Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-11-27


serenity sir miissN or that he has grossly
delrauded the treasury.
d Colonel Benton was employed on
behalf of Mrs. Mann, of Pike county.
NO. to collect sum of money for her.
from tie War Department. While at.
tending at Washington as a Senator. he
applied at the proper office, and receiy.
ed The money, but on his return 10 Mis-.
sonfl, neglected to pay it over. Mr.
Mann, the husband of the creditor. de !.
manded the money, but the Colonel hay
ing spent It could not or would not re-
pace Y, except very small part; and
Mr. NJ. beng In the necessity for The
cash, and angered at such treatment.
Drought suit, torecover the amount. but
afterwards, impelled by his urgent need.
and fearing total loss, ia case the Sc.
na'or should be pressed by bis other
creditors, he was ioIced to compromise
on the Senator's own terms, and accent
an order for merchandise on a store in
st. Louis. besides deducting fifteen per
cent. on the gross amount collected, for
| The Senator's trouble in receiving it.
/ could cite many similar instances Of
! the ColontPs conduct, both as an attor.
ney and as private man, but these will
do as sample; and may serve 10 con
vince his distant friends and admirers
how rig'dly he pufsues the dictates OF
honesty, and how tit a man ne is to ao-
cuse others Of personal and sordid views!
His veracity stands on foundation
bout as stable as that which upholds his
honesty. AS regards bis charges again /
| me, have him nailed 10 the counter.
I That is only single instance, but such
Is his habitual disregard of sincerity and
( candor, that his constituents can hardly
ask him the most common questions,
without throwing him into the most EN-
ba'rassins difficulty. II they ask him
how far it is to Washington, be at once
thinks of the sac thousand three hundred
and sereaiy.sir miles, he, poor, man has
totFavel in going there and reforming. II
they ask him about the style Of living a
dopted by the great officers Of govern
ment, his "old fashioned republican no.
tons viii be sboekedn at their gorgeous
splendor and eastern magnitcence, fol
he can hardly help thinking Of the infa
nous East Room letter, aud the a~s
ward atiempt IL sustain IL, by another
letter containing a string OF clumsy pre-
varications, no less infamous than the
original II they ask hio whether the
House Of Representatives is body q
men Of talent and efecated character, aht
a BIT depository 81 the right oflhe states
to decide the Presidential election OIL
whether il is prone 10 corruption and
}ireaehery, and is IAN unfit place. to
decide the election, he viii be thrown
into utter confusion; Tor he cannot know
which horn OF the dilemma will best sus
tain him, his speech in the Senate in
1924, or his report 70 the same body 10
1896. The former was delivered in a
time when he proiessed to be the devot-
Ell friend aud follower of RIr Clay whose
success iand as Z consequence, his own
promotion) he thought more likely TO be
accomplished by the House of Represen
tatWes, than by the nation at large. But
the latter was elaborated after he had
betrayed his old friend, and deserted 10
the banners Of bis old enemy, who was
then giving signs Of elevation, and max
ing rapid advances to the possession OF
that power which the Colone, breads
aud that patronage to which be anxious
ly looks FOR recompense Of all bis la
bors, and all his sacrifices Of friends and
principles If they ask him whether
iAneral jackson possesses the education
talents and virtues necessary TO at INN
for the high and diversified duties of the
Presidency, before he can answer in the
affirmative, he must look around hun
with a iudicrous fear, to see that there Is
no enc present, Of the hundreds who
have heard him revile the GenefU! with
out measure or moderation; deuouncing
him, not once nor twice, but habitually
in head and in heart, in character and
in temper, in manners an d in habits. II
they ask him whether, in his opinion
Adams and Clay betrayed the people
and bought and sold the Presidency, he
may answer either in the ne gatiye or the
affirmative, and be fully sustained BY has
olcn previous statements; for on this
subject he seems to direct The expression
of his opinions according to the political
complexion of the company he happers
!, ! 10 or aanneIin his own bnpas