Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-12-01

Gus nniinv. which eopardised not only the remainder
o the garrison from its exposed stnaon but tue safe
ty OF our county and whether, this wolf in sIeep,s
clothing, Has not a f subject OF example. Harris
when condemned 10 die, ackuow edged the ist,cs OF
his condemnation, and stated, he had no hone OF
pardon here but that he had Of forgiveness hereafter
which trust lie obtained through tavmedation of
our blessed Saviour, and sincere repentance of his
! crimes th-t brought on linn this condemnation
| Lei Il o. recoiieCed, that this mutiny occurred at
PERIOD wien every nerve of country was strained
To protect 1t from I've invasion of overwhelming Ri-
tish force, whose agents then engaged stirring
up the Greeks TO the indsormnaie murder OF our de.
fenceess border citizens These are Ia. facts OF the
case, FOR YOU informatiou.r
| E:on, he ,M,tinna, Journal, Jitiy 81.
1.-THE TRIUMPH OF THE PASSIONS OYER
! NIEMORYn
We noticed few days ago very curious t'epnr.aye
from (ncr in the letter Of Gen. Jackson TO Mr. Svsart
won't which we could attribute only TO the cause
assigned in mottonot willing believe that the
General would be guilty of wfn disregard of truth
especially since we have heen emphaical!v warned
that dure question lis statetDents Tho same
cause mustiiave operated most powerfully, when the
General wrote the letter To his friend in Baltimore TO
explain the shooting or the six militiamep. In tia:
short production -desSned as his Justification before the
nation and commencing with the poinpous flourish ta,
'truth is mighty and shall vai-there are no less
than sir departures from The facts they ppear in the
official documents, aud III his svindicationn by tn.
committee Of supervision aud qua rdianship established
for him at Nashville. Mast OF these alterations hav e
already been poined ott by our corresp onden,
''TRUrH"-fo whom. BY TN, way, owe an apology
for having so long withheld his last commune atom
but there are others which TO have escaped his
notice.
Eirst departure from lie fiic.s
The case you allute to, Nigh, wol be ascribed
the Pesiden, ofhe United as in chic;
| OF the land aud naval erces, me-
Did the General forget that he directed Col, Pipkp
to have the arrested for trsl?;at he ordered III.
courtf-thai he approved the proceedings?-and that
he commanded the execution And did he also forget
that tie President never heard Of the case until
the sentence executed and whole matter be-
yond prevention remedy, and that he never did give
any opniun about it? THE case,n then, could moi
-he asGpbed tn the President bill Yas rrooerly
cTibed 10 Gen. Jackson.D
Second departure from IKE facts
At the head of ibis n"tiny, Mr.. Harris preac
@ and as my memory now Of the Baptist prors
Sion lie broke open the commssary Stores knocked oi
the heads of the fou barrels, taking what wanted and
destroying wha, me PeasedPoceedc then to tbs bake
house, em SCI it Are, aud marched off open defiance
of the Colonel leaving the garrison without rovsious and
50 weakeic - teScit:oa, .ai ghs fallen sac
ridce 10 ihe iuIa.s''
! The guardians have published the record of the eyi
dence and trial &c Uid,cnte their 'swardnanc thai RI
cord shows particle OF testimony 10 proye tina, Uar
rs committed any of these siiedged crimes If thew
were III true, IL would be justification for the sco
ing under the trial and conviction as gwen Gen J
could not go beyond the record, iegniy-wc know he
has method ofdoing these things practic1Hy uhou,
much regard To lao.
! Third departure from the facts.
"fhe ringeader Harris their head, Gter some fine
apprebended and brought Mobile in rons after
had left there for New Orleans aud had cbocred
itiacsesfeT eM zee command Of thai ion ofite coQnry
The order for the court is dated 2fs November laIA
and is signed by The Adiuant General, Butler On
the 20ib Nov, Gen Jackson hns TO the Score
tary of War from .Uo5iie-''i leave this for New Or
leans the god nstantp T. = alt is with rem,e
DO this befDre the arrigut Of Gen. Ujnchesfey &c
&c. &c. and then proceeds to inform the Secratarv
pH he had npponte! 1t. Col. .4rbuctie to command
until the arrival OF Cen Winchester, and gives his
reasons for doing, in which it may be readily shown
that he violated the law, there was Bgades C e.
neral OF militia the ground who was entitled TO the
command in Eaton's Life of jackson, if is stated
that he left Mobile tie 22d November In Letter
from the General, dated 2,i December he saws thai
Brgader General Winchester reached Fort ST. s;e
pheos on the 2st III, and visited The troops on the fla
bama near Pearce's sockade, on the 22d. or this
Gen. Jackson Of course ignorant when he wrofe
his letter of the 20h, at Mobile The CUNNING intro
duotion then of Gen. Winchester's name shows =
slip Of The memory. He had not arrived 81 Mobile
when General Jackson left it, of course he was no,
charged with the command of that section of the
couutry,o
Fourth departure from the Ertls
"fhey were tiled by court martial, and condemned
to die-,frc were shot, and the 6alaure pardoned''
recording TO the record, sir were .scondemned
10 d'e"-Sir were actually shot, and not was par
doned who had been condemned TO die. Where blood
was not TO be shed, pardon vas in some cases exten
dcd. Where the sentence dcati. it was execu-
ted promptly and without renorse. One would have
thought, that shedding the blood of fellow citizen and
soldier had IN il something sufficiently affecting to fas
ten itself even upon such memory as General Jack
sons. fisk 6ufi0cks bad been shot, he would prob
ably have remembered the number With accuracy
Ills friend COL PipRin at least, can tell exactly bog
many 6eG0es were "sho down." and how many made
tbeir escape
Fifth departure from lie Jacts
others who had deserted, before they acled home
because alarmed at their situation returned before Harris
and bis party were arrested joined me- and toere
fcere 1'h me Vhen marched Pensacola an 1914; fol
otted me thence 10 Men Orleans where they regained 6c
former good character by their vaorous odery
duct, aud uere hoaorably discharged"
In the Official enumeration of the Generals force OF
Tie 18th November, before taking Pensacola no par
| ct Col. Pipkins command is mentioned In Col Pr
SlDs OWE statement, there is mention of his or m,
81 bra men, going TO PensaCola-On the contrary h
states that ne garrsoned the posts The Creek nation
and mentions only his services there. So much 70
their going TO Pensacola. The battle of New Orlesn