Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-12-21

lied The President himself so 10 treat alien en-
emies; fifth because il was time that the civil
law should resume its empire, that citizens
should be restored TO their constitutional Judges,
and no longer be dealt with before military tri-
bunals. This was written by MIR. Louis Loual-
er, an intelligent and respectable member Of
the Louisiana Senate, who had heretofore rem
dered himself very obnoxious 10 the General by
his active opposiion 10 The Generals request
to have The writ Of habeas corpus suspended by
act of the Legislature. From this or some
other cause, Mr.. Louallier had availed himself
Of his privilege of exemption from military du
~ under the laws Of Louisiana, and had in no
other way rendered himself amenable TO militia
ry authority. The General caused M. Loual-
lier TO be arrested and tried for his life before
court martial, for hacing wriuen this rernOn.
STRANGE, making It's publication the sole speeifca
tion, under the following charges: first, mutiny;
second, erciting mutiny; third, for being spy;
fourth for harboring re7cping, and protecting the
enemy. and in holding correspondence and Civ
ing HIM intelligence by this publication; fifth,
for srriting and publishing a corrupt libel.
"The order for the arrest, though made on
the day of the publication, and slough accom-
panied with abundant threats Of hanging, was
not executed tl the sixth. On the fifth, Judge
HALL of the United States Court acting upon
misinformalion as TO his being then under ar
rest, issued wri, of habeas corpus 10 have him
brought before the Couu. Finding, on re-
newal Of the application the next day, that the
writ had been prematurely issued and never act
ed on, the Judge, for the purpose of saving the
trouble of writing new order, and for no other
conceivable moivc altered the date Of the order
to the sixth, and re delivered /, to the officer.
Whether, strictly speaking, it was proper 10
make such an alteration, or rather, whether
there could possibly be any improperly in ii,
would require more minuler statement oil the
facis than has yet been published to determine
! But tha, is immaleral; for ii is very certain
there was nothing criminal in il, and that II
does not lie in General Jackson's mouth TO i'm
pue any such crimlnaliiy to him. For the
General, in one Of his recently published let
ters, with an amusing sor. of natuete, tells us
tha, he robbed the records OF the Court OF this
very document, and that, for private purposes
Of his own, he has retained the paper so robbed
ever since |, would be equally indecent and
false TO impuie felonious intent TO either o
them.
"The wri, Of haJeds corpus was answered BY
an order to file of soldiers to arrest and in
prison the Judge. Mr.. Dick, the United States
Attorney, then obtained from Judge LEWIS. o
the Louisiana Courl, a writ in behalf Of Judge
HALL; and this was answered by an order fol
the arrest and Imprisonment of BOTH LEWIS AMI
Dick. The latter was arrested and lmprison
ed; the former, from some unexplained cause
wa. not. They had both served in the battle
and LEWIS had particularly distinguished him
selffo his gallanry.
! "rhe General himself admits that, on thi
same sirth of March, he wrote 10 the British
commander, notifying him that he had received
information of the ratification Of the treaty Q
|, peace, which though no, official, was such as Il
Eleave no doubt OF the fact. MIR. Louallier wa
therefore tried after The General belteoed tn
: treaty ,cas ratified, and though acquitted by III
. Cour, Martial, was no, released from prison IN
$ I'll about the fifteenth, when martial law was re
!, voked. |, was no, until the eleventh, and no
u until the militia had been disbanded, Iha, Judg
u Hall was released from actual confinement; an
i even then was ANONYMOUSLY escorted by i'll
: Of soldiers beyond the city lin,ts, and then dis
e missed with the modest commands OF the Gene
/ raj that he should not return acihn trctUc mute
e ofthe city until official intelligence of the peac
n was received, or unIi the enemy had leit tn
d Southern coast. Thus, in the language OF
> La. Senator, 'when it was thought The mlitar
: force nigh, safely be dsbanded il was thougl
- safe for helpless old man TO take part in III
= general rejocngs in which his fellow ciilzeT
li were induIgng;' and, he might have added, a
IT old man who bore a most enyiable repuiatio
IS for exemplary purity and integrity of characie
ia .'tor the contempt Of court, in thus refus'n
l. obedience TO the ,crrt and in imprisoning itSJud
r TO prcrfnt resort 10 ulfcrior process for efor
y ing obedience, the General was arraigncd beio
y the cuur,, which, without the inter, eniiOn of
a. jury, but according TO law and the univers
III usage Of all courts in cases OF contempt. orde
10 ed fine of thousand dollars, which The Ge
era paid"
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