ran -nwicv. ,
"- rv? i, cUJt, Vf . - ,
late. Ikrv4 lW Iipk ar
.la "on"""-
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atajimi aa
- OrfhMmm Of the
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jl tLi mcrt? i4 M wet-
and pCT 1 " ianires a or
kat'mn f ' the ninrt wrrtoM
mind Ami tw uer nowiaoa
.-ml her in bit besouiNiatil he h4
lUaret t him , then the nklt
- .... .
mo that OowM tnroosn vhw
..I koVW it lHntU, -loll Jl.
cted HIW;-hc i digoitint; In
L. llelarnsi" irotnurrwim
.-itempt an wwnes.'' V
UWyeTT' n will cnipiff
i their buinc ia caurl? J
a nhVician? iW'ka weuld ruk their
Vtt IB bill llano- - M3 Wvom,
i. lKH.k are Jiair kept: hit customers
hak" applied; his door; are kept
iiUo'l' his dvbt tncollitf J. until
..Jihir u chiii ' otl fiwllr tli hil
jlm'rt lor hltBr ' Turned outto
kmler ts a noona W ami inMurougn
fe on thtWxWay w diet unknown
n alma Tumi;' his aonifout I tor
aivhU body Is tcTiTefel to. Hie urr
nm. ami hi bunea art acauerea to
! fonrw'mda ot heaven, W ,
1 a farmer? -See his fartn comina
l aothSng; ' hi" 'j fence .are. decayed;
. V ' w'f cultivated;. Ms, crib i
fir 6Hd; hir cattle are .h1f fed; hU
iUrert are hail, tlotlieUn untn a, host
t.onrri and (lotdinz ahao'billa eat
tUiVeatateVfcnd turn he'noor.vittiin
f Knh ;' and ' home. It ' lie a
Uhinic Whole daTiAweekn' and
en months, ps away, itu! the noise
i iit hammer ia not once heard in hit
,n. until, at laat. hetdb J drifted
,iW; to seek his. bread by daily laborj
I It trnnir, , iillfltrVL ' t 4 .
i Is he ftVinistrft of ,1V . Goef? Asj
y, Uusli observes, here Jangoagc rr
fc.v.. if nhceU weep, it i et .sacVt
ilx-tx e 1 1 tl.f i ! i'rr .f Jf i 1 ! I r
ttni 1) i ut:-rnt iT Wjr ia 1. Je, i
l!r U't;n, i k al I t -;r.i ;tiui luade k?
that D'jvaflinrj.t, nf tl,e Irttrrn r-
puMi ik rn-rwtnorr. ,'
Tk Sn MJr i.f War l5 tnn-
raUtrtl tl U lrt'rr, hit l rwJ
kftvrm ll,ri STirt;iV, General
.M-mifroiit, and jerinir Ulount.
I listed .f rinumcorin.!; the acrioa
Uk (If K Ucr T: ltd; In dtc,by I,itl
(he iiu!m cj4ievl awiuI.1 ht aJon fur
the irjilj, t!i onlr l itivvrlrU, und
la (lu .V.f,l.., a4 fattier
fjrr.a (Mrr!r F-lount llitit
raay to ni that vcur riftJIr ikt
tiuxL,t Uenrral l'tuckiir N-uib
n t Vrt . t . . A ',
f. m e I (', .v. i;' . ; ;
I '..III Urll.,-, I J I (.S a. 1 ! ,
to lv t C.At Lc i ; i
tit'u iviturnt jf one tfiii4.i
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oft
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Sraf
fie!
tii'
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ks.
