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

were noains, INN Bat the hono-ail. member from
New York mir Bsrnard,) has rounoly asserted, I'VE
have before Us The only instance IN NE history o.
this country since the adoption of the Constitution, oil
the proclamation OF mart al law" Is there member
in tn 8 House who does not know thtt General W J.
kinson declared martial Inv atNew Oheans IN lS0b and
lSG1, during Burts conspiracy ie gagged oG
presses and imprisoned c,zens and shipped them
10 Richmond Virginia at his VIII and II assure. lie
deted Judge Hail. and ,nsei 10 notice ms wr't OF ha
heas corpus, precisely Gens'al Jackson DID. Judge
Hail never dared 10 bring him TO trial os is offence
Judge Nj irtin then approved al the General coEerc'
us resulting from the law oi necessity do not desire
to censure any in all th,s but SIMPLY state The
facts FOR public cops Iteration and reflection c0uid
other instances; but this more thah saeemt
prove that the honorable member iTcn we" or"
spoke wi,hoc, Election. Hail. Lonaier, aud Aiartn,
were al Europeans General Jackson was native oil
South Carolina and will carry OH his honorable oody,
the tomb the received in the American Revo-
luton.
"I.ook here upon this picture, and on that.'
sob shame, where is Thy blush =;
The honorable member from New York also remark
ed that "W dshngton CITY was also attacked. As Tor
yny single SELF would freely forget, and conceal the
fact and the results General Jackson, withoa, mar
,al law would have defended this city with the bays
and women, if he had been here.
] repeat, Louisiana approved OF Gen Jackson con
duct then and she does s,li the evidence OF which
is before you and cannot be denied. But TO return
When martial law declared, sense 0: necess ~
compelled our citizens to submit 10 their suherings IN
A proud ard naughty enemy were before them. Their
homes, their wives and children, their nearest ana
dearest relavesin short, every thing near and dear
10 them at huz,rd They were brave men, and
the enemy was TO be met A noh. city aud rich
territory were at stake. Their aged parents, their
wives, their daughters their SISTERS, and their helpless
children, holding up to them their scPplicat'ps
hands for protection from ltcentIons sodiefy ahd
undsmayed they resolved to fight until the Il sa was
hacked ron, their b,nes, and the sword was preying
upon their vitls, IN their defence.
The army a. New Otleans mostly composed o.
militia, one thousand OF whom were Louisianans-
Those who were not so fortunate 70 share tie glory
of the battles, service at pcs. oil dagger
and exposure; and Il sheGld be proudly remembered,
that in ell their trials and pr!vatons, they eviiced The
patience and perseverance OF veteran soldiers. III
might have heen expect ID that they would have borne
with Impotence the discipline OF camp, and
that frequent punshmens would have taken place. but
no such thing occurred No, single military punish
Inflicted. In the midst OF the horrors OF war,
humanity dwells with delightful COMPETENCY on the
recital of such noble traits IL soo'hes the heartnnder
the pressure Of adversely and dvers The mind from The
contemplation Of those ills which we can neither avoid
nor entirely remedy. II would be idle IN me TO at
tempt further jGstfraton OF the establishment OF
martial Law at New Olsans. II was justified by impe.
ra,ive NECESSITY. Humanity demanded IT, Can any
candid man avow that New O,lsans could have been
saved without martial law If any one single step IA
ken BY General Jackson had been omitted? No. he
was an instrument in the hands OF Heaven, and his
success seemed the chance Of destiny. In the worcs
of the immortal, Gsundy, sit was upon the proud banks
of the mighty Mississippi that American ireennen met,
and fought and conquered the conqosrors o! Inc con-
oueror OF The verdi. II upon the glorious plains
of Chulmettc that the American eagle took It's loest
fight and altering notcs O. highest exutation, thence
winged its abroad to proclaim to foreign powers
what deeds Of daring and of valor reemen can per-
form when III defence OF the beauty ana the oooy OF
their country.
