Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-07-07
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LETTER FROM GENERAL. JACKSON.


Judge.
The feeling and sentiment displayed hy Mr.. Conra,
IN his sleoct, truly astonsh They the ,cr,
opposite ol those entertained by the patriots who
engaged IN the docuCe oi New Orleans. ui hon
considered lndge Hall rs performing the par, Of uood
citizen III the proceedings which he instituted against
me. They such as Ahncr L.. Duncan, Esa- under
whose patronage Mr.. Conrad was rllsrd and who, Will
the character oi distinguished mrist combined thai
the fearless soldcr aud the good n-woud have h~c
ashamed Ia AVON. Although at thai lime Mr.. Conrad
Was youth. he cannot have forgotten the ollna iacs
o the casr and the lessons he learned from his patron
should have taught hm Ia dlsus the motive III those
VIII" III such IN emergency that Al New ORLEANS. ob
lalncd applause from Ihose alone who nlmca 10
tllelr country.
1t Is source ct the deepest regret 10 me. that Mr..
Conrad has disturbed til, sleeping ashes o the Judge.
iof the rurpuseui Throwing UNJUST lmpulaun my
ehanccr. The fault must be his. IT, in dome So truth
aud ns' will coua the public to diseredIt his state
ment.
What arr tho prominent iacts'
After intelligence had been received olthr cmharkment
ol the British fuopsa Plymouth. III England and that
their object the invasion ct New Orleans aud whilst
was engaged with all cNrrons IN repcllng their al
vance, which nas then III pos,, 81 Pensacola it
being ucces>at, iur iocltar my lt flank oi the
my hcinrc Guild proceed 10 New Orleans meet them
hcrc-ScNcnl committees AT New Orleans waited lur
me at Mobile, the committee al safety and the commit
Ice 81 vigilance, } all giving similar information IL
I
which Were appended Ia defence. and produced be
lore Judge Hall under his rule appear and show
why an attachment should not Issue Ion contempt.
which yon have published IN the Globe. and to which
refer Having expelled thu Bn>h lruln Pensacola and
made the necessary arrangements ur the defence oi Mo
hc, haslened To New Orleans. aud reached there
the morning oi the 1T OF December commencing
then my arrangements for the defence al my country,
W hen arrived hCrc every thing WAS dependency and
alarm at thearProach Of such an overwhelming force.
The traitors la cause were cmhodenod ! There
were armsnot even lnis -in the arsenal, and thu
means G.r deencc were IN all respects deficient. Ind
nothing Ia depend upon but the hope ul aro1sng the eli
zenS 10 that high feeling oi PATRIOTISM which would make
thnm as one man in union aud curgy call was made
on tha Louisiana militia IN mass plans Were formed 10
prevent traitors and spcS iom communicating with til,
enemy.
Scon after my arrival was made acquainted with
Judge Hall, who appeared willing 10 aid III the measures
81 defence. He was present many interviews | had
with the comnlti'rs OF vigilance aud safety. The lie
9slAurc III session aud had passed law laying
embargo sesst Is; thus enabling Commodore Patterson
10 impress the scHucu 10 man his loiilla The Judge
had opened The las, ndlhentcd The prisoners charged
with piracy. &c. without bail, and had adjourned the
CONT The subject discussed whether, III addition IN
thcsc real Necessity did not sNst Tor tho de
rlaralon Of martial law in New Orleans which had
become my camp. The Judge was present when this
question decided IN the affirmative. and by his yes
lures he appeared 10 approve the decision But the
Itg stature had assumed the power 10 paas the embargo
law. acting upon the necessity Of the cas-, appealed 10
II 10 rNcr the same power IN suspcndmg the wrli oi Ia
beas corpus during the invasion. THIS opposed by
iuuIllItr aud by those who wished 10 surrender the
city to the enemy. The application failed. Events.
however, sopn made II apparent that. witliuu, the dec
aration al martial law the city could not be- defended;
and took the responsibility upon myself ol making the
declaration time to profit by the additional power II
gave 10 the military arrangements for the defence; and
the morning declared H. Judge Hall WAS in my office,
aud heard II read 1t then he exclaimed .Notr The
country may be mrcd wiihom il, il ,sas lost. Appl,ca
ton then made To the Legislature To adjourn, IN or
der that all might Join tho dcicpcc. Tins refused
by the maioryihc Republican meumbers voting for H.
\ request then made by the Governor /" ADJOURN 10
Baton Rouge. This was also rclusod-ihe Republicans
voting ior The enemy had attacked and DESTROYED
gun boats which gave alarm IN some, aud fresh
encouragement 10 traitors. 1t gave noble resolution 10
the true patriot.
One Of the details of the order declaring martial law
was. 'hdi The lamps be PM ont at oriock. and that
I'll foud IN the streets after that so,d be dppychcnded
md cnricd II the p,orost guard for examination This
rule proved ncony cnont 10 the Judge. who bsche
lar. and spent his evenings with the ladies'. lcapplcd
through the MARSHAL 10 be exempted from this rule;
which resisted until it repeated by the mayor aud
aldermen. and other gentlemen al hugh standing. when 1t
vas GRANTED with great reluctance. | nd,r this order,
he passed my scntinos in thc nghl-fd To the upper
country, and did not return until after the battle of the
Sih. On his return, he received with great cool
ness by all his Republican friends and particularly by the
ladies' because he had lrii them and the city exposed
the attacks Of Infatuated soldcry, when he ought
IL have remained and by his example stimulated a no
bic defence This reception mortified the Judgc.-llc
thrown into fit Of dlss patton and into the bands Of
Blanc IouaIli,r s Co.. who made Il tool Of him To bring
about conflict bctwcccn the civil and military power
under the expectation Of exciting the brave ousianians
violent act. subecng me 10 the npua'on OF
military tyranny. Mr. Conrad well knows what diff
Guilty had IN restraining the people from committing
violence ON the Judge I.ouallicr. Blanc Co.
About the time Of the Judges return Ia the CITY, i.on
aicr published his inammatoTy address 10 the people,
intended to create muny IN my camp. and the dcscfilnn
OF their posts OF delcncc-Ilc was arrested for exciting
nutinv no-as Conrad asserts IN his spcecl-lura II
bel But. before the arrest was made he sccrccd hun
self until he had arranged with Judge Hall for the ap
rcaIancc Of writ ofhdbcas corpus. This being done,
he made his appearance AT the coffee honsc Oh the 9th
Of March, when he was arrested. On his being deliver
ed to the proves, guard Colonel Arbucklc commanding
who had been instructed him kindly, and 10 fur
nsh him with pen, ink, and paper, &c communicable
hun his instructions. LoualIcrt thanked him, saying, 81
" i'll not be one hour with yon." "llow sol" inquired
Colonel A. He replied ''Ihcre is a writ of hdJcas
pms out for me-" This was communicated 10 me i'm
mcdatoly inquire whether 1t wastruc that Judge
Hall had issued the writ before lOualor was arrested
Being Informed that had been issued and that judge
Halls name was subscribed to it, forthwith issued an
order for the arrest OLD A. Hall, for aiding, abetng
and tx i ing mutiny in my camp This was TIN
med me that acting the bchct that the rccor'
,rohd procc That Judge HoHhad exercised his jndica
auiho,ity mithn yoy camp. thereby interfering wh III
police Of camp in roiation Of the martial lar. an
hiding and crciting uiiny ,rithm il. In this yon ril
be mistaken Therefore you hat better took 10 1t, an