Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-21
AR. EVERETT.

| The debate on ketrenohment has at last
ceased IN Congress, not, Ito draw a comparison
! from the shop,) by the application OF emolI
ents, but b. expendIng Itself for want of furth
er lntiamma,ory matter. Corruption and fraud,
| and extravaganza, have been ailedged, and re-.
| PEELED IN this discussion Very freely. 1t might
be ATTY termed an ,nquisition into the private
chpraSter as well IS public acts Of J @. Adams,
E.q The resolution as it finally passed, differ.
ed materially from its original form. The op
position 10 the administration desired the iHau.
( ry, and It's friends have seconded its views The
following is the concluding part of the speech
OF Hr. Everett OF Mass. gentleman who adds
| to the erudtian of the Scholar, the maniir.ess
and disinterestedness of the patriot: we also
add good moroccan from Gen. Vance a very
able and thorough going wing from Ohio
Sir, there were other topics, On which
! meant to have touched, but / have exhausted
the little strength which brought into the
House. In the part have taken in the dis.
custom, l have but acted on the defensive /
own, SIR, that have been little surprised,
that u has even been made question whether
the Administration was assaled or not. Why,
, sir, there has not been a day nor an hour since
| u was formed, that it has not been assailed. |
Go n9t now complain of this, sir, do but state
the fact; and the gentleman from Pennsylvania
tells us now, what we were told two years ago.
by the gentleman from South Carolina, that the
very existence of the Administration was
political telony-thst they have burst unlawful,
~ into the othces OF State, and that he would
no more make terms with them, that is, no
more Judge them by their acts" than with
the robber, who. having broken into his pre-
misses, should promise TO behave himself well,
One gentleman from Tennessee, (Mr. Mitch
ella says they are already too much worn out
TO be attacked, and The gentleman from Ten.
nessee, Mr. Bell, that they are run down !;
and yet We are accused of kindIrng at fancied
charges, and brstling up in the defence, when
nobody has attacked us. Sir, such an assault.
in my limited acquaintance with the history Of
the country. have no where found Chief
Magistrate OF more than ordinary simplicity OF
life and purity OF character is denounced al one
moment as the lmitstor of oriental pomp; and
at the next, as the prohigs,e corrupior Of the
youth OF our nation; as able, faithful and pa.
triotic Cabinet as any ever formed since the
trst Administration OF Washington, and ADLER
than almost every other which has followed, is
denounced as weak, inefficient and corrupt
An Administration, which in three years has
applied thirty.three million for the payment OIL
the Public Debt, and expended ten or twelve
more IN objects OF public utility, is proclaimed
to be protuse and extravagant. An Admins
tration which came into power avowedls on The
principle OF seeking out the best talents of the
nation for offices OF trust and honor, and which
if IT has erred erred in neglecting its friends
is charged With prescribing and prosecuting It's
opponents. and after all this has beea repeat.
ed year after year, till in its effect, gentlemen
fiatier themselves, and tell us that we ATE vast.
ed, worn out, and run down, and after each
and every one OF these topics, and numerous
others, have been touched on in this very de
bate, we are thea told to keep very cool--no-
body has attacked US.
But am wiling for one, Sir, TO take these
declarations of gentlen men "a the indication of
the course which they approve. and are willing
to pursue. IL Is time, for the honor Of the coun-
try, that the war of determination should cease
In laying waste the character OF those wAo, un.
der the constitution of the country. are clothed
with the administration OF its affairs, we are
wasting that which is part of the most ysIua.
ois treasure OF the nation. Above all, il ap
pears to nae, that 1t 10 time the vehemeace
with which, within these walls, tho war has
oeen waged against the Administration. should
cease. IN addition TO its necessary and una
voidaoie evils, the waste Of time--the sacrifice
OF dignity-the kindling IL the worst passions;
Il is accompanied with the stin greater evil.
that II lends kind of sanction 20 that ierocity
IN the press which has already reached che Doins