The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-30
MURDER VIII QUIT:
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-Four years ago | charged General Jackson,
IN an address pn inted aud publ shed IN Nash
ViIr, with various acis Of cruelty and disc
%hon,s'y when acting officially. His cruelty
has been established beyond doubt y the Docu-
menis inrnisl,d from the War Department, in
ordering The execuiion Of Six Innocent militia
men a. Twelve regulIr soldiers. iIr fast on tn. I'D
aud the other order iut the i've lyc dated ilif 2sih
January. 1918. vi the midst Of his = jorcibgSh N.
Orlran.. aud after the drlea1 OF the sth January
and retreat Of he rutity. Seven 81 eight of
ilfse regulars were slol Amos, IN secret near
tins place by a few men, separately, al une
fiake, their blnod running together mud ihry
weie buried IN one grave. They shot the is,t
man. uamed Jones, about ~ o'ciock (lie had 10
be SHOT ,vice) a6d did no. flush the hntchery of
lhr whole until mar night. a pnrt Of these re-
guIs,s we're pour men nom ID xorcouniy, who
first Voloaieei Ell for h shot, time but a dispute
ari,ing respecting the length Of their term, they
were frightened 20 en- isl bm considering ,brm-
selves trrated III, they attempted 10 ptoou'e their
liberty by Dissection IN q fl Of desperation
IL y soon repent Il, ard Of lhcil own accord,
weni and delivered themselves up 10 Col. Joslin
oftse militia. whom they knew, and he deliver
I'd them 10 their olieers ~ Nashville. Jackson
ordered a Court Martial they wete found gull
~, aud Notwithstanding ihrir voluntary surren-
/ der 10 Cd. Josiin, they we're Ordered 80 ekrcu-
! ton by az order tom jackson. dated al New
odeans. in ihr midst of his rrioicings, without
giving me President u the Uniicd States time
10 interfere aud pardon them according 10 hg
duty.
As 20 tbr charge Of dishonesty, ! have jus.
completely trapped bin. ! charged him with
conlriving Ways 20 get and slipped milo his own
~ his friends hands when he was acting IN n
public capacity as Commissioned 10 fresi With
The Indians. This I offered TO prove in the case
OF ColbeI,'s reserve on Tennessee river, by the
evidence OF James Jackson. il he wohld call on
him TO speak oat aud snew papers, which | he
lieye he holds, in Gen. Jaeksons own hand wri-
ting. and sisned by him. hid prove the guilt
ard connesion of John Coffee, Surveyor Gene
raj and kinsman OF Gen. Jackson, and that OF
Andrew jackson the General aid Commission
or. aud James jackson, a private gentleman, as
well ns that OF Senator Eaton, by n cham OF cir
cums,snces OF irresistible weight, 10 their faces,
aud have polished The same to the world. |
10 not ihink that Eaton was 10 have had much
II any. of his pay out of the reserve. The three
others named above, Andrew Jackson. James
jackson and Jobn Coffee, were 10 have had all
or nearly all of the resvr, ed hand. The whole
of this y%,llainy, | am confident. can he proved i
Gen. Jackson would call on James ia. kson n
sneak oil he knows aud snow all tn pape's In
nas ~ possession on the subject. | have travel
led 300 hundred mites 10 catch in this town o.
Nashvilie, Al this time, james Jackson and
John Coffee, who live ~ Alabama. ard Senator
ps,on ard General Andrew JACKSON who sve