Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-07-01

emily constituted from that of every other rational
man. II he has not within his own breast, (no mat
ter what he may wardly pretend toy come to
tie conclusion thar the silence OF the Secretary OF
| War, after lie was informed that Gov. b. had call
cd out these for sir months, gave an implied sane
! ton 10 that call.
| ii Mr.. T. had been as SOLICITORS TO arrive a, the
truth he has been 10 niislead the people, he might
have seen, on examining the muster rolls on file in
the Dep'mt OF War, that these men were regularly
inspected and mustered into service Tor six months
Mr.. Il. knows that Mr.. Secretary Barbour did ILL
form Mr.. Green, the Editor of the Telegraph, in a
! letter OF October, 1927, that these men were
called out for six months.-hir. T. knows that
these men mutinied some days before they ha,!
served even months and ON the morning OF the
18Th OF Sept 1914 forced the guard at the commits
sdry store, broke open The door OF the house and
TOOK out several barrels OF the Hour went TO the hull
lock pcn shot down several beeves and let out the
balance, and on the morning of the 10Th of Septem-
Der, at The end OF reveil!e-beat deserted with the
muiinous party about geo in number some of them
yelling aud firing their guns as they marched
oif-Mr. 4. knows that these men were brouy Int
back TO camp--T!iat they were tried by officers
from their own neighbouihoots for desertion and
inutiny, (the highest crimes which soldier can
commit aud the punishment for which By the law
Is DEATH found guilty and that the sx mi.i,iamen,
the immortal Sir being the ring leaders OF the mu-
ilny, were sentenced TO be shot, that the res, of
them were sentenced to nIil4er punishmcnls not
affecting lille or limb and that Gen. Jackson par
eoitu every one II tneiu winch the court recon-
incnded TO incrcy.-Mr. i. knows that there was
no intelligence in that section of the Union of the
paciiication between govt. and that OF Great
Britain Tor at least one month after Gen. j. sign
ed the sentenc e of the court martial which con
demned these men. MIR. +. kncws that the pub
lie service had been very seriously injured by the
great number OF assertions from The southern ar
my during the previous year (lSl3,) and in his
own mind he must be satisfied that il was necsessa-
ry that IN example should have been made to deter
ft.a
And yet with all these unavoidable convictions Of
his own judgment, 81 with al these facts before him
ne sends us tins miserable pamphlet with til oe
mens oithe miserable pseudo Porcupine its publish
err he motives OF Mr.. L are not 10 be mistaken He
KNOWS very well that he has sent round these pam
phies not 10 inform the people, but To deceive * mis-
lead Them The very title page OF his pamphlet, Il
call II his because he makes il his own by his own
act and Is entirely responsible for every thing {
contains,) contains unblushing misrepre senta-
tion VIZ. that these men were " inhumaniy and
Illegally massacred What i, said under the head
OF preliminary remarks in his pamphlet is equal
y calculated with the title page !orestal the ques-
ion and lead the mind 10 false conclusions--ole OF
the preliminary remarks j. that - the very day
before Gen. j. went To church (ihese words mark
ed In italics) at New Orleans, he signed the death
warrant OF these men.-Now, what bearing this
circumstance can hav. upon the merits OF the Ease,
1 cannot possibly conceivr--i have known Judge
to go TO church on the sabbath before he held bis
court to try criminal; but reccliect TO have
heard any one contend, that the circumstance OF
his having joined in offering up thanks to Hca-
ven was any reason why he should not " ST. On
he death warrant OF the criminal, it, the wel-be-
ing OF the commonwealth required il. These are
duties which we owe to God, hut in discharg-
ing these we are not TO lose sight of those (which
we owe TO our fellow n,an.--A humane and truly
brave commander (say the preliminary rernarks)
l. tender OF human blood-So he is MIR. L. Hence
IL was thai Gen. j. found il necessary 10 punish
muiIny II dcsertion in his arny;wcli knowing, that
an undi-ciplincd mon could not prevent the elfu-
sion OF the blood OF his countrymen, and the dis
grace {; dishonor OF his countrywomen when oppOs-
ed TO Wellingtons invincibcs, flushed with the
victories OF the Peninsula" and leauty and
booty their watchword The preliminary remarks,
next complain OF Gen. J's; having six oil our coun-
irymen OF the militia drawn out be shot down AZ
one ire In cold blood. ana asks IL "UuIu not nave
been sufficient to have taken the life OF two
OF them! From the proceedings of the court
tai II appears that they Were equally guilty, and
equally guilty, the law could make no discrmina-
ton between then-Suppose, Mr.. j., tina; six men
murder and rob one the highway and il is pro-
ven TO the satisfaction of the and jury that
they lire simultaneously on the individual robbed
and murdered that the ball Of every high-may
took effect and that the money and goods of the
deceased were equally distributed amongst them
Suppose, say, sir, court and jury to be aclingOn
such>a this, and censure them if you for
sentencing the whole gang OF robbers 10 the gal
lows. But the crime which the six militiamen
committed was of no ordinary character-ne-
yer before III an American army 200
known TO nu'iny, rob the public stores and desert.
MIR. rs preliminary remarks next inform that,
these executed :" after the victory was
won, the enemy driven from the country and the
troops about returning.to their cs'-Very true,
MIR. I. the battle oil the 9th which crowned his
country beneiactor with - lal.reis that yer
fade, and our country with imperishable glory"
had been fought; but it is not the fact that the en-
envy were driven from the country, for General
jackson signed the sentence OF the court martial
on the 22d OF Jan. and on the 18th OF Feb the Bri-
fish under Gen. Lambert attacked & captured Fort
Bowyer. it's not the tact MIR. L. that the troops
were about returning to their homes when these
men were executed? That part of the Southern
army did return to their homes a short time aite
they were executed Is true enough. hut how
could the Southern Army have been about 10
turn 10 their homes when these execut-
ed, when the fact is notorious that there no
intelligence OF peace in that part Of the country for
some days after they were executed To be about
! 10 do thinG implies that some preparatory step or
| teps have been taken 10 Ito that thing-a man may
be said ~ be about to perform Journey whilst he
is arranging his affairs preparatory TO undertaking
1t. But one could not be said TO have been about
| TO undertake journey on the 10th OF June, be-
Cause he'happened actually TO have commenced d
journey on the 10th of July. Gen J. and his
| whole army entirely unconscious OF
| disqualification between our government and that
ofG. b. at the time that these men were exccut-
ed, as eau be at this time oil what is going on in
! London. Gen. j. at the time tuat these men were
executed knew not how long the war was to contn-
ue one calculated on peace at that time in thar
part oil the U.S.-ln communication OF his writ
ten about that time he says, that ht is firmly i'm
pressed with the belief that the Holy Alliance
were about 10 league against vs., concentrate their
forces in that quarter OF the Mon, and crush us at
| a blow. shall have done with the preliminary re
marks after one or two comments on the laws of