Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-16
PLEDGED CLAY-MEN.
FROM THE LOUISVILLE FOCUS.
1.-TWO AT A TINE

EIsfoct OF q tetteF 1Tem ARCHIBALD DICKSON
Qhs Representatives elected from Henderson
end Cnson %sonstiss) TO Q gentleman Il, this
city.
al see il stated in the Louisville Advertiser.
that am pledged to vote ths Jack.en ticket
on all party questions. BE good enough to
correct this impression, and request the edi-
tor OF the Focus to state, that ana NOT plsdg-
ed TO vote the Jackson ticket in any particn
lGr."
We are much obliged to Mr.. DICK
SON for the above, and would thank all
the friends Ct Mr. Clay who have been
elected as Representatives in the next
Legislature, and who are claimed BY the.
Jackson editors as pledged to vote
for a jackson Senator, tn commmuni-
cafe To US sin : " contradictions.
aaaihsr-i Argns of the a5ih in.
slant says
I'VE were aisiakea as 10 a single iadiviiu-
al, in the list given by US of members of the
Legislature pledged to cote for a Jackson Sc
nator.'
Mr.. HELM of Hardin, is The gentle
man TO whom the Argus alludes. Doubt.
less, after o little more examination, sc
rerat more such mistakes will be discov-
ered.' ---
Mn. WEEsTKR.-We present a short sx
tract from one Of the able speeches of Mr..
Webster upon the late trial OF Knapp. 1t
will be recollectad that he assisted in the
prosecution. The concluding sentence, we
presume, alludcs to the author of Paul Cliff
ford.
"If society were excited, there was
cause for excitement; whoever might be
the authors of the murder, there was in
| it so little that we sver heard Of in New
| England before, SO inoomprehensible,
that, who that valued the securely Of
his own repose 90 bis pillow, did no, see
in it case calculated to terfify the COM
munity. 1t was a cruel murder; twas a
dispassionate murder; all deliberate, all
skilful. And now that the facts we're
exposed, it astonished by the absolute
wanto Of oil stimuIant except money; it
was done in a spirit which calculated SO
much blood against SO much money
Under cur New England example mur-
der has received a new character. Let
him who poItrays, not make il q Me.
loch; let him not give the knitted brow,
the blood shot eye, but the ceol face Of
an Internal spirit of another stamp, a
bout his ordinary business there was
no more rushing of the blood to the
face than if there was none ia the heart
OF man. They might see the psrpetra.
tor entering the house; he treads the
rooms; his feet sustain him up a long
fight of stairs; he steps within the room,
the victim is asleep before him; his
back is towards him; the moonlight is
shed upon him; his gray hairs are visi
Bile; the temples are seen; the murder
er strik 8 the blow: he raises the arm,
and strikes again; he recomposes the
clothes; he feels tbs pulse be descends
ne one has seen him-he is master of
his own secret, as be thinks-he es-
capes. But be is mistaken. There is
not a place in the universe where he
say il is safe. 1t is the general admin
istration Of Providence, that the secret
of murder shall not escape detection.
| When a thing OF this sort happens, il
draws attention, q thousand ;ntelligen-
ses are directed to the spot; thay burn
upon it, to discoysE~a train of circum
stances leading to the discovery. But
a man cannsttrust himself with sach q
secret; the human heart is net made ca
pablo Of holding it; the secret of which
man 10 master, masters him, and like
the Evil Spirit, leads him where it will;
he has a yulture which he cannot ailay;
be feels that bis inrnost soul is read, and
he feels that bis thoughts are almost
heard; there is no remedy but comics
sion-unlsss it be suicide. and suicide
is confession. The slightest circnm-
stance often lights up a train which
sheds light upon the whole thing. When
a murder was committed Of an alarm
ing character, which was to be develop
ed only by circumstances, was il won.
derfIl that there was excite nent9 II
was the duty of the Jury 10 Investigate
the circumstances, to see who they were
who had done it--resolved TO do 40 more
than justice. But there might be, and
~unbappily fer human naturs there was,
a counter excitement. The enormity
of some grimes So astonished men as to
subdue their minds, aad they lost their
desire for justice in a msrbid admira-
ton OF the great criminal-snd the
strangeaess of the crime. This had
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