Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-09-04
TEE GAZETTE,
P 4, 1898.
THE C.ass OF o

pTeS-s9FlS fsbe"So cause OF wonder and D..
malenent in tha minds of al se6ectisg men. at
the blind folly of a party who are seeking to
disgrace their country by enrolling in her con.
suIsIe, a man whose predominsting trai, Of cha.
rseter, is rrGanism. II is a startling assertion
truly; and II should not be made, II We knew
Row TO disbelieve suoh evidence AZ k sfforded
below. This is extracted from the "fru,h's
Advacate"-we do not ask an impartial and a
cautious public. lfor men ought in these DAYS
Of unllsenosd and unbrdled virtupesat!on, to
Nceivs with caution the say 50 of either side
We do not ask cautious men to take the com.
nentary Of the "Advscate" fos true. EXCEPT so
hT as it makes q d'sanes reference 70 b,orsn
hcts--bnt to look especially a. the certificates
md then say upon their eosseisnees whether
Gen. Jackson acted right in this ms,tey-wbe-
khe' the following are not the inevitable infe.
isnsss which must be drawn from the perussi-
i. That Grn. Jackson and bis friends have
distinctly asserted fhat John Woods was an old
deserter, when they must have known this to be
untrue, or what is eqaivalens when they did no,
know it to sc true, it being in point of fssr
false Herein not only disregarding the run,
but doing SO to the prejudice OF a mans cha
sas'e' who lie in the grave, to give a false gloss
10 the sharaetsr of their Idol.
?, That Gen. Jackson was an eye witness TO
Woods behaviour.
). That the only single circumstance wheuce
q muuneus spirit can be inferred was the cir.
sumstsOcs of his priming the gun, and tina. as
Wsts equivocal, We have no right in fairness,
10 presume it a criminal act, il being equivocal,
aAd when besides, the whole narrative che w
toaf. at the worst, Woods was merely a little
s%u'en--not having attempted any thing like VIC
knse or resistance from beginning 10 end.
q That Gen. Jackson was not only an eye
Witness. but afterwards heard the testimony be
cause he was present and spoke to the Oour,
Martial during the trial-wslkins baskysrds
and foFwards-fhat he went SO far as to caution
them against ccnvictng this boy (nos Is years
old shelving by bis language. that he thought
the testimony Insufficient, and that knowing aud
seeing all this, he would not grant his life, aud
sSore by the Eternal God, that he would no,
"5o's his pardoning power was, or could be-
appealed to
mere are other differences bu, these sre suf |
"''eh' and more than sutfisient-and we ysi,e-
'"e that If these certificates are true. eyers
%'" must admit tina, we are correct in saying
ua'' the country will be dsgraced by the elevs !
"On 0i this miscbsivsus cid man to the first
'iHCe IN the Government.
From Truths .7duOcGss. |
many months have elapsed, since the
W. ana execution of the unfortunate
woods was made a subject of i~nvesti- |
sSuOn before the public, and of serious
.udrse against general jackson. 1t is
p",UaOie that this and many other acts
"Ooodshsd and violence on the part
|e general would never have been
"'uced' had it not been for the inconsid-
"s'e zeal Of bis partizans to make him
~'Sh'y a man of courage but one Of
TI'Aampied mildness and humanity.
.HeSe are attributes which do not be.
sus 10 his characteristics whole life
au"s the fact; aud l will not for one,
Susly SIT by and see him invested with
t0m. lot purposes so unholy and Aagi-
NJ" lie is emphatieally a man of
ra and carnage, and has always been
oeh'and reckless in whatever he has
T 20 de, both in bubble and in private
: would have no such man "a Sem
Y aJudge. much less the President
"Gs United States.
aae execution of Woods has been
sf,"! discussed; but I am confident,
peoatau' that a great majority of the
Tbpe DO not understand the case.
linz s'e mas been great difficulty in get
ms, az the facts. The friends of Ge.
q " Jackson have been uncommon.
i, slant to keep them from the pub
NEE They have ressrted to every
sb,n' TO screen their hero from the
IN, and confusion which the truth Of
hin "ShSact'on must inevitably fix upon
'oFsVsr But they have not sue
NNsa' Neither Eaton nor Parrish