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particularly the Circumstances of the Case -

Representing as we do, the Sovereignty
of the State of Tennessee, and Considering that Sovereignty
as having been outrag'd, by the Conduct of Colonel Butler,
on the person of one of the Supreme Judges of the State,
as also the rights of Civil liberty, most unwarrantably violated,
- To you Sir, as the Guardian of the Constitution, and the
Supporter of the Laws, we appeal for redress - and trust that
you will take such measures, as will not only hereafter, protect
the Citizens of our State, from Such wonton violence, but will
cause the most ample atonement to be made, for the
indignity offered to the State - which we conceive, can only
be done, by removing from his Command, the author of Such
Military Tyranny -

In a former letter, we intimated to
you, that the Conduct of some of the Military, was rather
calculated to irritate than Conciliate, the minds of our
Suffering ^fellow Citizens - Instances of an unwarrantable exercise of
Military power, had at that time, been Communicated
to