Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-11-27
Uartous.
Fgom be Klehmond WIG. Noy. q.


ing Mr.. Stevenson with having made
overtures OF a certain nature to him, Mr.
Sloane alleged, that to his colleague,
Mr.. Whittlesey, he had communicated
what passed between Mr. Stevenson and
himself, on The dag II Happened, that is
to say, on the lst Monday Of Dec. 1895
Last evening we received from Mr..
Whit'lesey, the following letter
CoMfsd, Oao, 0cf26er 18Th 1923.
Sir: On my return recently, from an
absence Of some iime from home, saw
in newspaper, (now mislaid or taken
from my office not being one of which |
keep a tile) Mr.. SIoane's letter address
ed to you in which he states. the obses-
vations, hf says Mr. Stevenson made to
him, on the morning OF the day tue
Speaker was elected, for thA 10th Con
gress, and that he related them to me.
nave a distinct recollection that Nr.
Sloane on the evening Of the dav men
toned, IN conversation we held on the
election that had taken place. and on
the subj Ct al the probable state of par
ties. that might thereafter exist, said,
shat previous to taking the ballot Mr.
Stevenson accosted him and observed,
III you," (aiuiing TO the friends of the
administration as supposedly ''wilI elect
me Speaker | will support the admins
tration,' and the Deity was appealed to
as pledge of his sincerity. do not
pretend TO give the exact words used ny
Mr.. Sloane, but have given ,hem as
nearly as my recollection serves zoe -
The election OF Speaker for the 10th
was the snbj ect Of conversation between
Mr.. Sloane and myself at the close Of
tie 18Th Congress. The candidates
spoken Of, were, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Me-
Lane, Mr. Stevenson and Nj Campbell
tten understood from Mr.. Sloane, thai,
Mr.. Stevenson had e7pressed his appre
tensions. that the friends Of Mr. Adams
would support Mr. ajcLane, and that
Rlr Stevenson interposed objections to
him, on account of his politics.
Very respectfully, yours,
Il. Wal rTLESFY.
| ]. H. PtrAsASrs, Esq
Itwiil be seen that Mr.. Whiiteeey
bears Mr. Sloane out, in every particn
lar there being an entire agreement IN
the cords, and what is Of as much con.
sequence, in the day, when Mr. Sloane
communicated what had passed to Mr.,
Whitilesey.
On this state of facts, we believe there
will be very little division in public opin-
ION. Men see clearer, siure what they
looked at, can no longer be coloured by
the Presidential Election. Air Sloane
has established beyond doubt, that on
the LIST Monday OF Dec. iS25, he CON
municated to Mr. Whittesey, what he
has since communicated to the world -
II must either therefore, be confessed to
be true, or the incredible supposition
must be advanced, that on the ist Mon.
day OF Dec 1926 when there was but
little eXcitement--w when he supposed
himself to be OF the same part, when
Mr. Sloane could have had no motive
Tor the act--he coolly went 10 work, to
invent this tale against Mr.. Stevenson --
This sapposition is too shocking to COM
mon sense. to be believed by any one,
who has judgment OF his own
We should not have said word. but
for the manner ia which Mr. Sloane has
been treated by few indiscreet parti-
zans. We unders and from various
sources, both politically friendly and
hostile to him, that no man is mere wor
thy of entire confidence; and though
the jackson fever has turned him out in
Ohio, no gentleman is more generally
respected throughout the State. Yet
upon the strength of the official act of
moving the publication of certain Public
Documents, Mir Stevenson's friends have
called Mr. Sloane infamous,
Mr. Whittlpsey is a member of the
present and Of the pext Congress. We
presume he too, is now to be pronounc-
ed Infamous -
Governor Gilcs.-This man las sunk
under the disgrace which his own viz.
dictiveness has brought upon him. The
''plain tale" of Thos. j. Randolph, and
! the publication Of his letters to Mr.. A
dams, have thrown him into a depth of
insigniGcance, which even his unparall-
eled impudence can never extrieate him
As man we pity Mr., Giles, but we
cannot refrain from congra tuiatDg the
people of Virginia, that the monstrous
| deformity of his character has been de.