Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-04-16

uihercnt letters, one 10 81 gentleman in Ri
e'nofe, In 1926, and the other to n candidate
ior congress, III 1927, the latter ayove1lv
ana Doth manliestly, intended for effect or,
w. Puohc nind, he has given two detailed
statements, somewhat contradiotory0 both
supporting 70 give the facts in relation to the
arrest, imprisonment, trial condemnation
aud execution of the six militia men ,t NJ
Die, IN 3;5, and both at varjancc in ,n,n,,
important particulars, from facts Established
Dy documents published by a committee of
ii' fieh0S at Nashville, and ayerrcd by them
10 oe Official lie says, the case ssrnipht az,
wen Dc ascribcd to the President of the Uni
leu states, as cominander-irl-clicfo of the land
ana naval forces, as to nte''-forgettino thar
ne mad commanded TIC men to be executed
win such cruel haste as to forbid the hon,
81 mercy, and that the whole matter was
10y ~ yu,iu prevention or remedy long before
."e ilessheit ever heard of it. He attempts
| 10 transfer the wcole responsibility of the
bloody sacrifice to Gen. Winchester. wl,orn
ne say" che had charged with the command
| Oh 'hat section OF the country" forget.insr
| mat ny MS several orders the men were.
arrested, tired, condemned and shot-;;,c
name OIL Een Winchester no where appear
"'S III any OF the documents, as excrcisinr
comman;s, or giving orders in relation to the
proceedings. He says, 'foe were shot and
the balance pardoned:" accor,lipu to tho
record, sir were condemned and sir were
actually shot, and not one was pardoned tha.
iau DSth condemned to death. He repre-
sents, that 1.-The others who had ,e.aricJ
returned before Harris and his party mined
NE, and were forgiven, were with me ,vhen
marched TO Pensacola in l8l4> followed
me to Ncw Orleans, where they redeemed
their character by their vaiorous and soldier.
y conduct, and Srcre honeraJly discharsedn
All the dcscrters We're from Col. Pinkip,s
regiment and in the official enumeration ~.
the Generals force on .lio 18th Noven,bar
before taklug PeHsanola, no part of Col
fipkin's command is mentioned. and in the
Coioncis own statement there is no men
tion OF his, or any Of his men, going to Pensa-
coia-1e states that he garrlsoned the posts
III lt'e ofceS nation, and mentions only his
services there. The first battle of New Cr
leans was fought 2,'d December, and the last
on the 8th January following. Col. Pipkin.
speaking OF these very men and this very
transaction, says, that his regiment returned
TO tennessee on the Dist or 22d December
and were discharged" The document.
shew, that, in the proceedings which were
approved by Gen. jackson, near two hundred
OF the ''doscrtcrs' were before the court
martial at Mobile, in the month of December
that SIX were condemned to die, and the
others, with single exception, sentenced to
nave their pay stopped their heads shaved,
anu 70 DC drummed out of camp-that only
ten were pardoned, and the sentence as to
all the others commanded to be carried into
effect by the order of Gen. Jackson of the
I'D January, 1915. Ai,er stating several
oihcr matters equally at variance with the
published documents, he concludes his letter
to gentleman in Baltimore, dated 14th
september, 1926, by saying, eft is for the
pn6Iic to Judge, whether this protested AM
BAssADoR OF CHRIST, JOHN HARRIS, Min
lster OF the Gospel, and the father of a large .
ana helpless family, who was one of the six
Wctims,J did not well deserve DEATH for tho
crimes OF ROBBERY AND ARSON, and for this
outrageous mUTINY,' and whether the WOLF
in sleeps clothing, was not a fit subject OF
example, Not one of the six was CHARGED
with arson, but one with robbery, and he was
acquitted OF the charge. They were not.
and could not lawfully have been, tried or
sentenced by court martial for sthe crimes
OF arson and robbery" In these letters, We
discover, that, although the facts of the case
have escaped recollection, after the lapse of
eleven years, the memory of the unhappy
sufferers is rcvied, and the horrible catastro
phe remembered and spoken of with exulta-
ton.
If great injustice has not been done to
'N'' 80 nooh Wy SoHiG Oh tie most COnSplCu-
GUS OF his present supporters, his fidelity to
the Union, and attachment to our instit,
tons, has not been unwaycring We well
remember that his declaration, that the Ken.
tuci;ian3 had ''ingIoriously fed at New Or
leans gave rise to an angry newspaper con-
troyersy. between him &, Gen Adair, now his
political friend. In one of his publications,
zen: jackson charged Gen. Adair with hav-
ing been concerned with Col Burr IN the
reasonable nisdecds of 1867. To which 4
Gen. Adalr replied, This affair relates to
HIM (Jackson) and myself alone. Whatever
were the intentions of Col. Burr, neither or
canned TROOPS, nor did / aorits coNT1DEN-
TIAb LETTERS, recommending him to My
friends; nor did think it acccsscry, after. L;a
t0if'"'e 7Oas w'irersaiy kao;cn, to save n1yseiP
6Y turning INFOAMER or STATES wtrxEss: :,