Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-04-21

Tended, and TO whom was | amenables
i'll violated any instructions, they must
have been yours, since you only had
the right 10 give them and to you alone
! was | responsible. Without allowing
hardly time for you to hear OF my vote,
without waiting to know what your
judgment was Of my conduct, George
kremer * Co. chose to arraign me be-
! fore the American public as the v~iolater
| Of Instructions which was bound to o.
| bey. IL instead OF being as you are,
| and | hope always will be vigiIant oh
! servers of the conduct of your public
agents, Jealous Of your rights and con-
petent to protect and defend them, you
had been ignorant and culpably conf
ding the gratuitous interposition, as your
advocate, of the honorable George
Kremer Of the ninth Congressional dis
trict of Pennsylvania, would have mer-
tied your most greatful acknowledge
ments. Even upon that supposstlon,
his arrangement of me would have re-
CURED for its support n small circum-
stance which happens not to exist, aud
that is the fact of your having actually
instructed me to vote according TO his
pleasure.
The relations in which | stood to Mr..
Adams constitute the last theme of the
address. which I shall notice. am de-
scrlbed as having assumed "a position
oil peculiar and decided hostility to the
rejection of Mr.. Adams, and expressions
towards him are attributed to me, which
| never used. am also made respon-
sible for @pamphlets and essays of great
ability,n published by my friends IN Ken
lucky, in the course Of the canvass.
The injustice of tire principle of hold
ing me thus answerable, may be tested
by applying il the case of Gen. jackson,
in reference to publications issued, for
example. from the Columbian Observer.
That was not in favor of the election
of MI Adams, when the contest was be-
fore the people, is most certain. Nei-
Their was in favour OF that ofMr Craw-
ford or General Jackson. That | ever
did any thing against Mr.. Adams, or Ell
Their of tl,e other gentlemen, inconsis.
tent with a fair ard honorable COMPETE
tion, | utterly deny. My relations to
MIR. Adams have been the subject OF
much misconception, if not misrepre-
~sentati nj have been stated to be un-
der a public pledge to expose some ne
farious conduct of that gentleman, dur
ing the negotiation at Client; which
would prove him to be enteirely unwor
thy of public confidence, and that, with
a knowledge of his perfidy, |. neverthe-
less, voted for him. If these imputa-
tons are well founded, I should, indeed,
be a fit object for public censure; but
if, on the contrary y, it shall be found
that others, inimical both to him and to
me, have substituted their interested
wishes for my public promises, l trust
that the Indignation, which they would
excite, will be turned from me. Ny let
ter, addressed to the Editors Of the In
telligencer, under date Of the 18th Nov.
1922. is made the occasion for ascribing
to me the promise and the pledge to
make those reasonable disclosures on
Mr.. Adams. Let that letter speak for
itself, and 1t will be seen how little JUS
LITIGATION there is for such assertion. 1t
adverts to the controversy which had
arisen between Messrs. Adams and RUS
sell, and then proceeds to state that, I'm
the course of the several publications,
of which it has been the occasion, and,
particularly in the appendix to a pam
phlet which had been recently publish
ed by the Hon. John Quincy Adams, 4
think there are some errors (no doubt
unintentioaai) both as to matters of fact
and matters of opinion in regard to the
transactions at Client relating to the
navigation ofthe Mississippi, and certain
liberties claimed by the United States
in the Fisheries, and TO the part tchieh 4
bore IN those transactions. These impor-
tant interests are now well secured.n-
San account therefore, Of what occur
red in the negotiation at Client, on those
ipo subjects, is not, perhaps, necessary
to the present o 7 future security of any
Of the rights of the nation, and is only
interesting as appertaining 10 its past
history. With these impressions and be-
ing extremely unwilling to present my
self, at any time, before the public, |
had almost resolved to remain silent, and
thus expose myself to the Inference of
ian acquiescence in the correctness of all
the statements made by both my col
leagues, but have, on o reflection,
thought it may be expected OF me, and
be considered as a duty on my part 10
contribute all in my power towards a