Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-10-16
rwhole No. i4o7E

" . uAACt ltlUR tMI n.y.
On the Sd Of March, air. LouAlier. a patri>
otto member Of the Legislature. and speaker OF
the House, who had fought ard eeen scttve in
service under Cea. Jackson, indignant ss tho
violation OF the rights OF the people and tho
law, wrote and published some slriclufes on the
conduct OF the General; he was arrested ~
uia;ary Esrce aud imprisoned
Louailier applied TO Judge Hall, Ger . writ Of
t,abeas corpus, the writ was disoheysd, and
Judge Hail, BY military order, was arrested ana
Imprisoned fer issuing it,
Judge Hall applied 70 Judge Lewis Of tha
state court for q hke wrie-lhe writ was dIsohey-
ed-ihat grcs, bulwsrk OF liberty was srssnplsd
under foot, ami . file OF soldiers arrested tho
judge pod the lswyer tina, applied FOR the writ
md conduc,ed bo,h TO prison.
Gu the lit az March. he banished Judge Han
from the city withou, trial Fos offence, or eon~
vietion Of any. bur re,sined Louanisr in pfison--
hsrl, IN Msroh Loualher was put upon hin
trialbe lore a C2srs .Aarila. ehark ed with being
ssss, with rlnt,np, Sr. but each specification sec
tosth the publics,mn in the papers--he pleaded
"a The Jurisdiction Of the Court, being q citizen
sod not = subjec, OF martial law, and the soura
Of which Gen. Gaines was pressdsnt, acquitted
him
Gen. Jackson disctpra-csi The acquitted Of tho
Court, on the ground that his personal dig0lty
was implica,ed, and detained Louaiiier In prison
until the rst1fications Of the treaty Of peace wan
made known
For these au:rsges upcu the civil rishss "
Judge Hall, Genersl Jackson was 6ned 81 ,00Q@
President Msdison on being informed 81 the
transactions. c~snsured he general, snd Said
sit appears, that she judicial power has been
re-issed-,he liberty Of the press has been sus-
pended, and The consul and subjects Of . friends
~ g~overnmrns hsve been exposed 10 great in
convenience by the exercise Of mihssry forc~
and comnsud'. The general himself scknow-
lodged during bis visit to New Orleans iasa
winter. that be bad violated the laws al tn
ianJi
some militia At New Orleans. Gen. Jackson rec
fused to obey, and marched his troops back To
Tennessee
He raised q corps Of volunteer troops during
the Indian war, ard appointed the officers hims
self contrary te Inv, and he issued 4 general
order, prohibiting the officers IN his division
from receiving or obeying any order VI the Pre-
s'dcni, except through HIM
While in Flofids, ha left the government ia
chsrge Of Ar. Breckenridge ~ Acting Governs
or, but prohibited him from receiving any or
der, tevsn from the Presidcnt,) except from
him
The law required persons passing the Indian
Agency IN his neighborhood with slaves 10 OBJ
tain . passport from the sgent. Gen Jackson.
though apprised Of this law, took : number u
slaves, past The agenos, and 10 said to have srm~
ed them With orders 10 fight their way III orpo.
sed, and thing bimselfup to tho sub-sgent. sop.
ped his pistols, remarking there are General
Jackson's pass p
lie wrote i letter to Geo. W.. Campbell, ss-
cretsry Of Wsr. complain,pg Of the Agent for
requiring passports, demanding his removal,
ara threatened in case Of refusal, ITO Involve
The aren, in the flames OF the Agency house.
The articles At war subjects m officer 10 be
cssh,eted for speaking disrespeotful or con-
temptno.s words Of t,ther House Of Congress-
or the Leeis'a'ury and Governor Of the statcs.s
Yet General jackson threatened pef~
sonal violence TO members Of Congress
Tor daring to propose an enquiry into hIA
conduct: lie senta memorial to the SEE
nate Of the United States against its pros
ceedings, couched ia terms so abusive
that they would not allow their Secretary
to read it in the House; but gave him per-
mission 10 Withdraw IL: He wrote to
Governor Rabun,o OF Georgia, in 1918. I
tauntIng and insulting letter, condemning
same OF his measures as base, cowardly,
and inhpman'- calling his agent "a cow
aTdly monster in human shape and COM
tanning this remarkable passage:
You, sir, as Governor Of a State, With
in my military division, have no right to
give I military order when | am 10 the
feldp
Ne approved the sentence Of the Court
Marital condemnirg the six militia men
to bs shot, who had left their posts on the
expiration Of their term Of service, A.
they believed and were informed By their
officers. and they wers shot; and be at
tho same time approved the sentence Of
The Court, only cashiering the officers on
whose opinion the men acted, and they
went at large.
We will not comment On these transact
tions, that tend 10 develop the character
of General jackson. What would be your
feelings il they had trsnspired III this
neighborhood under your obsssvationf
But before we quit this subject, We will
present some passages to you from the
Declaration Of Independense-a paper
reyered by every genuine Americans
paper which sets forth certain acts, lin
the opinion of the Patriots Of the Rev6-
lution)-which defined . tyrsnt; render
ed their author unfit for the Ruler Of q
Free People. and justified resistance to
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