J 6r as'.uii, aa ke. ra bft Jadreof ike
IhU mituwr Mo-evvai j tuthe t. v tue .ei rrtary c-f War, a in r.
vl"Ul letter, In the bpunon toT-oar, the liilcnrnca U iuvparaUe, tint :
Comrsittrc rvalrd plfWiT jH)erln'' lreileit rrtni'lrrrd ittn !::! t . t
C'lrernar Dlnunt. mitil it waa rt' irrrice, r it vu 'ie lonndrn datv
voked, hlrr by rxptr ordert. or , of li Sccmarj u .t4e ord'ir"d
by peace, to call out. arrh railnia their imeIiatf dicharjce: hi( U, it
draft -, in Ln di vrrti'.n,t tulrkl "no where aiiif arm that he ever did.
l acrii-a-cpnuuwicra with a lrtter J think Brrrtaafy fir the kttahiment If. therefore, anj cobfinnation was
ini iiiF'. puouc oajrcu, ouurr ine wanica iur lac erijnai auiiiority bv
! fxUtlne; lnvrav- i f which the dralt wM mado for ai
. On tbo IfiUi of Ap4U iat4, 4th tnontbv J'onr Committee ;cotiHidrr
Vhk Lavra id the United gtatm, pae ' that Gov. , CJoant'a rriort, of the
70S, ?r. ft Conresi rnarted tht ;.19tb Octberf and the implird nr.
the militia, when railed lut tie kt., Hon of the President,' Incootcstiblv
from tin &rrtiTj ut War, nf the Sd
ej JaHary,- if l.tnarkrd Nt."lj
aud hb letter rv rontliturd to No.
5. It happeifi:lhttaC firrt A
ter in date, U an ltr dou aa Nn. 6.
GrtVelJlaaitrs ef the lOth of Dcrrm-
brri ' 18l5f and the, Mrond tcttcr in
t the S4tt uf l)ecetiitirrM 183: to
bwttt ot ahlrh, Jh leitcr or the 5d o'f
artnary, ,-8t4,' of the Secretary Jof
y4ir. U.aa answrtv
onr poteminee DM.-eve titut una
virerth United State, tr virtue
fiif theberiue rcrlled ait, iav, if, in
the opinion of thf Prrtldciit of the
; United Sta(ea, the public itiUi'rat rc
iirei be fontpi-lh'd toxttrvc fr a
rorrn not cxecedMistt tnnnths, alVr
their arrival at: the idace f ren.
arrangement of the rorreapoudf net J dezynos, in any oneTt-ar,. Tbl law
I ralrolatrd. toJead tn wrimm mis- J vaa to continue lit force during .the
apprehetifijontliata rearte r, not very I war.
attrntivp to e comparlann .of Ute,
m Auld Niipnose that the Ivtter of the
l ofJanuary !8I4, preferred W
such. militia urafta ''as were toJ !be
mayo in iuat year w iirn iv, is x
r)gsivey applicable to , the .drifts
winch Jiau ueii miulo in 813 fof
thi? ;pimccutini' 'of tle ; CiTk war
andvuLich vrrrV4idmitt.'d to; have
been xerBtf.tf but forth rco hionth
The injustice, which, by a confusion
nf v dtea wbuld bfv &iMf Hf vrn by
possibility ' to the pa'fties 'ciiiiceriird
in tho transactions orthftmilitia
drafWof Tennessee,' ,fiicl' were
iad for six months in 1314, hy an
plying the' 'teller nt the. Secretar j of
e
After the passage of Ui'm art, it
does not app-nr that tlte Pifsidenttby law?
revnked the txiwer which he had
given to Cot. BlouuV by tV', tUe f
the Jeltfra ol the aecretary of War,
of the tltb and 3 lit Jannary, 1814:
but lie sterns to, have been willing
from j his silenre,' coupled with Ibe
botorioua act of Gov.vIiloOMt'a con
tinning jta, order out militia drafts.
under, the discretionary authority of
those , letters, to consider , that. snch
drafta as, Gor.' Blount should order
turt, were;,, in Lis opinion, required
by the nublia iaftreii. : : t '
And your Committee think, that
this proposition may be put inoreJ
furnish it.
r . 5dlr. Whether the ailifiers of Col.
ripkin'i rrhinr, whn-wrre ar
raincd ' fur certain Vri And, of
fences before 1 Court Marli!, w hu L
convened at Mobile, n titer-lb bf
peepmher, 1814. were le;airy jried;
and w hether the Commanding Gen
eral, approving the proceeding of
Ujis L.ourt properly exercised the
power ami discretion vested him
War. of the 2d of January. 1814, to I nllirmatively, to wit: that it was the
- oralis .fur six" rooHths, ojnnion or the ri-esident, that
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EMNESSEH; MILITIAMEN.
