Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-06-10
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the Intelligencer.
No. =.

Fort: those exiled were forced to leave, and the
limits of the Indian country made theirs! being
denied access to the Indian Agency, and Post Off
ces. at both of which they had business. Forced
thus to leave this theatre of their pursuits and av-
ocations, and driven from it, without grant Of suf-
fcient time to arrange business, either finally or
temporarily, one of them respectfully solicited
altho' Right gave him the power to demand-that
he might visit the Fort, have permission to settle
unfinished business but principally, that he might
have personal interview with the Commandant'
| in his own quarters; to which request was no ac-
cession, tho the Commandant offered to WISH inc
petitioner IN his quarters: The petitioner sha.'
not 90 to Caesar, but Cesar will come to the Pet''
toner new order of Court t-fashions. In reply
the sufferer by The "order' wrote to the Com
mapdant. acquainting him with the writer's thanks
for his proposal, and stating why he wished tor
| nersonal interview. He called for an investiSa-
! ton with language couched in the most respect
fuI terms, and pqrtakng strongly Of the suppica-
teri dRap nd6ssSS laRa tgs 9rfBsu But RftEEs
sufferer in this instance, 10th to resort to vo
lent language and demands, and so far from being
! the sower of discord and breaches, which even af
fected life, represented by the ''order". he
mildly and modesly requested an investigation,
and which was refused, shall see. If this
dees not SAVIOR Of tyranny, what does? If the
character Of a prosecutor who has acted upon er-
parte evidence, has knowingly done wrong to per-
sons and who vet is determined to persist in that
wrong, for the sake of consistency with prior ac-
tions, is not plainly manifested in this instance,
then there are many tyrants skirts clear, for verify,
the words and sense of persecution are yet not full
| ly understood.
But as was about to remark, the suppant
called for an investi igation into tho circumstances
which brought forth the order, and into their rea-
tion to the i" infamous attempt" at murder as is
the context Of the "order's' allegation, which
then operated so injuriously upon his character,
his interests, and his feelings. From what he
knew of the Commandant's character, ho did not
suppose he willingly would oppress any man, and
that when he had heard the whole relation, had
seen through the history of all the connected trans
actions, and had learned that the injustice and
hardships of which the banshed complained, re-
suited from information partial and detached
which injustice completely shown in the
Commandants treatment of the "principal and
his chief accessory as contrasted with his con-
duct towards minor r''accessories' he thought the
Comma ndant would acknowledge he had acted
hastily, and would recall his order For it vas
strange that the ''prncipal and main accessory"
should escape official notice and Indignation while
both were showered down on less implicated
heads. When our petitioner was called upon by
the commandant for the information he accident
-lI..,.'r'ouS uriernpr, ne uecnned giving any, sny
ing he would suffer alone. But when the main
accessory" was interrogated, the Commandant
got information enough to warrant in his opinjpu
the issue of hisharsh and tyrannic order, when
| the Commandant knew from circumsta noes, that
his last informant was more deeply implicated
than any other, and yet his account screened him.
self and involved others This alono was suffi
cient 10 excite a suspicion in impartial breast.
that all was not right" The petitioner ended
with declaration, that he believed an Investiga.
ton would cause the repeal Of tho order, and take
away any stigma which it might attach, or wish
to attach, 10 his name.
Note the answer of the Conmandant; he is not
now as gracious as before, aging nothing of Wis.
lting. but "that he made the order, upon full con.
sderation, and knowledge of SO much of the case
to which it refers, as to convince him both Of the
Propriety and necessity Of it, And .'did he at
present entertain any doubts so strong was his |
matter, no would cheerfuIIy enter upon an inves
isation with the hope of finding a reason for re.
scinding the harsh order'.'' So they had held
an investigation among themselves, in the absence
OF the accused, whom they had tried, condemned
and punished unheard.
Now mark the phrase $50 much ~ the Com
mandant had heard $50 much of the case" as to
convince HIM there was no necessity of hea ring it
all, much less the accused he had heard so mu:h,
Ju'hP0o az 'uo SohCiuSiOn CT 8ullt, and acted c..
cordngly. Perhaps he did not wiM to hear all.
as some after information might unhorse his con.
viction of the ''propriety and necessity of the
ordor, aud haply his propriety was not shocked at
Judging from portions of evidence, and not from
the whole who knows! His decree was given
with no ''doubt"; although that information Which
was not heard could have given him one and so
long as there is doubt, or known probability
Of doubt, so long is judgment to be suspended,
until that doubt is either dissolved or made GER
tain; in which first case judgment goes in favor Of
the accused, in the second against him, but is, on
no account, to be rendered Til all is heard, prov
cd, and explained. will not comment upon the
foregoing. | leave the world to do it: This por.
ton of it has already decided tho " order' to be
harsh" severe, and illegal, and that its authors
are either to be qualified by equally "harsh' ad-
jeclves or such as ignorant, wanton. undscern-
ing and partial. Here leave it.
But this " order" is not the strongest savorinp
oftyranny which has occurred at that Fort No
other acts stronger than this, moro general in their
effects more opposed to the tenor Of Right and the
construction of Law, have given darker hue to
that location Of Power and Freedom (?) EXEMPT
gratia, take gallant Coils objection to Indian
testimony, in the late court martial. That officer
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