Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-11-25
PROSPECTS OF THE TWENTY SEC
DND CONGRESS.

VII
w. fne the following article ia the wash
i~iuxtsn Telegraph. and give 1t ts our rc~ueIs
that they may see what business lne eV'
eminent proposes for the next congress
Ex- PRESIDENT ADAMS.
at is impossible TO account Cor the infatu-
alton of MIR. Adams in again mixiIg 10 inc
strifes Of party, but by attributing 1t TO a de-
| fciency OF that useful quality, common sense,
for which his political life has been rather re-
msrkably distinguished.
Were Mr.. Randolph also to become a
! member of the House, much amusement, II
not instruction, might be anticipated from
the questions which the Roanoke orator
could propornd to the Presidential Con-
gresham, upsa the subject Of the late Goa
6tion administration. A. ii Is, there will be
several members OF the House who are am
ply capable, and who will feel it their duty
to bring him out'-for his friends say that
his object in getting into Congress, is to Eek
! plain certain measures of his, about the Wis
dom of which The people seem incredulous.
Gen. Root, Of New York, we see, IS elected;
he would make 4 good catechiser, should he
undertake the task; and we advise the Con
gresham elect, to spend the coming eighteen
months in getting answers by rote, fer the
pithy i~aterrogatories which will probably be
put 10 him.
1t is not alone to the opponents Of the pres
emf administration that we would look for
~censure upon UGH sentiments as arc uttered
By the government Gazette Of this country.
We venture 10 say that there is not one in
ten of the Jackson men in this city, and We
may say in Pennsylvania, that will not feel
nm utter disgust at the sentia,cnts above quo
ted. 1t is publicly proposed by The mouth
piece OF the administration, to change the
popular branch of the national Legislature
into-net a debating. but a 'haiiiag'' room,
where iHfuriated passions shall, at the public
expense, and 10 utter contempt fer public
decency, be let loose upon a distin suished
public character, sent 10 Congress by the
almost unanimous vote OF his constituents
and there these men, one OF whom is the dis
grace Of his own country abroad, and its le-
g%isiativc jack pudding at home. are to waste
lime, and purposely impede business, by pro-
pounding questions irreveiant.te present rub
lie concerns, with a view OF insulting mcrs-
bers Of the Legislature: and when public cen
sure shah be heard, these buIIies may plead,
at least, the above quoted paragraph as the
commission Of their party, in its official Or
gan.
But who are the men looked to fer this
disgraccIul onset? JoHN RANDOLPH whose
Authorization as ii matter of notoricty, whose
scandal has long since been referred 10 meu-
tai InilfnltY: a Dcmg deficient i'll all the re-
9uIsites and accountablIities Of manhood.-
tias not the 4 mInlstratlon rather to fear,
that questions viii be put why such a one
has been appointed to an important foreign
MISSION: Are The answers prepared for the
l"PttnY IL tefrogatones" which may be put
touching that foreign appointment? TO say
nothing OF another, where opposite disquali.
i~icatIons might be urged.
But John Randolph is not net a member
OF the twenty second Congress, and Gcner-
al ROOF. Of New-York is thrust forward by
me Telegraph as a -succudaucHm for Ran
delphi. Win Gen. Root feel complimented
by such an infamous trust? W think not
we hear him spoken Of with Communications
on many points; he is SAID to have the feel
tngs OF a gentleman !; they will revolt nom
such a degradation-but if questions of the
past should be proposed, who is lie, who is
General Root take This responsibility Let
the editer oI the New York American tell.
We repeat it, the Jackson party of Penn
sylvanla viii he disguised at such an insinua-
tsn as the Telegraph ha. offcrcd-they are
high minded, and would despise .he act, as
they would any one that co uid propose it,
Uns!ed States Gazette.
We have seen several tables, showing the
comparative strength of the Administration
and Opposition parties in the present Con-
gress, and IN the next so far as the recent e.
l%cctions aGord a criterion. The following is
believed 10 be correct
PRESENT CcHprpes M. Coanrse.