B. llAMltTOjr from the Cominit
tci on; Military ' Affairs, t wl'c
the stihjcct :ltau been referred,
made the foUowine iTport: :
lie Committee on Military Aflairs,
tu whoiir were referred the docti
tneiitJl icbmmunifcated by Ctlie'.Sc
cretary- bfYarj i in ohedienci ;to
the caUof tins. House, or tlic loth
of Jannaryv-i-clative to tue pm
or
De-
fefiSert 1814; ft 'the' i trial of cer-
taniviiiessee MilUiainn to-
iubseniteut
instead of these n liioli were nuulc in
1813 for three months, lias iriiliwed
yur. Committee w to at range thr
ciirrfRpoiidenrr, that the leading let
ter In the series should come out
first; and the subsequent letters fu)
low inthe' fcAtura! order nf their 're-
pef live, dates This obviously just
ilVjJftatuut Keinj, obscrvedi it will
be perceived,, that., the .letter,- on lie
3(1 ol January, 1814, lifts no bearing
(Ipon tlie drafts of militia, which
were afterwards made for 6 months,
In the progress of that year, by the
Governor of-TennessQe of which the
regiment under the Command of Col,
ripkin composed a pai-t..
the
pHDiiC' inieresi aw require" that
Governor 'Blount should, under the
advisement, or by the renuisitions o
Gen. J'inckney, have., the power to
ordei' out militia drafts, either for
three or six months, as the exigencies
of the t service should render neces
sary, witltmil rf erring on fiia
head," to the President for special
directions.
This deduction they consider ir-t
a . a s . .
resistible -.una conclusive, and that
there was nothing In the net of April
Itli, 1814. which prevented the
President from expressing his opin
ion, through general instructions, , to
the Executive of V State, tahns
i A perusal of- the . correspondence I ders, forr militia drafts,; tinder such
jtst.srcritcd,of: the muster: rofla;of jdjsci,etion, should, d$ Jaclo n& de
nc Mt iivi v"i( iwnij'iii"' f KtWt, nji- ijrw .m.ucauc vimh. vi iu rrrHueii
kin'a regnnenf; and the proccedtngii
eoiuijts t X veni't'
vciivit cirfimienccd its sitting at
ner tbhiter'on the 5 til of
nn1
I gtyhc ; witU.Vthe joricspotiuence
sVar,aod tfie ecl-etarof War;
respecting Qitj lengtu' of Bervice
f Militia ? tirafts,; of ; tha Statc,
J z SL ai, 1
en theii fftce'the folloivingihquu'iesi J ligation -might b susfaluwl by lie
Tennessee hiid the power. in ' 'order liwrrrgivcir'to fhw Clause in the, act
ontdctathmehtsof the militia of that lrApnI,'8l4, in the actual discfe-
State tor a six jtoonths, toslr of ser-
tifijiaia .7 uraits, oi iw-.i
kt(war,Ve)orf;?
