Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-05-14


cy in General Jacison's division. Your III
q'liFieS have been anticipated by my letter OK
,iie 'iih, and yorr Conduct iii coiling for Il
'hFee months draft ii approved. There can
&c hothnlg more plain than that this is tt,
ia'f common sense construction OF these Iel>
;ers. 30 much for the 'p!cnarv BOWER,
"ihch :'le Committee say MAS vested in Gov.
hio'lEt. ithas already been obsen cd that
me "iniiit!a division under the command of
MAJOR General Jackson" to which the Sec
Rotary a.i;Ges iii ms letter OF the L tb Janu-
aF}' was called out ior The express purpose,
ltS SoTefnCr Ei0uut informs us in his letter
% In 'Qth December. 1912 of acting a.
9ansi nc hostile Creeks ne object was
OF temporary nature; and whenever that
var vas brought 10 a close, every thing
WAich depended upon 1t ceased 20 operate,
mai var at an end, Gen. jacksci's com,
nland ceased; and the powers OF w;lu:cyer
Kind, granted to the Governor of Tennessee
| by the letter ot the Secretary OF War of the
iith January, 1914, became revoked Of
course; because they were confined To that
command.
The Creek war closed in April. 1911,
l ills tact WAS announced by General Jack
soa III 4 letter to the Secretary OF War. d.
tod tie 8iii OF May, 1914, No. ., Of docu-
ia2n! l15, communicated to lie House by
Tie secretary of War on the l4yii oil its,brii
afy last. General jackson j.. th2t letter in
forms the Secretary that ''the Creek war be-
| iag terminated, the West Tennessee ttoous
va! %" discharged II i''aycttyili or The 1oth.
aRd thosy ol the Eastern division. who 80
not lei to garrison the posts, VIII bc lis,
charged Ut tAiigston as soon as they can be
marched there" Here We have the official
annunc'ation 81 the fact oY General Jack
himself, that by his own order his militia
AZ W., IL. = Al
ana with 1t terminated the ..pienary p0Wlr-a
oi Governor Eiount This d:sbandny oc
the mitia division under the command OF
tiajor General jacIson, took place Ter,
days previous 10 the issuing. by the Govern:
or, OF has famous order OF the Goth MAY. 1914.
caihng these men into service THAI this
tact was known 20 Gov. EloJnt l.; apparent
from LAS directing his order 10 Gen. JacL
son, vino had returned from the campaign
im3 IS corTo'oratod ~ the circumstance
OF all orders !s%sled b. the Governor whilst
the General was IN tlie field, being directed
u The ''Gdes' nrlGadlcr General, III the alb
! sencc o. The ALaiorGcneral." The light m
whloi' lha Secretary oi War w = mis-
'ttf!----~,. 'a:2-, Hi:t.l the Coinr1itteT con-
Tend ne had vested IL Gov. Blo,,t NAV, T.,
iut'!'at Illustrated ~ the circumstance Of his
alter o.dofs being such a. TO exclude the lido,
thai ne understood any such power as l,avi,,s.
oe2Agr&nt2d. Had b. understood Gov B|orn3
as being vested with pionaIr powers in All
iihhSs apnef! aiming 10 The calling oct militia
Gratis there Woul have been 40 necessity
inT any additional oi;:eGs Oh that subiac,
ct We ina fhat or the -i,h OF Juiy. 1851 tl,a
! SecrcraEy 81 Y. az did ISSUE his order TO co.
bioun., requiring him 10 organize and boId
! III readiness $500 militia, under filc laws of
nc @Gth &c, OF Feb, 795, and the leliof April,
Loi4' HIS orcef goes couclusiy ely to prove
that the letter OF the Secretary Of War, OF
tue I'm OF january, 1914, was intended to
apply to nothing more than the suopI,,iop hy
militia drafts, the dcfciencu which !nigbt nry G
IN Ten JacAson's division whist epgaped in
'Ie prosecution Of the Creek war
in the view which have presented
cannot b"t 'il',N il clearly shown. that
there was not in the letter of tie Se,-
Tciary Q: !. ar, Of the 18th OF hammer
EIGil, any authority to the Governor OF Zen.
ne75ea, 10 call out militia drafts for ? period
DISK months service. But that, on the CON
trary, this letter, taken in connection with
those winch pTccCde and follow it. riyas am
PIE proof that the intention Of the President
was TO limit the service Of the Tennessee mi
iltIa, engaged IN ihe Creek war, 10 three
months. 1t must DC borne i'll mind that this
: correspondence. and the decision Of thc Pros
) ldenl, took place during tac existence Of tha
law 81 the l0!h Of April 1919 wbi,7, rcc,,,i-
red SIX months service; aud which law nv-
pred on ;tc 10Th OF april, 1914. With thczc
facts pctorc us, let rs iuuurc If if is at
ali proOa'l" shat thC President, Who. NJ tb,
earnest solicitations Of the Governor ,1 'vrn.
lcSsce. consented that uen who were looal
~ required to serve sin months. shoul1 ho
discharged ~ the expiration Of three month.
and who sad tiat he depended !,pou tEn