Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-05-18

presented by the mutiny, would seem to Justify the
"en ence OF the Court. The Committee will close
their remaikS on this head, 10y observing, that
Harris, one Of the principal ringlesders of the mu-
tiny, after conviction, acknowledged The justice of
his sentence.
Equally unsupported By evidence, and foreign
from truth stands be second of the charges above
enumerated. The accounts of General Jackson
against the Government could easil, have been
obtained Why then they not prodaced1 Is
II incumbent on hi friends 10 prove the negGti2e
OF ever question thai may arise during the con-
troversy? But the rommtiea. will not content
themselves with positive and pGremptory denial
OF the allegations in he second charge and with
Challenge tor the production of proof to substan-
tIs'e them they will 20 yet faTther--tbey will
chew that the insinusrion, OF his remaining idle
and inactive az me after the termination of the
LAST war, and enjoying his Office of Major General
as sinecuTe. IL libel on bis public services, and
Indicative CT the most egregiou- Ignorance in those
who make or believe IT.
Whether there any truth in the assertion that
he remained of home will appear from the follow
ing facts:-In May 1914, Gen Jackson returned
from he Creek campaign. and IN June following,
received the appointment OF Major General, With
orders to proceed TO the South He received the
submission OF the Creek in 1911, and never saw
his t'miiy until the close of he war. In October
1915, having reached Nashville the May preced-
ing, worn down with priva;ion and fatigue, he
proceeded TO the City Of Washington, where he
was called by the duties OF his CONN ant-Yhilst
there be was dangerously DJisposed, but he re-
TUNED in FEBRUARY 1876, and in few days after,
set out Tor the South Tor she purpose Of surveying
and making personal examina ion of tie Coast,
with view TO select proper -es :or the erection
OF Foritications. About this period, his attention
wa reQuh ed on our North Western frontier
which wa menaced by the Indians, and he wa
engaged IN pre-, airing means Tor us defence until
September 1919, when he was appointed Com
missioner 10 treat with the Chick 4sae, Creek aad
Cherokee Indians. Inns dug being performed he
was Immediately ordered 10 selec, the South
ern boundary OF Tennessee, and have surveyed a
proper site Tor F4undery and Arsenal. Soon sf
ter re received orders cause the military road
leading from Nashville to New Orleans, TO be
surveyed and opened Having performed -
many active and Impor ant services Gen. jackson
might, with great proPrIety, have demanded from
the Government Short respite from the more Ia
borious duiie- OF his division; but lie made o such
Fsquisinoa. for in the tall Of Ihe year 1917, we
hni him concluding another treaty with he Chero-
kee Indians. Scarcely was tbs treaty brough to
a close, her he received orders TO proceed 70
= orr Scott, take command of the troops ~ Jisfsor
and pn' speedy termination to he Seminole war
FROM their knowledge OF tiIi1 cara Taigu, the com
nii'iee 8 e! n HESITATION IN saying that il was one
his lite in Imminent danger lr M
pElva,ions, sickness and fatigue-few of his
friends vertnred 20 indulge hope that he would
ever again return 10 the bosom of mis- family
Contrary, however, to all expectation, he did re-
turn, and in the fall o. the year, associated with
the venerable and patriotic Shields, held treaty
with he Ch'rksssws, by the provisions Of WHICH,
thu States OF Ieantncky aud Penneasre extended
their jurisdiction to he Mississippi river. These
9TH,
Performed after the close of the war--from the
time he entered TITO The service of his country.
until the d,y % h.- resignation, his life So a. one
continued scene # active and laborious duties and
yet TINS mn Is no" accused 10y hIs counirymen Of
staying at home aad enjoying lis eGice Of Major
e e. eTai SDlscure!l
The omH.i'tee viii now proceed 10 notice the
third charge, the object OF which il 10 imneach the
consistency 81 Ge1ersi Jackson republican sent.
ments For the purpose OF rebutIing this charge
a bare reference % the Journals of he Senate, dur-
ing the years 1897 AM 9S, viii be amply sufficient
Tho-e who will take The trouble 10 examine them,
wall find that he stood by the side ofsi'a1ewell and
Mason IN The republican Isnks: aud with magma.
nln'ity and patriotism, unusual among modern 20
hlcian-, General jackson resigned his seat IN the
Senate 20 make way for General Smith. whose
age, experience add weight OF character, he be-
Heved, would add TO The s,iengh of the republican
parry dnrlog that gloomy period OF our b,s'ory
Nc man was more decidedly opposed ~ the Alien
and Sed'ilon Laws and to the administration Of
John Adams lban as General Jackson
In the fourth and last charge, it is alleged hat
Gen. cksoD when a member Of the Tennessee
State Convention, voted fra property qualifca.
iion IN voief. This the Committee aver is
positively untrue It Is noiorou. that he advocated
The provision adopted In the constitution # our
state, which secures The right o: suffrage to every
JFeeHdn. by referring TO that article IL will be
found that all men not IN bondage, whether "a bite
black, or red, who have been resident hin any
one county =iN months, Immediately preceding the
election, acquires thereby the rigb, OF voting
Further comment on an accusation so n,anifes,Iy
unjust, would be wholly uperhuor-; Will me "
most confidence, the Con uiliee leave this and tie
foregoing charges 10 The candid Judgment Of the
people
The Committee cannot close this aJiros- With
on tonrbins upon n subject tina, hss occasoned no
little excl erent IN neighboring state and, in MI
probability, engeudered me uninendiy feeling
towards Gen. J.ck-on; they refer 10 The iingu a.
ton OF cowsriice which, II s o1ld. he endesvored
20 TX on The Kentucky uoops situated on the right
bank OF the Mississippi al the battle OF ". Orleans
That Gen. Jackson eves wished ~ deemed % pos
alhle 20 affect the character and standing Of he
State of kentucky istoo ,nilesily absurd one .ro-
mcut t0 sufpDse No mo, IN h. cro7er senses
acquainted WITH the events nj The var Of 1912,
would have the Dlly and madness TO apply the
epilbet Of 80 cowardice" to that State. IL j. tine
that upon the official report Of two officers, he did
say, that one hundred aud eighty Keptuckians bad
" insloriousIy fed;' but j., il equally true. that,
after obtaining correct account Of the crcum.
stances attending The tansaction. he with his usua
magnanimity, acquitted them Of the charge Of
want Of courage; ard exptoesed his entire szdsiac
ton with the sentence Of the court martial which
acquitted their commander. From the long and