Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-06-26

Extract rom The proceedings IN the House
Of Representatives. in Congress assem-
5tsd, Gu tie 18th December, 1895, on
an address TO President WASHING
TON, upon his retiring from office,
the last and pregnant parogroph ,ras
astoltotcs:
May you long enjoy that liberty
which is so dear to you, and to which
your name will ever be so dear. May
your own virtues and Nations prayers
obtain the happiest sunshine for the de-
cline of your days, and the choicest of
future blessings. For our country's sake,
for the sake of Republican liberty; tits
our earnest wish that your example
may be the guide of your successors
and thus, aitet being the ornament and
safe guard of the present age, become
the patrimony OF our descendants
Upon agreeing to this Address, the fol-
lowing gentlemen voted in the negative.
Thomas Blount, Isaac Coles, William
b. Giles, Christopher Greenup. James
Holland, .andrsp Jackson, % Edward
Livingston, Matthew Locke, William
Lyman, Samuel Maclay, Nathaniel Ma
con, and Abraham Venable."
Patrick ". Darby, esq. Of Kentucky, has sd-
dressed a letter to the Editor of the Mary
lander. from which the following is an extract;
SIR have seen and considered the follow
ing paragraph in you- paper.
1--WE have heard II stated, that about the
time the combination were preparing to pos
sess themselves of print at the seat of gov
ernmen', letter was written 10 Pas'1es Ii.
Darby, by distinguished member of Congress,
and handed open TO an iHmsfrislss persoange TO
be by him forwarded. That tho purport OF the
letter was, to engage MIR. Darby to edit an OPP
position paper. We learn further, that the
said illusirious Parsonage did enclose the said
open letter to Mr. DARCY, in one from himself.
flour informant be correct, and Mr.. Darby has
the letters in question, he would confer a favor
on his sountrymen by FULFILLING them. The
public would then know the persons at the
bottom ofthe present unhallowed opposition,
and thus be enabled to Judge Of the motives OF
the party"
Was | TO refuse or neglect 60 answer your
Gen. Jackson, or rather The enemies o9the pre-
sent National Administration, for pot answering.
| And shall he equally abused by them for obey
ing your call. viii, however, do what corr
| slider to be my duty, and trus, for consequent
ces 10 God and the American people.
Shortly after the last Presidential election, /
received from Washington city, letter from
| Gen. Jackson, marked '9privste," enclosing to
me lo,ter from my brother, William Darby
now Of Maryland proposing 20 me the estab-
| lishment OF press, either In Kentucky or Ten
, nessee, or some where in the western country
| and at strong terms. An enquiry was made OF
| me as TO the effect Of the shock my fortune and
business had received in Tennessee, and the
hen state Of my finances.
Considering that ! had been .reacherously
dealt with, and actually sacrificed by'Gen, Jack
son, 10 form new relations, and subserye his
own ambition, / determined not to renew
my connexion with him, and therefore, nevey
| answered MS letter. My brothers. letter did
| answer; and stated to him that considered Mr..
Adams election as the fair and natural result
Of political chances, founded on his talents and
fitness for the place, and not the effect offraud.
| or the result of political combination. That
knew the relations existing between General
Jackson and Mr.. Clay, and that it was impos-
sible for The latter TO vote otherwise than as he
| did, unless he voted on the forlorn hope of Mr..
| Crawford, and thereby run the risk OF con-
| vulsing the country by failure of election.
Learning from other sources, as well as these
letters, that regulated and organized oppos-
sition was getting up to oppose the adminlstra-
ton OF Mr. Adams, further stated to my bro
| ther, that ould not engage in any combins-
| ton, the object of which was TO oppose the
| regular operations of the government But thai
if he would agree 10 edit paper on general
principles, in support of the administration
| when ii was rgh, and oppose what was wrong,
would establish preas in Kentucky and place
him at the head OF it.
To this answer TO my brothers letter, l ne
| yer received any replication; and therefore. un.
| Ill lately. | thought him favorable to the cause
| and interests of the opposition, and have SAID
| hut little TO him on politics. My own Judg-
| ment was, that it was nv dutyto publish these
letters: but on Consulting some friends to whose
friendship and msgnanimity, | owe all that
possess, and in whose recti,ude and judgment !
! have every possible complementary differed
| with me in opinion, and when went to Nash
| vile, in May, 1927, enclosed them to Gen.
Jackson, by the band of Thomas Crutcher,
| Esq.
| AS to the true character of this transaction,
an6 the conversation which passed between
| Gen. jackson and my brother, which related
| to me. refer to William Darby--and call up
on him to state them to the public.
l have long had satisfactory evidence in my
possession, to show, that il was this refusal on
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