Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-05-18

We baFE a iAiFtIbW taDiNNAs tWihiftaGn OF thNt
pt al principles and parties, and doubtless he
> willing the cabinet shall be as brilliant as his
metaphor, provided It shall be as fleeing and
4s transient too. But surely the gentleman mis-
took the token OF the times; the rainbow - the
sign of the covenant OF peace TO OIL men, and TO
every living m tiesh--a slgn OF peace 10 FAC
tons and all actIOus partIsans WAY does he
not accept the sisn' fie says, they cry peace,
peace, when there is NJ peace. Ard Why no
peace, Because he and others choose 20 wage
war of opposition. hoping that Themselves
and friends may come more speedily 10 tile hea
Of our affairs. But who iis assaIed ban or his
friends. or made war upon thrmf Certainly
not the cabinet And Why does lie reject the
sign Of peace' Does he wan, another sign'
What shall il he' An Office, or the sign OF the
prophei Jonah Well, let him wait ,ilI The storm
comes, and The winds blow, and tie sea RACES
and the ship rolls, and then perhaps may pipe
all hands on deck, and Gas, lots aud throw inn
overheard
The gentleman told us Yesterday, that he
would through off all disguise 1T vas use.
less Che sald) 10 keep il 10 And 50 it was.
TOR all who heard bum must have under ood
the drift OF his discourse. Bot IN taking ell he
mask, We must needs conclude that bis detsmA-
tons hid been laid ~ ambush by himself, and
were then, for the first time, brougb, forth in
'pcH aGIuSaLlD1 tssi MN nave u A. llC Ifit5HtS
let the secretary give lin all due credit for
his hostils frankness War in d sguise Is at All
end and he must meet an open, far defence
invited AMI provoked by his own unjust sg'
erosion, but he would not foli0w thr example
set him, and deSceHd 10 private character lie
would hold hat Sacred. lie Waed not
degrade the place and station he was fling by
illusions IN debate to private reputation. Hum.
bic ss be knew he was. and must appear To
others. he had spirit aud soul above such
execrtble practices lie would say, in Justice
TO the president and Mr. Clay, tbat both Of
them, IN private character stood proudly Pre-
eminent above their vie def'mers lie had
come there to disahuse them, and defend them.
but he would not descend below The level OF
genteel debate IL had seen. even during The
discussion then il progress, how easily mem.
Der might Slqbe DORM and sink himself b. val.
gar words and low abuse. lie would at all
events, pre- s rye decorum. and not DISCUS, Tie
faculty OF hearing with indecent illustrations.
The gentleman gave us to understand that he |
would discharge his duty here W,th tifmness,
however painful it might be lie was unwilling
to figure in the character ct Hotspur, but went
on to speak at large oihypocflsy, and lreachery
and political prostltulon-ofpo political gambling
of bold daring, shameless cnst ,on--and OF
the reward Of treachery The words--chances, |
cards and luck were used, and gross nsinu- |
atoms made against the private character Of |
Mr. Clay, which had been noted down for use |
but which should not be quoted at that time |
1t was enough to say, that the charge OF private
and political corruption was put forth against |
the president and Mr. Clay, IN language free /
from all disguise.
And here MIR Trimble thought it would be
well to pause. and take hasty survey OF the
men accused, IS well as their accusers-and |
who and what are the accused? The president
and secretary of state men who had served |
the country long and faithfully in offices of |
trust and confidence and who had never until |
then been charged with baseness or corruption |
men upon whom foul caIumny had never |
breathed It's pestlIential bias ments until the |
late electlon-m en- whose merits and abilities |
were every where admitted and ackno WIcdged |
and whose long AID well tried public servi |
ces, in various public stations, had drawn around |
them public confidence and national esteem.
And these men are accused BY ~hom' A |
man of yesterdsy--uI known to public conf |
dence. disappointed man. defeated in lis |
choice of preslden' Him and few oilers |
all men OF yesterday-men who stand in CUES |
tlonable attitudes as disa 1polnted office hunters
for themselves or friends and therefore not en-.
titled to much credit as impartial witnesses to !
establish accusations OF then own. Men who /
talk of nothing out the peoples camlldate,' !
but who are doing daily mischief to their favor |
lite by the violence Of their character, as mary |!
persons present can well testify.
The gentleman abuses boldly. but where is
his evidenced lie says he has nOne-that none
should be expected-that we might as well
look for the embodied forms of pestenco or
famine BE it so The same charges were
made twelve months ago. abopt the tune of the
9lPCiIon The -fhf-D Tor ,c
house requested a committee TO he raised,
and one 1saS RAISE to hear the evidence aga ust
him. The committee met, and sent for the &C.
cuser; who plead sham plea of privilege; and
neither went himself nor sent Witnesses or
names Of witnesses Why did the man and his
abettors shrink recreant from the Investigations
The proofs were here or nowhere WHY not
produce the evidence while Moses and Aaron,
and the people, were here together, face to
face, within these walls? They had no proofs;
and they shrunk like cravens from an inquiry
into the facts before committee Of disin,erest.
ed, honest, honorable men. And now after a
lapse Of more than twelve mouths, the same
vile calumnies are revived and reiterated here.
behind the backs OF the accused-without
proof, and under an admission that there is no
proof
And here Mr.. 7. would tell the gentleman
from South CarolIua. and the house, that there
are two kinds OF perjury known to the laws and
statutes OF our county; one, where he wit
ness sHears to fact which is not ,rue-and the
other where lie sWears to a fact as true not
knowing It TO he so. In ei'her case the Law
convlcts the output, and idl,cts punishment
o. intsIny or death aud he, MIR 4 sad. who /
caiumn'alcs hs neih hbor IN like circumstances, I
is as much Perjnred telcp in The eye Of moral |
justice, AS If he had sworn it on the HOLY Cos |
pes. thus is The Ight In which tic world vii |