Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-07-30

we 0ATe SHOWN t1dk tBe pSep1e nave
expressed themselves 10 direct opposi.
ton to these changes. In other cases.
we have shown that the voice Of the
people meant neither more nor less
than the voice of the individual who ap
oiled for the Office. The following par
sgraph gives another version of tina
phrase, and shows the judgment with
which responsible officers are distribui-
ed. The remark has truth as well as
pith in il, the Administrator have lite.
rally come ct last to be not only The
scorn Of men, but the jest Of bays"
"Re6orm. The Administrator have acted
such a ridiouI oss part in The prosecution OF
what they denomias,e refsrm, that they have
litersily csmc at last to be, not only the scorn
Of men, but the Jest ~ boys. a few froiick.
soma youngsters, in a town about thirty midas
from here. assembled a few days ago. and at.
ter making fools Of each other, cesceiyed the
idea Of making fools Of Gea4ral Jackson and
Major BaVry. One oil the numbcr more sober
than the re- {, drew up q petition fos the reno.
val for the Postmaster, and the ap~psin;mcn, OF
d certain other parsonage designated in the Pc
tition. The instrument vas signed by the 9th
er boys, and forthwith sent 10 Washington. As
had been f~oressen, ihs project succeeded, and
he return mail brought a commission for the
new PDsimss'eY Now the Joke Of the whole mat
'sr is this;-1he new Postmaster is The NEST
ragged and drunken vsgsbond IN seven cities,
Ann cannot, for the lis Of him, decipher the
| superscGpuoa Of iettsr.
Hereford Wesbig R-view.
The following statement from the
Western Courier, p pepper published at
Ravenna, Ohio, is a suitable accompani
| msntt to the above. In this case, itseems,
an individual has been remembered by
Gen. jackson, who, tive years since,
attended a jackson meeting, at which
three others we're present, and without
further inquiry into his qualifications or
character a commission is made cut for
him, and the country is secured in search
Of the absc onding Postmaster to thrust
honor and profit upon him. Is this the
way the public money is to be expend-
ed? Is this the nan whom hrs adherents
held up os the parallel Of Jefsrsonf
From the Western Courier
"He'd debts to pay and could rot stay.
ESQ Mosey rae ~swsy.'-oHp SONG.
II will be recollected by most OF our readers,
| that a quartz Jackson meeting was held in Me.
liDa county, in the fall of 1877, to wit; a coun.
~ meeting, at which .fotr persous attended.
three Of whom were appointed delegates to a.
tend the jackson convention a. Columbus, and
that cas- Of this immortal trio was Misses Wright,
of legal memory Now what less could Prest.
deDt Jackson do than bestsw an o!ice, espe.
| ciaily when one office would reward one fourth
| OF the Jecksonites il Medina. II is wsllknowB
| tha4 Can Il acI.san ia me- ScI.aL IA parCrrpi,-
his promises to his friends. so, IN process ii
tune, on came the long looked. tor letter, di.
Tscted ia tNaseS Wright, Esq and oraamented
With the official signature Of W. i. Barry
! appointing the said Mass Postmaster, in and
over Medina and removing Rufus Ferris the
Incumbent. But alas! the freaks ct Dame Fer.
tune! poor Moses legal practice had not in.
creased with his patriotism, sad this boan ol
Jackson gratitude beng too Icing DELAYED. he
was involved in debt and his credhers, unlike
true patriots, would nor wait FOR him 10 pay
them cut OF the milk Of Jackson psp, and he
had to .6tossg Alas, poor Moses. the appel MT.
msnt and removal came, but there was no Ne.
! SEES An express wassent sitter him, that pur
sued Sc Ear as Cincinnati. wheaf hepc lopg &c
Iayed' failad, aad the chase wss g;venup
AS Furris is removed, and Messy run away.
We would suggest TO Mr.. Barry to dirsct his
next appointment ''io any eae of the -Four re.
naming within the county OF Nedinas'
The elections in the state Of Maine ere nov
canvassin8 with great activity on both sides,
and VIC perceive 3 Msjsr Daye2sc, from New
Orleans a former ala OF General jackson, has
rasde a speech in hs praise. This Major ID,
has, we learn, lately received, or Is about to
receive. g diplomatic appointment. Quere, Is
he thus paid for o5trusiyeiy interfering in the
elections eta distant stste1
tBahimore Chronicle.
Rejecting citizens, when they under.
stand the characters of numbers of the
new officers of the government, and
contemplate the means by which they
have obtained their Offices, must trem
hle for the commonwealth WheD, with
all their Glamour against every man
who is even suspected of being indebted
to the government, but who is their poli-
teal opponent, the administration ap-
psint notorious defauiteTs to responsible
statons:-wheh, ia the revenue depart
menS, We see men employed who do no.
stand clear Of suspicion before the pus-
lie eye; when ia the Post Office Depart.
ment we fnd men lifted into station on
the slightest pretenoe, and offices be.
stswed on the mest frivolous applica-
tons, is II not time to ask ourselves
what must be the issue of this line of
conduct? Is this the way TO protect tae
public revenuea Is IL by such men that
! tho e~ancfuoru Of Tho puhIo fraoeu,n~ .,