Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-07-31

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1t was stated in some newspaper we
think I'VE the People") that a Judge
of the General Court of Virginia, did at
Norfolk, express himself to the effect
mentioned This vas never contradic.
ted, or if it was, we never saw the con-
tradction This general undertaken,
whose vanity thinks it impossible that
public men should hold or avow any o.
pinion, without apprising Mr.. Thos.
RitoLie Of it, has been the 6rst to deny
ito prove The gentleman a second
time mistaken. we insert the following
letter written to US BY citizen of Nor
folk. of high respectability- We do not
give bis name for reasons apparent on
the face of the letter-but the letter it.
self is at this Office, and free to the in
spection of any citizen
NORFOLK, April 4th, 1923
70 THg EDIToRs OF CHg CoSsTIrUTIoNAL
WHO
Observation-Disclosures not personally known
10 either Of you, think may without apology,
take the liberty of Informing you Of a eircum-
stance with which M recollection was refresh.
ened on reading The article in your last paper
respecting Chief Justice Marshall. The cir.
cumstance was as foilows:--
Richard f. Parker. Judge of the Superior
Court tor this and the adjoining counties, OBJ
served in public company not long since,
that of John @ Adams could not be got out of
the Presidency by fair means he ought TO be by
| foul, and it il come TO the latter by Cd he
would be one OF the first 10 help TO put him
out"
VIM. d Lamb, the President of the Branch
Bauk OF Virginia of this place, heard the o5.
serva,ions above quoted, or in substance the
same. who communicated them to the Rev.
| Richard l.. Green, who on the same day related
them to me- 1t is not improper perhaps to OBJ.
serve, that Mr.. Lamb ard Dir. Green are as
| respectable as any men which we have in our
country.
You may do as you think proper with the in.
| formation, except making it public in your pa
| per as from me. have given you the names
| the information is sofrect-and YOU NAV first
write to Mr.. Lamb, OF publish tie matter and
let Judge T. refute it'll be can. lam not a Be-
verify to wish to be brought forward on the
great political arena, but think such observa-
! tons from Judge, who ought to be the con
servaior ofpesce. ough, to be known.
That Judge Parker expressed himself
to this effect is not to be doubted.
What he meant by foul MEANS" unless
he means an appeal to force, we are I'M
able TO conceive. Tia: he did mean
forcs- we do not think there will be
any difference of opinion.
The Enquirer, for the sake of ques-
tloning our veracity, has cot itself into
| this scrape: and we have nailed the
stigma upon lis frontispiece But that
we promised to be gentle with the Old
Lady, whose difficulties resulting from
| her consistency, are the theme of every
tongue, and have driven her to despera.
ton, we should inflict sound cl.astise-
ment upon her impudence in denying
what she was utterly ignorant of.
A more important duty is TO draw the
attention Of the people to these opinions
those extraordinary opinions Of lea.
ding Jackson men. We would gain en-
quire, why the defeat of Gen. jackson
is to dissolve the Union? We would
respectfully ask Mr.. Stevenson, upon
what data be bases an opinion so discre-
ditable to his party, and so alarming TO
| every friend Of the American Unioni
Were there cabals at Washington in
which this scheme was agitated? Was
| there determination to blow the dis.
satisfaction of the Southern States at the
Tariff, into fame, which if Jackson
| should be defeated, was then to be used
to consume the Union, Was there any
thing like an understanding that if Jack
son be defeated, the Southern Delega-
ton will withdraw from Congressi
This we believe This we kno,c, that
not even from the Vaccinations of IA.
ron Burr, was the Union in such ieop
ardy as it has been placed by certain of
the Jackson leaders. Let the people
look to it; for as certainly, as we be-
lieve there is God above all, do we
believe there are dark, dangerous and
damnable designs against the integrity
of the Union.
It's due TO our informant to say, that
he mentioned Mr.. Stevenson's observa-
ton tous, without any design to have il
published. We consider it an extraor-
binary opinion-one, which coming
from the speaker of the ii of Repre-.
sentatives, and coipciding with the opin-
ions of other distinguished men, the
people ought to know--and when we saw
that Mr. Rowan too thought that ano,