Gen Jackson impaired high and lofty sense of
honor and noble and gallant chvalry throughout his
whole army. Previous Ia the Sth o! January, whea-
ever our artillery had senced that of the enemy OF
forced his troops 10 retire. loud end repeated huz1as
rent the whole lne. I'll. most lively demonstrations
OF 10Y were every where exhibited II vas sa'e
presare Of the tate Of The eneGy IN the general coA-
fl,ct How different, was the c0nduc, OF those brave,
generous and gallant men, afte. the ever.memorabe
battle OF tie Sh January was won! The roar OF ar.
tery and musketry gave place t. The most pro!onno
silence. Flushed with vetory--having just repnsed
an enemy who had come 10 scatter death IN our
ranks-our soldiers saw, in the numerous corpses
that strewed the riin only the unfortunate VIctms o,
war; in the wounded and prisoners whom they has
tened 10 attend, unfortunate and suffering men III
their vanun;shed enemies brave men, worthy OF bet.
ter fate Eiat.d with success, but overwhelmed by
generous sympathy for the unfortunate victims oi their
masters AMBITION they dsdaln to nsu!t them by an
untmey exulta,ion; and carefully obst1ned from any
demonstrations of joy, les. they should wonnd the
feelings of those vi HON the chance Of battle had placed
in their hands Such General Jackson ard his
army Gallant spirits Instead OF being hned one
thousand dollars, his applause should have been writ
ten, were, the blue arch of Heaven. ~ the
hrghtes rays Of the beauieous rainbow! He stands
the living wonder the age Years have oHy :ncreas-
ed his dev oinn u liberty His example, like The sun,
i, full Of leh, aud glory.
Gallant spirit In after ages, when our chlldrens
children shall read The starry OF heroes who have greatly
dared in defence of their country when their eyes
glsen and their young hearts throb wildly wi;h Tue
kindl,ng theme, thsy vii close the voicr,e that
speaks of Their valof and renown, aud proudly ava
fondy excaim, And we, too, had our iad5e'c JaekS0n
PENN, me here TO read short paragraph from Daf-
by's letter to the honorable 81. 4. Wise. | knew
him WE'LL in ea,ly hoyhooa and his relations, spaken
of in that communication ~ having fsced the can
mons mouth at New Orleans, are ay ghoors and
friends.
read now from The Democrat. Review.
The noble speech Of Col. Butler shoG'd he Tr,t.sn
in letters Of gold and placed n every nan fsirf
Throughout, the land. 1t pond and Gambling
spectacle that gallant Officer raisng ms manly
and eloquent voice in defence Of h,s ilius;tious com
mander. We should hold manhood cheap, when
those speak who fought Chulmette's plans. An
aged and respectable and most intelligent gentle
man observed to me, The OCCASION "S'+ # my i'ie
reputation or property at stake would rather be
defended by Col Butler than BY any man living he IS
put up right about the heart Twas me'i'ed COMP IL
nent he reads hero, and stands upon hs ieet every
inch soldier.
Mr. Speaker the almost united voice Of free and
generous people demands of us speedy return II the
fine imposed on Gen. Jackson by Judge Hall II must
be obSyed II Is idIe 10 resist H. hihT edHuiei '"S
Dane seated on the sea Shore and ordering the rising
waves to retire from his royal feet WIS MT gully oi
more arrogance and folly than We should evince, we
were to attempt TO defeat the public will The people
are mighty and will prevail
Mr.. KENNEDY said he had hoped, when this bill
was first introduced from the circumstances WITH winch
The case was surrounded tat 1t would hare passed the
House without debate II had been debated Tor iong
while; and he supposed, from the express on o. oPn,en
which they bad already had from every portion OF lac
IL apa tI,
do than merely and oy tina. acton 10 carry on'
the will of a grateful people. However, there were
some pc sons upon that floor who wiling not only
10 arrest the passage OF the BILL but 10 taunl its adso
Gates as had been done by gentleman there that they
could not lick into such shape TO enable IT to pass
through another branch of this Capitol he d'd not
know what the gentleman meant by licking measure
into pslatabe shape; but he would tell HIM. tha Il ne
mean, by that they could not pass censuFe upon the
conduc, of the Judge, he had no disposition 10 lick the
measure through The House For his own part, he was
willing here in his action upon thus flor, or any where
else to saw in the face of The people of this country,
that it was not only Illegal but traitorous act II