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

ed contradiction oil a recent calumuv
which originated in Philadelphia, res,
pecting an alleged intrigue between
Messrs. Bailey and Webster, of the
House Of Representatives, and Mr.. A.
dams, relative to the Presidential cleo
ten. The source of the story, as well
as its intrinsic absurdity and imDroba.
bIlity, convinced US that il was one Of
the daily fabricatioDs got up for party
purposes, especially as it was put forth
only three days before the election in
Philadelphia, when there was not sufi.
cient time for its REPUTATION, all the par
ties implicated being three hundred
miles oil. We did not suppose there
was a nan Of any intelligence who
would be gulled at this time of day by
such a tale; and as the trick failed Of lts
intended effect on the Philadelphia e.
lection, we thought it hardly deserving
Of serious contradiction. AS some PEG.
Pile, however, who should scorn to coun-
t%enance such expedients, affected to
credit the story, it was deemed proper
to put it down by a formal denial and
defiance, in the New-York American.
Since then, Mr. Bailey, one OF the gen.
tlemen mentioned, has published in the
Boston papers the following qualified
contradiciion:-NIut INTEL.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Ihave seen, in the .New York EUen.
ing Post, of the 9th instant, a paragraph
extracted from the Philadelphia Palia.
dunn, Of the 9th, alleging, in express
terms, that, in the Winter of 1924 5.
pending the Presidential election, | had
conversations with Mr. Webster and Mr..
Adams on the consideration which the
Federal party would have in the distri-
button OF the Government Offices, if Mr..
A. should be made President; and that a
letter was written by me to MIR. Web
ster on the subject, as the result OF q
conversation with Mr.. Adams, and on
his authority.
Every particle of these ale gations is
a gross fabrication, utterly destitute Of
the shadow of truth. never had a tit.
tie OF any such conversation with either
MIR. A. or Mr.. W.; nor did any letter
pass from OF through me, having the
most remote resemblance to the one all
lodged.
II is stated that s'the names of two
gentlemen members of Congress, are
left with us the Palladium ass war
rant for the above statement" Its not
possible that this assertion is true. II
cannot be that a single member should
be found so profllgste and base as TO
give his name a voucher for such I'M
blushing falsehood From the date Of
the publication, three days before the
Pennsylvania election, and from the
conspicuous use of the name of Mr..
Sergeant, who was a candidate at that
election, the conclusion is inevitable
that the paragraph is the fabrication Of
some unprincipled part,zan, for the pur-
pose OF giving a temporary success to
his party. Comment on such profigacy
is unnecessary. JOHN BAILEY.
Dorchester, Mass, October II, 1877.
To the contradiction, the editor of
the New York Evening Post, appends,
in bis paper, the following note, in re-
gard to the hand which he took in Civ
ing color and circulation to the calum-
ny:
".Ansuer-Wben we said we had been
10 possession OF the above facts a long
time, we meant to be understood that
the above facts had, in substance, been
communicated to us, from q highly res.
pectable source, as long ago as last
Spring, accompanied by names, and
circumstances. But, from the precise
and positive terms in which the above
paragraph is oouched, W. must believe
there has been some misunderstanding
or misrepresentation somewhere, where,
we know not. Is the mistake in the nsma
of Mr. Bailey 1t is the first time we
ever heard oft, as connected with this
affair"
And thus the miserable fabrication
ends. -
Gibbon, in his Decline and Fall OF
the Roman Empire gives the follow,
ing character of Aurelian, a successful
military chieftain,' who was made en-
peror of Rome. "He was naturally NJ
a severe disposition. His nerves yielded
not easily to the impressions of sy"pa-
thy, and he could sustain without emo
ton, the sight of fortunes and dea.h.>
Trained from his earliest youth IN the
exercise of arms, he set too small a eos
ue on the life Of q citizen, ehasf.ssa oy
an. .IobfeSl offences.