Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-01-06

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49, =; X; oonrir, because taey hid felt The force oil
uubic ou.nion which, he thanked Gou, was IN '''S
country II leas', the great lever "''o' 'i'se' "
political actor, s and he warned Tue ge"'.e"'d" ."-'
IT he attempted To dam up or prevent 'ie 'ee eHp.
80, IS ,ha .o,;,,n of III. American people IN regard
10 inc conduit of Judge Hall. iearn voice OIL ihog
nation would be heard from oil paris OF lne country
Too lopn had this nation been d's7faced ny hola"s
within power en- unjust ana i ''e a",
his firm belief that ioag rs thal me remained "
and o,nLer in The treasury, long would II De iou
blot on the nations honor. 50 lar as an eot. "'u
made 10 draw parallel between 'he SERVICES ~"''"
General Jackson had rendered the comfy anu ,i
| which had b.en rendered by Judge Dominck a. Han,
~ Ia 80, . ,,o,d IN saw IL IVES enough for hm, that
he had known service |" be rendered TO te
,o,,,-v h, l.d,c Dom,n,ok a. Hall ; and would not
even ha known h name except lro" tae aG' u 10
h,vnc heen conplcd with that OF General Jackson III
.r,rI ~ MS nasoc,inn He believed there were
many men, both in and out OF me housa' VINO were
seriously oi opinion TIA, taey "oaiu 90 Fo'f',' -
ce and right by returning M me. lie "ouio 70 iu
her md saw ,al h. believed there were men IN tte
ann,,v ,.,, oyrn IN that House who could never
forgive General Jackson for having tektd The Engish
army. and he believed that, from that time, the great
sin OF General Jackson, IN the estmation OF many
man in the II Stats was his having beaten BRUSH
armv wi, an inferior force. These remarks might
Seem rather harsh, but he firmly believed what ne
said: and if any man thought the shoe MT him, he
| was at liberty to put It on, and wear u he "ouid
NOT in this brief address, attempt TO recaptuiate the
services of General Jackson the trying and difl-
cult circumstances in which he was placed; out ne
was convinced from all that he had been aoie 10 learn
Of the history Of the times, that m man snort OF
raj Jackson then breathing, could have successfully
defended The city; and Why Because he was Inc on
10 ,ron that vas wiling incur sufficient responsible
billy 10 NEE, the dangers he had 10 encounter me on
" man wiling 10 risk the sachce OF sell io' 'nc saHe
OF saving his country. He took the respohSiohy on
b,mxcr ,,on a. he las done other OCCASIONS; and
vat was remarkable he did 20 hut The hearts o
the American people warmed 10 him Tor Il, Knowing
That that responsibility was incurred 10 p'o,eG' mem
ircm external and Internal enemies. "eii' ne LICK
t,e resnnpsib;li.y and declared martial law when he
6und n iudre--an English judge-nstead OF AIDING
in the defence Of the city, aiding ana aoeting inu-
tiny in his camp When he found ms man asssuns
the ,reasou able ard d,sascec IN their e3hpaVo!s l"
ence away his men and leave the CITY open To an eS
asoera,cd au: cruel enemy. he took the responsibility
ri oshoopiur hin:" and when lie had sn"pped MN,
he very pcl;e- put him cut # lis lines, and ted nm
10 keep out. But The gentleman from Ne% fofk MT.
