Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-06-12

WIN De caiiea before . righteous jude
when you and !, and the departed ~ ;
Of my murdered father, win nss - SOU
will be Judged by the ssdeeds d.. saa
the bodyn-tbere we will see who !. ~ "a
wolf in sleeps clothing.'' : we
JOHN HARRIS
After had wrote the precs ed;n. ,
received the report from sthe comrn;ss.'
on military affairs" Though Csns.a,
jackson had, for the purpose Of r;.%
eating his barbarous conduct, made ~
father say what he never thouebl :;
and would have disdained to acknos,
edge, yet / have till lately had too mp.A
confidence in the virtue and honestv a
our Congress. men, to believe. tb..
would knowingly tell what they did NJ,
know to be true. But military infectIon
lis mighty, = and NTH them has prssail.d
No sensible man can read thai reno,;
made by DIR. Hamilton, chairman Of ths
committee, and say il was not oompossS
by warped mind and penned by sub.
missive hand.
GReasoRs for abandoning the General
Andrew Steward, Of Penns ylyanla. a,
present member of Congress, has re-.
piled to some of his constituents, on ii,
present course of conduct, from which
we make the following extracts. Mr.
Steward voted for Jackson-but now
abaDdons him.-Del Jour.
II am charged in the public print
with inconsistency in not notU support.
ing the election of General Jarkson--
whilst should be justly so chargabe il
| did, as must be apparent from a very
brief and plain statement of my course
and the principles by which it has been
governed.
Convinced as I always have been
that the adoption of the American Sys.
ten the establishment OF Domestic
Manufactures and the promotion of In.
ternal Improvement, was indispensable
to our prosperity as people, and thai
without them we must be doomed 10
perpetual poverty, and dependence on
foreign countries for what we can and
ought to supply at home; convinced tso
that the adoption of this;policy constiiu.
ted in fact the great question which now
divides the politicians of this country
into two grea, parties, ''the friends and
the enemies of the .4n,criean System,"I
have determined to take my stand on
the side OF the American System-and
to support those who support the policy
and oppose those who oppose it, with.
out respect to persons.
"Bui how stands the ease now? We
see majority of the states of this u
mon arrayed on opposite sides of this
great question Of adopting the Ameri.
can Sysfem-we see the southern states,
Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, entering into SOLEMN legislative
Resolves, denouneing the American
Syste EN-, Domestic Manufactures and In.
'ernal Improvements as unconstitutional,
unjust and oppressive, and some OF them
resolve that they @insist upon the cons
struction Of The Constitution, and will
submit to no other" These states have
ALL resolved to support General Jack.
son for President, while on the other
hand we see other states entering into
contrary resolves in support OF the A.
merican System, 20 wit: Vermont, Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ind.
ana, who are all believed to be in favos
Of the present Administration. except
Penns, lvania end part of New York
Thus parties stand divided and which
side are we to take5 II any doubt re.
main as to the views and policy of these
two great parties il is completely re-
moved by the official Exposes lately
furnished in Congress by the report o.
Mr. Rush, Secretary Of the Treasury
presenting what are knoarn 10 be iAs
piews Of the present DEMONSTRATION IN
favor of the american System, and on
the other side by the report of Mr.. u,
Duffia, Chairman of the Committee OF
Ways s. Means, presenting what IS De-
lieyed to be the views of the jackson
party, of which he is an able aud as
tinguished leader, in answer to the re-
port of Mr.. Rush, and in opposition %
the american System
"This country is now divided into I'VE
parties, the friends and the enemies o
the "American System" This consu-
tutes the ground of difference beiwees