The Litchfield County post., 1828-10-16
BONAPARTE AND JACKSON.


"A tribe of wandering Arabs had slain
peasant, and Bonaparte had given directions
to search out and punish the murdrrpfs. One
of his Oriental councillors laughed at the
| zeal hich the G. neral manifested in so slight
| a cause.
"What have you to do with the death of
this FelIah. Sultan Krbr 7" said he ironically;
( was he your kinsman 7"
ale was more" said Napoleon he was
one for whose safety l am accountable to
God, who placed him under my government"
lie speaks like an inspired person." ex-
claimed the Sheiks.
A band Of civilized freemen had served
their country in battle; they had fulfilled all
their engagements to her, and they departed
to their own homes. Jackson gave "direc-
tions to search out and punish" his brethren.
| Humanity said "why would you prosecute
unto death your kinsmen, the subjec of the
same laws, who have fought by your side 7"
-" They have broken the one great law" MY
WILL. commanded them to think as thO't,
yet they have dared to think and act for
themselves; they should have been my slaves:
whence had they a right to determine for
themselves the claims of the law upon them?"
The brave defenders Of their country were
brought back, and condemned. When the
death hour came, Justice interposed, for HUI
manty had failed.
"How dare you take the lives which God
gave, and for whose safety you are account
able to Him, who placed them under your
command for a season. Why execute upon
them sentence which no law of your coun-
try has pronounced ~ =.
"lr is MY WILL" said jackson; at that
| moment his own doom was sealed by JUS
tee; that wherever the name OF Jackson
should be mentioned. there should the. story
! of the gallant Lewis and Wood, Harris and
their comrades, murdered on the battle field
where they had bled for freedom and their
country, be told for memorial of him. +,
FIVE may be- allowed to add one to the
singular condolences Of the age, we will pre-
! sent it in the following fact On the 2lst Of
January. 1915. General Jackson, in his ad-
dress to the army, congratulated his fellow
soldiers that through the intervention Of
Providence. only SIR .jAmfrcans were killed
in the battle of New Orleans. On the 22d of
January Gen. Jackson signed the death war
rant of sir militia men, who. in the assertion
of their rights as citizens. were seized, i'm
prisOned, and sentenced to be shot. The pa
ternal kindness of their own General was
therefore as destructive as the hostility OF the
whole British Army. The fact will make a
singular appearance in history.-Nat. Jour.
1--WE have been informed by an intelligent
person, and one of veraciiy, whose Occupa-
ton led him to travel good deal through the
north for the last two or three years, that IL
part of the Counties Tyrone. Monaghan.
&c. the Roman Catholics are beginning to
ARM THEMSELVES. Que very partic
uIar circumstance came under his obserV alton;
happening To go into the house of "a Roman
Catholic. he was struck at seeing complete
ly new frel0ck and bayOnet, and the man of
the house taking him out again under some
false pretence, when they returned both were
hid. We ask the government " hat does this
mean Is it not in strict accordance with the
boosted organisation of the Papist Liberal
Clubs in each county to orGanise--Order Of