Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-24
From the National Journal.

#J0 Ills E.XCELLENCf JOI1IN IsANOOII1J,
Our Env0y Extraordinary and MINISTER PIe'i'-
Il potsatiary q. the Court Of Russia.
81 I am amazed as | write you down these
titles 1t seems dream: for have you not
m YOUR life been assailing those in office;
ASKING the whole herd who feed at the pub
liz crib?" have you not been forever playing
4bo character Of stern patriot, wishing to
bass yourself of for a second Fletcher of Sal
foun, above office, scorn.ng Office; keeping a
loof that YOU might the better pounce upon
fha harpies who thrust their hands into the
sTrsasury? have youenot labored to be the
#terror Of the whole race Of ''laZy vermIn," az
you bave called them, who iatten in offices
*where they have nothing to dc, whilst the
poor honest planters and farmers had to work
Tor their living9 have you not denounced such
4cretehes another of your favorite terms, "a
rain and again? have you not affected to hold
n special disdan all who would truckle or
eempronse with powerF have you not made
LINES and their courts, and foreign Ministers
loo, when you could not get TO be one, the
abiects ofyour derision? have you not done
an this, and more, under all the forms that
apite could dictate, sneering at them, sEaFlIng
M them, biting at them whenever they came
In your way, all your life long? Yet you are
now veritable diplomatis you are going of
10 court, and public ship put afioat for
you with the peoples money! above all, to
l Athe court of that very "aatocrat" SO often the
theme of your yirtuous, your republican alb
horresee! Yes, it is even SOL | design to
write a farce upon it. It is the finest incident
for one that has ever occurred. will match
Z OKeefe or Garrick. A western hunter, who
had an old gradge against an Indian, shot at
and badly wounded him as he was climbing
@up a tree On being brought before the
court, he was acquitted, on making oath that
4 he took the Indian Tor a bear. The Indian
said, If you took me for a bear climbing up
a tree With rifle 10 my hand, and red leg
gings on I'm done. So say |. If you pass tor
% patriot any longer, I'm done. Robert
Smith, when Mr.. Madison would have sent
Dim to Russia, would not bulge step. Not
be with YOU. You are fer pocketing the
Eighteen thousand dollars upon any terms.
q Ifyeu had gone to England or France you
would have had claims to attend to, negota-
lions to carry on. protocols to draw up, let
Aers to answer from merchants and others, a
legion efconsuls to superiRtend, thelraccounts
s. 10 inspect, in short, soork to do. IN great va
fiety Of ways. At either Of these courts, you
might have had an opportunity of showing
your extraordinary talents as man Of BUSH
ness; Of rendering an equivalent for your hire
but in Russia you will have nothing to do,
8Thateyer your superior, Mr.. Van Buren,. may
tell you. Youwiil not write a despatch once
In a month Your predecessors, Mr.. Middle
ton and Mr.. Campbell, have not written as
i ften; they have had no business to write a
bout You will have TO write how many bows
81 GU make to the "autocrat," to describe the
koru,s peasiles Of tbs old winter palace, TO de-
4ail the gossip of Tar sk0 zeto, to inform US
how the great Chamberlain and the maids of
honor behave, or, positively, you will have
nothing at all to say. AS to the navigation
n the Black Sea, uniuckily for your talents
is ne gotiator, the treaty of Adriansplc threw
That open to all nations last September, so
That, in effect, let all listen to me. you Ran
foph of Roanoke, the disinterested Ran
6oph, the inhexiblc Randolph; Randolph
Nirginia's very prondest son, her patriot her
sIuminary. her orator, her toast; the ''bigh-
minded" Randolph; the economical Randolph,
ever fighting back the teaches that suck the
peoples blood. through their pockets; the
Randolph (here let Memos LISTEN that has
been watching at the Treasury doors any
lime these thirty years. fastening his fangs
bpon MIR. Jefferson, Mr. Madison, Mr. Mon
Toe, Mr.. Adams, whenever they dared TO O.
pen them fer any body; you, this same Ran
dolph, ara going to dance attendance upon an
Foutocrat" you, this same Randolph, have
absolutely taken sinecurel Am dream
Alg2 If not, again | say, will write farce
toout II all SIoman snail DO Roanoke,
hnd he will manage the hereicks admirably
j not in the anticipatons of what car make
OF il. Why, your retrenching President
might have abolished this mission since the
navigation Of the Black Sea has been opened,
without the slightest detriment to the nation,
but really "iiih advantage to it. Yet this is
q your mission, this your sop. The most IN
4 governable animals may be tanned at last, by
q provender; little matter as TO the quality, if
3 there be enough. In the brilliant and impor-
tant mission TO London and Paris, you see
& men who were in the nursury long after YOU
8 began TO vapor in the world; placed in them,
too, over your head, by your own President
Your lofty spirit hears this, and your pat
Z rotism submits to take as pay nine thousand
dollars year, and nine thousand more as an
outfit, for an Office of ceremonies and eti-
quette! You cannot even squeak French,
more than nous Usff0ns, nous rsrrons; so that
it will only be dumb show, with your cooked
hat under your arm, and your sword at your
side; all. all for that herrid ''autocrat." His
Imperial Majesty Of all the Russiasl
F Once more protest viii write a farce.
ealing it Roanoke in Siberia" You shall
be seen in full costume. with bag. aud wig,
and shorts, as well as sword
SALTIKOFF.