Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-01-28

| reaueIs are aware, sent on tuesday by the
President to the Congress OF the United
States, informing it that General Bolivar had
offered him, as present, a gold medal II
being Unconstitutional for any person holding
any office OF profit or trust under the United
States, to accept, without the consent OF
Congress, any present from any foreign Go
vernment, and the acceptance Of such a pre-
sent being, under any circumstances, not ex-
actly consonant with the spirit of our institu-
IONS, IT has heretofore been the practice OF
our public men to decline, in respectful terms,
any offer OF the kind, and to say no more a.
bout IT. But this was before the era of re-
form, humbug and display. The arch Purist
now at the head of our Government, is. how
ever, quite willing that formal precedent
should be set for the acceptance of foreign
| presents. His disinterested and magnani-
nous submission to the disposal of Congress.
OF bauble which he had of himself no CON
shtuhonal right to keep, is accompanied by
| flaming eulogy on Bokvar--a man of whose
principles and views the friends of liberty en-
| terrain general and deep distrust As this
IS the second time when Congress has been
| invoked to ratliy foreign presents to General
Jackson, and his first application was rejec-
ted, 1t may be expected that his friends will
take care not to subject him to second re-
Puiots AAc shOulu t1At even tho
the Bolivar medal should be confirmed to
hun, it will be but poor consolation for the
loss OF the Indian donation of lands
Another worthy, the Honorable Tom Moore,
is principal figure in this momentous mes
sage II seems that since this extraordinary
minister went to Colombia, the Government
OF that country has agreed to pay certain
claims of American citizens in the cases of
t,eo vessels. The settlement of an American
claim on a foreign Government being thing
entirely unprecedented In our history, was OF
course tit subject of message to Congress
eulogIzmg MIR. Moore, and must have the eff
feet designed by it, of increasing the respect
for him which had been previously excited in
the public mind by his surprising ability and
industry in frnaking.
Gen. jackson appends to his panegyric on
Gen. Bolivar and Minister Moore, an atfac
tomato epistie from the latter hero, in which
he says-"I would have preferred sending the
"medal by private conveyance, but oppor-
"tunities of that kind seldom present than
Selves, and have concluded that it may go
cas- safely with the public dispatches" 1t
seems, then, that Mr.. Moore had entertained
some doubts whetherthe conveyance by which
public dispatches were transmitted, would be
as safe as a private conveyance. but that, af-
ny of the Navy is accustomed to do, appears
not) after mature delberation he concluded
IN the affirmative. His indifference about the
safety of the public dispatches, when COM
pared with his solieitude about the safety of
the medal, is SO creditable to him as Minis
ter. that it cannot fail 20 confirm the existing
opinion Of the who C People of the United
States, that he is .'the wsest, virtuousest, dis
creetest and best" Of Plenipos.-.Nat. Jour.
We have observed notices in several papers
that the Presidents message has been printed
on satin of all colors and framed What
would these contemplate sycophants, these
pretended patriots, have said if the message
OF President Adams had been thus treated
We Can scarcely restrain our indignation and
contempt when we see such disgusting aduia-
ton practsed by men, who call themselves
republicans. Should President jackson in the
plenitude Of his power happen to sneeze, these
sycophantic parasites would cry out in the
extremity of their admiration, "God bless him,
he sneezed for all the world just like Jeffer-
son, and looked during the operation just like
Washington" And it would only need that
this nasal Utilization should become tangible,
to be seized notens Uotens, and forthwith fra
med in satin, and hung up to be gazed at and
admired by crowds Of office holders and office
hunters.
In the celebration the eighth of January,
at Boston, we find another instance, in pa
per now lying before us, ola desire to cry up
the common place expressions of the Presi-
dent into maxims of wisdom and prudence
The second regular toast was the following:
"Andrew Jackssn--fiis ssettled purpose to
claim nothing but what is rigb', and to submit
to Dothing wreng." reminds US Of the best OF
| The Remains in Rsme's BEST days.
Well burn our books; the wise saws of our
sapient Chief Magistrate, viii supply us with
knowledge forever and for aye-Fredericl
| Examiner.
The following extract is copied from let
/ ter to the u. 5. Gazette. The correspondent
Of that paper has been for some time engaged
in writing letters from Washington, and con
| lecture has been busted in endeavoring to as
/ certain the name Of this unknown-but to no
purpose. Whoever he be, however, he be-
/ trays an intimate acquaintance with men and
measures, and the correctness of his state
ments has been rarely contradcted. We have
promised thus much TO introduce this extract
+, to the notice of our readers.
alt is confidently stated that portion OF
the jackson party have made arrangements,
which are in a great state of forwardness. for
the establishment Of a new newspaper in
Washington. The Telegraph is to be discar-
ded from the confidence of this party. whose