Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-05-09
The hon. II. L. While, IF the Senate,
and the hon. j. X. Polk, Of the H. of n

EDMUND p. GAINES.
1hchon. II. L. While, IF the Senate,
and the hon. j. X. Polk, Of the II. Of n.
GENERAL GREENE.
A friend has put into our hands, an original let
ter OF that great Captain and most aniabie man,
Gen. NATHANIEL GREENE, so distinguished
in the war OF the Revolution. IL is letter writ
ten from his camp in South Carolina, dated 22d A.
pril 1882, and addressed 10 his brother officer the
gallant Col. OMO II. ItihiamS. In this letter
Cen Greene, after having mentioned some symp-
toms OF mutiny, which had shown themselves in
one OF the lines of his army, says
We one Of the .Se,gednts is TO be this dqy
HUNG for encouraging IL. Some of that line have
been practising upon your line bu, 1 am in hopes
without effect. This jeoc that is to be hung TO- dav
was one oil the most forward in the former ;lutiny.
l0u 6n0U act tciR decision. IHeV had better
De quief. Ii Is true The Troops have great reason
to complain; but this disposition in that line has
deeper 70 than sulf;.rings. Deseron las pre-
Wallet with us for few nights before the face of
nuiniy appeared, TO very alarming degree We
are now In position near Dorchester. Head
Quarters rs at MIR. Warnings near where you visit
-d-Coi. Lee little before YOU left the camp
he Enemy threat ned us dayiy; and ,ooS our
troops IN good temper, atho they out number us
greatly, should have little objection to fight
General Wayne remains at Ebenezar, and great
desertion prevails with the enemy there and con
stderddty here, few days ago twenty four ref,I-
gees c0"ie oil together. Capt. Neal fell in with
shS cfc"'"o HSISt Il ilttlC UeiOW dorchester ycS-
terday and got the rulers. He lost seven or
Eight men, and Eight or ten horses. He killed
the Negro General known by the name of March.
" am told Congress have changed the plan of
Promotion III so, fear you will meet with diff
Guilty in obtaining yours Hour erer you must
learn patience, justice moves Si0au."
" Eeiieve me to be yours affectonatey
N. GREENE"
This letter shows that examples by military ex-
ccuuon have been made by other great men be-
Antr Ia.L- IL Il. Al.
Their great men have been guilty of errors in or
h0grdPhy and Syntar well as Gen Jackson.
IL Is painful TO be presenting man whose memo
ry is embamed i'll affections, in the light of a
oau sPeler and incorrect graninarian and do il,
MOI Ia dlSparag" neni oil 'rcn. Greene, but in de-
fence OF Gen. JGckSoR. We doubt not that the
errors OF both, TO be attributed to haste and in
attention, and not TO ignorance Gen. Green was
the tavorite OF Washington, and priced next to
him, by The old Congress and the people He was
man oil high order OF intellect and Of the purest
character. Yet, lac hung nutineers, and commit
ted errors in SyHtdr and OTlhOgrdphy. The fact
Is, both Gen Green and Gen. jackson were men of
actions and not oil aoOrds. They were fighting
the battles OF their country, and il they could not
describe them with IS much graphic beauty and as
" strict regard TO rhetorical propriety'' as Mr..
Adams, they could tell, ntegibly what they had
d0ne. Can MIR. Adams tell what he has done? Is
ms famous letter 10 Levitt Harris relieved at all of
It's mean and cowardly spirit, By the goodness of
Editor of baltimore Republican,
EXECUTION or 4 MILITIA MAN.
In Gordon's s. History Of the rise, progress and
establishment OF the independence of the United
States, page Is OF the 4th vol. we find the fol-
loving account OF the execution OF a older I'M
der the command Of Gen. Greene. 1t was after
Gates defeat and shortly after Gen. Greene ar
rived at Head Quarters and assumed the command
of the southern aEsny:
g On his arrival in camp he learned that the
troops had made practice Of going home without
permission, staying weeks, and then retur, ing
Determined TO stop such dangerous custom the
General gave out, that he would make an exam
pie OF the first dcserter of the kind he caught
ana one was accordingly shot at the head OF the
army, drawn UP 10 be spectators Of the punish
ment AT night no sent officers round the camp
to listen TO The talk of the oldirrs and was hap
Ply TO ind that the measure had taken its desired
elect, and that the language of the men was on
ly-"We NUT not do as we have been used to- il
Is new lords, new laws"
Now, this was the of n soldiers doing what
they all had been in the habit of doing-his home
being in the neighbourhood Of the camp, he had
gone there without leave. He had not gone of
with the intention OF remaining sltogethcr-meant
TO return. But example was necessary for the
good q the service and the safety Of the country,
and General Greene, whose humanity noOne ever
questioned, o. darr question, did not he itdte TO have
hIn executed. Contrast this case with that of the
" Sc 1hHfio Men, and tell u, if Jackson was
muFdeTeT, what was Grec1ie2 ID