is
Ttnti by the i j-efefenccf Co'f . tlicse
.tpev's tfvour Committee, they have
eh usiablO' to. tiiacc any-oiuer con
luc'lioii onyoiif-ordcri than, that
the intcntiOlt-oriheUouse,
iVllitt rtliouW examine lie saie,
nl iitMmihAwhcthei all the docu-
,"tflf, had ,tccit rommunicaledf or
- v'j rr!m file in- the 'Department,, no-
si.iry t a inio understanding ,pf
K P'1'10 ici the call , for these
eiram Kumeivts fs apidicahlet and', if any
ip fci w aiiting, to.pscertalnn what
AeA jannrf.lU deficient papcra tbuldbo
?rtr
:rem'i
thilri
"he !r,
inpllcdj antli' In reporting upon 1h
turoVf . tn- tj ainctioiis wliich
lese 'ttsnicr ' discliise, to ilcterinine
ennent. and tlte nrocccdi tiers
oi the Court Mai tjal which Wa con
vened at Mobile, on" the Sth of De;
cember, 1 3 14," for the trial of certain
Tennesseemilitiamen;.'1: jM-esent up-
that ' aach: d raflff were rcfjurred by
the public iuterest." W'vCf&r
Thb inPerence yotir. Committee
mdrcove r believe, if jUicy thwightlii
titcessary to go into suck an inVes-
SdlyWiicilifer? Col. Pipkin's rK
fgiment wassb tordereilout,ahdin
contormity witn sac n auniontyr
i Sdlyl WTlietlcr tlie soltliers of this
regiment,' who, were arraigned fori
certain crimes , ana oneucrs before
" a' CouVt , Martial,, which convened
Lnt Mobile-on .the' 5th" Derehibcr,
isf 4, wrre legally tiled, and w heth
er the omniahdinff General, an-
pi'Oving'the proceeding rof this
mil - wiiicli .was -vesteil tn the Ex-
ccutives of Several of the States. H
'idlylriYour ' Committee are. how
brought to inquire. wietIu1'r4p)lom'
fipki us regi inpnt was brdcred out
for six months, und in conformity
with the above cited authority? . It
appears, by. the "muster rolls, that
this regiment was regularly, inspect
ed, and mustered into service for six
months, to wit: on - the twentieth,' of
June, 181 4; and that consequently
their term of service "Cxhitvd on the
Court, properly exercised Jhe power morning of the twcrtiel!; .tit Pecem
and discretion vested in Inm bv.Iawr ucr, 114,
' . In rilatton tathe first branch of
tholuquirj'; it "will be proper to pre,
mlse, that, on. thniOth April, 1812,
in. anticipation ufs the war about o
her, 18f4. Iti'thc absence of ft I
other proof, thesq 'records are to-be
considered as the highest evidence,
not only of the fact, but nf the legal
prc.8uniption,ythat vthc muster -and
By reference to, the proceedfurs
f the Court Martial in question, it
mil be, seen, that two vommiMsHuvd
olRcers, , and about 00 - of the aon-
coinmisshined .oflleert and privates
of Col'Hirl. Pipkin's i-eriment, were
inei lur.ine mosi serious onenres
Which can bo committed In the uMIi
tarr service of the'couiitry. -v-, -
t uai meie onenccs, ursi,consiseu
in exciting. aHd Caiisine mutiiiv;'
secondly, In the commission-of an
actual mutiny, accompanied by cir
cumstances of aggravated robbery
and spoliation of tho public 'stores;
and thirdly, in the Crime of deserfioh.
The two first of these oRenres, t
wit: exciting and causing a muti
ny," and actually committing muti
ny y torcing the guard and
seizing tho Cbininisaries store
house and stores, at Fort Jackson
were committed, tlie first, before
the 19th of September, 1814: and
second, on the 19th of September,
1814: and betore even lAree months
service of this detachment had ex
pired. " That some of the mutineers
were delsded into a belief that they
were about to be wrongiTiIly detain
ed in service, beyond the, term Tor
which they were : legally drafted
your1 Committee think hot, improba
ble; and those, who were thus likely
to be deluded, th Court recommend
ed to the tlemcnry of the command
mg General, w ho, it appears, pardoh
eu themi and that all the" rest of the
miitirieers and ideserjers Wcrf con
demned to trivial punishments, net
ther. -affecting life, fior hmbVoxcepU
David kMorrow, a sergeant in Capt,
btrothers Company, Jacob Wtbb
John : Harris. Henry . Lewis, Davi
Hont, and Edward Linsey, privates
in Colonel PipkinVegiment, who
were lounu g .ny-einicr i causing, ;
or exciting; a mutiny, before the 1 9th
September, ', I8l4r or committing a
mutiny, t deserting w-hilst on post,
bef"ire the , expiration of th l9t.h of
September,' 1814, and sufferca.death
inconsequence. , " ' .
v.Ily nn examination of the trials of
theso . six ringlcadei'M, it will be seen,
that - they, were prominently guilty ;
either of v' exciting, and causing a
mutiny," er of being the leaders of
a'mutiny the firht beforehand the
last on, the 19tli of .September, 1 8t4:
and that John Harris, to whose name
such remarkable notoriety has been
attached, , was engaged some time
Ijik, " . ! .. ;
ment. .
