Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-09-27

uSsAiluss @h ehC qualities OF a Statesman
rash-arrogant and over6earing and whose cleo
uoa was nc. thfee years ago deprecated by these
very men, rs 'he STeaiesf curse 10 me cotnfry !"
We call upon the people 10 rouse themselSe.
And whether the acts Of this Junto be disDlsved
in endesvoring to hold in thraldom the wrsiern
energies of this Commonwealth. or 10 paIm nm
on US the yiolaior Of his country's laws and the
murderer of It's peaceful inhabitants. il is equal.
y their duty to resist its efforts and counteract
its influence.
But says our Editor, 'she idea that such a
party exists, IS hbel on the character of Wiz.
gina which no man who has any knowledge of
her character can for a moment credit" Puer;le
Exclamation! but doesa vindication Of Virginia's
fair fame rest upon him, who but a few weeks
ago uttered one Of the grossest SANDERS against
the purity of her reputation, and the integrity
of her electoral cohege-a calumny not only
unsupported by evidence, but contradic,ed hy
the very source from which it was attempted to
derive the Sunderland who when the misera.
Bile falsehood was detected by the sagacity of
the Republican, shrunk silently and recYeantlv
from the charge, nor has yet had manly indie
Pendence enough to make a just atonement to
an injured cause, for the imposition tina, was
attempted to be p~ractisei upon the world
This erudite Editor "will not s,op IN exam;,e
the objections contained in our bulletin ex,r..
ordinary, to a nomination of Electors by a Leg.
%tsIaaue Caucus. The question has been too OF
ten discussed" He acts wisely we Conceive. IN
not doing 30. 1t would require more than the
humble share OF talent, which nature has snare.
ingIy bestowed upon him, to answer the obiec.
tons which are Justly urged sgainst an @institn.
ton whose very existence is based upon a con
tempt of the people, and a belief in their inter
incapacity to judge and act correctly for them.
selves.
But it appears, according to the ideas of this
sagacious critic, that we have been guilty of 81.
Their "ignorance'or "insincerity" in stating it as
our opinion, that the expulsion of Randolph
from the Senate and election of Gov. Giles in
preference to Floyd and Nelson, evidenced a
feeling in the Legislature of this State. rather
hostile than favorable to the Generals preten.
sions. Not so: Mr.. Editor, we have been gull.
ty neither of ignorance nor of insincerity. II il
an opinion still entertained by us, and Nv all we
believe who do not permit the film o fparty pre-.
JUDGE to eclipse their judgment and obscure
Their reason. Mr.. Tyler it is true is norv for
General Jackson, and unfortunately for the fame
OF MIR. Tyler be hus been Characterised in his
politics rather by suppleness than consistency,
by ~servllity than independence. But what were
MIR. Tyler's sentiments at the election 10 1921
sentiments open and avowed. 81 agreed, said
he "1pih Mr. Clay ia hs choice Of Ar .4dams.-
I considered that 1e had substantial grounds for
our preference Of Mr.. Aiams ouer Gen. jackson. "
Mr.. Tyler may have changed his opinions before
the Senatorial election. However credot J4dsus
.4ppeHa. Certain i. is az least that the change
was not generally known. He was put in nomi-
nation by Mr.. Moore. who ayowed in his place
in the House of Delegates, that he had voted
tor aud should again support Mr. Adams. The
1~electIon of Mr.. Tyler was advocated by LIE ler,
Davis and other friends of the Administration
perfectly unadvised Of the fact, that the Ex-
Governors sentimentsh had undergone a change.
is TO Coz. Giles. We have it from q member
ofthe Virginia Legislature, "thatit was known
to the General Assembly that Mr.. Giles had
preremptorily refused, at Petersburg, to pledge
himself to vote for the General, and that bis re.
fussi was received with bursts of applause. 1t
was likewise knownthat Mr.. Hugh Nelson and
Mr.. John Floyd were in favor of his election,
yet Mr.. Nelson and Mr.. Floyd received together
about ninety votes, and Mr.. Giles was elected
on the first ballot" This we think speaks
strongly, moreover when it is considered thar
not two years ago Mr.. Giles lived in disgrace.
full exile from the honors and esteem of his
countrymen--a fallen statesman-and dispised
pamphleteer.
But 1t seems, We have had the "temerity" "in
the teeth of the whole community to state it as
an unquestioned fact, that there are nine dis.
trlcts IN the State whose returns are favorable
to the Administration, and sic doubtful. Such
a statement We did make, and we can assure our
worthy editor upon much better evidence han
supports one half of the assertions that find their
way into the columns of the truth telling Virgi.
Man. The writer may be deceived, but we
produce our authority TO shew that we do not
hazard our assertion zoithous some colour Of eui.
dence.
The extract is from a letter, written by a gen.
tleman. formerly of the Virginia Legislature,
whose character was known to the Editors OF
the National Intelligencer, and they more over
inform Us 'that the source whence the informa.
ton which it furnishes is derived. entities its
statements to be respectfully received"
The extract is as follows: The districts repre-.
scented by Mr.. p. r. Barbour, Mr.. Allen, Mr..
ISmyth, Mr.. Davenport, Mr.. Roane. MIR. Trez.
want and Mr.. Rives, are said to be for the &c.
neral and nine others against him; leaving six
unknown and to turn the scale as future events
lmay incline them. My own opinion is. chat the
estimate for the General is as full as he is emit.
tiled to-"
Perhaps the willy editor of the Virginian may
smile at our simplicity, in adopting the state.
ment of a writer which has nothing more than
the sanction of the Intelligencer. But We can
assure him, We do not receive all such editorial
ladoptions unfortunately. We are much
Igulded by the character for verscity and honor
which the journal sustains. When there
fore a certain Jealous opposition paper in this
VALLEY, gave it out . few months since-That a
citizen Of Kentucky, Of high standing and res.
lpecfGdiGty Informed the 7~criter, SIC. We deemed
the evidence exceptionable Not that there