Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-04-24
GENERAL yAcKsoN's LETTER.
Hermitage near Nashville
OCTOBER 18th. 1919.

The Honorable
George w Campbell Esq
Sir
You will receive herewith Enclosed,
the certificate of John Gordon and Ma
jor Thomas G Bradford editor of the
Clareon on the Subject of the card bear
ing date Sept. nth 1919 published in
the Clareon on the 26th of Sept. 1919
from Silas Dinsmore united States a.
gent to the Chociaw nation being in the
proper hand writing Of the said Silas
Oinsmore you will also receive enclos-
ed, the paper of the a6th Sept. contain
ing the card Of DIR Dinsmore, which /
beg you to lay before the Secretary Of
War, as soon as the reach you, and 1
beg of you to communicate 70 me with
out delay his determination as it res
poets the removal of Mr. Dinsmore.-
When reed your letter Of the 10th Of
April last inclosing me an extract of the
Secretary of Wars letter to Sila. Dins-
more agent to the Choctaw nation, /,
nor the citizens of West Tennessee, be-
state not, to believe that Silas Dinsmore
would cease to exercise over our citi-
zens such lawless tyranny as he had
been in the habit Of, and that our peace
full and honest citizens would be left to-
enjoy the free and unmolested use of
that road as Secured to them by treaty
you can easily Judge and so can the
lSecreltsry of War, our surprise and
Indignation, at the wan(ton Insult offer
red to the whole citizens Of West Ten
nessee by the publication of his card in
the Clarion in which he boasts-that
he has set at defiance the Solem treaty
that secures to our citizens and those of
the united States the free and unmolest-
ed use Of that road as well as the ex.
press instructions of the Secretary Of
War of the 2srd Of March last, and
boast his detention of defenceless wo.
man and her property-and for iohai!
the want ofa pass port 2and my & Cd; is
it come to this are we free men or are
zoe Slaves is This real or is ii a dream
for what are we involved in War with
great Britain lis it not for the Support
Of our rights as an independent people
and a cation, Secured TO US by nature
and by natures god as we'll as Solem
treaties and the law Of nations-and can
the Secretary of war, for enc moment
retain the idea, that we will permit this
petty Tyrant TO Sport with our rights
Secured to us by treaty and which by
the law of nature we do possess-and
Sport with our feelings by publishing
his la,rlsss tyranny exercised orsr help
less and.mprotsctsd jsmale--if he does
he thinks too meanly of our Patriotism
and gallan'ry-were we base anough to
Surrender our independent rights secu-
red to us by the bravery and blood of
our fore fathers. we are unworthy the
name Of }reemen--and we view all right,
Secured to us by Solem treaty, under
the Constituted authority. rights Secu.
red to US by the blood of our fathers
and which we will never yield but with
our lives-The indignation OF our Citi-
zens are only restrained by assurances
that government so Soon as they are
notified of this unwarrantable insult,
added to the many injuries that Silas
Dinsmore has heaped upon our honest
and unofsnding Citizens, that he will be
re moved Should we be deceived in
this, be frank with the Secretary of war,
that we are free men, and that we will
SUPPORT the SUPREMACY Of the laws, and
that the wrath and indignation of our
citizens will sweep from the earth the
invader OF their legal rights and involve
Silas Dinsmore in the flames of his a
gency house-we love order, and moth
ing but SUPPORT Of our legal and mali :
enable rights, would or could prompt
US to do an act, that could be construed
as wearing the appearance of rashness--
but Should not the source OF the evil be
removed, our rights secured by trea tv
rest ored to our Citizens-the agents
his house will (bel demolished-and
when government is applied to, and so
often notified of the injuries heaped up
on our Citizens and they will adhere to
the agent who delights in treadiDg under
foot the rights of the Citizens, and ex
ults in their distresses-the evil be upon
the government not upon the people who
have SO often complained without re-
dress-we really hope that the evil will
be cut off by the root, by a removal of
the agent, should this not be done we
will have right fairly TO conclude that
the Standardization Winks nj tho acants