Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-03-01

al Wese saets, tnnk " . tairiy nferrlble that Mr.
Adams d'd not agree to the decision Of The cabinet
ana mat lou musthave known il for il clear that
he did not agree To Saturday, and il is highly
improoaoe that any arguments should have been
urged 70 convince him. after he had been twice d.
rected TO DRAFT his note in conformity to decisions
which had been previously made
lou dwell with much stress upon the lapse of
time since those deliberations, and seem to be un-
conscious that the same lapse OF time applies 10 All
your certificates, negative and affirmative
You seem to repose full confidence on Mr. Me-
oafhe reeollectlon although was of casual con-
Nersa'lon, not likely to make the same impression
upon The mind as the facts contained in nav letter TO
Mt forsyth. You even refer TO YOUR recollection
oi very trivial fact which you say happened du.
ring the next session OF congress have nov let
ter before me, dated n October, 1921 in which
state To you, TIA, you had short time before 10.
formed me, that your NOR, could not be relied
upon as to facts You wrote me letter the nexi
gay, IN which you dbl not controvert that fact; vet
now after lapse of twelve years, YOU rely upon
your memory for very trivial fact, viz your APP
pleation to see that private confidential letter be-
cause you had received some hints about it. aud GU
| believe from some of my friends. DO YOU not per
eelve some inconsistency your essay You bad Just
eensured me for rot using this letter, and then In
simulate that bad used II, as YOU seem to think |
ought to have used it. In truth, do not believe
one word OF your insinuation, nor do believe uon
40, Tor the reasons have already stated; know |
never made use of it But you insinuate that
made disclosures OF the secrets of the cabinet, TO
the editor of newspapers Mlledgeyille, because
Gen Clarke suspected it, and because | never de
MED It. never knew that was charged with ii ex
cept in Gen. Clarke's book and there the evidence
offered IN support OF ii ridiculous, that no
person, less ignorant and malignant than general
Clarke, would have paid the least attention TO it.
Besides, il had denied that charge, and not gone
hno md Oh "a
however ridiculous it would have been alleged by
you aud your co-laborers that the charges not de-
MED were admitted. But, sir since you renew the
charge, give il the most unqualified denial. The
editor OF the paper alluded to, said in my presence
that he had been informed that it had been propos
ed IN the cabinet to arrest Gen Jackson. simply
replied, that no such proposition had been made in
the cabinet.
Let us apply your own rule to you, and see how
you will stand the test of your own reasoning. A
Charleston paper of last March stated that you had
been charged with participation in the Ninian Ed
wards plot against my reputation. Have you ever
denied this charge
Again you have been charged In the South Ca
roiina papers with being a nuliiycr. Mr. Gales
has denied this for you; but have you denied your
sell Have you ever considered the ridiculous f.
cure you may cut in the sequel, If this notification
advances much farther'
in 1916, you We're among the foremost in avowing
The expectancy and right Of protecting domestic
manufactures. Now, your disciples deny the right
and propose to nulify an act OF congress, founded
upon the principle of protection. You may depend
upon it, if you and your friends should proceed so
fan as TO incur the guilt, and suffer the punishment
of treason and unsuccessful rebellion, you viii meet
with no sympathy among the sister states.
have said that Mr.. Wirts negative statement
is the only evidence you have in support Of your
negative assertion that the confidential letter was
nosproduced and read 10 the cabinet For proof
of this, read the enclosed extract of Mr. Monroe's
letter, by which it will be that having no rei-
ance upon his own recollection, he applied to Mr..
Writ for information; and he candidly and very
properly adds: "Stil as the question turns on me-
mory alone, Mr.. Writ, rs well as !, may be mista-
ken and in regard to me, as was sick in bed when
received the letter, that presumption is the more
probable"
You appear to boast of the services yon render
ed Gen. jackson in his utmost need. What those
services were, YOU have not condescended to state
in your very elaborate essay. Nor have heard
them limited at before Perhaps your meritorous
services were in entreatng and persuading menu
bers OF congress to approve acts that yoa deemed
worthy OF punishment when celebrating in the ca
binet. | will, however, not dwell upon this topic.
f-you can satisfy the president that you rendered
him essential service, have no objection that you
should be rewarded for it. What object to is that
you should be rewarded for ascribipg to me your
own acts.
You say that to place Gen Jackson's defence up
on the confidential letter. is to do him an injury,
aud that he in his reports rested it upon that
ground Whether this be true or not, have no
means of judging. But, in the course Of the sub.
sequent winter, saw essay in Nashville paper,
in which the writer asserted, that the administra-
ton knew before Gen. jackson catered florida,
that he intended to take the Spanish forts and
that knowing il, and not countermanding il, the adj
ministraton had made his acts their own, and were
not at liberty TO dlsavow them. carried this letter
the president and requested him to read the es-
say, giving him my opinion that the essay was Ell
ther written under Gen. Jackson's immediate in