Delaware patriot & American watchman., 1828-08-15

his he received as MJor GENERAL and thea follow
raj 'ens icr servants-their pay-subss clothing
rent VI quarters &c, and then follows charge Of travelling
expenses Tor himself and suit for real journey,
aruchve one, to the Choctaw country and then the mode
rate sum in two items OF S647 50 for pay commissioner
10 h"ld treaty with the Choctsws This account shews,
mat General Jackson actually furnished and concluded
treaty after travelling hundreds of miles through the In-
aah country within ffy days from the time of his
receiving the commission. Yet this is held up stigma
ON ms Character! He does not hold the commission for
months and receive the pay Mr.. Adams has frequently
dohe andaa s Tie established enstsi nder his 2'mniS
fra'a wthont rendering any service No he disregar,s
inc Season, and the ardsps of The service, and in the
most incement season of lie year, he travels with the
inans, retnrns TO his quarters, and ends his mission IN
Hty.seen days charging according TO their own showing
but S547 50 crit! This sews the character of the
VIII further remark that this account gives another strong
reason why Tie people ought to make him President it is
his business habits The Journal says he Major Gene
raj " THIS very time sgrecd Yet Mr.. Nlunroe. with the
advice Ct Mr. Adams, appoints him commissioner to ne
gotme treaty OF Peace! President Muuroe knew This
well: so did Mr.. Adams; and lie did not dsappont either
PASSING TO the next charge, let whether it can stand
,hc front OF enquiry: It is this -" General jackson was
lett out OF the army May 3istsiS21. AS disbandcd Of
hcer be received additional three months ray being
til the 3lst Of August 1891 AS Governor Of Florida he
received at he rate Of 500l year from June ist. 1871,
to January l 1922. From June lst lS2f 10 September
]st. 1921, he received double compensation Now this
IS iaeb their own siewng nay it is f.se a. lis parts
General jackson not dsoaided nccr bat i. So he
was allowed three months additional pay small cnongh
but it seems from heir account that this pay ceased on the
5is OF August 1921 therefore there is error he resigned
his Governoshp before January 1st 1892, fiend He
Yak ah Niles cetes his vol 81 page 2oi, under date
December 29h Gene al Jackson it is positively stated
that his resignation Governor Of the Foridas has been
received by the President Of the United States So mach
for the Of this tale. II puts blush upan it
Again, long string accounts exhibited tie first dea
he Isl May 1921 Montpelier, which The Journal says
paid FIR him By fhe C1fed satcs ucai'e n f2'id, ui
saary Eue Msusund dyars Here again the Journal i.
in AZ ihat ned
Commissioner TO teceive the Forida's by virtue Of tie a..
,cle Of the treaty. and OF the act of Congress He
pointed 10Th Of March 1921 and received possession u
Yves, Florida the l7lh of July, 1921, and issued hi:
Proclamation Governor only that day immediate ely
upon that occurring, -rectng disappointment of Governor
Of Florida, as bearing dae 10th Vi March 1921. that
it appears their few mistakes in the Journal account
but granting it to be all true, what does it shea Why
that Gcne al Jackson actually received West Florida from
The Spanish authorities at the trihlnG expense to the gov
ernment of Two Thousand Three Hundred aud Thirty
Three dollars; when the act o Congress scc u S. laws
vol 6, page sl0) appropriated the sum Of one hundred
thousand dollars to accomplish that object
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