Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-27
a the National Journal.
SIX NlLITIAMEN.

! The law hthe facs which relate to the eX-
ecution IF tx militiamen by order of Gen.
Jackson, aftArir terms Of service had tx
rired, appeAA,c irrperfoctiy understood by
s"me and are smp0y .r, to %s'' Of
this drfect,ye Of knowledge TO involve the
p bile mindi deep. r mist of error on t"is
subject. II time that those on RACES on
Truth and thtabusrs of public confidence, on
the part Of III - no rely on Justification and
my slery for TT I linn nj Of their ends, should
I be met AID re ted; and that the people
should be put possession Of simple & accu>
rate statement the whole affair.
For the phlse Of producing a clear con-
ception of thebiect, we first OF all quote the
charge Itself, ~ is given in the report OF the
Nashville CONT, dated April 25, 1877
"Hc is ehargWilh ha ing caused thu execu
ton of six mil men, for crimes committed
aftrr their tern service had expired
The con, icti oil the men for "mutiny' and
"ronniving asu,iny," by court martial
composed of3te regular members and two
supernumerarf and their execution, arc es-
tablishcd byitrac,s certified by Andrew J.
Donnel,on, Heted from the original procee>
dings Of the Hurt" which he had received
from"Col Rott Butler, 4aie AdjuiantGcn"ral
Of The Sou,lie Division" and by the order is
sued by comhnd of Gen. Jackson on the 22d
Of January Is, for til: execution, four days
after lis prShlgation at Mobile. OF those
p' oceedingsltre is no trace on the records OF
the War Dep,ment, (the only document filed
there bcingti general order above referred
to,) although following clause in The Arti-
Giles OF War eNessly provides that proceed
ings OF cnkrtmar,ial shall be transmitted to
the DepartmenVor preservation:
cart. 90. E.ry Judge advocate, or person
officiating as sch at any general court mar.
tial shall transit, with as much expedition as
the opporlanit of time and distance OF place
Can admit, he riginal proceedings and sem
tence of such mrt martial, 10 the Secretary of
War, whichssil original proceedings ana SEN
tence shall l,e refully kept and preserved in
the Office ofs,l Secretary, to the end tina, the
persons entItl thereto may be enabled, upon
application tohe said object obtain copies
thereof"
Instead Of cing thus transmitted, We find
the proceeds in The hands of one Of the fam
lily OF General ackson, a circumstance which
at once pTD,s the violation Of the Article Of
War, and w:rants the inference that such vi
olation was iskcdto preserve the character
Of General Lkson from thc.eflect Of any fu-
tnre invest fton.
The er,E Of tho act could only DC met by
pailiativeS ad ,hosc have been plenlifal!y, but
very unsut sstuly, administered by The edi-
tors of lhh neral; but The iAegaEty Of i; has
been enec.iered by direct denial. The edi-
tor Of tue rlegraph at once hazarded the de-
claratich that the Tennessee militia were
10 service for six months - In reply
to this, thDcmocra,ic Press refers the editor
Of the Iegraph TO the War Department for
-videncetlt Gov. Blount made application to
Mr.. Ma n that the term Of the militia ser
vice "sheq not exceed three months" SC.
and thai ir. Madison directed that they
should ses only that time" The Democra-