Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-06-04
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, .fbri( o. lS.G

sf; have e ceived your note OF yesterdays
ale Il announces TO me that my employment
Clerk IN your department will terminate
nth tie present month -assiE as as reason for
wing me "thls early notice" Eft, 8 desire to
ender the change, resulting from an "unplea-
BOT duty on your part, as little dissgreesble 10
he IS possible, aud closes with an EXPIRE ssion
your "best wishes for my future welfare I"
TO the contents OF your note. | have gwen
he most attentive consideration, and Cannot
tsst toe convection that justice 10 myself de.
hands Of nae more than silent comphsnce
Fth las RandS,e.-Fo that mandate. indeed
IN duty bound submit. But, Sir, your note
implicitly oaIis upon me to submit to something
bore than simple decree o! exclusion from
&he pubic service 1t speaks with some EN-.
pbsss Of an "uDpleassnt duty" on YOUR part.
knd makes my exclusion the result Of that duty.
With the standard by which YOU estimate
pour duty, do not profess, Sir, TO be soauaint
|'d; but would hops that am not mistaken ia
fuppoang 1t to be that which should regulate
he conduct OF a statesman who would prove
|imselt worthy of she age, and the country, IN
|shch you i've--thc standard OF fur, impartial
Justice Justice to the public, whose servant
you are, and justice to your fellow servants.
Can t. then, suppose thisto be the rule of
Rhsf f'duty' which enjons my exclusion from
pc public service, without feeling myself
FaIied upon, in submitting to its operation, to
faom't, at the same time to the imputation of
Feon,petsncy or UJ.ithjRinsss ia that servicel
You will, am sure, hardly allow me to suppose
lat you cootd. suddenly, deprive a public ser
ban', who happens to be placed within your
power, OF he means which night constitute his
poly reliance fof the support Of dependans
IamIly, upon any slighter grounds than those I
bave sugSestedi or that you would, either ex.
pressiy, or by application charge him with in
competency or unfsithfulness, but upon the
lnost clear and satisfactory testimony.
ALLOW me, then, respect fully, to ask you--
where have you found the evidence OF my ins.
putty to discharge the appropriate dunes Of my
etauon, or OF my nnwIllingness TO perform those
flnt'es WIN ietlty, as well 10 yourself as to
kbe public!
have been in your department more than
~ yeS's' FoF Large portion of that time, my
'oA'ion has been prominent and highly re-
p'"S o'e one, necessarily subjecting the dis
fhSrge my official duties, in no slight degree
Y Pao'lc scrutiny and furnishing the most am.
- opportunity of detecting whatever night
~E expose me 10 censure. And can | be
''sSen SIR, in supposing that when YOU en-.
rea upoHthe duties ofthe head ~ this depart.
"' You bestowed some your first thoughts
psn 'he enquiry, from whom in it you might
'p5ct faithful aud efficient co operation in
discharge OF those du,iesr Have YOU not
4 eou Tne'oer the gentlemen YOU found ea.
Il S5e1 nee were 'capabIe," or sshonest," or
i'u'Iut And will you allow me 10 ask,
s'nsf'o either of these enquiries, in regard TO
3'sH, you have received from any human be.
negative answer,
.pu' 'nese questions. Sir, in sober earnest
~, pot that ask. or expect. or desire a
VI the sentence of exclusion, but be.
~ nave reputation which I value. and
would preserve free from the intina.
M '"noIyed IN your rule Of "duty" with re-
h'" my removal, or rather in the only rule
MY ,"'n hAVe telt myself at liberty to suppose
l spprecIating the motives of the season.
,A"p .. your communication to me, az we'll
81 hs. i po'''e terms in which it hs. been made.
&c" e 20 assure you that your "best wish.
10y my future welfare shall, on no accession
S10r yours. "e "'0aSofe Vi NINE
very respectfully, Sir,
il Your obedient servant,
Aov ~ w. SLADE.