New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-27

applaudine huszas OF ignorant or reckless
God be mercful in their extremity even 10 ino'e =,
merciless as the authors Of tina; cruel slaughter
The case Of Ambriser was not 70 nara as 'esa'.
hinseH vet worse on the par CT Jackson Amon''
ter was British soldier, and probably al hear al
s,er,v Of The United States notwithstanding the re
ZEN, peace. He evidently consd cred the ino ian-
a.gran,ly wronged by borderers, and thought u
he da,v of Gres; Britain 10 redress their Injuries g.
they had fallen into adversely II fighting ner oa
les He wished ana expected arms, munitions sio
from the British Yves, Indies 10 resist the agsres
.ions of our People bat ne did instigaie the In
dams 10 attack our setilements-he kne" gro
deal better But when the Indians were pnf'1e' l"
their homes he readily stood forth IN their oe'eno
was captured as one OF them and being pu' On #" IA
to the charge Of fighting against u peaoeu
Guilty. with justification" He was mrs. sen
enccd bv the Court Martial be shot but this de
cison was promptly reconsidered and instead o.
death the Court directed that he should receive
6f,v la.bes and be imprisoned with chain and bal
~ b;s leg for a wear This verdict Gen. jackson
overruled. and ordered that the penalty Of Dean
he inflicted and inflicted it by shooting him tn
rery morning II tcas decreed and the day after he
had been brough, TO trial II this was not murder
then il is impossible that General should be guilty
Of that crime.
Such are the acts which Christian Sunday
School teacher drags into his eulogy on jackson II
order to extract new shouts Of admiration from a.
senbled thousands of our ardent. ambitious, unre
fec,nc youth such are the acts which vocherou'
champion Of the abolition OF Capital Punishment
.acirly sanctions and applauds as only condemned
by the more bitter bigois Of partnership. OF whom
Fessenden is a sample and Tribune the worth.
organ"
Let il not be forgotten that these massacres io"H
place in a country over which we had no shadow
jurisdiction. the possession of friendly christian
nation and in the face of the express inierdic oou
own Government against taking possession OF span
sb posts or assuming any other powerln florid'
than such as should be necessary 10 the repelins
savage incursions into States On all the primer
pes maintained by Ncw-York in the case OF Nc
Leod and the destruction Of the Caroline, this whole
invasion was an outrage and every death caused b,
il murder But we do not so regard H. We main
tain only that the Eruption into Florida was at best
/ pdlniul necessity, 10 Ot lurtAiSh '"f y!
lions Of pressing moment and to be persisted IN ONLY
20 far as the necessity should demand. To arrogel'
the functions of Deity in that territory and procee'
20 dispense what he considered Justice 10 all offend
ers as Mr. Butler makes Gen Jackson do, was
monsirous usurpation of power.
Nor should il be forgotten that the news OF ,hes'
sanguiuary executions electrified Great Britain an
came near driving most pacific and friendly Minis
try into War Had either Pitt been at the helm
one hundred thousand human lives and millions oil
millions of property would have been sacrificed II
avenge the death Of the two victims But Englan'
had jast emerged from twenty-five years Of carnage
triumphant bu, exhausted. and her finances broush
10 the brink of ruin Our Government made the be-
possible defence of Gen. Jackson's conduct Mr.
Adams being Secretary of State the British Minis
try were glad Of iocrable excuse for preservia:
peace, and the heaving sea of popular indignation
vas stillcd But no thanks for this to the reckless
headstrong author Of the outrage whom Mr. Butte
unsparnsy eulosizes and the News deems 1t TIE
extreme of partisan bigotry not TO eXto