The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-05-12

lIOHTUC - tIliEh I tfltt ibii hiNlt W III ass.
S,nrg--John {. Crump, Francis iiuihn,
Br15ke-Phdp Doddudge," Jesse Edelne
on
Gabsit- solomon Thornbury 256, John Ev-
rrcu i. 253 William spuflock I'll.
! nTiidltscr--Rirhurd NJ. Srgar 100. Mordo
! cal { Burth -, james Guotrich u.
iHfghaay--.i rersmger, Nm H. lcrrlll
SENATE.
! District Of CaroAne--Iohn II. Bernard is re
elected
Djarrlof Fa,o7uier-- Daniel +. slaughter is
| elected
| New Members
! john foods The lasl Nashville Erpnbli-
can contain, a labored vndlcution Of cen.
| Iarksnns conduct, ia The approval al lhe
sentence by which this man Wa put Ia death
! - ntarvel lhai such great efforts are rrqul=
! ste, IN Tennessee, 10 CLOS over an ailAig
,ni,.r. If. II were susceptible nl the slightest
drglre OF juslihcanun, would never. bhve
! been mootrd nj thr very door ol The principal
actor IN IT, But from The showing ol the
| parii2nus ri ten. Jackson, aud rom the
means they lfavr adopted, Ia prove that the
| rAprntinn OF Woods IA, both necessary aud
Ipropel, ~ have been led Ia ap entirely pp-
po,ie cuuciuson-=on5 we shall endeayor to
show the grounds t our dissent from the
strained differences they have chosen to draw
lruJu doubtful fnGe.
And Grst, ms to the grounds Of defence.
one would presume, that, when aieiipw.erea-
lprr bad been pul TO drrthl snd II Was char
prd npoH HIM who orderrdthe act, thai he
bad doue 81 against Inv, aud without sutl-
cicnt OUTRAGE having been perpetraied 10 jus
MY II, thal he would endeagor lo lay his I'm
arr on the provision Of the las undrr which
h. acted AID to prove thai tie offence mer-
ted tho punishment. Bul not 50 in This case
Not even tho 'Str0ud sfcii0n' can he hrnnrhi
10 bear npnn il, aud the act is not attempted
In he iualird on The ground VI tue crlmnaii-
y oi the offender.
The brsi argumen, uroed ia Justification OF
Gen. Jackson. Is, lhat, for SOME tim" provt
Dusty to the execution Of Neods, ihere had
been much muliny aud desor'ian IN The ar
my which had been increased by the lruien-
~ al the commander IA pardpunR convict
rd rulurits We should he much gratihed Ia
discover The applicability Of this argument
~ the point nj issue. H. considering whether
Woods deserved death OF not, IS il fair to1Irge
the crime, Of others, who had been pardoned
against Inn Why not, II II were the tact.
say nj once that he had committed crimes de
mandlug such punishment, aud thai this
, punishment had hecu Duniormabte 10 lHH
Aud wht mol follow up lbls assertion by pub
. fishing the proceeding Of iue COuUmartial,
which would put an end r. ali further doubt
md discussion of the quesi,on,by eHhlhling
the proof If hi crlmHality aud determining
the Legality oihs death Why, hat hecause
they would siilrd evidence directly the re.
yprse Whai need i here 10 argue qu"s-
fiun in wire-draNn sophisms, when the
friends Of Gen. jackson hive II in iheir pow
er al once 10 settle all doubt which may
exist IN the minds Of tricnd u, foe Aud having
the record ia then possession, aud ftinsng n
avail themselves of It's contents, what - tiif
fair inference |, 1t moi, That thu execution d
Woods va an indelcuelble act, neither Justified
by the nature ofhis alleged crime, nor demand
ed 10y any particular emergency Thus mel
at the frs step of ibrr defence, by a dfhculi
which they cannot conquer they SEEK 10 erodl
II, By begging the true qucs. ION, aud dlYerlng
the public attention from the point ia conttovcr
". The, cudrasor 10 make The public believe
that Woods was rightly executed, because drser-
ton aud nlutny had prevailed 10 a consider able
extent NJ the army, instead of proving that Il"
bad mutinicd aud deserted himself Under
such strange rule OF action, ON criminal courts
might hang an innocent man, who should he an
ralgned before them. because they bad pr,mlt-
ted ninety anne putv 10 escape. from mi,ta-
ken ienienry, the consequence OF Which had
been TO flood the 4aud with CRIME Ne do nat
combat IN his Greek campaigns, aud that tie prln-
cipal portion OF these difficulties we're The copsc-
quence OF the pc cur character OF his forces, vino,
from then independent habits 1T home, "elc IN
patient Of restraint aud would not submit quiet
y 10 the rigors OF camp discipline. Bur We do
deny the usllce or propriety of shooting one
man for the crimes Of others, because the nan
shot, as all miitiamcn ould do was guilty oi
using dsrespecilul language to az officer, per-
baps oni, his equal al bome who had usud him
as all o9ictHt HyStirts do their interiors IN rant,
The execution OF Woods - attempted to bt
justified, IN the slcgnd place because II IS said &c
have produced very bcne fetal eject in camp
rendering the soldiers more obedicnt aud ehecl
ually checking dr,ertion Really, this IS wofs'
aud worse Admitting the fact 10 be truc. ~
stated, how can it justify the execution q
| Woods? such an argument is almost tanI1
mount TO an admission that ten, Jackson sanc
toned the death 81 Woods merely as matter Il
experiment. II completely suueuders the point
both oi legality and justice AID appeals tor ~,
tlheatlon TO a circumstance winch had oothlff
To do With the ret when il was committed, .hu
| which aroso out OF il afterwards, and Is there
fore entitled % all tile weight, and that only