Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-20
NEWSPAPER In LIBERIA.

fyfcble ami happy style OF Che Editor of tho
Constitutional Wing We have been very
much pleased with lie language and seAti-
nent of a pare grapL in the Wing Of the lth
inst, in which he notices the receipt Of the
Liberia Herald" This is newspapers pub
II 2hed at Mourovis, the capital of the colony,
edited BY John b. Rus,wurm, man efoolor
!. formerly of Newly osk, and Editor Of 8 jour
nal ia that city.
Ne are not aware that there is sny thing
in the history Of mankind that would more
powerfully agraign the moral government of
God, or be more likely to call into question it.
very existence, than the long continuance Of
the Slav ,.trade '-ien oil IFS unspeakable a .
lon,.-.sons. How could, how can tha ON
s niPotent and Supremacy Just forbear to in
ttrpose ia behalf Of the oppressed and trod
den down, and against ths selfish, the ruth
less, the lnsolent opprsssor? What hath the
" hsplcss African done more or worse then
q Others, that he should not have the equal
rr> tection Of tue Coz Of al? Is there 10 help
1or t,.7 IN that everlasting arm that whelmed
m thc - }tian in the Red Sea wave aad seat
81 tered tbe host Of the Assyrian? Are his
4 wrongs and his woes to be as endless in dura-
ton as they are surprising in atrocity nod
bitterness? Ie questions like these what
i shall we respond? ibis 'cays are not as our
eays, nor his thoughts as eur fhop,ghts" 1t is
his prerogative TO b,ing firth Good ont #
Eril; and who shall say thst it is not His
purpose to derive the civilization and lasting
happiness of Africa from the SlsYe-trade-
ave even from the Slaye-trade.
Ifsuch be His purpose, the little colony Of
Free Blacks, planted by pie.y and patriotism,
few years ago. on the Western Coast OF
Africa, 10 the success Of which the high
.oGled and heroic ASfIMUN, in the true
spirit Of Martyr, devoted bis time and tai
eass, llis health and life, will continue to grew,
and spread, and flourish till it shall have ful,
filed the Christians prayers, the patriots
q hopes. and the purposes, in fine, of Him
whose "ssays are past finding o1a -
eeMr,. Barney's Letter will be found en
oar outer form.
TIE tenth Of .May.--It is understood that
Z sbe votes taken in the Senate on Monday on
certain ad 'ate,,in. appointments were as fol
lows:
Tho nomination Of AMOS KENDALL to be
81 Fourth Auditor Of the Treasury was confirm
IN ed, by the CAsTISG VOTE OF TIE NICE-'KE
srDESr, the votes Of the Senators beiss % to
"a
The nomination of MonDEcu NJ. Moan to
be Surveyor of the Port of New York was
Eajset:d by vote Of D to %.
The nomination Of JAMES III. GARDNER,
90 be Register of the Land Office at Tthn,
n Ohio. was rejected unanimously.
The nomination of MosEt DAWSON, TO be
Receiver of Public Moneys at Cincinnati,
was rejected by vote Of TO A.
On what ground the Senators who vetsd in
favor OF kendatt voted against Gardi4er, can
rot perhaps be ascertained, ill more light
y shah have been shPi OH the ne sotiations he
tween TIL; two grand divisions OF the jackson
panty, which have for some tirne been in
II progress. The rejection Of ,Noai, too, it is
n difficult to reconcile with the confirmation Of
a Kendall; though the facts OF .Noah being q
~ Van Buren, man, and KenddH Calhoun man.
4 furnish some explanation of the inconsistency,
81 FROM the nonchsisnce with which this On
cial of Yesterday informs its readers that
Mc.srs Dawson and Gardner were reiected
n by large vote, we inisr shat these woi thies
were also adherents Of the Little Magician
n The responsibility from which MIR. CALHOUN
y had narrowly escaped in D2bney Carr case
& was, we have seen, thrown on him in that Of
Kendall; and fearful one tits to him. He
n has, however, done preci.ely what, in such a
contingency, might have been expected from
8 the tinidity whichis quite as marked a fea
ture OF his political character, as its irnpeta-
osity He has not dared 20 disobey King
Caucus and King Log, though kesnly alive
TO the fact that the affections Of the latter po-
tenate had been transferred 10 his willy COM
\ petitor How long the truce which has been
patched up will last, it requires no prophet 3
a pen to foresce. Ii is essential to both COM
bstants for the succession, to keep up little
len ger the farce that the Hero is 10 be cam
didate again; though every rejecting nam
knows that neither of them has the least in
tentioR Of permitting such a result, if the ex-
pl7sion Of the party en- be prevented by amy
other means. - lille this man@uyre is work
ing, Mr. CALHOUN will he grooming under
the cad, which will be constantly grown.
heavier, of having appointed limos hs,sdal
to high and responsible office. OF all Gen
jackpn's provisional appointments, none wa
more Objectionable on principle than that o
keUdaA md npns more offended tho mora
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