Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-06

newspaper ought to be appointed to public
| Offices doetrine toe absurd FOE serious argu
rnsnt, and enc which, we are sure, has never
been advsassd on by any respectable authority.
| Netting could be Abborsnt TO ths genius OF
our institutions than q doctrine which Ike
this, would contend for the partial disfranshise.
| DsOt OF class Of American sItiEe0s."
We are sorry to deprive the Courier of
any Satisfaction" which it has derived from
our labors; especially as we have not often
| ths fortune TO excito such feeling in that
print But in truth, we have never 'rabasl-
dsred" any ground on the subject Of General
Jasksons appointments hcm the Press which
! we have once ocsspisd. We never did say
that citizens ought to be rejected because
| they are printers We consider the road TO
public honors to be as open to theIn as to
thsn fellow citizens o. other professions But
| We have said, aud we sttll say, that the largs
| proportion or perSons connected with news
papers whom Gen Jackson has appointed to
office, and the circumstance uhder which lac
has appointed than, demonstrate his deter
mination 10 corrupt the press. The Courier,
during iss pending civil war with the IeIe-
| graph, has complained Of tho lattsr "Ofheial"
| for garbllng Its statements. Why has it iini
tated the example which it denounced, by
emitting the following essential part of our
~ hHtc Which, ~ auCCts 10 cJtSF VIZ
| II ia quite probable that such s principle
may have bees entertained By Messrs. Saun.
ders. HI oustop, Hamilton, aud other sposties #
Of 1aeksenisra. IL sc nay give cledb 10 the
professions which thsy "a ,de durias tie dis.
cass!sn Of Mr.-SsunderI' former resolution. Of
beng violently alarmed fer the ffeedars Of the
press, because aleW publishers efths lave had
been changed. Bn, it is not ia the schooI o.
witch those Rsn'emenvere scholars Of ons Of
| the lower forms, lh1, the party opposing the
present dministr s.on has learned It's pei:; al
s'hioG. The doctrines on this subject. WHICH
we contend for, are tina, nc class efthe ameri.
can community ought TO be eitbee brosctbef or
priuisgs6: That the number If editors aud 9th
srs CONNECTED with the Frsss, whom Gen.
Jackson has conferred cfices when comns,el
with the number of newspapers in the u .,tef
States. and with their aggregate sopula,ion.
shows thatts has erected this portion of the
COMMUNITY into q bripiLsgeG class; and that
these appointments have been IN sde under cir
oumstances which prove the intention of the
rfesdont to gain an influence over the, Press
which 10 hostile 10 tho spirit OF our government
There sre general principles apple able ,oGen
laoSson's editorial appoa IN ents az a system
Some cases among them stand also Oh peculiar
grounds; and ats cases in whic6 the objections
TO the individuals are 30 wejghty as TO Gender
unnecessary. in regard to them, any discussion
Vt tho gensral principles we have referred to.
We have said, moreover, that as about o,a
haii-of these rewarded" editors, Sc. hays
been appointed TO post offices, Gen. ,Jsckson
has acted, If 1t be ever legitimate to infer mo-
lives from sonduct, on the principle of infu-
sing into the Press and the Post Office De.
partment. systsm of mutual corruption, and
OF rendering beth subserxieht to the Execu-
i've; and that Nhereio-c, though subordinate
fost Oihee appointments do not como before
the Senate, the Ssnate ought to view the ed
ioriai appointments submitted to them IN con.
ncxlos with that system. 1T follows as CO.
roiiary from these propositions, that obiee-
hoHs on special grounds to any such sppoint
ment 'aFs aggravated by lite being & part az
virious system. We soc nothing in this
doctrine at all inconsistent with the general
eligibility OF Editors TO office. 8 IT is, in enc of
its general principles, analogous TO our creed
concerning appointments by the Executive
from Congress-. We never commended. az il
suited Gea Jackson to do when he was cleo.
pioneering. for the absurd principle of ercI,.-
SION 10 regard to members. of Congress. bnt
we have considered his appointments .numer.
Gus beyond precedent, from Congress, las
tending to corrupt the National Legislature
Ills advocates deal unfairly in rsrrassnt;nr
US; wflea we denouace his conduct, as main
taining the ultra principles to whish il IL ael
verse. and to which he once pledged .l,;msalf
Neither members of Congress, nor Editors Of
Newspapers, ought to be excluded from. Of
ice; but when both these classes are eYsetsd
tHto privileged orders by receiving Appoint
ments IN numbers out Of all proportion to the
rest OF the community and these appoint
ments are an both easss showsred Just after Z
fres!dsntai election on the partisans OF tbs
successful candidate, who viii say that the
purity of the National Legislature and of the
Press is not dangerously asaailed?
Public Faithl--On Saturday the following
amendment was moved by Mr. SpRAsuz TO
the bill before the Senate on tha Ind,ap Oue.-
ton:
Provided siways, Thstu ntit the said ,rihs,
or nations shall choose to remove, 80 BY this
act IS contemplated, they SHALL 4hs protected
"a their present ossessiens. and in the enjoy.
men' OF al! their rights Of territory and gov.
ernsneRs, as prenissG or guaranteed 10 them 6u
treaties 'stth she United Statss, sccor 9i,s 10 she
txe 'n'e"s and "ssGni.s ST saiS Hs.ties.
&l'hn amendment was rejected
air. FRELIKGHUYsHH then pronosed the
following amendment. which was alser jest-
ed! viz:
Provided always, That nothing herein con.
taned shall be SO CONTINUED as to su,hefise the
departure from. OF non Observance of any trsa.
r. COMPACT, as reernsnt ssoniahon heretof,re
ents' ed 'Hio, 0ndaO~ su5sist,ng between ths Uni
ted ststes aud the Cherokee indians.
Thus il seems that the spirit OF .Iack.o,i;issn
has so far tainted our institutions that n ma
Ionty OF the senate of the United States is