV be account.
4 for by the former having been written al ho.
orrtson's Springs where his good natured friend,
are not present 10 chasten his temper. and COZ
ct his WI gar expression, and the latter III
Nashville, where they were present, and pos,
sibly applied the pruning knife with un<rari .
hand. BE this as il may, friends and foes were
surprised at the moderation h. d.Dlayca to.
wards Mr. Clay. They will not, We think. be
less Disguised with the VIOLENCE cxhbedtowar
Mr. Bucllner, more particularly when the occa
sion, just on the eve of an cectlon,) and the
person TO whom il is addressed Mr. Buccaneers
opponcnt) are taken into consideration --Oue
Circumstance mere may be worthy of hple Gen.
Jackson says Col. Pipkn'S report, the pro.
ceedngS and sentence ofthe court marital de-
failed FOR trial, an all thu circumstances con
1ecfed with the subject nre or on, M to be on
record al Washington City, Wire | have no
doubt Mr.. Bueknrr has had tut opporlunity
Of examining them" Here see the force a.
- q
though tn proceedings ought to he" on re-
cord at Warrington. aud il was his duty TO r
that they should be put on record, vet il IS al
frmed b. the 1ieroaaria Gasette. whose yicini-
the truth, or it would 1st MAKE The assertion.
aud also by the last National Intrlgrncer
that they are not, and thai Gen. Jackson kno,, 5
they not on record there. What than H..
comes ofGen. Jackson's assertion aud his inacn-
do relative to Mr. Buckner Blu, we Will 10
,onger detain our readers from the pcrusal OF the
precious moroccan -
From The Kentucky Gasehe Of J,ig 81.
! ROBERTSON 5 SPRINGS July > 1927
Dear Sir :-Y our letter Of the ODD instant ,y,s
l.. adcd to me, late last evening, and hasten H.
aI'Sner the inquiries, as requested IN regard h.
the case of Harris and the other five militia men
who we're executed at Mobile
! The regiment, TO which these unfortunate men
belonged was received into the service bv The
orders Of the genera government, was mustered
for a six months tour, and was paid accordingly
for aid service, MS viii appear by the muster
and pay rolls, and by Colonel Ppkn's reporl 10
me. These rolls, with Col. Ppkins report the
proceedings and sentence Of the court MARTIAL
detailed for the trial aud all the circumstances
connected win the subject, are or ought to be
on record at Washington city, where | have no
doubt, slr. Bdokner has had full opportunity
Of examining them. | confidently assert. that
they stamp the allegations of Mr.. Bucknpr with
falsehood.
The letter which Mr.. Buckner now makes use
OF, IN order 10 injure my character, is well as
crrtalned to be a forgery Ii was first published
by BINS, editor ofthe Democratic T, ess purno-