Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-07
From the Richmond Whis.
CUMB GRLAND, Jan. 9th, II

friends nf Gen. jackson In this county,
as we'll as throughout the Union, are in
the habit of exercising privileges both
with the names and characters of indi.
viduals, unauthorized either by the or
binary usages of society or the rules OF
sound morality, and destructive alike to
each. A departure of this nature has
been made in forming the Jackson Cor
responding Committee Of this county,
as published in the Enquirer Of this past
week. Ny name is there associated with
the friends Of Gen. jackson. l take
this occasion to disavow such associa
ton for the purposes designed, and to
declare that the use Of my name was
without my consent or knowledge.
II may be of little consequence land
doubtless isl on which side an humble
individual like myself may be found in
the political strife of the day. Butthere
are other considerations apart from those
of public character, which impell me
to this disavowaL ! am an American oi.
tizsn, and feel the responsibilities at
sached to that distinction. | am the
friend of civil order, and cannot but re
gard with awakened sensibilities, the
maddened efforts Of my countrymen at
its destruction.
For these reasons, and with the con-
viction that it's the duty of every man
to correct Misrepresentation of char
acter or feelings, ! beg you will allow
the insertion Of these remarks in your
useful paper. Respectfully.
A. CHEATWOOD.
Exrac, Of 1sasr from Beaufort, W Caroh1,a.
II have been highly gratified with The
able and unanswerabie address of the
Virginia Convention. Mr.. johnson de-
serves the thanks of the Republic for
this splendid effort of human intellect
and shall be much mistaken fhe does
not at some future day, also receive the
gratitude and highest honors the soys-
reign people have to bestow"
II am firm in the opinion that this
state will vote for the recollection Of Mr..
Adams Ibelieve the nomination Of Mr..
Rush, is generally acceptable to our
friends in this State. We are diffusing
light, and the cause is gaining ground
in every county Ihave intelligence from.
I believe this county will give more than
500 majority for the Administration e.
lectoral ticket.
The documents concerning the six
militia men have been sent to the House
Of Representatives, by the Secretary of
War Mr.. Wickiife, in reply to Mr..
Sloan's motion to print, hoped they
would not be printed until the friends of
the General had an opportunity of ex-
aiming them to see if they were com
plete. Their effect on the people is
evidently much dreaded by the friends
Of Gen. jackson.
The London Courier, under the head
of american sHanners,o publishes Col.
Benton's account Of Geo. Jackson's at
tack upon him with dirk and pistol, in
the streets of Nashville in 1918, prece-
ding the same with the following com.
ment:
"The following curious narrative APP
pears in the American papers. One of
the actors in il, il will be observed. is
General jackson, the candidate for the
Presidency, who, at the last election,
united more voices Of the people in bis
favor than any other. This, we admit,
is not General Jackson's own account
of the matter, and some provocation
had no doubt been given, but, making
every allowance, unless the whole be
an absolute fiction, it gives an extraor-
binary idea OF the savageness Of the
South Western States"
1t is truely painful that candidates
should be pressed upon the American
people for the highest Office in the state,
whose deeds, when spread before the
world, are so directly calculated to in.
lure our national character abroad. E.
ven the London Courier almost doubts
the accuracy of Col. Benton's statement;
and it he gave an untrue account of the
bloody assault, il is no more than right
that be should sxplain.-.Aisr. Gas.
The following extract from SCOTS life
Of Napoleon is not inapplicable to the
present state of deluded feelings in
this country:
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