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

coald do no less than had them guilty, and
therefore could not have been the cause Of
their dismissal Your, therefore Is not the
jJeifersonIan Rule You ask. respecting in-
Icumhcnis and applicants, other questions tlaa,
l''is he hoaest, rs he capable" and the answer
ito your questions decides the applicability Of
lyOur rule. By thus aScertaining what your
jsecrctra Is not, 3re may easily come to the
ldi,eoveyYiot 'yhatit is SlpPosing you are. ssri-
Gus when you sayyou are controlled by a r,te.
and that you do not move bIiudly Ike other
storms. bat that yol have eyes which see,
aad ears which hear, aud hence that have
not yet described your rule; there remains,
! however. bat one motive which could posi-
BIS have governed you f'pgtlistasat Of gsjr
,Polhcal afPc"Cats, AMIR leardf your friends
( his = y0or sGie, and however Won may wish
= disguise ii. or % deceive The world iato
tte Hc'if. tt:8t your secret principle Is soma
aias III i fs35lar sort. tie tT;Ie ode Is visible
( 10 every ere, and, Ike led meteor, bcalas
! through yoir midnight administration. pr
| teadiag and working mischief aad ruin 1t
Fas prescribed TO YOU before yea bad the
! power to pursue 1t, by one 10 u-iiem YOU are
allied by happy congcniality; whom Val
have aeI her tie tbiltty n0r the wish % DISC
hey, be!oie whose olnnipotrnt breath your
Presidential strength, Il = neigeess "a, infancy;
who, while ho suffers your heart 10 p5rsue its
wontcd palpitations, seems to have lockedup
the closet which confines your intellect Ia
tins imprisonment oI y04r mental powers,
wa sea with his eyes, ana hear witb bis ears.
Il misfortune for this great nation that
q we're born for hun, AMI lie for you. ut
Gle aAl tie same ti;le rs is your min
/ ioa an8 yo'w monarch, your priest and your
demon your public counsellor ahi ycLr be-
SOM friend. bash for my county when |
see such unnatural formations, such caace-
roH, GHeiesence fast, ned Sfon th. body .o..-
I tie, ana tde ioot,tool OF Tho President con-
/ vert,d into throne tor slave.
! The injustice Of yonr new principle of
t"Kels,:n7 would have been too glrins. hod
| it been al once boldly uniolded; and hence II
t that it was brought out lay degrees. Al
! irstit was intended that those only who had
made nse Of offices an engine tor election
| ccing pappUsCs were To he ''Tci1rued away
! But when ii was discovered that IL ~ were
| IN place very many of your ows irieads who
haj hecn gully OF this unconstitutional ina
propre:y. as you have beer pleased to call 1t,
who, contrary to aay feeling Of gratitude or
sease OF duty, had stung the bosom which
warmed, aud the hand which fed then. nlail
| Ing use Of their Offices in the eft of Mr. .!9sns
as the means Of iurthcring sour designs upon
! the Presidency TO his exclusion, and that
/
honestly borne, would ''cut upon both sides,'
it was soon carefully withheld, aud finally
| gave way TO much more comprehensive
scheme OF reform.
! Il was next declared that those in Office
who, in violence OF opposition had offended
you in one particular, need not name il
should meet with ccnd'ga punishment. In
deed yoa minated in your private converse
7 ton with my husband, that those who had
passed that Ruoicon had sealed their destrac-
ton Bat the misfortune attending this rule
Wa5.that there wee none ii Office upon whom
, il c1'dt operate. Has the charge alluded to
I beer fix Il up1a any ndiyidl1l OF the nultl-
tnde Of those who have been reformed away?
Mas il ever even whispered ia regard 10 MY
unfortunate hlsband2 You know that it was
not.
Bat boldly desllre that such rule is al
together unwoithy Of the Presidential Office
oi q iaagnanu,ou5 nationi &shati wield the
public vengeance for your private wron%sl
HUFF irG IN the arnory of the nation the bolt
OF destruction ON your pirate foes! Was
the power. dignity, and wealth oil the Union
iconcenteTed n your person 10 lie misused9
Had fureig7 Prince OF Minister committed
like often e, with the same pr0priety might
YOU have made il a cause of public qnsrrel,
ana sent from the ocean and the hand heca-
tonba 0f appeasing ghosts.
The whole circuin; ercnco Of your rUls at
length expanded itself fab to the public view,
the reign Of terror was unf0lded. and prn-
Cple unprecedented even is The annals Of ty-
ranny ike destroying anEel ranged through
the land, blowing the breath OF pesjiiepce
and ftmine into toe habitations Of yoar enc
rnies Your 1a1r.ics, sir? Ne; your political
opponents. You cali them ei,eRies; but were
they SOP Can there be no difference Of opin-
: ios without cnmity? DO you believe that erery
man who voted for Mr.. adams, AMI who had
not received from you some personal iniury,
r preferred ham because lac hated you? Think
yeu, sir, that there j, no medium between
dcla.rY and Late2 II Is rot because you think
, there is 90 such medium, hut because your
: sgecaiea ambition viii allow of none This
makes you loek upon ali hose who voted a
/ inst YOU, as vo1f bitter foes most Gginly
4. believe that saving those whom yea had
r lrefsona.ly made your enemies. every honest
! man in Swing las suffrage to Slr. .fddnts. o.
I beyod th1 dictates Of hs Judgment, and that
macy did so ia violence 10 their warmer feel
{ in~s towards you.
e My hasha'd, sir, never was your eHeny
= Ia the Overlooking patriotism Of LIS heart. he
g&ve YOU tho full measure Of his love for youT
? sGiiiefy services. lie preferred Mr.. .4Gaas
y fer the Presidency, because he thought him
. tqua6fcd, and you unqualified, for the sta
# tion He would have been traitor TO hi,
Icountry, be would hare had even my scorn