Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-10-25
RICHARD A. sucKNER.

FF -"' $3.50 @1HEt ~ EH% W y VI &AG bA44
With septmentso Of respect, | Am your ops.
dent servant aud tellow.ciuzen.
RICHARD A. BucKNER.
s GEN. SAUNDERS AND GOV. KENT,
Ih.se gentlemen have appeared bet re che
public AZ political combatants IN the Gazette
OF the Cd OF August last. " published an ex.
tract OF a letter written by Gov. Kent, 10 a gen.
tieman in Kentucky. Gen. homulus VI. saun.
dets has replied 10 Gov. Kent, to which lhr Gov
has rejoined. We give The following extracts
from their respective communcAtohs.-
GEN. SAUNDERS
! know the position in which I stand. and tia,
Of the parsonage whose word | have to confront.
But | am not the first victim selected by the
parasites Of the day. to divert reprenensions
from ,heis high patron nor is Governor Kent
the frs man who il indebted to his citation tor
little bFief consequence. | am charged from
ibis 'shigh source" OF having been "ieoidedly
in favor of MIR. Adams in preference 10 General
Jackson, and not ten minutes before the lace e.
lection by the House OF he preventative 10 have
approached him tGov. Keat) with anxious
countensRce, discovering deep concern indeed,
and used these emphatic werds: Ihopeto God
you mas be able to terml0ate The Election on the
frat ballot, for fear We from North Csrolins
may be forced TO vote for General Jacks0n."
His Exceliency must indeed have relaxed from
the cares Of Office tor The pernsal OF ''Ehe Sier.
rs Wives uf IndsoF." or "the School for Scan
dab The Arabian kugnt's Entertainment, or
some other cord vt hcuon. H. is 10 be recei
lected, this ''anxious co~untensuoe." tbs fem
pbatic language, - occurred more than two years
since. on the eve Of 40 important election, TO a
man occupying = different SIDE of the house
from myself, with whom I was not intimate, who
bad been opposed y 20 my friends in pobtics, and
- --k q h.F .Etv.Vw rtmryaA go -
der a ~plausibie exterior. the secret, bu, dead
" enmity OF q vipef. On an occ aston, and by
amen Of this kind, my manner ard words arc
prof ssed 50 be remembered with accuracy, and
reported with precision. The sils ma i've charge
resas upon the ,pse DIRT Of this piisnt Governor
alone. I mert Il, therefore, as L ought 10 be
met, ruth the dlyees he.
GOR kENT-In retfg
In the month e Nay last, Iwrete q letter 10
a private gentleman, an old Congressional friend
~ trankior ~ reply to one received from hun,
10 d slgned tof pubicstion, as every candid
MAJ would al once perceive, az well from It's
STYLE as is s%ubject. and he has since apologized
for q portion OF II finding its way into the pub
he journals.
Ia this letter, in oonse quence of Gen. sauu
ders' over jealous part in the House OF Repre-
sealatives the preceding winter (the lot ri al
new cODvsFts,) | adveffed to . conversations he
held With me be morning If the Presidential
election-eyery word u which | aver 10 be the
fact. and | 4 row back upon General Saunders
tie vulgar epibes be has had the audacity to
apply 20 me.
Buf a few minutes before the election Gen
Saunders approached tne fireplace at he South
eud of the room, fapped me on the arm, drew
me aside. and used he strong language | have
ascrIbed 70 him, ard, further, l saw no lndiyi
dual, after The election, better pleased thar
General 5 sppesred TO be, 10 consequence OF
beng relieved, AS ! supposed, from the diem
ma ~ which Ae had considered himself placed.
6enerait. approaching me in tina, manner,
dtd surprise me. and caused me TO Fecoitect the
conversation, (Which I repeated 10 ) friend =
day Or two afterwards oecansei until thai mo
ment. | did not suppose he could have been
forced 20 vote for Gen Jackson. Our sequain.
lance was as limited as be sla,es, but not more
than ! desired, having never made he slightest
sdysnce towards an intimacy wltn h'm, because
considered him a vain, silly, unhappy temper
ed man, always thu tool of some aspirsnt. ex
pecsing no doub in the event Of their success,
the full benefit Il his incorporate zesi.
Gen ) only waited to know wlei her "Mr. A.
''dams could be elected on he first ballot. 70
''save him the n oessity Of cleo ing0 en.Jacksonlf
His s,tachmett 10 Gen ] must cave been as
strong As bis inclination To oyige his ronstiiu
EMS, when both united could not reader hlm
wiling to encounter the trouble OF = second
ballot.
F0m the baltimore Pafrtes.
In the reply OF X. VI. Saunders, OF Salisbu.
ry, N. c. TO Gov Kent. OF he State OF Mar
land. publi,hed 10 The Jackson press, Mi
Saunders holds the following language: "Pron
'the commancement of the last Presidents
contest, to It's termination. l hsroored but
''one feeling, and expressed but one language
''of preference for William ii. CrsNfor
sand = most positive hostility TO John Quincy
"Adams"
Whatever may have been Mr. Ssunders' pio
fessions, pre,ensions, or preferences. made 70
Governor Kent. to the Editors Of whom he
speaks, or TO any other person or persons, eEsr
he left his District, is not for me to say, bu
befsre The election for President took place
when Mr.. Saunders was before the People a.