. Hut if . '! tl.e 1.M-,,-t f
Comiui-.tre v.. t al-urd ar 1 v
a t the fact, tu at t'.-r"" t , i
rlglafuily lil sen ire fr i
and it wei-e tvea ad.i.i:, 4 t: M'
werw drafted but for three n.
the procedins of the Cotirt w
Hand nitliOut pU l!iit, ur le ;!
imfH-achineiit v Aa be crimes fr
which these unfartunatekuuun be.
inr ufiered death, were conrrn'utr,!
lef jre three months if tlieir term nf
-4tl aa -i
Korvire nun e jpirco: ana oy ine isetn
.ection at the art nf the tblh April,
1914, which wus tl.f n In, full force,
ami which tirimdtfe that any xom-
luisMOoed o.ucer, non-commissionrd
nCirer, musician,' or "private, of the
militia' of, the i .Vnited States, who
ah all - have -committed an o He nee,
hile In actual RerVice of the United
States, inay be tried ad punished
or the., aanie, although his term of
service may have expired In like
manner as ifbe had been lustily in
service of the v United States: it is,
therefore, .obvious that tlicso men
could ; be" legally detained for trial
and punishment,' even , if they could
iave been considered as in service
but for three months. -1
That;they liad a fair and imjiaUTa)
Vial, . your committee nee . ten on
to- doubt; and the mere fart of their
I
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urors being their own oRlcers,'fc!-
loW-citizrns, and, probably, heigh.
bors, secured the-presence of t!it
sympathy which - leads to the most
tMARAtriil 4nfuimiMnilMI u-I.MMrt S t w.I -
moi mui iiim i ! vininm i i nvrv li l" u Afcl Z rut. t
luet .nnlt U nf ?n,lUrf a. '.it " . n" "
j r-v-vi-i-.. -....-... .. - rhainunn. .!
a. Pi :if;T if t.i.:
n- ! t' C j :"''. ' - (,
AnJirw J k' k it,'
K-ti, I, l'.t , , j,.
jKii,nii !-.. ?l
ai V ,. I'",, if ii'f t s , f l
fuuiMrtat alert rr, --. , . .
in !,( loailtn iioe- .. , i - : , .
of 1,.tIi tiiprrior t - 't i ;
puaa of tjV.r mm r '. ,
my p"' 1 :o Uie K-" j f
tlniv. I, I' ,t Col. l ,a !:.'
m'l. C. ! , (' '. John kic . i ,
Larros Co.. Ui4 Uker, l!"-'i.S. .
and William Iltmnr, Fj-mirrs act at
tpoo!inf ounmiUee la carry t!ie rt ;
reauluiian, into elFeet. .
hmtht, tint tUa rrtee.'.,, i
meUtir be puDli-iiKi in tht 1;.,- ,
Weitrra Carouiimn, and Ctorth .. i
Journal ' ' " ' ''',- -"
. CltAr.LtS MctJOWELL. CA'rt.
' WliUAM Rat m, 6'err. . ;
. 4
JACKSON SEF.TtJCU IN SAt.tSI.l V
SalisbnryWtb. IStA, 182S;
day at 1 o'clock, a very- numer-ius
assemblage of the citizens f Howan
County, friends of 7 Jacj,ox - an j
1A.iiiocn-, convened firrtlr? C t t-
Houseaccording to previous u;ire.
lhebbiects of this meetin-;' wrre,'-
to appoint 'delegatea to nt:en ! .3
district 'convention, for the 1 urx j
of; .ling -up an Electoral L'a,
dte for this chtrict r- I to r.;!.j't
sucn-' '.other'' nu -ores .m n.M.t be'
thought necessary, to prom oic ' t!ie
cause of the Pei,: !e in this coimtr.
