Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-02-24

What did the Committee say thsnp These
are their werds:
] amidst the nu1erous appointments OF
messengers made by the present Adrsinistra.
ton, they will select the account of Jns. III.
Peasants, editor u the Richnond Wing, be-
cause that case, in their estimation, presents
the most Migrant example Of aeuss.n
either his dispatches were or were not
Iof Importance: If they we're of Importance,
ike n soldier on post us consideration should
have induced him 10 have deserted them il
they were Of DO higher Importance than to
lave rendered il safe that they should be
conhdsd 10 the captsis Of an ordinary mer.
chant vessel; then they should have gone
through this channel, & Mr Peasants ought
not to have been appointed"
] Sir, Daniel r. Cock was pursued by the
gentleman. because he was dead, John IL.
Pleasants wts in like manner pursued, bs-
cause be was alive.
| The case Of Mr. Brooks is another on this
record. He was Clerk in the office Of the
Treasury. Grown old ard becoming enleo.
bled, bis fellow clerks, with generosity OF
| purpose peculiar to themselves. performed
his duties in the hsuYs of recess, or by extra
labour, and permitted this aged and destitute
man 10 receive enc half Of the salary. This
instance of redoublsd diligence and charita-
bic provision for . suPerannuated fcIew La
bsrer, in those generous men, is set downin
the gsnteman's dairy of abuses, and the Ex-
eeative is ecnsursa, because this aged man.
with his family, was net threwa out to per-
lsh in the streets.
The case of Anthony Msrris is another
dc is Clerk in the Registers office. Mr..
Morris is an old man, is enc of those few ve-
terans Of the Aeveluiisn and old Congress
i xEva h. h.. tt,a.~
memory connect the present with the pass
Government. He is literary man. the en-
ly one, says MIR. Michael Nourse, in the Of.
fee. What Of that? in consideration Of his
] advanced age, infirm health, and that of his
daughter, he might be absent from the SER
vice three months in the year, one month
more than the ordinary allowance 10 all the
clerks.
This case, sir. 10 by the magn anmity Of
the gentleman. marked down among the in
stances Of gross Executive abuse What
can the gentleman reply to thess exploits OF
his magnanimityl
i leave it to the nation TO compare Rufus
King with Jehn Randolph; aud the Mission
OF one to England with that Of the other to
Russia. Let them also compare the reese
Of Mr Brown, Minister to France. after years
of service, and after sending home his re-.
sigaa,ion. let them | say run the parallel be-
tween this recess Of Mr. Brown for a few
days to the south Of France, or the lake Of
Geneva, and the Hegira Of John Randolph.
after ten days visit, from ST. Petersburgh
to senc place, no enc can tell where, in
England. The people will de justice in all
these cases.
! The gentleman from New York has thrown
bis ponderosty into the scale OF panegyric.
thereby to render the weight Of emlogy ON
the Russian Minister overwhelming scrap
iron increases the weight not the value sf'
geld. He does admit some sort OF talent in
speakiDg, to the parliamentary rivals Of him.,
self in eloquence-- to Lswndes, to Clay, and
to Webster Cicero tsek bis family name
from bean en- some part Of bis face; and
doubtless many eek comb has belle we'd him.
sell to be an orator, because like Cicero. hss
had Il wart on bis nose Somebody has said
that "hlan of the animal creation, alsna iF7
endowed with vanity" Who ever saw the
Cock Sparrow measuring his wing in flights
with the Feleon? believe there are gentle~
men in this House whs could give US good
reasons why the elsquenes Of the Orator Of =
Roanoke is so well reeolected by the gentle. .
man lfsm New York. No worker on the |.
Roanoke plantation has bettsr reasons to ro :.
rnemberthe clsquence ofthe aversees. Mucts
a. that eccentric man loved his Joke and hha
sarcasm, hc lssed his fame more; and MA
would have spared the lash on that occasion !.
could be have suspected it might bring hip0
into the poor condition of enduring praise Al
the hands of the gentleman frem New York.
Such revenge for such a cause, is said to bs
peculiar to that gentleman, and one specics
OF one other rare among US.
Has the gentleman so lsng been mero
adjective to the Secretary Of State, that hs
thinks II slanderous to associate tie name Of
that Politician with any other accident? Chill.
dren, ia these scientific tImss, who have ad~
vsnced somewhat int the Mysteries Of che.
mistry do, after beating up soap and water
together ia basip, amuse themselves with
clean pipe in blowing up bubbles anc send.
Ing them of lrosl the Devil inflated and gilt
tefing, to sail away moment, & then burst
and vanish int their original nothin gness---
For aughtl know, the Secretary may be q.
musing himself by the same innocent expert
ment. Who would interrupt the sentimental
harmony ofpolitcal friendsl For ell WHICH
he is distinguished, the character of the Ss-
eretary is fixed, il cannot be elevated by any
labours Of the protege cannot be lotcered
by the efforts of sthegs. God forbid thatf
should throw strxwin the way ofany napA
advancement. Their friends arc daily carry
ing aad laying at thu gate of the Treasury.
those who have every thing to recommend
them Except thspiety & good Worls Of the beg