Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-08-19
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From ns yYationaJ Journal.

his Ohjoe; 70 o&ci,s public feeling against thc
tribunal which WAS investigating his conduct,
he took care Ia his memorial to Law great
stress on some Obvious principles oil jus lice
and tic Constitution, in order to create BY
f'iaausHde," an impression that they had been
ISOLATED or nc sIeeted by the Committee
Some Of his positions then taken, arc worthy
olafcnten now, AS being appropriate com
'aeH's oa his subsequent anu present con-
oac..
.',Is," sa,S G neral jackson, speaking Of
himself, has been fought 10 believe, that a
s,rIee5bls 20 the provisions OF our magma chr
IN, every indnlual was secure IL his llie ,hb~r.
~, property and fetuiGnorj and that lie coHii
not be tried before any constituted suti'or.
't'g of lie nation, without being heard ia
-, dsfeace-permttcd ,s introduce ezcalpa
'.ysy evidence--to erossexsmine AMI confront
rs aceusers 1Hisis IRE Of The o.cesif mrs II
'"ar HepabicnH n!Shrfigas, and Il is al essyHtaa,
Conservative OF hberty; il should be guarded
'yih vts'al vigilance, and for no purpose what
yer suhlto ed 10 Wilton By any bGanCb ~
'4'rpaFtIlrat la its maintenance there is SAFE.
sly. but dsuFer-,a depsr ure."
u would be web for Gen. Jackson's fame
had he ac;. on the principles set forth IN the
foregoing passage. Had Mr. Eaton, (vho, to
lltze from the last sentence of the passage,
seems to have had some agency in preparing
the r7sn'oriAl,) and his colleagues, kept their
ward in line with those principles, they
would, whatever might stl have been said
OF their abilities, have got some credit for pa
trIeissm, instead Of eonsigniDg themselves to
pubic rcproach, by deserving the tile Of the
"Board oil Rewards and Punlshmeats." This
Board, and their President, have aeted on the
very reverse Of the maxins just cited from
the memorial Instead of preserving to eve
W man t.esecuriiy in his reputation TO which
he IS entitled by .'oar magma efaria," they
have made their reputation the subject OF
systematic attack, whenever lis posseesor has
'hech a mar removed from office TO make way
Tor paitisan. Some acts Of malfelsance IN
public officers, winch the exigeacles of the
Administration have induced it to blaxon
forth in palllation Of its proscriptive policy,
have been used as pretexts for defaming the
innocent ans the meFtorious; aad the inter-
estcd informations, aud often the naked iic
sions, of spies and Office hunters, have been
encouraged aud acted on, until IT has become
almost matter OF course to expect, in the
official journals Of the Government, an at
tack on the character OF public officer, as
soon as he is reformed" We say nothing
the audacity of the faction which adopts
this course, and at the same tilpe eonfers the
patronage and the confidence OF Me Govern
ment on persons whose delinquenoies, moral
and pecupiary, exceed those OF the officers
who have been subjected 20 the "sedrchiag
operation" Bot It furnishes matter for ctul-
Gus reflection, TO find these inquisitor,al PRO
eeediags taking place under Zee authority of
one who, only few sLsrt years before, in
formal address te tiie Senate of the United
States, lad talked SO emphatically of ''the
y>eat of an individual to be secure in his 70
putatIon."
We extract from that document another
precious passage:
SHOULD the tilnc ever arrive when MAORI
~ OF The superior tribunals Of the nation, inilu.
enced by party feelings, shall proceed to crls,i
nate public officer. or effect bis removal, in
order to create asacsncy, or 10 CRAFTY the am.
oitton OF tavorIte partisan, then may private
resentment and the most angry passions, ac .
qlire an unbounded and dsngcrous control over
-aheir proceedings. Every sentiment Of Justice
end lumsnitP will beccmpetey s.iflet, as well
as all regard for the constitution and laws. The
patriot will have ample cause to ,renible for the
honor OF hH country and the perpetui,y of her
republican, institutions. The venerable fabric
ofour liberties, which has been consacrated by
the blood OF our heroes and The wisdom Of our
sages, will be immiaentiy endangered, if not
entirely buried in rp;ns''
he malignant temper of General Jack
son has IN great measure realized the fan
cy s-rsch here drawn. Now is the time, IN
hef MS own Administration, when a "suoer-
Or" though nen -deseript tribunal, over
which he prssides as "Supreme Magistrate, :"
has been established, "inGueneed by psyiy
feelings" whose daily and hourly business It
has been and is, to terminate public officers,
Or "egest their remeyal, IN order TO Greats va-
eaaetes. or groxyy the ambition Of flr9ufiis
part'sa9s." The circumstances attending
this state of things. show ths sagacity Of the
Prophet Pirate resentment, and Tie most
0Rgry passions haze acquired an unbomded
aiid dangerous eo8sre! Deer The proceedings" Of
this Board of Rewards and Punishments, ~
which is sometimes facetiously called "Ca-
biHes." They have suHceededin "stifing ere.
Fg sentiment IF justice ard humanity" ard in
many Instances, of "regWd for ihe Consiitit-
tioa aad. tGtrs" Such conduct has already
g.Fyn ''t!se patriot eBlple cause 10 tre-Gt,o e.
DE homer q h;s country and tie perpc:uity Of
re" rs52ubtIeasa b'sii.,tioas" And il the s'rs
ncrG5ie fabric Of eur liberties, Sc" be ''not en-
tirely buried IN ruins, il viii be rescued be-
sause four years of parrioidal labaur arc too
eiiort sor the accomplishment of the task
vs. Ito, taat compares the last ei alton which
we made from tho memorial, with recent AMI,
passing events, is not tempted to exclaim in
bitter noay-" Consistency, thy aame is jack
stn 2"
From the n. Orleans Argus, July 81.