Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-17
PRINTED AkU PU3LlsKED,
DAILY,
BY sMowDEM & THORNTON,
From u. National MtelEg, neer.


number, quoted passages from the Debates in
the House of Repres, Mt tives on the Seminole
Wa. to shew- the opinions which were enter
tanned and expressed in Congress, by men such
as Wi,Iiam LowndeS, as well on the general
Question Of the fitne S. of merely military men
TO settle questions ofoajional policy and inter
national !,w.-ss on Inc particular character OF
Ten Jackson 5 acts in the Seminole War
During the Debate on this question IN the
House of Representatives, 1t was also under
consideration before Committee OF the senate,
which consisted OF Messrs. LaCock. Eaton, For
svth, King, and Burrill Before the report OF
the Committee was made, viz: on the 9th re-
bruary, Mr.. Forsyth, being appointed Minister
To Spain, res gaed his seat in the Senate, and Mr.
Eopes was appointed in his place. After the
Debate endsd In the House of Representatives,
by a rejection Of the report OF the committee
censuring the Generals conduct, report was
made bv committee Of The senate, condemnlng
in strong terms the whole course ard tenor OF
the Generals actions in Florida In this report
the committee declare shat they conceive Gen
eral Jackson, to have diSregarded the posiAce
orders ofthe jT0r Department, The Constitution,
and The Lars" and "that he has taken upon
himself not only Tie exercise Of those poIpers de'e
"gaiedio Congress as the Sole Legislative author
"itv of the nation, and to the President and
Senate, as it relates 10 the appointment OF
military officers bit Of The po'oer 'ch'ch hdd
been expressly reserrsd 10 The Saiss, In the ap-
pointment of the officers OF the Militia In
another partof the report the committee, use
the following strong language, III regard &c the
conduct of General Jackson:"Were this nallon
subject TO tie ttdH Of q military dsspoi, x were
@there no Constitutional brrierS to the lnordinate
r Dltin
g could scarcely haze 5eea expected" The whole
report goes upon the grourd thit "ihe rii:f p''n-
) .aeiples of the Constitution haze been riOl1tsd
Such was the report made after serious de-
liberation of more than two months, by this
committee Of the Senate.
Some DAVIS previous 10 the termination of the
debate in the House OF Representatives, and OF
course some weeks before this report was made
in the Senate, il will be recollected that General
J,cxsoS, attic ndeh by staff consisting OF seve'
raj officers, arrived in this city. Although Il Is
our purpose wholly 10 abstain from any reier-
ence 20 Gen J,ckSnn'S private acuons, ye',
wh,n those ac'iubs are placed upon record ~
connss,,oa VIII rs pubic conduct. and had
cousiders5i- ,fNen,C upoo our ,umate OF lhe
tenuer au,, dis, r..I'', ut .ai~ Pubnc "thcer, we
are auihuri a., "a refer 70 tuFre, and III o lr iur-
,hrr ouo,a,ions OF re-, ordyd facts, they will ne
cesssriiy be alluded 10, as sntwing the sylri'
by wairh he was ., tnIicufs that Tune II i
believed that the Gsu rai'-d not in Congress
a'siu..l personal enemy; bul so Indignant was
he at his conduct being Questioned At al, that
he fell into the error Of considering every one
who di,approved of his conduct to be his per-
sonal enemy. Accordingly we ind that ne
spoke Of them as such, and bul Tor ms lr'ehds
would perhaps have treated them as such.
The freedom which the committee OF the
Se,a,c had ,aken Wit -, pubic co0ducr, Gen
I,~l CON, ,svl. f-,, rock So flee all *.
animation e. 40 conduct as the highest public
c..ser In our Government Is always subject 10,
and must submit to with what resignation he
can, was resented by The General asa personal
;ojacy and iadipnity meriting the keenest re.
5roaohes. He did 20, conhne himself to the
aS,rictures'' nnich were made, and which he
had ripht 10 nj IKE, or ause 10 be- made, in the
public prints, upon that report. Those "Stric-
lures" were yer, panied, however, ind reflect
ed severed, upon the motives ofthe committee
o. the Senate, and particularly upon those OF
the Chairman Of the Committee, expressing a
deep conviction tba, this most unjust ana ne
gal hiai," thus referring 10 the inquiry by the
committee &" originated ia dishonest motives
" from feelings Of personal hostility in one oil the
"members, and, in others, OF disposition 10
CRAFTY junta" In this passage, 1t will be
seen, as indeed through The whole course OF the
"Strictures," the right Of the Senate TO enquire
er payfe, into the matter of Generals raising
armies and carrying on unauthorized military
excursions, is peremptoriy denied.
Mr.. Lacock, who was still IN Washington
wren these "Strictures" were promulgated
published a reply TO them, in which he satisiac
torily answered most of the points. made in
them, and showed that the course OIL 'he COM
n,;t,ee was countenanced by majority OF the
Senate that body having vo,ed by majority OF
81 l6, against discharging the committee
fromthe further consideration OF the SUBJECT a.
the time when Mr. Forsyth resigned, & when II
was known that the other members OF the com
mmiuee were equally divided In opinion as TO
the renort. The sentiments of Mr.. Eppes, who
was then added by vote to the committee,
were well known to be those by which the re.
mort of the committee was characterized, and
the selection Of him as the umpire showed We
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