Barnardl said thai the Judge hal TWO "a.ueh s's'eis
in the civ Then, if h, had sisters or talnrr, or
m, Their in the city, what was his duty: was II 10
attempt 10 break up the camp OF the deteno,hg army
or TO asss, in defending It against brutal so,oety'
whose motto was "beauty and booty TO teii 'nis,
was t. make The mans character worse than ne hao
supposed il TO be- He had hoped that the man stood
solitary and alone, without any OF those endeaIing
ties which bind the patriot TO his home aho 'houce
him TO shed his blood in its defence but he Learned
to day for the first time, that the Juoge had those
sacred obna,ions of deenceless kindred claiming
his support and that he basely deserted them-thus
rendering his character blacker than u was
Gen. Jack son. however, did not s.ring hn up, as ne
onsht 10 have DONE Justice 10 Tie country, ana as
an r,amnls 10 all traitors but he simply sent him out
al his lines 10 prevent him from dong inrher harm
Afr the Judge had returned TO the city, whdt con-
tas, did his reception present to that OF zen JACKSON
The gentleman from New York says that Gen Jackson
w,s hailed bv all classes rs the saviour OF the city
bu; in whe, l,1h was this Dominck A. Hall viewed
The LADIES' whom he had deserted IN the hour of dan
ger would not dance with him. and while General
Jackson was the Lon Of the day, he sneakng about
unneticed and sucrned by every lover OF his coun-
Try. There was the secret of his vndlctve feelings
anaiDst the victorious General. To talk about pre-
serving the dignity OF the laws Look at nm wnen
he had cot The General into hia court and was about
10 naict his Judgment, and say 1t nc showed dignity
there WALL the General surrounded by a
crowd oe fric nds and grateful admers with the brave
volunteers who had served under Inn, the cowardiy
creature was alarmed al The indignation his afoIlra-
nv and tyrannical proceedings had exciteo, mat ne
was about TO make his escape from the back door, when
he was repssured by the General, and told that the
same arm that had defended the city wonld defend
him; and that he might, without enr, proceed 10 DO
| his duty. To cap the climax the creature was so
frightened that in fact, he never did pronounce the
sentence OF the court but merely had entered on The
records This was preserving the dignity OF the judi
cary with vengeance He would net, however, az
que that question. 1t was enough Tor MIN 10 know
thnt this money, thus unjus'ly taken from General
Jackson had laid cankering and Ius;ng in the Treo
surv and that the American people had oemanceo
that it should be ret1red. AS to tins amendment 10
give i, To Gen Jackson grauty, declaring at tbe
same time that no censnre cast on the Judge, ne
would appeal to every man in America 10 know what
that was done for. They all knew that Gen. Jackson
would never tnuch the money OF such terms ana ha'
his friends would never consent 10 pass o''l WIN
snch m unjust and untrue proviso TO IT. D'd ihey
not all know the Senate had already passed just
such bill as that before the House? For what pur-
pose then, was this amendment TO be lacked TO It,
It was not for the purpose of defeating The measure oy
Indirect means; After passing handsome eulosiuin
on the merits and services of Gen Jackson, Mr.. n.
said Tin, he would for the bill as was introduced
TO The House bn If member would OTTER an amend
ms,t saving that the fine urjastlY imposed, he
would be better i,ased with it. II he dad MT believe
,ha, The fine imposed unjnsiIy, he would not vote
or the hilj II + ard e believed that every one who
v,t,a for IT, would vote under such belief lie was
willing In meet the responsibility TO the American pee
Mo- for lie believed That there was not one man IN
hundred who not convinced that the Judge acted
IN yrannicrl and arbitrary manner, nnd that the hne
vas uniusty and illegally imposed
! SIR ORDER snii he pleased to hear one gen.
.man make the remark that this was not party ques-
ton though he feared that patty was the great moving
consideration which had introduced this bill to the
House For one, he professed, with the gentleman on
his chit not be governed By party conslderatons
but by Of duty to himself and to his constn-
en;s and shond give his vote accordingly. Gentle
men had professed that this proposition intended to
operate on m individual but simply 10 refund 10 the
hero OF the Hermitage the amount of 's fine imposed
on him If that the solitary proposition II the
ARGUMENTS Of gentlemen did net 70 further, he felt
confident tina. there one in the hall that would
say word against il; but if there were other PROPOSE
tons he asked If il was TO be expected that tie II
should pass with the unanimous consent OF the House,
tie tad heard gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr.
c. Iugerscll who introduced this bill, e We his views
on retreuchnen, ard reform, early adjournment and
administrative economy in the departments Of the Co
rernment Now, how he to understand the gen.
,leman who tqlked in this way, and then introduced
mattr for tie DE-, beutions of Congress- that had pass
ed away in the history OF the country II they came
herr 10 ec;lae Tar the country, for The advancement
susenance and Continuance OF ths Government, must
they 90 back quarter Of century 10 find subject
mnl;er far iecisa,ion' This not according u hs
notions Of The principles of economy, rc'renelimeai,
aud reform Tie pat history of the nation could rot
be changed by the Judgment of s House; and the e-
fec,s be produced by the passage OF this bill would
prove disappointment 10 the gentleman who intro
duccd it, The people Of this country were not to be
taken by storm, nor governed BY impulses They were
/, calculating people, and formed Their judgments from
ne The country He did not believe that if Congress