Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-03-27
PRESIDENTIAL.

RhESlDEN IL Al.
We shall, from time to time, give
detail OF the sentiments Of The friends
as well as those of the opponents o
each Notwithstanding nothing Il
hope, and less than nothing TO fear
from any.
From The Commonwealth.
We feel much satisfaction in lay
ING before our readers the following
letter from the : Hero of New Or
leans" in answer to one addressed to
him by tie committee appointed to
draft an address 10 the people OF the
Union, on the subject Of the next Pre-
sidcntial election, appointed at a meet.
ing Of the citizens of this county, held
on the Dist ofJanuary last -
NASHVILLE. Feb. %, 1928.
GENTLEMEN-
Your letter of the Cd inst. with the
Harrisburg paper entitled the Com
monweaIth," containing the address
you have alluded to. has been this day
received. The complimentary man
ner in which my fellow citizens OF
Pennsylvania have been pleased to no
tice my military services. and their
voluntary expressions of respect and
confidence in me, has excited. on my
part, aproper sense of gratitude. As
committee, appointed to draft an adj.
dress to the people the United States
on the subject of the next presidential
election, YOU ask to De informed.-
6 Whether | can, or do approve of
my name being used at the Presidency
ofthc United States"
should have consulted my own feel
ings BY continuing to AVOID speaking on
the subject, but the respectable source
from whence the inquiry emanates, pro-
hibits any but a candid notice of your
communication.
My undertaking rule of conduct
through life, and which have and ever
shall deem as congenial with the true
republican principles of our government,
Hde oCcDs Hcithot W Sceh vi ueCiiuc pun
lie invitations to Office. For the ser.
vices which | may have rendered, and
which have, it is hoped, proved in de-
gree beneficial to my country, have
nothing to ask. They are richly repaid
with the confidence and good opinion
of the vrtuous and well deserving part
of the community. have only essayed
to discharge debt which every man
owes his country when her rights are in
vaded; aud if twelve years. exposure to
fatigue and numerous privations, can
warrant the assertion, may venture to
assert, that my portion of public service
has been performed and that, with
this impression, | have retired from the
busy scenes of public life, with desire
TO be a spectator merely Of passing e.
vents.
The office of Chief Magistrate of the
Union, is one of great responsibility: AS
it should not be sought by any individ-
ual of the republic so it cannot, with
propriety, be declined, when offered
by those who have the power of selection.
1t is interesting to the American people
alone, and in the election, they should
ex ercise their free and unbiased iudg-
ment. 1t was with these impressions, [
presume, and without any consultation
with me, that the members of the Lagis.
lature of Tennessee, as an additional
testimony of their confidence in me,
thought proper to present my name to
the consideration of the American COM
munity. My political creed prompts me
TO leave the affair uninfuenced by any
expression on my part. and to the free
will of those who have alone the right TO
decide.
ANDREW JACKSON.
T. Il.....L