Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-08-07

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several gentlemen of the highest res.
~psctability, nv fixed determination no
to vote for General Jackson. III.
friends of MI. Crawford asserted to the
last, that the condition OF bis health wa,
such as to enable him to administer the
duties of the office. thought other.
wise, after ! reached Washington City
and visited him to satisfy myself ; and
thought that physical impediment, il
there were no other objections, ought
to prevent his election. Although the
Delegations from four States voted for
him, and his pretenSions were Jealous
iy pressed to the very last moment, il
has been of late asserted, aud | believe
by some OF the very persons who then
warmly espoused bis cause, that his IN
competency was SO palpable as clearly
to limit the choice to tive of the three
returned candidates. 10 my view OF
my duty, there was no alternative but
that which | embraced. That I bad
som objections to Mr.. Adams, | am
ready freely 10 admit ; but these did
not weigh a feather in comparison with
the greater and insurmouatable ohiec-
tons, long and deliberately entertained
against his competitor. take this oc-
c%aslon, with great satisfaction, to state
that my objections to hr. Adams arose
chiefly from apprehensicns which have
not been realized. | have found him at
the head of the Government, able, en-
i%ightened, patient of Investigation, and
ever ready TO receive with respect, and
when approved by his judgment, to act
upon the counsels of his official adyi.
sers. add, with unmixt pleasure, that,
from the commencement of the Gov
ernmeut, with the exception OF Mr..
Jefferson's Administration, no Chief
Magistrate has found the members of
bis Cabinet SO united on all public mea.
sures, and so cordial and friendly in all
their intercourse, private and official, al
those are OF the present President.
Had | voted for General Jackson. in
opposition to the we'll known opinions
| entertained of him, one tenth part OF
the ingenuity and zeal which have been
employed to excite prejudices against
me would have held me up to universal
contempt and what would have been
worse, 1 should have jaH that | really
deserved il.
Before the election. an attsmpt was
made by an abusive letter, published in
the Columbian Observer, at Philsdel-
phia, n paper which, as has since trans
PRED, was sustained by Mr.. Senator
Eaton, the colleague, the friend and
the ~biographer of General Jackson, to
assail my motives, and to deter me in
the exercise OF my duty. This letter
being ayowed by MIR George Kremsr,
| instantly demanded from the house OF
Representatives an Investigation. A
Committee was accordingly, on the 5th
day OF February, 1895, appointed in The
rare mode of balloting by the House,
instead of by the selection of the Speak
er. 1t was composed Of some of the
leading members OF the body, not one
of whom was my political friend in the
proceeding Presidential canvass. AL
though Mr.. Kremer, in addressing the
House, had declared his willingness 10
bring forward bis proofs, and his readi-
ness 10 abide the issue of the enquiry,
his fears, or other counsels than bis own,
prevailed upon him to take refuge in a
miserable subterfuge. OF all possible
periods that was the most fitting to sub.
stantiate the charge, if it was true
Every circumstance was then fresh the
witnesses all living and present; the
election not yet complete i; and there
fore the imputed corrupt bargain not
fulfilled. All these powerful c~onsidera-
tons had no weight with the c~onspira-
tors and their accessories, and they
msanly sbrunk from even an attempt to
prove their charge, for the best OF all
possible reasons-becaase, being false
aud fabricated, they could adducs no
proof which was not false and fabrica.
ted.
During two years and a half, which
have now interviewed, a portion of the
press devoted to the cause OF General
Jackson, have been teeming with the
vilest calumnies against me, and the
charge, under every camelou form, has
been a thousand times repeated. Up
to this time, | have in vain invited in
vestigation, and demanded evidence
None, not a particle has been adduced.
The extraordinary ground has been
taken, that the aceusers were not bound
to establish by proof the guilt of their
victim. In a civilized, christian and