Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-03-05
MARTINsBURG, VA. THURSDAY. MARCH S, 1899.

4 sooe 0I uohof aud OF cIvii iur.sprudenrs th.,
% man should make charge All. c,,rg ,hs
gh'' OF characters Of others, wi,hou, s,sios
nem an opportunity OF know,ng the grounds
| 'n winch II was made. and OF diproyinv II. II
'inuue 10 this plain and simple demand the
hdeIs signed received the answer contained IN
ne aoose letter OF Mr. Adams. dated ou the
I0ih Of December.
II will be seen that Mr.. Adams ahove,h.r
! 'siuses TO produce any evidence in .uDpo,, ~
h's allegations The former part II b. Letter
contains has essons for that refusal; ana IN ,be
other part he repeats he original oharees IN
leTms even more offensive than before Ayhsn
addressing to HIM our letter. We thought ",
'mzht reasonably expect trt N bis sense of
what wss due 10 hin.seh. S. well IS 20 us that
he you'd fully dIsclose all the evidence winch
nc protested 10 canslder SO saltsssctorv. and
We tet assured, that ia ,hat event We should be
ale futiS 10 Ell ain or refu,e Il, or to show
hst u did not Affect any diltngyished mem.
hers OF the federal party And II on n. he,
h md, be should refuse Go disclose th.,av;deoce
We trusted Ih.t he public wa ID presume. tbs,
Ne unh' sistngly believe. that /, was b. esuse
he had no evidence that sgond bear TO be tsb,ui.d
10 an inParkai and InfsliigetH comat.aifv Ne
,dsms h.s ADOPTED he latter COURSE; and n he
reasons thai no has assigned Tor /, should apnesy
20 be unsatisfactory, CUR fellow citissns We
doubs no., will join us % drawing the sboye
ih'treHcs. we therefore Proceedto On exami.
| RStlon OF those reasons
MIR. Adsms first objects 10 our making ;.
joint spplics'ion TO him: acknowledging n,
right Of each one alone 10 inquire wbeths, he
was included in this vague and svesninv A.
nuncisiion. It's not easy to ace why snv on.
'ouid oss this acknowledged righ,. BY un;nnr
with Others Ia The exercise Of lt: nor why this
m re Change OF torn should authofixs Nj A.
dams Ia dis eg&rd DOR clam But there mr..
~o o Jections TO The course which he hss CON.
oeseendtd To potDt out, as the oniy one in
which he could be approached on this occasion
Any individual /" ho should have applied ia him
"a that mode might have been CHARGED with
arrogance ;aod to each of the m IN turn he u,;gt,
have isugbHngy Tephed, .hat the snnlosn,
WAS no danger Of suffering as one ofths s.lea
ders' "a M.ssac'.usetts, end had no occasion
20 excuipsie hinsef from charge conveyed
IN HE terms used by dr Adsms The .the.
hJeet'on IL sul more decisive. Afer allow M,
o'hs dsoinsi A'ion ali The weight tha, IL can
Dc supposed to derive from the personai or
miiai chsf<e'el q the aecaser. We trust there
| ste lev clDzens OF Hsssachuseets who would
'e content to owe Their puittIcai reputation TO
IS estimatob Of II, ana condo scend 10 soiici,
unreasonable pFscuces.
NJ adams heGt objects, that we mike our
sppiIeat TO" As he Representatives. of great
| md powerful! parh, when at the time rete rcd
20, coam@hoed, az ne sHy., a devoted majority
"a the legislature of the Comm onweal,h. and
ne oehiSs cur fight 60 represeR that partv.-
we nave already stated the objections to a Joint
p Question ny al, who mIEbJ be inciuded m
sh.s dehuncston, srd 10 separate INQUIRY by
each ndlsidua; and some Of lie reasons which
| ~ thought ia tfed The course which We have
pursued We certainly did uot srtoeste Ia cur
sexes the title Of leaders; aud MIR. Adam, may
ENJOY nndistdfned, all lie advantage, which
that circumstance can give him in ms contro.
yersy' bH' We freely avoWed such close poll
i'cA' connection with ali who could probably
nave neeh included under that Appreciation, IS
20 render Us responsible Tor sii their political
measure mat were known to us; and wa, there.
'pre, must have been either their dupes. or
me associates IN Their guilt Ia either case, we
"eFe interested and, as Ve apprehend, entitled
10 make his demsnd Of MIR. Aoaus.
AZ 20 tie suggestion, that he spoke of only
certain leaders oi the federal parry, and not Of
ne party hseb; We certainly intended to deny
our kbo"iedSe and belief that sny such plo,
h'a oeen con'rived BY any party whatever in
thus ota'ei and It 10 explicitly SO stated in cur
euef inis language would include any nun.
DER, "he'her large or small, who might be-
supposed to have leagued together. for the
purpose suggested BY Mr.. Ada.ns. There
seems, therefore, to be but little ground for
ihls technical objection. tina, We do no, take
the 'ssus rendered BY hii charge.
hut we wish to examine a little further this
distinction which Mr.. Adams relies upon. be
I~sen pol lcal party and its leaders. From
me nature OF representative government, it
results hst, IN conducting the busines 50 OF their
egisia'Ve and popular assemblies some indi
vidusis viii De found to take mure active add
conspicuous part than the rest, and will be
regarded as essentially influencing public opin
Io",whlls they are generally Themselves merely
lmpei'td by its force. But this influence, in
whateveF degree it may exist, 10 temporary,
aud 10 Possessed by constant succession Of
dinrrenI persons. These who possess il for
tue time being, are called leaders, and, in the
course OF ten years they must amount TO
numerous clsss Their measures and political
AoJecls must necessarily be d, utilized " o. those
OF her whole party 10 decay this ~ 20 pro-
nounce sentence of condemnation upon popular
government. For, admitting il 10 be true that
the peorie may De occasionally surprised snG
| nlsied oy those who abuse their confidence, into
measures repugrantto their Interests and duly,
stu, u The majority OF them car, for ten Yeas
together, be duped and led hoodwinked 10
the very preeiplce of reason, BY their pelhdi.
Jus guides, 's'thont participating IN their Sc.
cret ieagns, or oeins prIvy TO their exlsience,'
they show themselves unfi TOR self government.
II IS not conceivable, that the federal part, /,
which, at that time, constituted the great ma
lJorIty OF hsssachus tts, VIII feel themselves
Indebted TO tbs President OF the United states,
iof complIment pad 10 d -ir LOYALTY, at the