Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-03-02
POLITICAL
Er'raes Of letter from gen tem4a nosp IN
UDAagsoH, " his friend in R'chuoad aafe!
Washington, Fsb IL, 1926.

Washington, Feb IL, 1896.
DEAR SIR: II may be considered some ,shs'
strange at distance from This place, that She
Senate should So long consider OF this Mission To
Panama, but here il eSe,tts no surpr2e, ~
seems to be pretty well understood. that this
is one of the measures which the opposit,oH
has selected TO make stand sgainst the Ad
mnstTa,iou Tae arrangement OF the Com
mittee OF Foreign Relations 10 thai bod, by
the presiding officers. Is SAID to oe perhaps tht
first indication that that officer intended 10 take
pant in any opposition which was OF should be
formed twas surmlsed that the opposition
in The Senate have taken unberage a, the II
Of Representatives, tor calling ON the President
Tor information IN relation to that sub ect, and
make that pretence of DELAY thai The Hsass
Of Representatives. 1elsh 10 cOerce she-n 70 aeuoa
Ihs IS believed by many to be ieigned pre-
tence Il would seem TO me reasonable that
the House ui Representatives had a right,
wthou, reference to the Senate To be linton m,
ed upon the subject, and 10 convey that tniorm
alton TO the people According to the orga-
n,zation of the Government. the House OF Re
personalities owe their responsibility TO the
people. and not the Senate Il would appear
10 an observer best that the Senate should look
to their own re spopshilny, and not eudesvonr
to excuse their delays, by imputatlons against
the House Of Representatives
rhe Washington Gazette has been purohas.
ed up--by whom is the observation-disclosures to be
sure points to certain prominent persons. 1t IS
put under the apparent editorship OF Mr..
Meehsn, upon whose opinions, were he The
author OF the editorial paragraphs. very sudden
changes have been wrought 1t IS said how
ever, to be sldent to every one who knows
Mr.. Meehan that he is not the writer Of those
paragraphs, nor do they expressive sentiments
ne has hitherto declared But this matters lit.
lie to the pubic; the object and substance of
those paragraphs Is what may be booked at
The first wa an open declaration of oppo-
sion 10 the men OF the administration. and re.
iteratng the old charges against Mr. Clay.
which have long since been retuted and con-
dsmned. Rut ii they had not. how do such
chsrReS look, coming from the friends OF the
Vice President he who in his speech to bis
old constituents last summer. avowed that he
had caused himself to be withdrew from tue
presidential canvass, TO insure greater certain
ty of an election by the people. 1t was well
known he had no interest upon which his pre-
tensions were hs~ed except South Csroina
and even that State. IN the case of Mr., Lown
DIES had passed BY his prete nslons-his in' crest
in Pennsylvania WIS superficial and light but
his being candidate, and being withdrawn, IL.
indeed il was at his own instance, afforded him
or his friends, the opportunity of saying, we
will run such one President IL you will run
, him as Vice President. This al an, rate was
the result and what was to be inferred from
this course of things. but bsrganngi and how
else came he into the office he now holds but
by such results, either accidental or designed
Mr. Clay, ON the contrary, was brought forward
by the spontaneous wishes of the legislatures
OF Ohio, kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri
yet MIR Calhoun aud his friends claim credit
for iils declining pole, when he was but the
second choice of the State OF South Carolina,
and when too by that surrender he run into the
VICE Presidency. Mr.. CLAW was brought for.
ward by four seperate States. and moi By fac.
ton or party. lie interiered in 10 way. lie
was finally excluded the House, aud then pei
formed, independently the duties incident TO
hls station as member Of the house Of kepre.
sentatives--not against. but in concordance
with the will OF his constituents have always
been of opinion that il MIR. Clay or his friends
bad been disposed to bargain, they would have
found il no difficult task to have procured the
office which Mr. Calhoun now fills. by with
drawing him from the Presidential contest. 1
never believed, be would condt scend 10 such
traffic and lntrgue-snd he very men at whose
door ssch charges seem most likely TO rest,
are the first and most violent 10 make charges
against NJ CLAY. Perhaps however, there wss
policy in this. to divert the public mind from
themselves, by endesvoriug to fx It on him.
They have p obsbly had an eye in the prpverb,
that the 70, veil never enter the Lions herd.'
that they supposed their crafiness would
never be seen into by the people at large
The subsequent paragraphs OF the " ssh:ng-
ton Gazette. alss DATED states Telegraph
under the edit nj head are belabourng the
Executive ADD the House Ut Representatives a.
bout the Panama Mission Some OF the OPP
ponenis 10 this measure seemed disposed to
tske vengeance on the House of Represents
tIves ana the President, by way OF editorial
paragraphs IN that paper. Tor as before obsesv-
ed. IT is not believed the editor is the author
OF any one OF tbem--suspicion points towards
sumo member or members OF u senste-bu
viii not say that believe 81, Tor am not
able to form any conjecture OF my own as TO
the wrIteT-bui If il should be any member OF
that body II betrays. at least restiveness to
make an early and untsvorable impression a
gsinst / he measure, and determined opposI-
ton. opposition, which from reading The
paragraphs evidently is not over s0liciteus TO
represent things as they are. The writer.
whoever he is land 1t just occurs to me that
some clerk in some Office here. is said tn have
left it to edit this paperl attempts TO make the
call IA the House OF Representative, the act of
the Executive. In his last number be seemed
to doubt it, as if be Was unCertalm which way
to turn-upon the House or the President. TO
render most service to his cause and therefore
j. brought TO the conclusion to level his arul-
lery against both But the turn aimed at, is
palpable enough 10 every body here, il is
turn ut the administration II viii be rec0llect
Ell that the resolution was originally introdu
eed by gentleman from South Carolina, who
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