Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-08-05
fCotanabsaa Reporter (.hass.} July itl
OUR MINISTER TO COLOMBIA.

There has been nc appointment Of Presi-
dent Jackson probably which created mere a
nazetasnt than that ol ERE Ten .aIolrs,o to
succeed Gen. Harrison at Dssota But the
days and nights he spent ia lranking and
distributing letters aud newspapers to pro
mote the HeIo's election, must De rewarded
We have seen IN the new spapers some in.
tImailon OF an expected development as 40
his conduct since he has been at Boss-
ia. An extract 81 letter wnieh we have
seen, from gentleman al Boseia to hi, la
ther III his county, strengthens the prababili
ty OF such dereiopeh4eRt4 At is more than
intinaated IN THIS letter, that hc has been con
cerned IA some mlrigues with some OF Boil
vars Generals, who bad recently joined ano
Their party, and who Aas declared his iatcn-
tion oil exposing Moore. Ii The statements Of
this writer are to be relied upon, our country
is most deeply disgrscsa by It's representa-
tive at the Court eli Bogota. Even ii they
are somewhat colere-i, 1t can HARDLY be be-
lieYed that public minister is very much 70
spestcds whea q respectable man, one oil his
owe countrymen, does not hesitate TO say !:
81 have SAID and done every thing to Moore
but noG him"
Lynchbwg Vrginsun, July Is.
THOMAS p. MO0RE-We observe in
lSih," ascribing to Thomas T. Moore, (bet
| ter known .n thus country a. Free 1sn.,) the
| whole of that system of persecu luton, founded
on the basest iaisekoods, which drove his pre-
decessor, 6en- Harrison froa Colombia
| That letter says ''Gen Urdaneta las cx-
pressed his regret Eor the harsh measures he
had been indaced % adept to force General
/ Harrison cut 81 tae country. lie attributes
! a. TO Mr. Moore, Uao ssve hsa Tie first eau
ses u sasPieioa against ,sca. ii. q partscipa-
tsag u. CordOras eoTsspTaey," &c. &C. Can
! this be true We should nope not, because
! MIR. Moore is Minister iron tals country,
and whbe he continues an that capacity,
should at least eRdeayor, however difficult
May may be task, to dsport himself as an
/ honorable man should do. He who, when DE
| the eve Of leaving this country to supersede
General Harrison fer salts Ia ction, consulnTna
| ted his meanness by denying that his Ian
guage was designed to convey an offensive
meaning, though it could not by possibility
be tortured into any thing slse, is not toe
good 10 be gailty Of the baseness above IS
crIbsd to him. 1t IS, We repeat, Characters
tic Of the man, of whom 1t were difficult t.
say whether he 10 the greater knaye or pal
tros.
(From the New York Morning Herald.)
MIR. JsgsrsOn's Notions on the Subject Of Re
| n.veats.
Extract Of a letter from Mr. jefferson to w
b. Giles, dated Wssh.a gtsn. March, 1901
"Bat there's another branch of DUTY whic
l must meet with courage toe, though can
not withestpain that is the appointments an
dlsappontments as TO Offices. Madison at
Gallaiin being ,tA absent. We have not yt
decided on our rules of coFeduct 10 to thes.
, same principles have been the sat
: ject of conversation, but not Of de- crmins
toa. Q. e. 1. All appointments to csoS oil
D ces dalriag pleasure made after the event /
= the election was eertalaly known TO far.
D dams, are considered as nuhties. | Ito as
a view the persans appointed IS esca eand
dates Tor The office, hat Eas.s others viii
A oas noticing OF sot6ying theta Mr. Adam
i best tnencs have agreed that this is right.
Q officers vho have been gully 81 oiaciai ma