The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-02-01

80 general ana SO deep an interest, and IN
submitting the result 10 the Executive, the
court trusts that the peculiar character Of the
accusations which have been investigated
will furnish an excuse for appending to the
4 record few remarks.
i When rumors and reports are widely and in
dustriously disseminated, calculated to impair
the high standing and usefulness Of an off,
Ger in whom great trust and confidence have
been reposed, il becomes the duty Of the Ex-
ecutive to afford TO such officer, by the con-
veniion Of proper tribunal, an ample oppor-
tunity of yindicating himself before the world.
To afford this opportunity and TO preserve
from the insidious effects Of unmerited re-
proach, reputation dear to the naiion-won
by the honorable services of seven and twenty
years-to extinguish prejudices and suspi-
cions created by misrepresentation or mis-
conceptions public agents and private indi-
viduals, and finally, to do all which the laws,
which justice, and which honor exact, this
court has been convened.
| Charges and specifications have been pre-
ierred, embracing all the accusations made
against Captain Stewart an investigation has
been made into their truth /; il has been con-
Quoted by the Judge advocate in the most ex-
emplary manner yet with a minuteness and
fitness calculated to leave no doubt or cloud
of suspicion resting upon the character of the
accused. This investigation has produced
what was desired by Captain Stewart, and
intended by the Executive-a developement
OF all the important transactions attending the
late cruize of the Franklin in the Pacific, and
the principles and motives which guided the
conduct of her commander. These charges
and specifications the court has adjudged not
to be proved to be in some respects utterly
groundless, and in others to have originated in
misconcep,ion or misrepresentation Of the
most innocent and meritorious acts and Cap
tain Stewart has been most fully and most
honorably acquitted of every, even the slight
est, improperly.
The court, however, conceives that the pc
culiar character of the accusation is such that
il would not render that full measure OF JUS
tice which is required al its hands by sim
pie judgment of acqui,tal. 1t is therefore i'm
PEELED by sense Of duty to go farther, and to
make unhesitatingly this declaration TO the
world, that so far from having violated the
high duties of neutrality and respect for the
laws of nations, so far from having sacrificed
the honor Of the American flag, or furnished
of mercenary or sordid kind; so far from
trust reposed in him by refusing proper pro-
lection TO American citizens and property, or
rendering such protection subservientto indi-
yidual interests, no one circumstance has
been developed throughout the whole course
of this minute investigation into the various
occurrences of a three years cruise, calcua-
ted to impair the confidence which the mem
bers of this court, the navy, and the nation
have long reposed in the honor, the talents,
and the patriotism of this distinguished Off
Ger, or to weaken in any manner the opinion
which all who knew him entertained Of his
humanity and disinterestedness. These vir-
tues only glow with brighter lustre from this
ordeal of trial, like the stars he triumphantly
displayed, when his valor and skill achieved
a new victory to adorn the annals of our naval
glory.
JAMES BARRON, President.
w. M. CRANE,
ROBERT 7. SPENCE,
JOHN d. HENLEY,
j. ID. ELLIOTT,
S. CASSIN
JAMES RENSHAW,
THOMAS BROWN,
CHARLES C. b. THOMPSON,
ALEXANDER s. WADSWORTH, \
GEORGE w. ROliERS,
GEORGE C. READ,
RICHARD s. COKE, Judge Advocate
The proceedings and sentence of the court
are approved with the exception of the ex-
clusion of Samuel Brown as an incompetent
witness. The grounds Of objection to his tes-
tmony, apparent on the face of the record,
being considered as going to his credibility
and not to his competency.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Washington, 9Th September, 1925.
On Commodore Stewards return from
Washington, where his trial took place, to his
native city, (Philadelphia,) his friends greeted
him with public dinner, in appreciation of
his services in the Pacific. During the years
1925 to 1880 he was variously engaged in ap-
propriate duties, such as examining Midship-
men, and sitting on Courts Martial, &c. &C.
FRO BE Continued
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