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


| - act upon. ( lrpnoit they have made Is !
work Of their owl y ntane Gus creation, and
.hould be regard merely as the act OF violent |
| n,r,izaps unTec arily ob,rud.d upon the at |
Ten ion of the q ain. s as being an unbrcom-
ing attempt,o biIhe public nina III ''s w. III
alton Of an opiniS upou the documents 'ne'h-
selves.
There is anotH poiot of view in which the
| r.rers,cs of ,bcsAorumepts 10 the Military |
Conmi,,ec. was eorrec1, even if there had
| beep any speciI Drooosition submitted TO
them. The met executed were m,li'Iamen,
and, conseluentlNhe committee. ha'ing cog
nizance Of ;heir c;es, was that on the Mi'lla'
an / not the MiIity Committee, 10 whom :hty
were referred. WY were they so I'ffrred!
For this simple Isnn: because SIX OF The sew
en- memb. rs of wlch that commiiiee was com.
posed, were the Ertizans of Gen. Jae kson IL
the question shoe be asked, why tins DIS
proportion in the first appointment: oar am
swer is, that that 3 question, the solution "l
which is betw en- he Speaker, his cons 1e"ee
and his country.
We have done fir the presen-, with this part
Of the report, and shall proceed TO notice nS
further dera ils.
The Committee with the desire, no DOUBT
Of drawing off the tlenuon OF the reaoer i'o'"
the enormitles Of Crr. Jackson, rscie qnt'u'
lous tale about the classification OF ne t'''re
by the Secretary ofWar. This, we pte'u"e,
was in imitation ofthe letter from the "rner'i
10 Carter Bevere in which he speaks 81
mou rnfuy Of the nn-receipt OF the lrirgraph.
The Committee tho lay down the following
as the proper subjras for their i"qn.,,'
lst. Whether lie Governor o' ieh"essee
had the pc. er to ohrr out dctachmrn's VI 'h'
militia Of that Slste' for six months 'our u
servicto
adly. Whether Col. Pipkn's regiment was
so ordered out, and in conformity win sueh
authority?
Sdly. Whether tlr soldiers OF this regimen!
who were arraignelfor certain crimes ana o''
fences before ga Court Martial, whiah cohV'h-
ed al Mobile on the sth December 1914, were
legally tried, and whether the commanding
Gen, raj. sppro,ing the proceedings OF ,hi'
Court, properly exercised the power ana a's'
cretion v, sted in hin Ivy Jaw!
To this arrangrra, u, oil the subjects by the
Comm,,,er, We make no objections; but The
questions viii rhev prescribed Tor their own
determination. were NOT, as we have formerly
said, properly before them. The Committee
had as Ii tie TO do with Them, as the legislature
Of Kenruok ky mad with the notorious charge o.
corruption-Wr shall, however, uy to sho"
that the conclusions at w"ich they haze nrriV'
ed, and he arguments by which they have at
tempted 10 sustain them, are entirety e'rohe
Gus
To enable our re aders TO judge OF this NAV
ter fairly, we shall givd briet summary OF '"'
subs, ancs Of the several letters having pear
ing on he matters at issue.
The first letter m the series, is iro" Wv
Bloun,, otU'Hss.- II informs the
War, tina, he military force Of that State cal
led int, service; consisted Of United States vol
unipers, OF militia detached under the orders
OF the War Department, and OF Tennessee vol
unteers; that the first description Ut troop
were of opinion, that their term OF servi''
would expire on thu day of the date OF his let
ter, AID :ha, the second, to wit, the militia
drafts, were under The impression shat thei
term Of service would expire al the end
three mouths from their entrance into service
that. being considered BY he militia laws o.
Tenn ssec, made prior to The act of Congress
as tour ofdn,y As rbe third kind OF troop
will no, come into question in the course
this discussion, we shall not remark tdrthe
on them. TIE Governor however adds III hi:
letter, that at the time of calling ou' these
troops. their term of service was neither men
Toned by the department If War, nor by TIT
state law, nor in lis order Calling them oui
and ask, for advicr on ihis head
On the "a h December, 1918, Governo
Blnun, Informed the >re rrtar, Of Var, that n
had received letter from Major Grnr'
Co, kr, informing HIM of the gallant corduc
of the troops, also one from Col William
Carroll, and one from Gen. Jackson, apprisinl
him. that, owing 10 the b,li'f among the vol
unit ers under his command, that their time o
service had expired, and their desire to return
h, had, a, the only means nt retaining them
q, spa,chtd Col. Carol to raise sufficient mum
Der or volunteers 10 supply their p'aces-'ha
BODY OF volunteers had left him, and were o.
I their way home; the General also remark:
,ha the drafted miliia were OF opinion, 'hel
time of service would expire al the END
. three months from their entrance into X.
Gov. Blount on the god December, 1871;
, writes Gen Jackson, "that the constructio
y given by the troops to their term OF ser'ic
' was to be lamen'ed; but, says The governor
SINCE 1T Is THE MOST GENERAL, AND LIKELY T
J.. BECOME ALMOST THE UNIVERSAL cnNsTKUoTi o.
-, IN CAMP, ANu since THERE is No Az
: THORITY VEST ED HERE, that can be II
terposed, to give a counter current O! OPINION