Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-20
LETTER FROM MRS. BARNEY TO
GEN. JACKSON.
BALTLMoRE, June |.

BALTlaoRE. Juue 18th, 1879
SIR: Your note Of tee ri April. addressed
50 nue. through your private Secretary, &C
complaining the return of MY papers. winch
expresses your Ss'HcsTs fezYsl Mat The ,7ttss
sctieh yoa had fet be,A,d to adopt for he 60
cesnHent If s,tch enses did roi permit tie ssa-
tficajtot q ny y9.saes,' affords IL pailLttian
OF th" injury yea h4ye infected GA j mefttori
Gus officer aAd ms pless family ltisdagk
and an6lguoGs Knowing tbatthe possession
was not alone sa.Ii lent Justification for the
exercise ofp1Hel; unwilling that .oor char
! actor Tor iirm1ess should suffer BY The inpu
tatloa Of caprice. or that yoIr reputation for
Il Ealaani'y sh JIl b. furnished by an act of
waHDa cruelty, yod i,tsi4eae a canse, you
hint at a b,ntde rtGo, and iame,4 thtt my
husband Is within lis operation. Fit were
not unworthy the characte OF Gen. Jachson,
ask yea was il not beneath the dignity OF
the Pa2sIDENT Of the United States to it.sis-
bao IL bold assertion had been Ia his pn,ver.
VIM y5n had adopted FOR your government
this 'nc1 45Ls ra'-. vas it not cruel in you 10
conceal II from nose on whom II vas TO oper-
ate the most terri ie caiani;ies? Way should
the President Of d free coantry lie gOvern "a
by secret r.aes2 Why should he wrap hi rs ii
up in the black robes Of mystery, and, ike
a volcano, be seen atd felt ia his elI1ct,,
while toe secret causes which work the rum
thai surrounds ere ti,. within his bosom? Is
fu% Tale OF wnich You speak a law OF the land,
Is Il a construction drawn rom any ARTICLES
OF the Constitution. or Is it scctI1a Of .he
articles fwar? Is Il 4 ruie OfpracGce. which,
having been acted upon by any Of Jour lIlls-
tr9uS predecessors, comes down with the
force OF authority upon you? Di it govern
the conduct OF that 2reat man IN whose mould
IN 4 e
ed3 Ii so, why saoai v5u conceal It9 Ihc
{ pastiruti9u and the laws, ci,il and military,
al justify you, aud all who obey Hem; aud
tn robes OF power which you FGar caGnot he
stained by an act which iinji a precedent in
tlG Conduct ri any "t yoGs predecessors. Is
1t any Old principle of new application IN the
art II government which, having escaped the
searching mind of w -shington, and the keen
vision OF succeeding Presidents, has bcen
gfaaped by your gigantic mind? Or is new
wholesome principle patented 10 you, and iol
"iich you arOn. are TO receive all the re
wards (of CORY at least) when succeeding
oS-5 never fail 10 bestoW on lie first inventor
OF a public blessing?
The Office Harpes who haunted your pub
=, }slNs and your retired moments, item tic
Fsry dawn OF roui administration and who's;
sNldity for Office and povcrnade them utter
y reckless OF the hGnourabie feelings aut
l! rights Of others. cried aloud fer Rotaiic.
4" "ace. Is ID magical phrase. 50 tamilia
10 Tie domagoedes Of az nations, and OF al
u,-es, y0ar ,,leat and much vsunted princi
pie Of ,-So7n,s l. it be, by what kind Of no
t-r} molon is it, that men who have been bu
"a try Years, or few months IN office, ar
swept from the boards, wife others you
l'icnds) remain, who date their Official Ca
lnds, perhaps, from the time Of Washington
what sort OF adaptation Of skill TO ul;chlner
4 as that which brushes away those only vii
Yere opposed to your election, and leaves J gu
~ IN fun posscssiqn1
,ptE our oo.-iai Organ would impose upon III
Jssi nc Vie teiief iiat you had adopted tn
~ t:soniah Tule of honesty aud capacity IN
Hi' uiilbonts. as well o. applicants, "eF
'''H ny that intalhhle touchsione The a
se1 dellnquencies Of one 81 two public OIL
nave Tor tins been made color, ard ia
,, O Their aVowed iniquity has been sprea
''"i Industrious cunning over the skirts OF G.
~ innocent victim. Even OF those few wi
"a'e been thus charged, their nscondu
N'''neo was uasuspeeted, until the pryir