Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-14
Erom he National Journal.

The following extract, from the Natchez
Ariel. nuts the character Of Gen Jackson, in
carrying MS negroes through the Indian couh
try, without a passport, which was ~cnJoined oy
the regulations of the act OF Congress, In a
more exceptionable view than even his cele-
bra,ed Din,more letter. 1t clearly shows the
determination Of Gen. Jackson TO place his own
will paramoun, 10 the law Of the land; and I"
ire at with the sams contempt The res ralnts
t1ps or private friendship, when they oppose
themselves TO his arbitrary resolves. Beyond
this, it displays that recklessnrss OF human life
that Indifference 10 the consequences OF his
rash lawlessness, however serious-which are
conspicuous in some OF the other acts recorded
on the page Of his biography. We will not
attempt TO give 10 conduct such as is ascribed
to General Jackson, in this case, that designa-
ton which would be Instantly given to it, by
common consent, in any individual standing In
a different situation before the public. We
content ourselves with laying the extract itself
before our readers, with a recommendation to
them TO ponder we'll on the prospect which the
elevation of such a man TO the Presidential
seat would open 10 our COMMON country:
From the Nntchez .4rieL]
GENERAL JACKSON IN l8t0-ll.
OF the circumstances we now slate we were
to a certain extent acquainted with; we had
frequently heard them spoken Of at the time
they occurred, and with great severity against
General Jackson. Not long since The subjec,
had been suggested TO US as proper to be laid
before the public, but we could not make our
srlves acquainted with the facts, in such a clear
and positive mapner as to satisfy The senei al
people as to the truth Of what VIZ might stale;
accident, however, has now brought the cir>
cumsta rces TO ligh, in such a manner as 20
justify he publication Of them. or General
Jackson's a~rhitrary disposition, The people have
evidences enough, we should suppose, 10 satisfy
his p~ar'isans that a M jority must be opposed
to his elt ction-t,at he is entirely disqualified
for the Chief Magistrate Of a Republic. In
order the better TO understand he character of
the letters and documents suhioinrd, we give a
briei outline of tier Character:
TIE people Of this Safe had suffered many
Inconvenience and lost a number OF their slaves
in consequence of tie wilderness state of The
county DIT The time alluded 10. The people
and the l"gi>la ure had represented 10 the Ge-
neral G"'ernment the evils under which they
were suffnring; their slaves were constantly
making their way through the wilderness to
the upper States, ard MANY under pre,en,e Of
being servants were passed through the Indian
IA icu, and sold in rennes see and Kentucky; IN
shor', an Illicit trade was thus conducted by
rascals living in the STATES and Territories Of
The western cosntry, to the great injury OF their
citizens.
Some time between 1910 ard IL, Gen. Jack
son, then a private citizen of Tennessee, had a
plantation aud some negroes near Bayou Pierre,
and undertook to move them from thence 10
Nashville w'lhou, applying for a passport,
agreeably 10 The instructions issued BY the De
OF War. David Holmes, then Co
'ernor OF The Territory Of Mississippi, e.pe-
cially urged Gen Jackson, no, to proceed with
out complying with the acquisitions of the
Government. Henry Dangerhsld, then Score
tary OF the Territory, together with several of
Of Gen. Jackson friends; Washington Jackson,
hen OF Na,chez, now Of PhiladeIphia, G. H..
Mckee, and Others, urged him not to attempt