Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-06
From the .Natisstai Journal
COMBINATION TACTICS.

the surprise efall who are notacquaintsd with
the secret hi.tery oe public affairs Aftsi
quoting one Of the Washington letter writers
'lwho. 1T gratsitousiy insinrates, is polite ally
hostile to Hll,) as authority 10 show that Hill
~ a man OF heart, great persoaal gritty
ard good talents" the Courier significantly
says:
'Ve have reason to believe THAI this IL the
General opinion among Nr. Hill opponents -
g lev however are shercely kis euemies, bu'
The triumph OF those who have excited ~ his
rejection, we have some reason to believe viii
oe OF short duration. lfhe lively interest ex-
oUeI ey THAT event, has led to az extensive 10
terotange OF Opinions aud fscts abish have sat
ishsd many Senators that their vote against
hin wss based upon Inaccurate Information -
2His by no means IMPROBABLE tEgt II .tDay yet be
The desire OF majority ,hS, he -snauld-be 10
dominated, aud ~. fee. assured ,ast the PEesi,
dent would net hestste- Q Romcat to take that
stsp, il this change Of opinion 70 apparent, aud
II should be desired by ar. Hti for he has
the eatise confidence gf 1ps President, end Q
large poY,ionoF has regard"
The designs Of the Executive in favor Of
Isaac HILL, of.wbich. somc Indications have
appeared since bis reiecaioa are now officially
admitted, with as mucl distiActness as sniis
the character Of the willy iutrigder IF whom
ftbe'CourlsE 10 ths mouth piece When ID IL
considered that Hill was rejected by the votes
vi tFfbsysH ~ Oh WAGHl stSrSr were
pol,usai friends OF thoptesent Administration,
and that his rejection proceeded from ma
jonty whose complsisance to the Supreme
Magistrate" had before scanned unlimited, ID
Is ohfilcolt to Imagine on what prctekt public
opinion - expected to be proptiated to the
de.ga 10 his behalf. One prominent ground
OF his rejection. (and it may possibly have
been appointment ground oil his nomination, }
gensraliy known; and Il has wakened in ev-
cry honorable mind emotions Of aStonishment
and pain that the Executive sbould have ev
Or ysntured &c confer on hina a high and dig
nihed trust Has fhe ductility OF the Senate
In the ease oftYillams persuaded the prompt
or Of the paragraph in the Coarisr, that it is
ready to avow hself, at any time, as the mere
slave OF Gen. Jackson. TO uado, at his bidding,
ats most solemn acts and to register his de
crees AZ fast as his passions or Interests can
fndltc them? Does that print, or its patron.
suppose that the Senate is incapable OF per
eeiVing that whhe such course cannot re
eouehe pnb!ic opinion to every sxtrayagant
oct of power On the part Of shs Prssxlent, it
would make itself a participation in the odium
attending ~ Considerations, however, very
different from any regard to tho character Of
the Senate aud the President, lie at too bot
tom of the policy of the Courier The little
Magician, who has BY means, some Of which
are new IN this Republic, gained ascendancy
over the feeble incumbent Of the Palace. il. ii
Is Well known, industrious in preserving il by
promoting thegratiflc al ton of ali his svishss,
whatever may have been their source, or
whatever maybe their tendency. In pursu
ance OF his system, the Courier latsir took the
. Eelate to task for not having been sufficiently
prompt IN acting on the nominations of the
Supreme Magistrate, and epdeaEpred to IN
tinidate that body into an immediate confirm
alton Of these which were then rendn-, and
which included tho principal cases of rewards
to the public press. The expected effects of
this movement S1ere---tor iVet MIR. Van Buren,
IN the affections of Gen. jackson; to render
him the favor,te Of tia Jackson party, "one
and indivsibie;" to cast on the friends of his
rival the odinm of delayed confirmations or
rejeet'ons; and whore the subjects OF these
nominations wore Editors, to attach to him.
self the devoted services OF their prints, In
one conspicuous ease, this fine scheme has
failed. An effort isnow made to recover lost
ground. by paving the way for she re-soHtna-
Sso's q Isaac Hia, and the Senate isproyided
with an excuse sor the obedience which ID ex-
acted from At, by being told mat their vote
against him was based on iaaesufGss iajorrna-
y Sion itaseseats ir|ornatt0s! when the case
OF Hill has bean the subject fiong and DELHI
crate examination by the Senate, OF various
interchangeable devices on his part to remove
ue Ch'ei nDstacfes WHICH opposed fhe rahb-
cation OF his reward! .Ghe Courier seems a.
ware that this pretext is too fiinsy even for
the "Snpreme Magistrate" to act on, re gard y
less as he ia of appearances; or at any rate
that Is but poor excuse for "reGciionr by
fhe Senate; and therefore suggests an expe-
dient. should the re noa,iaati0a scheme fail,
for Keeping Gen. jackson "enins," and main
tanning Mr.. Van Buren, on the vsstage ground
with the party. This ,aotatle cxpedient is
that Mr.. Peter Waodb,gy shall resign his seat
IN the Senate cat the end of,the present ses-
sion OF Congress, and urge all his friends to
support Mr.. HS for hi, place. What could
be more rso8nassta0s9 on the one hand,
or more appropfiGts on the sother?" We a
gree that nothing could be more -snagnars-
IN 1fs y than such an act on the part of Peter
especially as after .:the end OF the session the
y"liest OF Non" could reward him for bis dis
inteFestedness, Dy carrying into effect Q con
tlngsat arrangement long since determined
-oD &pe further agree that II wsa.d lie .'ap-
Prop'aafe" for Isaac Hill TO take any place he
may be able TO get; though we cannot agree
that 1t would be appropriate" to the State Of
New Hampshire to send TO the Senate, as the
Representatives An part Of her sovereignty, a
man whom that body, in echo Bf public ,opin-
ion, had just pronounced to be UNIV erthy of a
less exalted station.
Whatever may oe Gen. Jackson's course
In regard TO the branded object of his afiec-
ton, respect" and "conldence," it NAV De
presumed that the Senate is not prepared 70