Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-10-04
whole No. 1896.

mferenceS.-either that the Baltimore
charge is false, or that the editor Of the
Virginian is not willing to stand sponsor
Tor u. Ia one case he admits having
published that which was no true, with
the intention Of deceiving his readers;
and IN the other, that which he doubted
to be true No honorable man would
stoop to either. But we 60 further
The editor knew that the charge was
false when he copied il. His informant
told him that Mr. Il. was not in Richmond
at the meeting Of the electors, but that
he had passed through the city a week
or two previously; and yet, in his next
paper, the editor publishes an article
averring that Mr.. 4. .eas thea present,
%tampering with and making declarations
TO the college to obtain the vote of this
state for MIR. Clay; and he adds to the
charge no, oriy that''t facts stated as
to Mr.. Trimbie's declarations at Rich
mond, could be established by a score.
Of Witnesses but that be brought let
tiers OF introduction from Mir. Clay him.
self
Now we assert that during the thofs
'sitting Of the college, no proposition ras
made By or through Mr.. T,ambIs. to
"tranyer the rote Of Trgin,a to Mr..
"Ciay; and ihet not a single letter uas
produced from Mr.. Clay touching the
subject. W. quote the words of the
electors, who adds: "Had any PROPOSE
"iion been made to that body, TO TRANSFER
"the cote of Virgnia from Mr.. Crowford
80 any other person, Icannot hesitate TO
SAY hatr could hare been mos. prompt
"fy and ind gnantiy rejected. and ITS ou-
"thor erposed." The whole story there
fore, come from whom il may, is an
infamous libel on the Virginia character
o which no man who has any res-
pect for the electoral college would be-
lieve for a moment, and which no man
who has any regard for the reputation
of the state would stoop to circulate. IL
it does not insinuate that the college
might be bribed, it at least charges them
with suppressing an attack upon their
integrity for nearly three years, and
with screening the author from public
indignation. Gen jackson might deem
il compatible with his honor 10 screen
the bearer of a corrupt propositions;
but there is not a member of that ~eIecto-
raj college who would not have instantly
held him up to scorn and contempt.
Thus the falsehood we undertook 10
expose on the oath uit. we think we have
now done conclusively; and il remains
to be seen whether the editor of the
Nirginian will have the candor to atone
for the imposition he has practised on
bis readers. We have no disposition 10
retort upan him the ungentlemanly Ian.
guage he has applied TO US. His cpl
tbets pass by us as the idle wind. Wa
are willing to make allowance for the
follies of his advisers. If lett to himself
he would have tacitly acknowledged the
business of our rebuke, and proited by
il. But he is surrounded by a few heed
less youths, who scribble for and ron-
troll his paper, and as often as it APP
pears, cry out like the fly on the wagon
wheel, @See what a dust we nake!n
There isno end to the misrepresenta.
tons engendered in the heat Of the pre-.
sent political contest. There are some
Of them so glaring that they refute theme
selves; whilst to others such a degree
of plausibility attaches as to make their
express refutation justifable, ifnot me-
cessaty. q. the latter description Is the
one which we are now about to notice,
bot even this one we should not have
noticed, but for a Letter from a highly
respectable gentleman at distance, who
informs US that the representations
which we are about to contradict il
actually credited by some persons in tha
part Of the country in which he resides.
We have a letter before Us, then,
from David TIimble, Esq. late a Re-
preventative 10 Congress from the State
of Kentucky, under date of the 2ist
ult. in which he says-"l have lately
''seen a statement which is making the
tour Of tho newspapers, said TO be .
part Of some observations made by
'me at Lee wis Court House. in a Speech
(which ! made there in the Spring Of
1885, after my return from Congress.
"The statement is utterly false" Il
s'never used such language to any man
ION any occasion"
So much for another of the proofs OF
'lhe bargain by which ii is pretended
that Mr. Adams was elected President.
And so, we venture 10 predict, will