Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-26

anu tE6 EFdtuhi tu,pESseStcnt Oh our
fortifcaGonsi Did il or did it n 5t shox
dissatisfaction with the treaty BIZ which
we acquired Florida, and iaciine to ia
YOUR the French Kings cxtravagant in
depreciation. Of the treaty Of Louisiana,
aftes il had oeen triumphantly refutcd
by Mr. idamsf Did it not reccntly at
teupt to reject the contention for the
final aud efectuai suppression of the
slave trade, established upon eur own
terms, requiring tho trade to be made
p;racy, ''xnl in fulfilnaentof a resolution
almost unanimous Of the House of Re-
psesentatives;" and did Il not expect,
by lbs rejection to paralyze the "arm of
the executive in all the other negocia-
tions in which it is engaged with Great
Britain.' We do not mean to say, that
Mr.. Crawford sanctions all these pro-
csedings OF the raSical party. but only
that this party supports Mr.. Crawford,
and do we not fnd the acknowledge
nent of this in the electioneering adj
dress attributed to Mr.. Gallatine When
this opposition was first formed, il had
noleader of sufficient talents & populari-
ty to enlist certain newspapers on ils side
The secretary OF state ID consequence
Of the larger space he filed, in the eyes
of the nation, might have been prefer
rsd but for his infexible devotion to the
principles of the present administration,
his abhorrence OF all ranceurous irtoler-
ance, and his unyleldmgness of eharac-
ter, which prevented any hope of ben.
ding him to their purposes. There
might have been momentary iaclina-
ton towards Mr. Clay, and some years
ago it was imagined this swarm from
the republican hive would settle upon
him; but his tariff opinions rendered it
impossible for him TO conciiate the
southern states, and his subsequent ca
reer has occasioned an irreconcileable
alienation from him. MIR. Lowndes, MIR.
Calhoun, and General jackson may
have been looked at, but their hearts,as
weIias their heads, were with the pre-
sent administration. Mr.. Crawford be.
ing a man of good talents, and great
personal popularity, was desirable
a:cuisition, bat he lid not suit them ex-
actly, for they feared they might not DO
able to control him. A choice, how
ever, was necessary, and as he was
strong in the south and had many friends
in Congress he wa, selected.
This point being settled, the first
thing necessary for the accomplish
nent of the object, was to break down
the Hercules in the State Department.
40 the probable support of Mr.. Craw-
ford would be in the southern Atlantic
States, and as the Northern and mid
Ole without the Western States, would
not be majority in favor of Mr.. Adams
it was requisite to overthrow him in the
Western Country. And was not ex-
ultingly imagined that the Duplicate
attack Of Mr.. Russell would effect that
oblact The wave however met
rock andits recnil swept away the ag-
gressor When Mr.. Adams demonstra-
ted that the fisheries were ofimportance
to us, hut the right of navigating the
Mississippi of none to the British, be-
cause no part of it reached las they i'm.
agined il did) their territories, his rea-
soning satisfied all unprecedented men,
and was confirmed by the surrender Of
that right afterwards by the British with.
out an equivalent. The agitation OF
the question therefore put the mental
superiority and diplomatic skill Of Mr.
Adams in higher relief, and did not gain
a vote for Mr.. Crawford. although il
may have tended to raise up ths western
candidates. Great alarm 'existed'after
this viatory lest FIR. Adams should get
the vote of Virginia. twas consequent
ly necessary as the Mississippi schem.
had failed) to hunt UP ssme objections
TO weaken his popularity here, and ac-
cordingly the musty records, and jour
mails and.pamph!ets of the last so or DC
years. were rummaged over, to furnish
out an indictment against him. And
did not Gen. Smythe sound his bugal
and bring them all forward in tremeu-
dous military arrayf A single st1ot
however from the constitutional battery
of the Secretary, put all to eight
Even his best friends were surprisd at
lbs irresistible force, and all that bis
opponents could saywas that it seemed
too well calculated "for the meredisn of
Virginia. One more attackindeed and
the victor, would have been complete;
but as he was invulnerable, it gasdeter-
ninedto attack him no more, An at
,terpt to conciEate him accordingly en-