Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-12

the act Of 1895 which continued in o,.
after the expiry of that Of 1912. Il r,SVS
that they committed no crime, and bec, ,o"N
deserters or mutineers, in leaving ,be C.%
when they did SO. ''e
We shall not dwell upon this par, A..
subject, because we deem it Of little mro.'E
whe Their they were subject to i six or me ,S
month, tour Of dusy In either case, n. %e
ely Of their punishment was the same ~
destruction Of human life should never h.
sorted 10 but in case Of extreme necfs,,.
That necessity, we maintain, did no, ,1.
nor did the safety or interests of the c,,.,
require that he lives Of six fellow beings ,h";
br taken away. When Gen. jackson ,o,.
the order for their execution, peace had bo'
made twenty eight days before, and On IN. ,os
Of January, 1915, three days anterior hi, q.
nature OF that bloody rescrpt, he wrote 10 =,
Secretary Of War, that the enemy's las, ev.,
,inns had been made in that quarter. MI
such belief resting on his mind, where ro,p
he find reason for spilIing the blood Of 4,
country ,nen-'hose whose fault, if any L..
they had, was one Of opinion solely Alssrir
il as much as you phase, dislort it as you viii
il amounts 20 nothing more Than GeIn,Or
They h.lirvei, and We think rightly believed
there was no law to deain them longer tia,
three mont 5; several Of their ofi ers believe
SO too; the Secretary Of War CoirciaT
in that OPT ion, see his letter Of the Nc
january Acting under this confident bel,
ard anxious once more TO embrace III ST. wlo7
they had left at home, they undertook 10 ID
that for themselves. which hey concendlh,n
commanding rffi, ers was bound TO 10 f.,
them. Ghs was = e head and front Of lhei q.
; nding In all thi, there certainly lar no.
Sufficient offence TO jus,if. the inAicion Of tie
punishment Of death, especially S it WIS ta
called for on the scorce oil example. On hi.
las topic, we have formerly enlarged amply.
1'hr annexed paragraph is so worried BY III.
Committee, as 10 impose belief upon h,
reader, 'ha, great clemency was shown by gn
+ Jackson towards many of the "mG,ireerg'
they -alk Of his having pardoned those Who
were deluded, with as much parade, as il Ii,
pardoned had formed ma joriy OF The whck
. number sentenced. 'All the rest Of the muli
neers and descrtcrs we're CONDEMNED 10 trivia
, punishrnents, neither affecting lift nor lin.
. excepting six Of the ringleaders," &c.
nat some Oh tue "'lC NS'uut-
into belieftha, they were abou, 10 be Nryls
fully detained in service, beyond III term ts
which they were legally drattee, your Coa
. mir,ee Think not imp obable. and tho" VITO
were thus likely to bs deluded, the Cour re-
: commended to the cl' mency of the r0mmaNd'
ing general who, II appears, pardoned 'hrmi
? and that all the rest of the mutineers and DE-
.er,ers were condemned to trivial punshm,l
neither affecting life nor limb, excepting sly
/, the ringleaders, 10 VII: David Morrow, hla
E Harris, Heny Lewis, David Hunt, ard ~
: ward Linsey, PRIV aes in Col Pipkin's tE'
e meut. who were found guilty either ofcauSe
D or exciting mutiny, before the IGN oil SpS
1914, or committing mutiny, Or desc ting "hLi
r on post. before the expiration OF the IGN I"
/, September, 1914, and suffered death N 80"
Let Us see how Tar the record corresponds
10 with this statement. Six were condennet 10
I, dea,h-a6out 80 sentenced TO have Their b. .d'
shaved, and be drummed outof camp, 6.
y (triyiaI punishments!)-sn only |? al lt.
|, special recomme ndation Of the court nariia,
out of nearly 900, pardoned.-This shaving and
: drumming out nf camp. the gentlemen CON-
posing he military rommittee, consider III
vial punishment. Where were their telnS!
where were their consciences-anl whtrr' J.
bove all, was their knowledge ofthe m'ltif'
I Character when they wrote this? We bri'''
= tba, many private soldiers would prefer dean
= 10 so ignominiou, an ini1lction. No man, ':
t are confident, who comprehends what IS due ID
the dignity OF human nature, could ever a'd
wards he content either with himstlf or VIZ
S the world. We shall again speak Of this '
por,;& we shall also take occasion o Sd! a''
words on The accommodating conduc' Of S''e
: raj courls-martial with respect 10 Gen"!
: Jackson.