Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-08-21
TUESDAY .4mgust FL, 1927.


debate upon sprung up, which was only arrested !
by the embarrassing Of the paper The friends Of
Gen. j. (he being then in Tennessee) undertook to s
enpnrgats this Paper, Response, OF Memorial, oiits
most offensive expressions; and, when thus chast-
ened, it was again offered, and, after some debate,
in which the eloquence Of PIYKNEY won upon the
Senate to receive it, the Memorial was received and
ordered to be printed Even in its moderated form,
as it is found in the printed records of the Senate,
it is singular document, being in part yindicato-
ry, but in part ALSO, in the nature OF an instructions
by Andrew jackson, Major-General in the Army
fthe United States, and Commander Of the South
Division to the Senate of the United States, on
the score of the proper duties of that body. lie
there tells them that "dte manner in which the in
quiry lin his case was conducted by the Commit J
tee, is believed to have been novel;" that 6 /
ado0t such course" as was adopted by the Com
mtee, sis to PROSTATE therules OF Judicial proceed
&c ings to violate every maxim Of justice, and to
trampe down all the sacred guarantees OF the Con-
&C sttuton!" The Committee he says, rather
shave employed polliatives for the ontrogss Of the
&C encny and given aggravated aspect to the mea-
"sures which were adopted for The peace and secu-
rity of our frontiers. Add to this the manner in
(which the testimony was coected--the time at
which it published, and the style an zDhich a
composed and your respondent cannot forego
the belief that it evnces hostility to The Eaecu
tire and 10 the Military Officers under has COM
4 - manu.. " OnOulO lne TIME CVSI arrive hHSh
7 " majority of any of the superior tribunals OF the
"naton, influenced by party feelings, shall proceed
&c to crminatc public officer or effect his removal,
/" in order to create vacancy, or 10 CRAFTY the am
! :" bfion Of fIDorite pdrzan, then, NC &C. - ne
: sspatrot win have ample to treadle for the
honor Of his country, and the perpetuy OF the he
n spublican institutions This u.s. to say the least
of it, doctrine quite as shovel as any OF the FRO
ccedngs of the Senate were, and little accordan
}! of thef( If these things
:, were done in the green tree, what may we not eX-
pect in the dry 1t is believed that Gen. JACKSON,
l. as President and Commander in Chief Of the Army
~ and Navy Of the United States, would be disposed
is to act with subdued authority than he assum-
Re ed as Commander Of the Southern Division e
Or Would he be more respectful to Congress, or less
IN easily excited by the investigations into hls conduct
e. which every President must encounter 1t is moi
NJ at all probable.
oil The particular incidents of the Seminole War We
lie shall not rake for fresh comments at this day, eX
OF cept one of them, which shews what idea Genera
acrsoN has Of the Rights of the States. which some
eli of his present political supporters such sticker
an for, and are determined to restore to their righ
oy owners We refer to the letter addressed by TIKI
General on the 9TH of May, lSll to the Governo
e (RaBuN) of the state of Georgia. in which he make
M the following astanding declaration 'you. Sir
as Governor Of the State. have right TO give mi
c- litary order ohi!st Tam in The fed." What unde
ell and Laws of the several States And If Majo
On. General of an Army undertakes thus to tranpl
st. them all under his feet, what might not the sam
nd individual undertake to do, with all the armies an
ate Fleets of the Nation under his command?
The During the government of Florida by Genera
in JAcKso some transactions took place still turtle
der eSempifying the harshness OF the Genera his VT
for dctiveness in of any supposed dispute OF HI
nal authority, and his liability to undue excitement
his occasions demanding dignity and dc'iberaton OF 90
rds pertinent. We refer more particularly to the COZ
rel troyersy between him and ELIoIus FRoMENTIN, II
lar Judge of tie United States for that territory. III
To Judge ventured to issue writ OF hd6eas corpus
re sort of process which the General has more tina
ion once shewn that he will not tamely permit to IN e
are ere with any authority he chooses to exercise
re- What does Governor JACKSON do upon this occ
sion F.? He directs the captain who had charge
a. the prisoners embraced in the writ to keep the
n confined '' until released by the orders OF his Exec
=, lency the Governor" and simultaneously issues
~ writ running as fooweth :
~ "Eligius Fromentn, Esq. will forthwith be al
Ill.,, appear before me, show why he has attemE
n, ed to interfere with my authority as Governor
wv the Floridas. exercising the powers ct the CAPITA
,,na General and Inendant of the Island OF Cuba ov
the said provinces. and Of the Governors of said pr
vnces respectively. in my judicial capacity as
a'nr preme Judge over the same, and as Chancen
m thereof, having committed certain individuals &C
has s No ~, ans,vorod for b;s conduc
we'd, .etn. I ,s0 d;scharoed and here the matt
pse might have ended. if Judge FRoMENTIN had n
oni uey perpersey desired. in writing. ten day ate
'ca wards, that the Governor would contradict repc
duty that. on the day he before him. he had apology
tor ed for having issued the writ of Habeas Corpus
How the fact was, is a matter we NEEDLE not W.T.
that Bat the correspondence closed with note from
the neral Jackson accusing the Judge in two instance
Nine of "deiberae fasehood" and ending with the IL
Mr. lowino remarkable paragraph
the 81 have harelv to add that recommend