Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-05-28

and ought TO be given TO their statements.
EDWARD CAGE WILLIAM p. FINCH
] MATT. MARTIN NM. ). WATERSON
JOHN MCBRIDE JOHN TlLMAN
II. b. MOSELY ISAAC MUSE.
The undersigned citizens of Bedford County
in the State of enne,sey, do hereby cur.iiy, .lat
they have been icqu inled ViJhBobcrt fuTguson
OfsiJ C1mN-irOm ten % twelve wears, M. be-
\ heye Dim 500 b. % man of ruth and hontso, nd
\ that full creUi is due to ms standardization
under their hands April, lc2o.
WILLIAM P. FINCH,
HM. =. WATTERSON,
JOHN MCBRIDE,
ISAAC MUSE.
/ Can It be possible that this general order has
/ lqtei been .nutacuredl If mol, how are we
10 ucco uni for tine Ignorance YOU nifcs, In not
having knowledge OF the relation in which Ibis
poor le.loa STOOD to the ,rml Gil upon adj the
officers who commanded in this company OF de-
tuchment; call upon every man WHO seryedmlt-
and do say, YOU cannot Get oneJtJhem 20 swear,
that YOU have stated the crmo7Of Tins youth cor
rec'N; I mean the rrs, Cn0r-e of .'muuny AMI
des.rion, and for which you say he had been
once u rdoned. he ne,e. needed pardon be-
| fore the ume he asked,-and you refused.
Whence comes it 10 pass, that you have found
|i-nncpssarv t0 baRd So many Ofthe br we soldiers
/ from Tennessee with ''mutiny and desertiJnl -
Your idegs of tlOse tCr.s seem 20 me as vague
and Indefinite ''YlrdlcS when applied 20 Ar
burrbnof and AmbrisJcr. Colonies Alcorn and
/ Cnnan's Regimen S, we're called describes, after
the, had folght TWO bu5.es.-The detachment
received by General Roberts YOU say were guilty
OBJ. "uuiuy nd deserriuu, and the Gener. lim-
self de-rned, although not shot. Colonel Hl-
/ liu's Regiment lhe sdme-and SIX of them suffer-
ddelth. Now 4 DO s0IemnlV believe, thar there
was NOT one man who followed YOU in those
WIS. well ofc rs 8 s1.di rs, who had not
.accJrinE to his sphere ofacion and caraci,y)
rs great q love of clunry rs YOU bad, and as
good sin 20 defenIi.; bu Dec use they took the
ib.r7 of Judging for .hems Ives, Of the Kind of
agreement into which they hlo entered, the
bas.s' Sind of eplthe,s were literally bestowed
upon hem.
The last thing shall notice may be found near
the cOse of YOUR address 10 Woods, where YOU
trlmpoj on the feelings and good Sense of the
army B, s1ying-''5c,ween that Laws, md Its Of
tenders, the commanding General ought not 10
be expected 90 in.,rIosa, and lriU nat when there
IRE no Circuus ..nc. g Of 1IcNluiOn. There APP
pears 10 be none such in Your clse.' Indeed,
General, ] do Not envy YOU the StHf Of which
your heart iS made If YOU could find mo- alternating
circumstances m this soldiers case; especially as
DO was ms first offence. What are the iactsl
Why he had been bu- few days no your army, and
was q boy-hc had heard ms officers say (perhaps
your-e.t) never 20 give up his gun to any person
particularly when ON guard. Mr.. Brock told You
le was ana ignorant inexperienced youth, that
ms ,I,s,- ,I, .,,,,c-t. and tb,t No. and as
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1--WE me leave, now To say SomeihlnS III my
own cases ana In inc oui>ell nave lo eAaiSe uial
you nave gwen 9n incorrect copy oIlny IcUer TO
no.. me an OF November l9l9-pcIhipS uIouSh
mistake. ann mate TO saw whose three surge
o9s nave resigned ana Others nave oeen appoint
ell DID iher places, Nc. inns sentence Is NOT thus
' ' ''" my '0'.N'' .-N-
0"'ef ''c' surgeons nave re'Igueui &C haa hol
res'gned' but continued 10 my old place WIN the
WE'VE 4iohlhS volunteers under an acl OF ION
-feS>. IT. Is asserted 10y "f'eF III lne name OF
Col fa'li>I' lI'al my "conuuct I'D me army ua9
.e7'iaeu me I'D yout eyes, 9'lu una. nau Ha'eu
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