'".Tlie" meeting" was Orgai iul ! '
That General Jackson, command'
ingin cniri, in me quinary in bioh,
In which these events transpired, prH
prrly exercised" tlie "bower nnd dis
rretibn vested In liiniby, law, by
approving tho proceedings of- this
Court, ; your committee, likewise,
perceive lio ' reason to' doubt ft is
true, that tliey. wero approved on the
22d of January, fourteen days niter;
the victory br tlie. "8th, by whicli the
enemynaq. ueen frepiuseu iiimi me
MUsis!pi)il,?v iltit' the General w as.
at this time; Ignorant of the pacifica-
uon
ha vi
ninn,
Uebiiry IL Hose, and Dr
as secretaries; Cert. '
cfranris NieJy,i J '..-
Andrr8on, Esq. Wu- ;
sislant chairmen.
t The meeting beiiior i
zed, (tneiitniost rm ' c
nlm and attention 5 u,.
addressei by Ci l. 1 1 1
,in. able, appron i t j ! .
manned -explainii ,j,t! 1
the meeting, and Kct'J. i
high claims pf that trr-e, ; j m I
guished patrIo(,: Andrew .7 .
the 'Presidency of tin1 Li.;
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ion tt Gi.cntarid,1tn6vcr, must liZ ' Tv T YJ V T
.vWifa&partWtlie A Xrh;J':rcd 11
nemwba
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lift.
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f
Ulhei'itlie feglslatiycinterferetice
I Congress be necessary,' a$t ta auy
hendmcnt, either of thrt Uules, Riid
ticles of vWar," or lfe Jaws - go-
rjdngf tho- juilitia .of jte Ixnitct!
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take place. Congress passed an act, inspecuon were . uiaup ,w uu me, ic
which will belo'ind in the 4tfi Vol. of rjuisite authbrity,n,? j tf ;v&y
ihfl Laws ofthc tlnited StatcCpage Hut it is a circumstance of public
Iiitba:ixhaieof.Uitalufyioit
pihmitlcc wfll nruceed;-succinctly
state-tn- tho llouse ine citaracier
tlie. docUTnents trausmitted by. Jhe
f partment of Vr; the pciiml4 arnd
Jiii'h the'GdiTrnoil of'TejincssW
4 rug ne- last war, rueieu oui,i,rj
dUiia drafts oC'that'Statet frrthcl
.ninon'.deVejb'uVbnu'iitryiaiHl,!
Uy,the.rhn,s uM offences t'in--.
I tted hy aiiort tin, o? Ui puSlitjuC
;afls . soti rilciTd aiui which pro-
ml a '-erteityfortb'tfexaai'ple's
liieE were n,ad 'anil , which '-are
closed In' the proceedings Aif .the
Urt lartial.oiiveqed at or near
bile, - on tlo Mh of December,
The , first 'ciiticism to . which ,he
rrtspdndencp transmittedin pbe-
4o6 whirl nuthorizes tlie Pi esident and lndisputabloiiotoriety; aiidone
"lorennli'o the diHi tent 7ixc tuthes Nhicli belongs to the -history of, the
f tlieStatcfi,1 to orriuike their re-lcountry, that Col.' Pij)kins detach
ment ,was, mustered .into service ear-
Ivrcssht fornix months; bv virtue of
an . orilcr; v,,ovc;iiqrrlMoiMiPa
dated the SOtliof May, 1814: a cer-
tided copy of.whicU,.joiir Commit
j):U;e- propoi tions of 1 00,000 mi
htra,Jand ,tq caUT into erlice the
whblc,orJ if ' part, of these Ajitotasj
hhli. ilctacLmeiilC M ei'i tot; com
pelled t: serve longer thao 6 niooths.
aftcf. they arrii ed - at Jhe place f tee have takeii step to pcfire;- that
re i:drzYotis.'V .This act was Jriit en. l it mat . bo placed Otl tlic filcE'of Ibis
Jargemcnt of the act Vif 1 795, w hich House, w ith lift nocUaehta ffotnUIiC
ts b wlitclr they ;aro apidicablc; restrif ted thecrVico"tf jtlie militiav yaFlljra'rtnienf
aw'!a.ml vublioxigency mtdcH wben uillcd out by tlif niilhority, of h ,'i'liis. '-order ivjUed ltb.1t the draft
,ll; r'Juited plates, pt ..three mouths., was -made in rotnpliaiirej vvltli ,th0
urt tl tup I Dili nr A mil. 1 pifinsilion nl ninuti I i.ni-il I'lw.l .
