The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-08-14

oueration,-so Again = .Martial Law,
when uecessitY shall have justified resort TO
il, does not ope rate - this effect, 1t snot CO.
~ 10 perceive the req son or the. reality o: IT,
Again "the Constitution OF the Y. States
secures to the citizen the most vallable priVi-
ieges; vet the came Con atIon conteInplates
the necessity of saspending the exercise OF
some, in order TO secure tho continuance oil
all. Ii it authorizes the suspension of tne
writ Of habeas corpus" 10y Congress,)
| thereby implicitly admls the operations OF
marsial lote when in the event Of rebellion.
| or invasion, public safety may require it. To
WHOM doet the declaration Of this law BELONG?
To tho guardian of the public saiety--to hun
| who ia to eOnduct hs operations ogatnst The
snsmy," &c. "HE is the ONLY AUTHORITY
present 10 witness and to determine the emer
! gency which makes such a resort Necessary
&c Have we forgotten, my fellow citizens,
the history Of those wrongs which the Decla.
ration Of Independence enumerates as the u
surpations of "AB oLUTE TYRANNY" over US,
when erea British subjects
" He has Affected to render the military in.
dependent Of, and superior to, tho Civil
PewER"
"He has combined with others TO subject rs
to a jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution
and unacknpwledged by our laws, giving his
assent to their acts ofpretended legislation =
" For depriving us, in many caso3, OF the
benefits of TRIAL by JURY"
1t was for lawless wrongs like these, that
our fathers declared that IA Prince whose cha
racter was thus marked by eoery act that may
dcliae % tyrdnt, was unfit TO DO the ruler of a
free people" Against these usurpatiohs they
few to arms While they stood together la
the field, and poured out their blood in the ho
ly cause OF Independence and Freedom, tho
from every altar, and in the prayers of every
family. May we not Disgrace their memory,
or the cause in which our Washington b!ed,
Laurcns suffered, and Mercer died.
The !aYlcss tyranny established at New Or
leans did not pause when the liberties Of every
man had been violated, By the arrest OF their
fellow citizen Mr.. Lol.allicr. The Judiciar,
had beon, as yet, ynnly thought TO be within
lho sanctuary VI the Constitution. The wrt
OF babeas corpus, the very bulwark Of civil lib
erty, was vainly thought to be yot Supreme
, IN a country pretending to freedom. The i'm.
prisonod citizen obtained il. II was answered
| by Cen Jackson with Gle Of bayonets, and
! the judge was committed To prison. Judgc
! Hall applied To Judge Lewis for n habeas Cor.
| pus for his own relief, but the same fate await
ed Jrdga Lewis and tho District Attorney
! Jadgc HaH ,oaS finally banishedG by u military
order, aud Mr. Loualcr acqut cd for want oi
! jurisdiction. During the period OF violence
| which had existed under mart al order, the
very legislature of tue State was suppres
| sed by The bayonet, aud the le of every man
was placed at the mercy Of sheer despotisn
| rho ratification Of the Treaty of Peace onl,
relieved the citizens nf Louisiana from tn.
! mad career Of military tyranny. After IA,
return of peace, the Government was reor
| yani2cd by tho return of tho State authoritie'
TO their duties General Jackson was fined d
thousand dollars Tor his contempt Of the civ,
,uthority OF the State; aud 10 mark to all IA
turo times the deep abhorrence IN which The
Legislature Of tho very State he saved he d
MA atrocious usurp'tions, they voted the put
! lie thanks TO tie officers and army under bis
command, but refused them to him.
He was appointed Governor Of Florida
in 1921 after the cession of that territory
10 the United States, by which its citizens
became entitled to the protection Of the
free institutions of cur Government. lie
there exercised :" he po,osrs Of a CaPiai,
General of lie Stand cf Cuba" ever thC
Tel ritory, cnd prostratad The Judiciary o
the United States again. His sole vii
took the force of Law. and he proceeded 1,
issue an " Ordinance" entitled " An Ord
nance providing for he naturalization o.
tho inhabitants Of the cedea Territory
and another to authorize the imposition o
taxes in ST. Augustine. Congress anMul
led these Ordinancts' Mt their frst ses
sion afterwards; (Act oil May7, 1929 an
imposed punishment by Gne, not 10 eX
coed two hundred dollars. or by inprison
ment not to exceed six months, or both, OF
any person attempting 10 enforce item, o
demanding or receiving taxes under then
and ordered the moneys already paid un
der them, TO be refunded.
IT, with the full knowledge Of THRSl
OPINIONS Of General Jackson ofthe natur,
of froe government, and all the usurpation
which he has committed upon their civi
Liberties under them, the People Of th
country should call him 10 Presidency, ihel
are our political institutions a mockery an,
a cheat. The experiment of this Govern
ment will then have been tried, aud its fat,
will be no longer problem to be solved b,
'utuIIty.
: Ii more could be wanted TO learn th,
TEMPER in which He ExERcIsEs POWER
you may read It in the fate of those urfor
tunate victims of his tyranny who suifere,
; a, Mobile. These were our fellow citizens
Their rights were as well protected a,
! yours. ltthe melancholy fate Of these sol
! dlers ofthe militia is to be sanctioned b,
tho laws of the country, then ure YOU
, claims and mine to liberty supported bv a.
theirs. Tire official record of this Cour
, Martial have placed in your hands. say
the ONciol Record, and | affirm that the
communication from the Department o
War to Congress, transmitting all the cor
J respondence called for by the resolution o
the House, and the official record of the
Court Martial. is fiiriy fully and Faithfully
printed, with the exception Of some ihrty
or forty sheets of abstracts of muster anJ
pay -o!ls. The original printed copy Qrht
House Of Representatives. is in the Clerk;
; office of the County. Thare vo, msv cy