Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-21
MR.. I.ACOCK'S ADDRESS.
From the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.


brrs OF the legislature, through the medium OF
the Harrisburg lntelligencer, will have observed
,ha. have been reluctantly dragged before The
public, in defence Of myself and family, both
having been assaulted with urprovokeG viru.
ience, and that TOO from quarter, and IN
manner, Gale ula,sd not only 10 give the SANDERS
the most extensive circula,ion,, bu, the most
imposing influence; and you will have seen,'ha'
the only offence have committed, was, the
opposition, or rather, the supposed opposition
/ had given, or .shosid give, to the e1ecfton o.
General JACKSON as President ofthe United
States than any active or conspicuous part
had taken in the canvass.
These conjectures were founded, more than
any thing else, upon a knowledge OF the Tact
that ! had been, when a member of the Senate
the United States, in the year 1871 s,appointsd
by that BODY chairman Of committee TO In
yes,iga,e and report upon the conduct ol Gcn'
eral Jackson, in the prosecution OF the Scramble
war. The report of the committee pointed out
aud exposed the conduct Of the General
when that conduct he'd been in open defiance
of the constitution and laws ofihe counry--and
when unnecessary Ss wdnlon cruelty had been
practissd by him upon Individuals.
The military fame Of Gen. Jackson a, this
time, 1878, appeared TO be ldentih,d with the
glory aud renown Of our common country He
was COHS!ucTeu Oy tue pCopiS IL ~ &c -" u
brave maR-anL fortune al i favorable moment
had made him successful General. His for
mtr crimcs. and errors had been passed over
with impuniiy, the broad, aud almost impene-
trable, mantle Of oblivion and forgeiuness, had
been spread over the derormed and h.ineous
picture Of his private life; and on this occasion
Ienily towards The euipiIt, had not sen'ufed o.
penny 10 oensure him. In short, he was before
The nation as a sucftssfi military officer, nsrsly;
for none had even yer dreamed Of makins him
Presiden, of the United States, and hence it
was that the report made 20 The Senate and
similar one TO the house OF Representative,
was not we'll received, either by the people or
their representatives. There were few but
though, be had erred, grossly erred; but they
felt unwilling 10 crnsnre him more especially,
as it had not been done at a suitable ,ime, and
in proper manner by the Executive. These
are facts, ,ha' think every man, who WAS then
in Congress, will acknowledge.
The case now before is widely different
from tina, presented TO US in 1918. The gener-
al does not, at this time, ask exemption from
punishment, nor a complimentary vote OF
thanks, nor a gold hited sword, or a senseIrss
medal-no such thine-his modesty and mod
Grafton are no, bounded bv such cheap and iu
substantial pageauIs. He asks, as a reward
for the exemplary purity 0fhis prirate life
for the mildness moderation and Iorbearanct
of his temper-for his high regard for the civ
ii authorities and institutions OF our country
and for his earning, experience, wisdom and
talents. as a republican statesman--ro me made
President Of lie United STATES. aud the qurs-
ton for Us to decide, is, whether il would be
the duty aud interes: Of the people to CRAFTY
his wishes.
Let US, fellow citizens, reason together on
this sUhjec.-ir is a solemn, serious and mo-
nen,ous ooe, deserving of our deepest consid-
Grafton. | ask your attention calmly, and with
out,he feelings Of prejudice or passion. For
the truth Of every fact tAat shall be mentioned
BY me, in this discussion, ! shall hold my self
morally and legally responsible. 1t is lam
eEtabr fact, and one deeply to be deplored by
all he sincere friends of republican govern
ment, that the American press, by lis too gceat
RIGHTEOUSNESS, ma. become in a great measure |
discredited, il is for this reason that | appear
before you IN my own namc-and not from |
any VAIN desire TO appear before nv fellow citi
xens as a political conlroversialiSt, and have
10 rsques, that those who controyerI the facts
presented OR the reasons adduced, will follow
the example.
In the proposed discussion, | shall, in the
first place, conhue myself he public conduct of
General Jackson in the Seminole war. The
treaty with Great Britain, that closed the late
war with ,ha, nation, was signed IN December.
1914. In the summer Of 1917, disturb
took place between the Georgia settlers and the
Ind ans who occupied and lived on he lands
adjacent, 10 which the Indian title had not been
ex,inguished Who were mos, TO blame in
the outset, the Indians or the whites, i, is not
easy To determine FROM The evidence It's Ger
tain, that some iawless white men had commits {
led depreda'ions on ,ht Indians, and iha, they
had e,alia,ed liz their usual harbarous manner. Ia
without discriminating between he innocent & /,
be guilty. These disturbances at length, be q
.amc serious. suffcien force was collected. * i
he Indians. when beaten by our people, fled in- .
o the S2arish territories for shelter, perhaps S
Ok pro!sction. d