Some Acount of some of the Bloody Deeds
of
GENERAL JACKSON.
of
GENERAL JACKSON.
On the 27th day of March, 1814, General Jackson had found at an Indian village, at the bend of Tallapoosa, about 4000 Indians, with their squaws and children, “running about among their huts.” The following is an account of the sanguinary massacre which took place- it is Gen. Jackson’s own and therefore must be received as sufficient evidence against himself. He says:- “DETERMINING TO EXTERMINATE them, I detached Gen. Coffee with the mounted men and nearly the whole of the Indian force, early on the morning of yesterday, to cross the river about two miles below the encampment, that none of them should escape by attempting to cross the river.” The result he then details:- “Five hundred and fifty-seven were left dead on the Peninsula and a great number of them were killed by the horsemen attempting to cross the river. It is believe that no more than ten escaped. We continued to DESTROY many of them who had concealed themselves under the bank of the river, until we were prevented by the night. THIS MORNING WE KILLED 16 WHICH HAD BEEN CONCEALED.”
We ask you to pause and reflect that the above tragic narration of cold blooded and merciless cruelty, is taken from an official communication, made by General Andrew Jackson.
The General, after sleeping (with what composure, we cannot say) through the night ensuing the tragedy we speak, awoke in the morning surround by the corpses of “five hundred and seventy” fellow creatures, to cause by way of worthy afterpiece, sixteen others to be dragged from their concealments, and put to death in cold blood. We cannot boast of more than common sensibility, but we must think that to witness such an act would make ours a little cold also. What are the general’s words?- these: “this morning we killed sixteen which had been concealed!”- and the man who acts and speaks thus; who has half as much blood upon his conscience, as he has upon his hands- he, forsooth, is to be called the peer and like of Washington, the happy warrior, ------------“he Whom every man at arms could wish to be.”
But it is time to have done with the unpleasant subject. We will observe in addition to the details already given, that the village was burnt, and several women and children killed. In conclusion, we ask our fellow citizens, whether General Jackson though he was contributed largely to the military reputation of or country, has not done enough to disqualify him, in the eyes of the people as virtuous as they are free, for the office he seeks at their hands.
We ask you to pause and reflect that the above tragic narration of cold blooded and merciless cruelty, is taken from an official communication, made by General Andrew Jackson.
The General, after sleeping (with what composure, we cannot say) through the night ensuing the tragedy we speak, awoke in the morning surround by the corpses of “five hundred and seventy” fellow creatures, to cause by way of worthy afterpiece, sixteen others to be dragged from their concealments, and put to death in cold blood. We cannot boast of more than common sensibility, but we must think that to witness such an act would make ours a little cold also. What are the general’s words?- these: “this morning we killed sixteen which had been concealed!”- and the man who acts and speaks thus; who has half as much blood upon his conscience, as he has upon his hands- he, forsooth, is to be called the peer and like of Washington, the happy warrior, ------------“he Whom every man at arms could wish to be.”
But it is time to have done with the unpleasant subject. We will observe in addition to the details already given, that the village was burnt, and several women and children killed. In conclusion, we ask our fellow citizens, whether General Jackson though he was contributed largely to the military reputation of or country, has not done enough to disqualify him, in the eyes of the people as virtuous as they are free, for the office he seeks at their hands.
Above is an excerpt from a transcription of one of the well-known 'Coffin Hand Bills' which were first produced by Republican editor John Binns in his campaign against the presidential candidate Andrew Jackson.