Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-05-24
political.
from the .lf.aEd.e,o4sn Sentinel

l from the stItftQ4cfC1tb OcfItifset ]
| Some OF our readers may remember, that. so
long ago as the spring of 1924 We published 4
! corresp o., dence between Mr.. Monroe, then
| President of tue United States, and General
Jackson, on the proper course 10 be pursued
| by Mr. Monroe, IN the selection persons TO
| All the offices ia his cabinet In q q. Jackson's
| letter, bearing date Jan. O. 1917, was the iol.
loving paragraph:
81 sm free TO declare, had l commanded
| the military department where the ilsr ford
| Conve 1tion met, If 1t had been the last act OF
my life, should nave punished tile three prin-
| cipal leaders Of the party. | an certain an m
| d pendent Court Marital would have condsmn-
| ed them under the second section OF the act
establishing rules and -gulatIons Tor the go
vernmet of the army Of the UnAed States"
| In commenting on this cltratlon, IN May,
| 1924, the Richmond Enquirer, then support
| ing Mr.. Crawford for the Presidency, but now
the ms devoted adherent OF Gen. Jackson,
| made this remark:
"Now, whs; IS the second section of the act
Of Congress, by which the General would have
hung MP these members OF the Hartford Con
yention."
"SsCr. 2. .4id be IL further enacted, That in
fine of war, all persons. not citizens of or
owing allegiance TO the Ualted States OF Amer
ca, who shall be found lurking spies in or
about the Notifications or encampments of the
| armies OF the United States. or any OF thea,
shall suffer death, according to The law and
usage of nations, by sentence ola general court
martial"
The Editor then adds
snow, how can any man bring the Hartford
Convention within thus sectlohi Were they
adens1 NJ: they were citizens. Were they
lurking as spses' Cali them traitors, hyou please;
A
ing m or about the forthestions &c wneR they
were in Hartford, where no Notifications per
haps were erected no troops encampedf
"What sort OF a President would this etreas
ciyiia1 maker A gentleman who cannot inter
pref the PLAN expressions of one law--Ind YET
would be called TO administer all he laws oft C
landl One, whose IDEAS are 50 barely miAtayy,
that he would transmute traitor INTO spy
or would punish treason, not by the civil cour s.,
but a court ,nartinL? Ose, rho, IN any rreat
CRISIS you'd concert the zghole country nto one
great can't and 5ssRid reduce almost evety th,Hr
under martial EaIo!
of thus individual be a Republican, then in.
deed, as be says himself, names are 6u55ies."--
What respect would such great CIV Ian en-
terrain for the iG7es and ooastitiltiss OF this
country Is sWch an one qualified for our ehsF
gagisfrateP'
Adams, this psper was unquestionsbly one Of
the most ably conducted and influential journals
in the country. 1t gave tone and character to
politics, not only in Vtrgnla. bat so far as its
circulation extended, throughout the southern
states: II has always been remarkable however,
tor its hostility 10 northern interests and north
ern statesmen, and particularly for It's bitter and
unrelentng enmity to the Adams family
During the last presidential canvass, MIR. Richie
the editcr, was hrm, CONSISTENT, and we be
licve sincere in has support OF Mr. Crawford
bat on the. defeat oE has fAv0rite cand dltc, and
the election Of the present Incumbent, and
without even plausible reastn, aud actgsted
only by sectional = eio&,ce and personal DIS
like. he cutnHehced 4 course of vltGperatlon
and abuse o. MT. Adams, winch has been an
RENTED 10 the present tune We have never
known any instance of rapid deterioration Of
character as mas been exhibie ed by the Enql-
rer; It has not nov the merit OF being the CTi-
ginai IN its sGurilty; but consents 10 retail the
abuse oil the most Vensi aud degraded presses
IN the country. Its predictions Tor General
jackson are founded on any thing bat principle
or admiration OF his talents; tor the General IS
known to be IN favor of protecting our domcs.
tic industry, and opposed to the iavorite poll
cy of Virginia: and the gentleman who can
not interpret the plan expressions of one law"
never VIII command the respect OF msu of
. the discrimination OF Thomas kitche.
We VIII conclude by requesting the gentle.
man 10 reconcile the d.screpance OF bis former
expressions relative to the "N.litary Chiettain,"
WITH his present sentiments, as gwen an the
columns Of The EEquirer.