Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-12-06

fNN-a''~ts Nbu~N~tC0 hOu COnncUf
beng intended for the public eve. Denial is
impossible, and explanation hopeless. There
they stand, naked, selfconvicled. and cover.
ing under the scorn and Indignation of honest
men.
while one is suspected of intriguing for an
office, the otbeS is known to have d,sds,ned ali
intrigue" Now hoy stands the fsca We
have the dispositions Of Buchanan, Marklev.
and Eston-the evidence principally relied on
in this case--snd what is the amount of III
Why. that there was some talk among these
men-all OF them the friends and supporters of
Gen. Jackson. about the means most likely 10
procure, for the General, the votes necessary
10 elect him: but. that neither Mr.. CLAW nor
his friends had any concern in, share or know
ledge whatever Of the matter. The whole at
fair originated and ended, with Gen. Jackson.
and bis friends; without any participation, or
even knowledge, that is so much g. insnusted
by them, on the part of Mr.. Clay or bis friends.
Yet, faction does not cease, not only to repea:
and 'eiterate this charge. refuted and demo
lIshed doubly and treb.y, as it is. and az they
well know it to be; but has the matchless su.
dacity and inpudence. IN the face Of the A.
merican people, who have heard all the evi
dence, to refer to the statements of Buchanan.
and Msrkely, and Eaton, for the proof!!!
The Editors OF the Enquirer are not ashau,.
ed TO state. "When he (Mr. Adams) ssas
elected, We were anxious to do him Justice
| we wished to judge him by bis measures.
But the first message decided every doubt.
OBJECTIONS then broke in upon the most neon
'sIdsrste politicians, which subsequent meas.
'nrcs have only contributed O. confirm No
one, think, who has observed with any ut.
ten,ion. the course of these Editors, for few
years past, can give any credit to these state.
ments,
There is simple clue that will carry any
one who is disposed to follow Il through the
| whole labyrinth of their self CONTRADICTIONS,
| Inconsistencies and terg iversations willism
| II. Crawford was the candidate nominated by
Caucus OF that party, which had once been
| omnipotent, and would have been so still, had
| j, continued united. He was the candidate OF
! Virginia. There was reason 10 hope he would
be the candidate Of the people.
| The Editors Of the Enquirer, always flourish
ing and fashionable politicians, meant simply TO
be, as usual, on the sironges, side. From cans-
| IS which are well known, and which il 10 now
| in vain to regret, they have found themselves
| on the weakest. They We're as little content
| with this false and unnatural position, as the
Scetchman, who, having engaged in three unsuc.
cessful rebelliOns, and smafted well for il each
| time. resolved never 10 be on the wrong side
i
, again
! Coeysl with the formation OF the Administsa
ton, sasthe organi cation Of an opposition to IT,
! composed Of the strangest and most heterogs.
neous materials st,perhsps. were syer brought
together tor any purpose, good or bad The
elemental war Of chaos might, perhaps, fu-sish
some faint idea Of the discordancy oil ito com.
ponent parts.
| Ostabat aliis alud: quia corpose in uno
Ffigida pugnsbant calidis. humentia siccis.
| Mola cum durs. sine pondeTe haheDtis
pondus.
Clayites, Crawfordites, and Jacksonisns. strict
cons,ructiosists, and la,itudnsrians; tariff and
I ant.tsriff; bitter Fsderalisis and ultra Demo
cYsts-men between whom the only relation
subsis,ng feY years, was that Of Frank and
! Spansrd-~ .Wsr Of the kDifs's point shook
( hands. kissed, and were friends. Men upon
whose sensitive vanity. the malignant wit OF
Rando lph, lik the arrow Of Phlloctetes, had
| inflicted the 'immedesbls wound forgot to
| hste-nay, even joined to help him, 'bIoV the
the Administrator sky high
| The Editors of the Enquirer seeing an i'm
posing array offoroe agains, the Administration
knowing that Virginia would see after the de-.
fea. of her favorite candidate, any other man a,
! she helm, and especially Yankee, with nfin.
| its sourness aid reiuctance'-Kn Knowing that
faction would fight, as il always does when it
| fights foy empire, with no faint and counterfeit
ed zeal, but with ell the rancour and fury, ths,
the love Of power can breathe into the amb-
,ous, or the love of pelf inspire in the base
Seeing all this, our worthy. conscientious, con.
sls,eat, honest Editors became strongly i'm.
pressed with the idea, that the Hero you'd, -
usual, win the battle. This was the considers
ton, shat. after some awkwsrdness and waver
ing determined them to think that Mr.. Adams
was somewhat greater curss to his country
| than Gen, Jackson.
They chose to forget the lavish eulogy which
they had formerly bestowed upon Mr.. Mon
roe's accomplished and able Secretary, and the
unsparing denuncistions which they had full
minated against Gen. Jackson, when in compe-
ti,ion with MIR. Crawford.
submit, it to the intelligence and candour of
the country, whether the above hypothesis
does not afford much more satisfactory expls.
nation of their strange and tortuous course, than
the one they have given. As to the sias and
plumbers which they lay to the charge Of Mr..
Adams, since his eiectIsn, il is well known. and
BY nobody better known, than by these vi.tu.
Gus Editors, that the Administration have not
claimed, in theory, or exerted, in practice amy
powers, not fully recognised and habituaiIy act.
ed upon, by all their professionally Virgin
ians-by men, TO whom these same Editors
gave their support.
One more topic and will dismiss these gen.
tiemen tor the present. They are not, it We
may credit their solemn disclaimer. hostile to
the North. Their Catholic philanthropy, and
liberal patriotism, embraces the whole Macs OF
the Northern people. and only objects to each
particular dung individual. lie. the North take
back Mr.. Adams, and present US With such men
as Samuel Adams and John Hancock, and ~
will soon be seen how promptly Virginia would