Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-23

surrender they should not be injured TO whic l
proposition they refused to accede, but fire upon |
and wounded ~hiay6eld. they were afterwards
disiodged, but at the expense of the lives Of seve-
rsl valuable officers aud men.
A. to the conduct OF Gen. Jackson towards hts
prisoners, ! can speak with confidence, for 4 had a
tuii opportunity Of Judging; ] was near his person,
and could observe his c0nduct-When he had pri-
soners, he had them guarded, aud protected, from
danger or i~nSu!t-when he had wounded, he frr.
quently visited them in PRISON and saw heir
wounds dressed-he saw that they were under
the care o., good Surgeons, and every comfort at
torded them that was in his power-his sick he
was always attentive TO, and had them visited, and
attended TO by his best Physicians. 1 have often
seen Gen. j. dismount md raise a sick soldier
from tho ground, place him upon his horse, and
march himself Tor hours through the worst Of
roads, until the soldier could be otherwise provided
los; in short, sur, ! more humane, feeling, compass
sionate officer never commanded an army. On
these subjects l speak with confidence, and defy
contradiction, because | know there are thousands
yet living who can testify to the same facts"
TX iract from Capt. Is. NJ. Patterson, Of Pulaski,
Ten.
q" At the battle Of the Horseshoe, | bore the
commission OF a Lieutenout in The 39th regiment
w.. >. army. L participated in the engagement
from the commencement until it closed, and now
state with confidence, that not one act of warfare
was done, nor a drop OF human blood shed by or
der OF General Jackson,or by Il soldier IN his camp,
save what the occasion and the success OF our arms
demanded. So soon as resistance was at an end,
the work OF destruction ceased: And so far from
our colors having been disgraccd by even a soIita-
ry instance OF cold blooded massacre mercy and
protection was constantly offered to such OF the
enemy As would surrender. They were offered
In particular to a few desperate warriors who had
screened themselves under a covert of brush and
who persisted in firing on our troops sometime at.
ter the contest was over, nor were those destroy
ed rinui every effort was maGe TO save them from
the certain destruction which their OWN rashness
required, and until they had IN fact killed two val
liable young officers and wounded others.
/" The Utmost humanity was eKtend-d 4 to our
Prisoners, and every care taken TO prescrvn them
IRON the violence OF their own brethren OF the
peace party and the Cherokee Indians who fought
under our banners, and whose system of warfare,
every body knows, admits OF no quarter to a con-
fuered foe. l never heard, nor do 1 believe il, was
ever lntiinated, before the rancoi of party invent
ed the SANDER. that OH this occasion General Jack
son ordered, or that any part Of his army oteyed
in perpetrating cold FLOODED massacre am
sure that a thousand creditable witnesses could
be brought to testify against the untound.d cal
jimmy, from whatever source il has originated, or
to whatever pun pose il is directed.
" Equally untrue Is the charge which seeks to
fd>'en on General Jackson feelings OF ~inhumanity
towards his soldiers. II ever a commander was
beiOved by his army, aud ardently cherished for
his watchful care and protection over luis soldiers,
he wa-. The fact vi th;s affection, aud his deserv-
| ING 1t, ain certain was never double ell until ii was
hope tina, by making the charge, something po,.
sibly might be gained for his enemies or lost TO
his fri-nds.'
In CONSIDERATION of the foregoing statements,
that OF Gov. Carroll has been published on a for
mer occasion, shelving clearly their truth, and es-
tablishing beyond doubt, the lal>ity OF the charge,
Of" massacre at the battle of the Horse shoe!"
The character OF these gentlemen, requires no eu-
logium-they stand fair in the estimation of their
fellow ci'izens-and have, since the battle of the
Horseshoe, received marks of public confidence
and private esteem. And had il been necessary,
the statements Of thousands subsIantiating the same
facis, could have been obtained, from ipen who
were in the action, in subordinate and private sta
lions, and whose valor and conduct oil that day,
gave certain presagc, that they would always do
honor TO themselves, when called upon to defend
their liberty and constitu,ion-an6 to su tain the
Eagles of their country"
To the po!it-ncss OF a friend in Richmond, I am
Indebted for the pamphlet, sent forth by the Anti
Jackson Convention containing the proceedings OF
that body-the address, with editorial scraps fron
cwspapers-reports from committees Of the Sc
nate and house OF representatives of the United
States, as vouchers for the assertions go roundIy
made in the address;-the Convention knowing at
the time they appended them 10 the address, (f
they were not ' inefiibly stupid!") that the reports
had been made by committees who were preju-
diced against General jackson: That the reports
were made on ex parte eyideDce--aud without
evidence at all, in support OF many Of the charges;
and that these reports had been rejected by a large
majority OF Congress, as untrue. Ii was known
TOO, by the Convention, that General Jackson's
memorial to the Senate, supported by official and
unquestionable vouchers, remained unansw cred
and uncontraiicted, in relation 10 the charges
made against him, by the committees Of Congress,
and repeated by the Anti Jackson Convention.
Yet, the Convention reiterated the charges. In the
language OF MIR. Johnson's pathetic appeal, ! will
say, This does not become the character of Viz
ginians," but ii is in strict accordance with the
character OF the august body" who adopted the
address.
cannot but marvel, that a body of men, self
created as they were, should have undertaken the
task, of fixing upon Gen. Jackson, charges which
had been rejected as false, by the representatives
OF theAmetican peopie;and that they sIiouId become
The voluntary %eulogists Of Arbuthnot and Ambris-
ter, when the British always punctilious OF their
national characterJ on evidence Of the facts, refus-
ed TO make their just execution a subject Of COM
plant, either against General Jackson, or the Co.
vernnent Of the United States, but believed they
had suffered, as violstors of the law of nations, and
the most sacred feelings Of humanity!
The Anti-Jackson Convention, more tender OF
the lives Of these Monsters, who had instigated
the Massacre of Lieut.. Scott and bis party, than
they were either OF the lives of their own coun-
trynen, or the honor of their country lin the iervour
Of Their zeal, have not only s.ught TO destroy The
just renown OF an individual, but have assailed COM
munitics, and even triied with the sacred princi-
pies Of the constitution, by becoming the apollo.
gisis OF its violators.
The Convention have not once adverted TO the
facts, which were amply sufficient TO excite in
the bosom Of every man, whose feelings were ira
iy American, and whose honor was a constituent
part Of the national character, a deep sense of the
injury, and a necessity for severe retaliation.
These feather bed gentry had forgotten the butch
cry OF IT. Miinms! They were Indifferent to the
" massacre OF Raisini They did not regard
the cruel and " cold-blooded" slaughter of sixty
old American citizens, prisoners at Ddrtmoor, by
the British, on The 30th of August, 1915, long az
ter peace vas declared, and known TO the world
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