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

you, and had ne fallsn q martyr on the field
of fight, he wogll not more have deserved a
monument, than he now deserves for having
been worse than msrtyrei in support of the
dearest payilega and chartered right OF Ame-
rIcan oemen. Careless as y0u fare abost
the effects Of your coniIct, It would be idle
to inform You Of the depth aad quality of that
misery which you have worked 10 the bosom
OF my family. t.lso would ! tell tsla that
would provoke sympathy in any thing that
had hsart, or gentle drops ef pity from ev.
cry eye not accustomed to look upon scenes
OF human cruelty with composure.7 Besides,
y5u were appFissd OF our povcr;t; YOU knew
the dependence OFF sht littie children for food
aud rainont upon my husbands salary. You
knew that, advanced in years as bo was,
without tue means 10 prosecute any regular
business, and without friends able to assist
bin the world Wo3ld be e. him a barren
heath, ind lRbospltable Mid hOa We're able,
Ia relore, to anticipate the hoart-rcadina
scene which you may NOW realize Is the sole
work of YOUR hand The sickness and debit
& Of my husband note cal 'poa We 10 rim
dieate his aud his chjldrens wrongs, The
natural tmidiiy Of my sex vanlshes before
tAe necessity Of my situ tiDn; and a spirit,
slr, as proud as yours, although in a female
bosom, demands Justice At your hands ask
IT Return to him what y0H have ndely torn
from his possession; give back to lis chiIiren
their iornt means oi securing their food and
raiment; show that you IAN relcnt, and that
yolr rule haa had ut least one exception. The
severity practscd by you in this instance Is
heightened, because accompanied by a breach
# your faith. s3leal.Ig p!stsed to M h,tsbaad
lie called upon you, told you frankly taat he
had not voted for you. What was your lepl,
Ii was. in Substance, this, chat every eli
zen OF the United States had uSht 10 ex-
press his political sentiments By his vote; that
no charges bad been made against Maj Bar
ney; il any should be made, he should have
jus ice dons; lao should not be condemned
uaheard Then, holding him by the hard
with apparent warmth, you eoncluded--'.b he
assured, sir, shah be particularly cautious
how listen TO assertions OF applicants for of
fee" VITA these assurances from yeu, Sir,
President Of the United States, my husband
returned TO the bosom Of his family. With
these reaearsed, he wiped away the tears OF
apprehension. The President was not the
monster he had been represented. They would
not be reduced 10 heggaly- -hageard want
would not be- permitted to enter tie mansion
where he had always been stranger The
husband and the father had done nothing in
violation OF his duty as an officer. II any ma
heious SANDER should arse TO pour his poison
Gus breath lato The ears Ot the President. The
accused would not he condemned unheard,
and his innocence would be triumphant they
would still be happy Ii was p'esalnablc also,
that possessing tie confidence Of three sue
cessiYe administrations ('..lose testimony IN
his favor presented 70 YOU that he was not
unworthy the Office be held, beside tlie sig
natures ola hundred OF our FIRST mercantile
houses, established tie fact OF ais hayiu. ,,iy-
en- perfect Satisfaction IN the manner he trans
acted the business Of ms Office In This stats
oil calm security, without moments warn
ing-Ake a clap Of thunder in clear sky,
your dismissal came and, IN moment, tbs
house OF JOY was converted INTO one Of nour-
ming ST., was not this tbs refinement of
cruelty? But dis was not ail--Iae vito
whom you have thus agonizcd, drew her be.
ins from the iiIustrious Chasa, whose voice
OF thunder early broke die spell OF British ii
lcgiance, when, in tho American Senate, he
swore by Heaven that he Owed no allegiance
10 the British Grown-onc, too Whoee sig
natnre was broadly before your eyes, aiilNed
TO the Charter Of our Independence The
husband and the father whom YOU nave thus
wrJn;cd, WAS the first born son OF nero,
whose naval and military renGwn bughtenS
the page oil your countrys history, FROM 10
60 1915, with whose achievements p0stefIty
will not conIescend TO eOaparo yours; for
be fought amidst greater dangers, and 10
fought for Independence.
BY the side Of that father, IN the second
British war. fought the son; and the glor-
oAs l2,h Of September bears testimony 10 his
mistaken intrepiaity. A wife, hsIsh.nd,
thus derived; family OF chiligea Gavin Z
their existence FROM this double revolutionary
fountain, you have recllos,Iy, eauseiessly
per6diouslys and therefore in.ir.paniy cast
helpless aud destitute upon the icy bosom Of
the world; and the children and grand chill
drcn Of Judge Chase and Commodore Bsr-
ney arc poverty stricken upon the soil which
owes ITS freedom and fertility, in part, to ther
heroic Patriotism.
Sir. woild he uuworty the title Of aB A
merican matron, or as American wife, II
did not vindicaic his. ard my cll,droH s
wrongs In this harry land, the paHop'y OF
liberty protects ali wt'ieut distraction oi age
or OF sex. In the severity pracAscd towards
my husband, (coulcsseGly without cause
YOU have Injured Ire and nay cbllifen--you
have grieyously injured hem without achiaV-
ing any correspondent good to iudly Idaais, 10
your country, or yourself Silence there
fore, would be Imiaal even in me; and when
the honest aud regular feelings OF tho People
of dis country (Who cannot be long deiadedJ
shall have been restored, and when party
frenzy. that poison to our national happli.essi
liberties and honor, shall have subsidized,
have no doubt that the DISCRIMINATING system
of Reform vail he regarded as Tie greatest