Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-08-12
From Ire baltimore Patriot.
TO TIE hon MARTlN VAN BUREA
Secretary or Stote, &c. &c.

TO TIE hon MARTiN VAN buren,,
Secretary or Siete, &c. &c.
Notwith standing the 4yilsss ribaldry and
rodomontade of those Robadils of the Press
your clustering Ligutenanis of the ~ York
and Richmond Eaquircrs; ! feel ii not only
an individual privilege, but public duty 10
dive.t ven Of the coArs costume IN Nhlch you
are so thoroughly disguised, and present you
to those who have q right 10 sefutinize the
naked attributes Of Your character IN their
verY stamp and colour Ct n alty.
Sir, kRow you, and have witnessed with
regret your siauesities and inconsistencies for
many years: Yet start not--aH your dcyia-
tons from political reetitede shall not be OK
posed 10 the people, A respect for ihc oisce
must challenge fol bcarance toward the man:
however, If the morai community, as such,
shall deem 1t necessary to pass, with some
severity. upon tie honest Developments ana
bonnd to make, ! trust you viii acguit me of
any intention to invade the barriers Of your
private HE. vet look into ysur heart, and if
il still retain faithful impression Of by gone
days, VOC viii REQUIRE no rebuke at my bands;
YOU will experience emotions that words eau
not express; and trace upon the tables Of yeur
memory, ohliguities in your political career,
which nay pen Cannot lnpart; you will there
behold the most disgraceinl acts OF bypocri-
sy and ingratitudc, bargain and corruption"
chat ever stained the records Of party histo-
ry. An open sale Of The SherUaltg ff Ne,o
York to the Editor Of the leading party Jour
nal, in defiance of the clamarous rcmon
STRANGE of the entire Delegation of the city,
for the consideration, of a scat iuthe Senate
eff ihe United States, is too notorious TO be
denied even hv the SURVEYOR OF THE PoRT
-. 4 -. l., 4 a IL
the Council Of Appointment, who oheyed your
mandate, and yo1r election was secured 49,
Through Silas Wright and other instruments
in the Senate Of New York, you have defea-
ted the popular electoral LAYS Of -, for the
paipable ject Of hatcrng tie vote of the
State, 70 the sebseryiency OF yoAr private
interest: Ant row you are visiting upsn tbs
heads of those who contributed to fol your
base attempt, the heavyWrath Of yeRr llnger-
Ing, cautious malice! y on have also kindly
undertake n the supervision ofsthe Post Office
department Tor that powerful State; and from
the nature aud character Of the changes thai
have hithcI to been made, there's reason to
hope the "aufierings" Of which you complain
ed some years PAST, may be III Measure
nlitigatsd, if not entirely relieyed-Iiut was
it honorable ,-Uas il worthy OF you TO sacri-
fec an cid and faithful seryant a The public
at Poughkeepse, and 4 friend too Oh The pre-
eent Executive, for ne other reason tkan that
he omitted to lend yeu his suffrage in 1928?
Mr.. Barry mHst blush when he reflects upon
this removal, which even sets at taught the
principles of modern reform.
Although by their means alone you have
arrived at your present elevation, at an early
day you resolved that none OF the old friends
Of the late Gov. Clinton should receive favor
from this Administration. The key 10 this
policy was impaired TO me by politician of
Albany; who observed, YOU. had hoped TO
eonciliatc the friends of Mr.. Adams, by re-
jectiRs the claims Of the Chntonians. who
you then thought were too weak ever again
to rally as party, in the State: And that the
pretended patronage of genius, literature and
taste, claimed for you by the servile prints
of the party, was a contemplate expedient
to defeat the reasonable Expectations of one or
two Of Mr. Clintons gucga|romioi,tg friends
Thus have you required the maERanin,ity Of
some Of the earliest and most powerful friends
oi Gen. jackson IN your native State; and be
the consequence upon youi
Sir, there is something SO shocking and
repulsive in unqualified ingratitCde, that the
mind approaches ii with trembling contem-
plates it with horror, aud shrink back into
settled conviction. that of all offences in the
catalogue of crime, it is the most unpardon-
able.
When it shah become necessary further TO
substentlatc imputations on the subject of C.
tscii0ns which now rest upon you, shall en-
deavor to CRAFTY the editor OF the "Whig''
for his noble magnaniniiy in defending Mr.
Tazewell with the name of my authority
in The mean time | renew the charge. that
thesGenera! Government is determined ua-
syarTantably to interfere in the election of the
State; and that yo' sir, are apPrized OF, and
participate IN that determination You ha4e
siready appropriated several weeks in the |
'ssggreat State" and, as learn FROM high az.
thority, intchd to Elrolong yeuF visit t.ll soxse
time ~ September aext, when you shall haze |
finally decided upon the GuJernaiaiaI .loni- |
Ialion ~ feraimer in fact your daily com
between Kinderhook and Alba
AZ and the Sanhedram. at Tammauy Hall,
lurlhen ths Mail with your subtle devscesand
arrangements preparatory te the ]