Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-23
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neutrality of Key West, by entering the haroor
and Cutting out the Mexican vessels under '"e
command of Commodore Porter. Laoorae's
squadron was continually going out from, ana
returning to Havana, and each time ;hat any
mar, Of il left the port an active impressment
took place from the Spanish merchant vessels.
II turns out that the Mr.. Owen, 10 whom
General Jackson addressed his late letter, IN
xipdication of the murder of Harris and his
comrades. was the Jackson candidate selected
nv the Combination, to oppose the reelection
Il If MIR. Buckner, OF Kentucky, TO Congress-
General Jackson was appraised ofthis fact when
he wrote tina, infamous SANDER upon the cha
r,cter of Washington; knowing, at The same
lime, that it was to be published in handbllls,
and circulated throughout Kentucky, TO pro-
mote The election Of persons devoted to as
cause, and unfriendly 10 the great system, Of
which he was once the advocate. We are glad
however, that the Hero has thought proper 10
oursue such a course. 1t has been the cause
Of DEVELOPMENT which explains the singu-
lar reason urged, in one OF his celebrated
letters 10 Mr.. Monroe, against the Illness oil
MIR Madison, for the responsible station oil
Of President Of the United States. The letter
alluded 10, was written on lac 9th OF January
1917, informing Mr. Monroe, that, as lar back
as sos, the General had voted for him IN pref
erence TO MIR Madison, because the latter
"cculd not dwell on BLOOD AND CARNAGE, with
any composure." Which Of the candidates
he voted for in 1908, is matter of no conse-
uucnce, but il is not To be believed that the OBJ
\ i,crion made 10 Mr. Madison, in 1917 had any
4 ;nnuence on the Hero's mind in 1903, for the
Jcs, Of all reasons, that Mr. Madison had give
i no cause at that time 10 suspect that he was
more reluctant 10 shed blood, than the general
1 i,y cf good men. In 1915 the General was bet
ter informed, in regard to the coEposure with
which the Philosopher "could dwell on BLOOD
AND CARNAGE.
II is stated in The National Inteiigencer oil
4 Yesterday, that the record of the trial OF the
unfortunate Harris and his friends was actually
s. transmitted to the War Department in 1915,
i but was returned by order 9f Mr. Madison to
i the Gov. OF Tennessee, under whose order the
i draft of The militia was made. "Mr. Madison
is one" say the Editors, "who we have good
authority for saving, could not look on blood
aad carnage With composure, and who could
mot. orcourse, approve Of this slaughter, in cold
IblooA, of militia men, whose only crime, at the
worst, was mistake of their duty. He there
fore, prob ably declined placing among the ma
tional archives tie record of these proceedings.
i Certain II Is, that they were returned TO len
and are in the possession of the friends OF
Gen. Jackson, though possibly unhno'on 10 hin' "
No, So Its Impossible that such circumstance
could oe unkno,Ua TO him; because the Jackson
COMMITTEE published an extract from the Re-
cords. which extract was certified by the Gea.
erals adopted son, Mr.. Andrew Jackson Don
adson, as true copy from the Original re-
cords" placed in his hands by AdJutan: Gene
"a, Butler: and because the fact related by the
EDITORS 81 the Inieligencer was oil too much I'M
portance to General Jackson not to be known
10 him: The truth is that MIR. Madison wo"t'
no, allow the archives Of the nation TO be STAIN
Ell by such blood, proceedings as were detailed
in The Record. He therefore returned them to
Tenncsse, that the sons Of those who had been
butchered. or mutila,ed, nigh, see the pro-
ceedings of the court and profit by them. This
offended Gen. Jackson; hence his opinion ex-
pressed TO Mr.. Monroe in 1917.
In reply to some Combination Editor, who
yaunts The mildness Of the flero's late writings
and censures the boldness of Mr.. Ciay's, the
Democratic Press says
at is true, that no one can compare Me-.
Clay's speech with Gen. Jaekson's leuer with
ont being struck with what The politicians as
well as the critics would call the su6fled tone
Of the latter-a style chsstened, yet not chas'e;
humble in every sense, and mean IT the worst
sense of the word There is indeed con-
.ras,; the one uncou,h, ungrammatIcai, neon