Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-01-25

taEse, ten. JacksOHs ifiehus idhehA
the impetuosity of his, and all the world
has evidence Of It's fiery misrule.
To maintain peace and harmony, in
the delicate relations existing between
the government Of the union and the
various state governments, in our con
federacy, requires courtesy and for
bearance in their intercourse, which no
passion should disturb; Let the spirit
of domination displayed in Gen. Jack
sous celebrated letter to Gov. Rabun,
warn us of the danger of committing to
his keeping, this precious deposit, sa
cred to the union of our Republics and
to the freedom OF mankind.
Military men should never be allow.
ed to iorget,-that the obligation to O.
hey being the sole foundation of the au-
thority TO command, they should incul
cate subordination, not by Precept only,
but by example, -thatprotound respect
for the laws and constitution of their
country, is an Indispensable guarantee
of their worthiness to be entrusted with
che sword which is drawn to defend
them,-that they should lose no fit oc
casion for manifesting that respect, by
practical illustrations OF the principle,
sacred in every well ordered Republic,
which proclaims the military, su0ordi
nate to the civil power,-that mercy e
ven to the guilty, and humanity always
to the conquered and the captive, are
part of the law Of God and man, found
in every civilized code, written in every
human heart, and indispensable to the
true glory Of the Hero.
Gen. jackson has been unmindful Of
these truths though he has enjoined
subordination by precept, and enforced ii
by authority, be has not recommended
it by example he has offered indigni-
ty to the Secretary of War, in the very
letter which assigned bis reason for dis
obeying an order to disband his troops,
he as placed his own outhsrity in op
position to that of the War Department,
by general order, forbdding the off.
GERS of his command to obey the orders
of that Department, unless they passed
through the channel which he had cho
sen to prescribe, and he dsobeyed the
orders o. the Government in the militia
ny operations in the Spanish territory.
He has been unmndful of the susor-
dination of Military to civil power, and
has violated the law and the constitution;
by declaring martial law at N. Orleans,
aud maintaining it, of his own arbitra
ry will, for more than two months, after
the enemy had been beaten and repuls.
ed, and all reasonable apprehension of
their return had ceased; by surround
ing the hall of the Louisiana Legislature
with an armed force, and suspending
their deliberations by Selling the per
sen of Louallier free citizen of Lou.
isiana, and me mber Of their LIE legislature.
and bringing him to trial before mill.
tary tribunal, for having the holiness to
denounce, through the public press, the
continued arbitrary reign of martial
law;-by disappearing the acquital of
Louallier upon his trial, when to have
condemned and executed him, would
have exposed the actors in the fatal ira
gedy to the legal pains of death by
suspending, of his own arbitrary will
the privileges of the writ OF habsas cor
pus, when the Legislature of Louisiana
had refused to suspend il on his appli.
cation, when no law of Congress au-
thorised it, and no imminent danger
pleaded its apology; by arresting aAd
imprisOning Judge Hall for issuing the
writ of habeas corpus to relieve Loual-
ier from illegal confinement, and ar
resting and mprisoning two other Off
GERS of the law for appealing TO civil prs-
cess against his tyrannic rule by the
arrest. trial and execution of six militia
men, who we're guilty of no other of.
fence, than the assertion of their lawful
right to return home, after their legal
term of service had expired by or
ganizing corps of volunteer militia,
and appointing its officers without any
warrant for so doing, and against the
provision Of the Constitution, which en-
pressly reserves the appointment of the
officers of the militia to the States
respectfully;-and by making war upon
the Spanish Territory, Selling and hold
ing Spanish posts, 10 violation of the or.
der of bis Government, and whilst
peace existed between Spain and the
United States.
That mercy and humanity may unite
with the offended law and constitution