Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-06-19
DOMESTIC.
From, the Sciosa Gazette.
GENERAL JACKSON,
find the Hartford Convention

find the Hartford Convention.
In the correspondence between MIR. Monroe and
General jackson, on the subject Of forming the new
Cabinet Of the former, there is letter OF the Cen
eral Of the 9th January, 1917, (see Niles Register,
Vol. XII. p. $685. in which he held the follow
ing extraordinary opinion, and uses the no less ex
traordnary language to enforce IT. IN relation 10 lhe
Hartford Convention -
81 am free to declare, had | commanded the
Military Department where the Hartford Conven-
ton met, if it had been the last act Of my We!
should have punished the three principal leaders OF
the party. ! am certain an independent Court
7nortiM acould haze condemned them u,ader the Sc
ooND SECTION Of the Act establishing Rules and
Regulations for the Government OF the Army Of the
United States.'
To show the reader what this " Second Section'l
is, under which the General, as Commander of the
s.Military Department where the Hartford Con-
yention met" would have hung up the . three
principal leaders,, by virtue Of the sentence of an
independent Court martial. p" If IL had been the
last act Of his life-the following extract from the
Laws Of the United States, is made.
Section 2. find be IL further enacted, That in
time of war, all persons, not citizens ow,ag al
legiancs to, the United States of America, who shall
be lurking as SPIES in or about the Notifications,
encan,pments of the armies of the United States,
any of them, shall suffer death according to the
law and usages Of nations, by sentence of genera
Court martial"
The able Editor Of the Richmond Enquirer, (Mr
Ritche) in commenting on the Section of the Act o
Congress, and the extraordinary declara n OF Gen
lacSson--nut in 1927, reader, but in 1924 when h
and the Richmond Junto were arrayed against tn
General, in favour of one Of the most accomplish
ed statesmen? of the age-William H. Crawiord-fo
the Presidency, makes the following sound, sensibl
and appropriate remarks:
q Now, how can any man bring the Hartfor
Convention within this Section Were they aliens
No: they were citizens. Were they htrking d
spies Call them traitors if you please they wcr
not spies. Again, were they lurking in. or abu,
the Notifications. SC. when they were in Hartford
where no Notifications perhaps were erected, r
troops encampedp
'sWhat kind Of President would this great Z
UiEaa make A gentleman, who cannot nterpr
the plain expressions Of la,c, and yet would
called to administer all The la,cs Of The land On
whose ideas are so purely military, that he wou
transmute a traitor into spy, or would punish tire
son, not BY the Civil Courts but by Court Martha
One Who, in any great crisis, acouid convert &
aphole country into one great camp, and aoould ,
duce almost every thing under martial la,o.
s. If this individual be Republican, then indee
as he says himself, ''.names bubbles.' WI
respect would such great civilian entertain for
LAWS and CONSTITUTION of this country? Is SUCH
ONE QUALIFIED FOR OUR CHEF MAGISTRATE 20
Now what will the good people of this count
say after they shall have read this faithful descr
ton, and shall have viewed this striking llken
of General Jackson, drawn by masters hal
when they told that " this individually is NJ
the great CIVIL REFoRMER whom the OPPOSITE
have set up ; and before whom, in the madness
their idolstry, they command every knee to be
and every tongue to contestant is in fact
candidate Of the aforesaid Editor of the R;
naoad Enquirer-the Richmond Junto-and
party opposed to the present wise and able
ministration Of the general government, for
highest, the most dignfed and responsible civil $
ton ever filled by man-cRED1TE posrER1 Wv
posterity believe it !? Can they be led to think Il
such absurdities were committed by their forefathe
From the Democratic Press.
Jackson paper at Carlisle (The Volunte
gives an anecdote apparently, to shew that Pr
dent Adams is not so distinguished parsonage
General Jackson.--It is this
g In Mr.. Lanes store in this borough, two gen
6 men of different notions respects the two {
g ddates for the next Presidency inquired Of a &C
"tryman, witch he for, Jackson, or Ada
The man, for moment hesitated to comply
H. al. -IIl - ~