- it. ... . f.y I -i"-.'Y -.-!. jinn.
priorl ,;'in' causing and' exciting a
mutiny-,'!, by parrying even a .muster
roll of mutiny and desertion through.
out tho camp, to procure the names
of those who were Avjlling, and would
pleilgexthcmselves to. caimmit these
crimes. .A.'v.-.i-'i,:?-.'
' To tfiese facts, your LCuinmiUee
will now apjily the law.; The act of
1795, provides, "that the militia'in
the service of the United States sLu!!
be governed bythe Jtulcs and Art i
cles'bf JVr.M,fc fly tlie rth article
tt. At. ' J 1 I . J A J . , - aw.
w,, in iimes anu rucics jr war,
anyofilcer or oldierito shall
bes'niV excite,- or join iri nny uitiliuy
.6? sedition, in any troop or company
in the ucrricft of. the United Stntes,
6r Jnniiy ; p'ai mst, detarhment
or guard, shall Suffer deathi pr Buch
other' punishments, sby a, Conrt
Martial; shall be inflicted' By ihe
Sth wrtlcje," a. siinilar 'periulty is a
Vvai'iliil.' . utini-n' iiv nf!ifii ...M,..
strong,- wrnto (lie lettef, numbered 2 This r liraft. was ordered -.ito, rn does not ;iie .JUi utmost endeavors
in the documents, to Gov, . iiloant, 1 (lezvoiis, 011 the 20th of June, 1 814, ' to . suppress a mutiny, Ar; c oroini to
which authorises Jiim i-'f to : sujiply, at yayeltcviuePeiincssee; K Km-1 the knovvlcilgeofanliifehdcd mutiny,,
bymilitift.f!rana;'b'r by Volunteers, ed -the iilefitlcaj detkhmefit iof oneJ. does not, xvithoUt d"Jay give infor-i
nnv
the
map
enemw
reiitraml Ins Torres in the neighbor
hood, of Mob'ile.Jo that yery vicinity
where tliese outrageops "acta of insuh.
ordinationmutiny,".' d desertion,
had taken place; Ji,v juco a con
centration 01 me enemy's lorces was
effected, is a fact beyond all disnu'c
as, oil tho t Ith 6f Fehruary,' Fort
fill. 1 -1 ' W X .
uoyer was uuacKcu nnu ca)itirea ;.i
X The Commanding' General most,,
also, liavctliitowo thaf it was oh
volun"teer hr militia drafts thedefenre
of the Southern cvast would rest;
whilst the ilagrant mutinies and de
sertions, in the campaign of 18 1 3, of
the militia drafts of that year, must
have admonished him ol the necessity
of striking a severe, yyet salutary,
example in the minds of thobe u I10
were liable to be.mi.sled. . ."1, .
A I though' the . clemency' of - tlifi
General was not '-.invoked, by 'tlie
Court, it is true, he' might have par
doned these- victims of '''their' own
crimes: hut (here are, . occa-sions
when mercy , is but another name
for weakness: when even a severe and
unalterable firmness, ' ln the dis.
charge of our dutyis the intst per-
H'cicjusuce. we qati .. reouer to, bur
Country.' , . ;.
1 he examples of . tins stern and
enlightened justice,1? are scattered
tlirougliout the page -of Htstorv.
nbtfortheabhorrcnce,butthe k ;
of mankind; they are found, n '
in the most instructive morals v ' " '
the lessons of antiquity an'or!,
they illustrate the incomparable
vices of him, who, was,1 and ever wi
lie venrrated, as, " the Father of our
-:red,'.
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meetihir woult c5! -" r
eate the re-!eciloir of JolinC'.iurv .'
a d(.ri(;frdui S he best int. - i t!
country, -i- 4 1 ; .
Kf outtl, tnat ve Imre tha tin:h t .
dence n Hie virtue, lalenttknd pnt
Jhttrm Jik !:,, sn 1 that we will i" u' a , ,
nor-tilc means t rntot his elc , t.
