Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-11-08

"pose. BY the eternal G-dIwill n
''ter the senate chamber and fog the
id rascal"
Decatur slapped his hands together
in his own peculiar manner, and fierce
ly observed ''you shall not enter that
"door, sir, unless IL be over my dead
"body."
jackson stepped back, his lips com
pressed, and bis face pallid with anger;
be eyed in silence the gallant spirit op.
posed to him for the space of half a
minute. lie remarked, decatur, l
regard you as a friend, and respect
"you ass gallant officer, but you must
''not, ! charge you, interfere in my de-
"signs."
The Commodore replied, 81 recipro-
"cate your nbliging expressions, but my
Friendship for you, or my admiration
"of your gallant exploits, cannot be
compared with tie estimation in which
II held my country. She shall never be
"disgraced while il is in my power to
prevent it,"
Witnessing the inflexible determine
ton of Decatur, the General lowered
his tone of violence, and i~ntreated in his
turn, that there should be no inier rife
renee with his purposes.-"Gen. jack
son." said Decatur, "T%,respect the feel
.ings of soldier, but the course which
''you have taken ia this affair, cannot
"receiye the sanction of any one, whose
Judgment is free from the influence Of
"passion. must, therefore, again en-
''treat you, to abandon your present rash
"and iDconsiderate intentions"
jackson gave Decatur q familiar slap
on the shoulder, and observed "you are
"a gallant soldier, | will take your ad
"vice-I know you would not advise me
ITO any course which is incompatible
''with the honor of a soldier"
The truth Of the above anecdote a
be sustained by the most positive and un-
improbable testimony The %gailant,the
patriotic, the high minded Decatur him
self, has detailed the circumstances to
several highly respectable gentlems n in
this state. The detail was made at a
time when no one in bis senses ever
supposed that General Jackson would
be brought forward as a candidate for
the Presidency. The anecdote was re-
Iated with no other view than to, Illus
trate bis violent and ieadlong chaac.
ter.
This exposition exhibits Gen. Jack.
son in no new point of view. 1t is in
perfect keeping with his career through
life A spirit of revenge and desrotic
violence, seems to have been entwlned
with the earliest feelings of his nature.
Fellow citizens, reflect .gravely on
the consequences OF -levsting such a
man to preside over our free institutions.
If he would restrain free discussion;
if he would threaten vIolense TO the
person e G Senator for an honest exer-
else of his u%ndoubted priviIsge;-if be
would force himself into the senate
chamber for the purpose of Gaming a
member. for daring to question the
'prnpriety of his measures;"-t say,
if he would commit this bold violence
when merely a general, what would he
not do. as President ofthe United States;
as commander- in chief Of the army and
navy.
Oh! Pennsylvanians, be warned. Let
not your blind zeal overcome the pru-
dencs for which you have been ia med.
Force not the destinies of your now
happy,prosperous and peaceable country
into the hands Of an Incorporate Hot
spur. Our present pilot is wise, prudent,
experienced and patriotic. Why then
should you wish a change?
Why should you wish to assign to Gen.
jackson the important duties Of the
Presidency, when his own b~iographer
asserts, that he resigned civil stations
hat required only moderate talents,
from a conscious inability to perform
the duties Of them? NESTOR.
TO the Editors Of the Constitutional Whig.
Gentlemen: The state ments made by
Nestor in the Democratic Press, Of the
scene between Decatur and Jackson,
and republished in your last, are true
beyond any doubt. But unless proved
by evidence which cannot be disputed,
many will affect to disbelieve them. II
is important to prove them, for if true,
it is hard to believe that the people will
make a man President who was prepar-
ed 10 enter the Chamber Of the Senate,
and cane a Senator OF tina United States
in his place, for exercising his privilege
OF enquiring into the public conduct of