Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-10-08

10 Which We DO not feel authorised to
give currency. Some of them are doubt
less true, and some false. Some. in
deed, we know to be OF both characters.
We shall coDfine ourselves to the pub
lication of such papers on the subject
as have the sanction of some known
name; and we shall, with at least as
great pleasure, publish such papers 10
yIndication of the officers of the De.
paftmeni, as 10 accusation Jf them.
The following letter from the late
First Assistant Postmaster General,
addressed to Mr. Barry, the Postmaster
General. is copied from the United
States Telegraph, OF September asth:
CHEVY CnAsr, Sept as, 1920
Sir When nv friend Simpson. was
here on Saturday evening, he was So
dipfomafique, that could not well tell
whether lie came on his own account.
on your account, or on the account OF
those who manage your oflcial affairs.
gave, OF course, little heed to his
remarks, but told him of sundry acts.
sayings and doings of yours, which
showed your total unfitness for the
office OF Postmaster General, and which
must Inevitably lead to your imme date
removal, If known to The President
These were told him with tn. express
Intention tina, they should be commun.
Gated to you.
No representation on the subject had
then been prepared, and the DELAY arose
from a reluctance to take any stsp
which might look like the offspring Of
resentment. Upon further reflection.
however, have concluded that, what
ever appearance il may have, IL is NY
duty, both as citizen having a proper
regard to the interest of his country.
as an individual having due regard 10 |
bis reputation, to represent the subject
fully.
There is law which prohibits the |
payment Of money to any who is indebt- |
ed to the pubic, until the indebted. |
ness ceases. Being no longer your
subordinate, il tssnow become my duty /
IL state, in due form, 10 the Comptroller t
OF the Treasury, that YOU are in that
predicameut | have also added that
your indebtedness to the amount Of ten !
thousand dollars. is as clear, distinct. |
aad indisputablc as it is IN any case |
whatever. Tha, he knows very we'll, :
as lawyer, that the pretended excul T
patton which lately appeared in the
Telegraph, is equally at war with con
mon sense, common Law. and the decis.
ions ofthe Supreme aud Circuit Courts
Of tho Trnited States
You know il has Away. been nav
course and my desire to pass SMOOTHLY
along the current Of life, To avoid every ),
ruttls and tempest that was practicable,
10 serve my friends and to do acts of
courtesy and kindness to all who came
in ay way But you was advised. thro'
Mr. simpson, that the public is already
a loser by you in payments and engage
meuts. To the amount of near!, one
hundred thousand dollars, and you
have been hardly six months in office.
The duty, therefore. of making thess
representations is no less indispensable
than il is unpleasant. | cannot but !
hope, therefore, that you will review
your course since you have been in
office, and resign a situation for which |
you are so entirely unified You knew
the law, that the President must dis |
charge you from office: his duty is i'm
perative; and il he was DESTROYS to serve |
you, which | am confident he will not |
be, aud should hesitate, it would, in the
present state of parties, and of the
country, bring on motion for impeach-
ment, which, although his friends might |
be too powerful and partial to allow of
IFS reaching maturity, would occasion
him inexpressible chagrin and distur-
bance, too great for his advanced years.
You can, therefore at the utmost hold
your station but a shsrt period, and
ought, therefore, on every account. TO
give up the office Immediately. This
measure will save me from the pain of
being public accuser, yourself from
the disgrace of removal for adequate
cause. and this communication will then
become confidential. For whatever
has passed. have no wish to depreeiate
you in the opinion of your friends. But
II would be objectionable, knowing you
as do, to let the quarter pass, and the
making of the great contracts in 0cto-
Der next, to come into your hands, with
out proper efforts for prevention.
am, sir, your obedient servant.
ABM. BRADLEY.
Hon. WILLIAM I. BARRY,
Postmaster General.