'i lioso k ' 'Ions were "
by Chart's 1 i,,l.ir Ksq'. f !
ed in a lurid an irtrrcj,'.
In which the I. ri i;.3 of the I
didatcs1 wcro , ' iii3y disriii-n.!, ..
their uiCt't:' : fi pcrvir" tor
by which the '
pearcd .rhor, tl
Ins couhlry'VMghest honors.
Mr. Fisher was fallowed fcy.T
Giles; Esq. In a solemn, i;. ; n
yet familiar r 'Jres, at cor. '.
lengthj ; invc :"ing the
not personal, r wict e rV .e two ;
d'ul les; and dcci ' '! . '
great preference which - ..;.!
shuuIJ ! e given to ' w J.
n - . l 11 itaa i"i 1'
' ucn 1. u. . i . l. uc"5! 1
tfiat the uht c 1 e l..tiv s L t
ed,' which vai-Ainatii.no; v r
Charles Fisher r,' i 1
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1812. i-Xpired by its i 'myn 'Hmitatioii iicy, aod .iiifurtiu'raiic of thcyiews1,
on the 10th of April, 18 14;: On (hb of Goviiiirtent, by ji latitude given
1 Uii of January 1 8 14i whilstj -bow to jliim (Gih plbi;iit) 4jy the- Yi'ar.
ever, tins i,awwas 111 Riir mrceinc j ucpsvnmeiiT, in irgarii, to r,ii:; to
then Secretary of war, -Gen. Arm-men-; to act against thoCiiekH.";
, J(.-llt ol
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' deficiency which may-? jkriae in thousand men w I10 were afierwarda,: matf on thprcjif fovhisi riMtimaudio
riiilitiivilivision' tinder .the com- placed under the- ebmmand if CoJffT:crl Ahd:uy the 2'jtb article
lid:.T Major; .General 1 : Jackson, Pipkin, arid stattoneij in the summer the! rime of desertion,1 is punishable
mi oithQUt,'rremngt jrn tftis hcdd, and aittuntl
tunti of that year, at the posts dcTiy or sttrb ethef jbWshmcp.t j i
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Ciiuntry.i ;:i .'Krf.J'
In conclusion. Vdor comniitleo will
ban! remark, that,' as tho acts ol
1 8 1 3 .ami 18 1 4, expired, the one b
its pn limitation, and the otlicr bv
tlie termination of the war, they sec
nothing in the transaction, wblch it
has been tlieir duty to examine, from
its .'origin to ita closew hich calls fur
tho hgislativp; interference hft this
House, in the shatm of anV amend
ment .to tha Rules and Articles nf
War, or to' the existing laws gov
efTiing the militia, whilst li th.eter.
yiceol the United States, 'xv-y'
Fv a ' '"...'.(
. t' v Jlorsantoni'jaifc SOA, : 828.
si.At a .numerous and k respectable
meeting of tho citizens of Burke
county, Iriendly to; the election of
Gen. .Anqrtyr Jackson President
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tiers
prcsri
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shouM rui'."" in scleclirr (hvtr can.'j?-' '
uiuau's ior . .. Tors. j;c uiscitss- t r ;
edj' lu a very pei:! ,rt' md.:l!ii,j ''
manner, tlie leading tesii;'i.es of t jic!.
nineni .-vu nun iwai lonijtna ; ucw,
ed.'from proofs and documents, that
a 1 - I.' A. j .-. .j L " ii . ' ' 1 ..-'
uie oest micreis 01 rue people liaye. ;
hot been subserved, hut violated by J --.
llie menin lmwer Af er which liift, iv
oiiei eu ine ioiiowmg resoiuiionf;.! j 7 ; .
- Rrwihtd. that fiv deleffalei fte utuomled
for Kowaii county, tJ me. t uCh dlettes ti
mat be ajipoihted by the peeple of viont, . , .
gomt-rj anil )aiuoh eouu'lgat Lfdnginnl,''.':
tn the- Tuewlav.-of. Dav-dsrti,: Marrh-s-otinjr ''? ": ;.
court lit -beiajf the 18th i4 ,cli) fw the ; V ;
purpost of nominating aome aui'.tble pcrion
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