Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-10-16

sne Union to the other. / shall denounce no one
yUue on The party have not spared me. even
9uousn destitute OF any thing to work u,on bnt
sc'APs and fragments of exparte ,ngorma,,ou
Tue spurious growth OF hot-bed memories !
nave spared some Of hex. | shall We, ,oo,.
some Of them, ~ sP~'
me preceding and following subjects. are
'h SOM respects, connected with each Other
lnsu lnstruc ions from a few peoole in nv
n'sutc', TO vote Tor General Jackson. hut the
J"ets ana crcI1stances attending il are nef kyo.ru
20 'ne piode. aud the Jackson party have made
u the foundation Of all sorts OF differences anl
inoendoes. They take il for granted iha, | WAS
inuuenced BY Mr.. Clsy.-They infer that moth.
ing saor,o OF n'sinfiuence could have induced me
~ eo'e sgainst Observation-Disclosures. il is cir.
cumssant'ai evidence of unfair influence in the
e'eet'oo-inuendo, | had knowledge Of the bar
gam must entreat the Jackson party. and
u's partizans OF all parties. to mob me ss,th an.
t"h5 our ''iueadoes- any hing but fss ifsse ana
poSf ~" inaendoes The facts, when unde stood
~ u'saouse me- and do justice to my charsc
ter and motives.
Montgomery and Bath, are two of the coun
ties OF my late district. Some twenty citizen.
of Bath county me, at Shsrpsburg. and instruct.
co me to vote for General Jackson. That couu.
y gave from twelve to fifteen hundred votes q,
me preceding election. MontQ omery contain,
more votes than Bath. About one hundred O.
.hem, more or less, assembled ri Moun,ster
ing, (by advertisement,} and Instructed me sto
support and vote for. General Jackson through
OUT the Whole contest" was informed at the
.ime-(l have the letters yet,-lhas these in
s.ruetions were got up ~ the instance OF Colonel
fsyne, OF the county. who had been written "a
on the subject by II. K Call, then at Washing.
ION, as the Delegate from Florida.
ME James lrimble, the chairman OF the NEE.
ung' states, tina, "Coionel Payne addressed the
chair IN . speech, IN which he said that he bad
received a letter from General Call, informing
thatit was necessary for the success Of &c
neral jackson, that our representatives in Con
gress should be instructed to vote for him. That
unless the people IN Kentucky Tor the Western
country, ! do not remember which, instructed
their representatives to vote for him, General
Jackson would no, be elected" Mr.. Trimble is
not my relation (See ie.ter d.
DR.. Duke says: "Col Payne read me a letter
which he said he had received from Gen. Call
the delegate from Florida. requesting him TO
get MI. Trimble instructed to vote for Gen.
Jackson. To the bes. Of my recollection, the
letter stated, that NJ. +. and a majority of the
Kentucky delegation, would vote for Mr.. A
dams, and urged him to call the people ,oge'h-
er, add send on Instructions as quickly as pcs
sible, that Mr.. I. mighs be prevented from do
ing 50. Accordingly, in three or four days, q
meeting was called, &c. See letter ~
l should like TO see General Calls letter. Let
1t be published. Let some other letters written
to Colonel Payne. be also Published; together
with Others which | could describe, as having
passed between some members Of the Kentuc.
ky legislature and persons at Washington: The
contents will enable the public to oompre
b ard the secret views of some OF the active lea
ders in the business, i.
| hsye nothing 10 say against'Mr. Cal, having
taken him TO be q very respectable man
| can make proper allowances for his srdor in
the cause; but he and the other letter writer's
must have been blinded by their yea, or they
would have seen that instructions from a few yo
tiers, sot up BY prompting from Harrington, would
be more likely 10 operate against their fsvorite
candidate than for him. They knew very little
OF me, personally, or they would have known
| wou id not be controlled BY the contrivan,
ces and secret Management of any man or club
OF men, in or out Of the State or district. Mr..
Call was formerly one OF General Jackson's aids;
had recently travelled with him from Tennessee
to Washington-was then boarding with him at
the same hotel (Gadsby's)-spd was known to
be his close friend and confdant. Thus situa-
ted, Mr.. Cali might have ~foreseen that sn in
struction. voted BY a meeting, 2 conciufed at his
request, would not be very acceptable to the
member of Congress against whom the move
ment was directed. The mail which brought
the instruction, apprised me OF this covert
procedure. BY persons alien to the district, to
the freedom of my honest Judgment;
and, thank HEAVIER, I had fsmness enough to
resist il. A proper sense Of respect for myself,
and for the body Of the people whom repre-
a due regard for the station which !
flied, and for the agency and nature OF the trust
confided to me-, all made it my duty TO resist
the con,rolment OF secret procarations, emana-
ting from non residents, and, issuing from The
clearinghouse of Gen. Jackson. under the s'g-
nature of his friend and co0fidant, aud former
aid de camp.
II was a delicate business for Gen. Call, an
alien to the State and district, = mere delegate
from Florida, to iniermeddle between me and
my constituents; and still more so as the friend
and coDfdant OF Gan. Jackson. II was an intra.
sion which should not be tolerated. Why did he
mask the movement, and conceal it from mel
why not give me noticei II he had done 50.
should have written BY the same mail stating my
objections 10 Gen. Jackson. and assigning the
reasons why | bad determined 20 vote for MIR
Adams. The friends OF Mr.. Adams should HAYS
been informed why | thought him best qusi'hed,
and why | considered him the safest and best
choice. The friends Of agriculture, internal lm.
provements, and domestic manufactures, should
have been informed why | thought It bes, to take
a President in favor Of those Interests, rather
than put them under the control and manage.
ment of Southern statesmen, lnkewarm IN the
cause. or deadly hostile TO the system, This