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1 Military Despotism: Arbitrary Arrest of a Judge! 1863

handle is hein.beal/mltydptm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -OYAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY. 863 BROADWAY, MILITARY DESPOTISM. ARBITRARY ARREST OF A JUDGE At the conclusion of the war with England, on the 3d of March, 1815, while General Jackson was in New Orleans, an article appeared in the Louisiana Courier, concluding as fol- lows: Let us conclude by saying that it is high time the laws should resume their empire; that the citizens of this State should return to the full enjoyment of their rights ; that, in acknowledging that we are indebted to General Jackson for the preservation of our city and the defeat of the British, we do not feel inclined, through gratitude, to sacrifice any of our privileges, and, less than any other, that of expressing our opinion of the acts of his administration ; that it is time the citizens accused of any crime should be rendered to their natu- ral judges, and cease to be brought before special or military tribunals-a kind of institution held in abhorrence, even in ab- solute governments; that, after having done enough for glory, the moment of moderation has arrived ; and, finally, that the acts of authority which the invasion of our country and our safety may have rendered necessary, are, since the evacuation of it by the enemy, no longer compatible with our dignity and our oath of making the Constitution respected. Here was open defiance. Jackson accepted the issue with a promptness all his own. He sent an order to the editor of the paper in which the article appeared, commanding his immedi- ate presence at headquarters. The name of the author of tWo

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