Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-09-04

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fMr. F. here read from the Nas,
TnteIligeneer the charges ana snssSi
items exhibited against LoualI;s,
commented upsn them in detaill aa0
He lad never known such contrennJ
such m'ssPplisAtion of language; such ~
rance OF the trst principles 81 eIs men,ss eno'
tice displayed IN any legal procedure. jus
disgraceful TO the country II nigh, A.
sPeeimen OF Jackson law-of L,fara - Me
Abingdon lsw-of Hickory lay. i, csr,-Ss
was any thing but American Consti,u,;os - aAy
But ne had not closed this d~isgus,r~..@Ss
yet' III Independent, Court Martial, y s,'ns
Gen. Gaines vas the President, after .a."es
nation OF the charges and evidence o.eA 80
the prisoner. Gen. jackson refused n 1..'es
the sentence And, without assembl;no s.a1
Court Martial, or surrendering The p's.os..s
the civil tribunals, he feasled his vind;c,;v.
Ings, by deSa'oing Loualiier, under srres, '.a,
Martial Law expired. 'ua"
Such was a fsiv statement of . r.
which was not sufficiently known. Pew wa
indeed, whose enquiries have no, bes. "eN'
%ticular, have an idea OF the scenes os -,
outrage and lawless tyranny, with which cas
Jackson, for three months, lorded over h. ~.
tary kingdom at New Orleans. tie wss NJ" I'
Cailguisr, Alexander in miniaturs-
them in every thing but the imperial scale anoss
which they transacted their atrocities. F"a
"Dress'd N a little brief authority.
He plsy'd such fantastic tricks befo,s NJ.
Heaven, nBa
As made the Angels blush"
The Legislature of Louisisns had so,.
OF HIS e%normitiss, when they puroosel, "ei
nag name, ~ presenting a vote Of shsnks .aa
Officers who had saved their country Ts~us
indeed, had fer his power, in having ass. Wy,
c'biy eJected from their Halls OF Ire, 49,.
The people Of New OrlssBs bad soms -.
ms military SCI wees, when, as lately snns.o
on the JHefd 81 ms glory, they have refused :.
support an emineDt Statesman, because 49,
'dentiied ms fortunes with the popular;,s /.
the General. '"y on
lie would fortear to oommen, unen m. |
suoordinaton OF Gen. Juckson-his Al"
disnes 81 orders-his Contempt of instruc,io,I
such crimes, unfortunately, had ceassd 4, - |
VISITED VIZ the odium whish their e,;n;rar"
merited;sihey had ceased 10 be reearded NIX
that virtueus abhoPfenee which the, n..r
tendency, to destroy the structure Of ,hs as
eminent, deserved. He would not. haw.y
pass urnoticed, his violations Of The nr,n,;,,.,,
of Humsnlty--of justiee-of Relip,sni IA
moral feeling of the CON munI,y had M, y% ;.
become SO deprsved, as to look unor .a,Hs
scenes with Indifference. What were eo.a
scenes' He orders the execution OF Amb,s.s
IAN Eng,ishrnan,) in defiance of the sen,sos. |
Of the Court Martial appointed by h,nsslf"
the execution Of Arbuthnot. who was onIv fon,, |
among the warning Indians, a UelE.knounn tn |
der and advocate for peace! He deceived /, |
means Of stratsgem and false colours. a n,,mnA..,
II Indian Chiefs into hhs power a, 81. NIL
srdesed tn to be HUNG-sy4usf bo,r 4.
Indians! -Justifying Me bisody procsdr. !
with she cruel taunt, that the only mode !, |
c%ip,i='ng this unfortunate people was TO ,r,.,.
inmate Them. Merciless Sarcasm. M, can.
RtER, when al bsholding seven hupdesd ag.a
priests thrown into the Loire, be t~aun,lnrI,
exclaimed, What a Revolutionary ,or,en, I.
the Lore. Net RoBESPiERkE, in the M.
tionai Convention. when he grayely ob,ected
to the tedious aud formal mode of murder. cali.
ed a trial. and proposed leading his blame. |
loss Sovereign to execution on principles ef in.
surrectien." Not HAHAT, when, in the Same |
body, he called for two hundred and seventy |
thousand heads, as an Offering upon the Altar q |
Reason and Philosophy. rivailed i, in cold.
FLOODED feroeity. and savage obduracy Of feel.
ing. He ordered two hundred American CHI. |
zehs 10 De ANONYMOUSLY punished, upon eyi.
deDce that Should not have convicted q sheen. |
stealing dog! He sanctioned the murde, Of ,mr
gallant and patriotic soldiers, whose onIy c,ims |
was, a better knowledge Of the laws Of hi, |
country, than he ignorant ceurt which sen,en, !
ced them-and the Commanding General vb.
approved the sentence The fact has now be-
GENE estsbllshea--none can onest,on IT,.
ought TO be eng:aven on every sign-pos, in tho
nation, tha,
THE SIX MILITIA. MEN
Were shot against the La.cs Of ths LonS,
and under cIcInstsnees shocking TO humanity. |
lie threatened to cut IF the ears Of some OF
The members OF the National Senate, for pre-.
snming TO enquire into bis 9 ffieial acts; and was
only prevented from poliu,ing the Legislative
sanctuary OF the Nation, by the stern and un'
yielding courage of Decatur.
Such were a few of the most prominent Of
those acts which constituted bis objections 10
Gen. jackson. They were facts and facts
we're stubborn arguments. Do his partizsns
question their accuracy He was prepared 10
substantiate them hers, or elsewhere. He Ut
tered nothing, the truth of which he was not
prepared to prove. He de6ed discussicn-hs
challenged investigation: And do they exhlh'
an individual worthy Of the fret office in tbs
country Do they nantes, a temper and chs
racter proper to be entrusted with the desiiniss
ct THIS growing and increasing Cenfedersci
FMS was q question. which these who hess
hun, wouid be called upon TO decide. And ne
begged them to bear it in mind, that their de-
oIslon was not TO operate upon this only, ous
upon future generations Not upon The liner.
ties OF this nation alone, but upon liberties Of
the Human Family concentratedsin the expe'
rirnent now in progress in America.