Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-02-04
mo rrnnnsifions are novel 70 fhe Secretary, or

divers wicked Adams men run lnhS S'S'~s
who actually have read Hume's Hislory OF
England, the Declaration Of ladcpenaenee
and a long ballad called British Iaxaaon.--
That money is the source OF corruption, we
presume our 4th Auditor has found out 10y
sx,erlenee. as others have done before hiIn.
When Mr.. Clay did not think that Amos
could render the nation services worth more
fhan 4 thousand dollars year, 1t IS reasona-
be 10 infer that thelattcr meditated upon The
contingency OF the $4,000 Of which bel now
in the receipt We may also fairly suppose
that thi. inspired his testimony before the
Kestncky Senate. and effected his own moral
and political corruption
On the teyt above cited, Mr.. BE private
tutor proceeds 10 lecture; and TO demonstrate
that nc Administrations, from that of Washing
ton down to that of jackson, has at all I'M
dersiood the theory Of our government 1t is
now to be made plain by the Ay4tar ct Amos
the accidental Csnfucius the Kentucky 10
rooster, the Mahomed of New Hampshire,
On the Annals of which State his Hegyra viii
constitute an epoch,) the Brahma o, the ten
mules square,--and the "Argus OF al Yves
tern America - who i. able to 1Elp ali the
Free Enquirers,' yea, eFea inclucIng tbs all
accomplished PriesteSs, and to give them odds.
All that our poor friend Amos he's to say,
tons. He thinks that cur naval commanders
aud officers are not sufficiently paid for. their
servicca This is the first suggestion; and
one which il is the exclns,ve province Of Con
eress TO consider and make the subject of
Legislation So far forth as we are competent
to form an opinion, we agree with Amos IN
this respect Our naval officers sbould GER
tainly never be put TO shifts for maintaining
their own personal dignity, because it IS ideD-
tiled with that Of the nation, and their re-
sponsibility is very great But II is singular
that snch a recommendation should come
from quarter whence 'retrenchmeni has
been bawled and whined so ong-and from
the very Mawworm of the plot of this Come
dy of the Hypocrite,', enacted by our denim
ant politicians. The second suggestion made
by Amos, is, that exigences necessarily arise :,
when captain. IN our navy are put 10 expense
in foreign ports, which it has been customary
to make up TO them, without inv okinga two
weeks debate in Congress, every hour OF
which would cost the nation more money than
the amount in question.
There is much statistical information. be !.
sides what we have referred to, in the mes
sage of our bcaven-bern Auditor. which
might be useful, ifhe had not forewarned us
that he places no confidence in it himself, rs
he had no time to examine into the affairs Of
bis Office. The Secretaryofthe Navy has had
no newspaper to conduct: butt takes him so
long to reflect upon circumstances, that he
does not vouch for Amos's facts; and they are
pitched. in their crude stale state into the
Capitol, Ike the poor orphan Billy Lackaday
in his basket. without even any directions TO
keep this side up
Some of his remarks, however, we appre-
bend, will not be suffered to go investigated.
The following complimentary suggestions in
relation to the officers of eur navy NAV not
prove palatable to those gentlemen and
their friends
'''The supple and corrupt may monopolize
the iavors OF the government, while the indie
pendent and honest are kept in obscurity, or
driven from the public service. The minds
of sfhcers, instead of being devoted to the
interests and glory of the Navy, are enlpiov-
ed upon the means Of persuading the Score
tary or accounting officers to exc cut their
emoluneDts by additional allowances
The following moral truth should be en-
balmed in all the almanacs: "Truth is the
basis of all morals, of all uscfI religion, of
| society itself" yet" continues Amos, sour
public books and records have been filed
with systematic falsehoedsn Doe. reform
then require that Amos should be our His
tonographcr? Must we commit ,nnepeon;caI
suicide; burn up all our old memorandums of
the skrimmage our fathers had at Bunker's
Hill, the Declaration they made at Philadel-
phia, the Constitution which so many sacri-
fees were made to secure, and such other
Of our annals as have been insured against
the connagraton which took place at Wash
ington IN lS14-in order that the Heaven
born may manufacture them all over againp
1t is modest request ON his part, particularly
when it is taken in connexion with the follow
ing confession:
From my want of experience, do not
flatter myself that any great value ought to be
attached to my suggestions"
In this opinion our friend is surely not sim
gnlar. He speaks frankly enough, also in
the following passage:
81 have beeni in this office about six months.
and all knoto of past transactions has been
obtained by accident, in the necessary routine
of business, or in tedious Investigations
What there may be concealed in the manner
Gus boxes and files of papers which fill the
passage, the shelves and the pigeon holes of
the Office, ksow not: nor can ever know.
'oitio'd opening and carefully Inspecting ae
contents Of ecery bundle"
How Amos should be able to read these doc
uments, without opening them, is a question
which he should get the Secretary oftheNavy
to consider about. One of hi: concluding
remarks is:
whether the system be changed or not.
the interpesition of Congress is absolutely
necessary. Without it, that which is now