vidual,
citizen or alien. They were referred to the case of Wilkinson,
against whom an independent jury of the Mississippi territory
had given a verdict in favour of Adair, who had been illegally
arrested and transported, during the winter of 1806."

It must be recollected, that this order was issued and executed on the
last day of February, six weeks after the Charleston Gazette had
announced at New-Orleans, the ratification of the treaty of peace, as
above stated. During all this period, there had not been an appearance
of the enemy, or a movement by them, or the slightest occurrence or
rumour, to raise a doubt of the truth of this intelligence. Not a doubt
of it was expressed by any body or from any quarter. On the 14th of
February, two weeks after the sentence of banishment upon the French
subjects, "the mail brought northern Gazettes, announcing the arrival of
the treaty at Washington." Was this also a British trick and delusion,
not to be trusted even by a relaxation of the severest military
discipline, or a mitigation of the dangerous predominance of martial
law? Our author says, "the hope that had been entertained that Jackson
would now allow these unfortunate people to stay with their families,
was disappointed."

_Louallier_, a member of the House of Representatives, had been
conspicuous in bringing forth the energies of the state for its defence.
His activity and usefulness were properly appreciated by his
fellow-citizens. An opinion prevailed, that Jackson was unfriendly to
the French citizens, and to the officers of the state government.

"A report, which now was afloat, that those who surrounded
Jackson were labouring to induce him to arrest some
individuals, alluded to in the general orders of the 28th of
February, roused his indignation, to which (perhaps more
honestly than prudently) he gave vent in a publication, of
which the following is a translation, in the _Courier de la
Louisiane_ of the 3d of March."

The publication is of considerable length, and written with warmth and
ability. Our author, after giving it at large, proceeds--

"Man bears nothing with more impatience, than the exposure of
his errors, and the contempt of his authority. Those who had
provoked Jackson's violent measure against the French subjects,
availed themselves of the paroxysms of the ire which the
publication excited: they threw fuel into th