Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-04-05

10 New ork, and mad mucn the air OF an
explosion of combustibe materials which
had been long prepared, but which had
been kept down by prudential calculations,
respecting the effect of 40 explosion upon
the friends of those ministers ia the state
Of New York. Perhaps, when it was sup
posed, that nothing could be lost IN this
quarter, and that something might be gain
edeLse1oherc, By AN AToNIsG sAcRIFICE
OF THOSE MINISTERS, ESPECIALLY Mr..
PICKERING, zOho had been far some time
particularly odious to the opposition parry,
1t was determined TO proceed to extremi-
ties"-Compare this conjecture OF Gene.
raj Hamilton with the following details:
The excessive vanity and inordinate am.
bition of Mr.. Adams are well known. He
wished also to enjoy the emoluments as
well as the hcnors Of the Presidency, for
at least another term of four years. But
by this time, he had made such a develope-
ment of his character, so inauspicious to a
correct administration of the government,
AS to have excited disgust in many inhnen-
tial federalis,s. Hence Mr.. Adams fears,
that their support alone would not secure
his reelection. What course then should
he propose to himselfs-"Flecte,e aneqae0
Suber0s, Acheronso m2veb2."-Some OF the
leaders OF de ocracy we're sounded. hey
were, or affected to be, willing to lend their
aid, on conditions: of which one was, that
Ishoud be removed from office. This was
assented to and was removed: but not
without some delay which furnished at
least pretence to those leaders, to disre-
gard the agreement. Not that under ex-
isting circumstances they would have favor.
ed Mr.. Adams election: He was the dupe
OF their intrigues. by my removal they
expected at once to detach from Mr.. Adams
my particular fedsial friends, who both for
number and responsibility, were not to be
overlooked. And even in the event of Mr..
Adams reelection by q federal majority,
the reSentmenfs Of the democrats would be
gratifed, If their future interests should
not be materially tromated by my d,Smis-
sion.
Such, fellow citizens, was the base, the
corrupt motive for my removal from Office.
Without recurring to other proofs, the
simple fact that leading democrats knew,
some time before the event, that | zUas to
be dismissed, while tederalists were igno.
rant OF 1t, furnishes the strongest prcsunp.
tive evidence of the aforementioned in.
trigue and cause of my removal. Another
corroborating fact may be stated: that but
the week before, Mr.. Adams had told me,
that he considered the election Of MIR. Jef-
fersoh to the Presidency as certain. To
detach, therefore, some of his partizans,
was essential to his own success.
The FIRST information received of this
intrigue, was from the person who gave me
the following certificate. Mr.. Kimball had
been a clerk in the department of State.
After quitting the Office he went to Savan-
nah, where he now resides. In 1908, be-
ing in Massachusetts,, he came to see me,
and gave me the information. On his way
back to Savannah, in the Autumn of that
year, he found me at Washington. The
fact he had stated TO me occurring, desi-
red him to make out new certificate of it.,
and to show it to the gentleman from whom
he received the information, and who lived
in the district of Columbia. For the pre-.
sent omit his name contenting myself
with saying, that he is a gentleman respect.
able for his standing in society, and of I'm.
blemished reputation. twill be seen, too,
that Mr.. Bowie, whose name will presently
appear, confirms the statement in the ceTti-
flcate.
mr.. Km6aH's Certificate.
"At public table, M'Laug hlin's Tavern,
in Georgetown, July, 1900, HEARD.
say, that some time in May preceding, he
was present in public room, at Annapolis,
when Mr.. Smith, the present Secretary of
the Navy, made the following declaration /:
That we (meaning the democratic par.
ty) have been sent down to Orom Phila-
delphia) to know on what terms we would
snnnnrf Mr. Adams AT the newt nreSidsn