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

Secretary has told us N the Messs3e, tosI
the Black Sea has been opened to rs by ssr
treaty With the Sublime Porte. Ahe gen
Nsma. sdes know full well, that tho swords
Of eur brave Russian friends net sniy neWed
their way through the Balkan usFa 70 tho
rlains of AdriaDeple;but that by the treaty vi
fost city they, fer al purposes 81 navigation,
wldened the Bospborus to breath equal -
the Heiespont and thereby united the Eux.
inc with the Egean, LeVant, whole msditer
ranean, the Atlantic, and ali other seas and
oceans What ssay our Russian imperial
friends say to ~ for receiving from the Turk
asa boon, to say sothing oil our promise IN
return, what his va1our, bleed, ana treasure
had conquered for US and all natlonsI OMIT
ting, therefore, the secret article, does not
the opening the Euxiue, either by the has
sian power or by the Turkish treaty, might
ly enhance the importance oil this question
and rail- imperatIVeiy on the Executive Tor
an efficient mission at the Csnrt OF St' Pc
tsrsburstp IL the gentleman cannet per
ceye this, he is less Statesman than he
would seem TO be; aud even much lsss suck,
If that we're possible
But Idrew my facts from unprincipisd par
iisans, and newspaper rumsrl said 80 be
fsrs-I drew part Of the truth from the Sc
secret article, from the ns@spGper
Sir. it has been the labour Of the Secreta-
RVS life to establisl, newspapers, entitled 10 no
credit; and TO discrsdit all others. lie has
founded school, and is at the head Of 1t. IL
that school, the great axiom is, "eveIy thing
/. fair in politics." and to him are not politics
every thingp Let him 90 en- TO improve the
condition of the press Let him eXungush
the light oftruth wherever he can extend the
finger Of power Lei hun do one thing more
aided by his miuions, no matter whers-
let him persuade tie people, that the honest,
the iliepeaden. papers OF this country, are
vehicles Of falsehood, and mere tunor, let
them be, as they have teen, on u. tjoor,
branded as f,lse. foul, and dirty, and let the
member who quotes from taer pages the his
tory and impress Of the times, be reproached
as blockhead, BLACKBOARD, a sienderer-
and what more esuld the Secretary Of State
desire, which he would not be sure to obtainP
Sir, such a contamination would have saved
to Charles the throne Of France, and to tn.
patriots of that country their revelation.
| did quote for the secret article, ia the
Turkish treaty ,frsmthe newspaper; dsres TIE
gente question the truth Of the quota
ten? Had drawn bow with mere adj
vised aim, could the pidgcon on the pole ilut.
tered more manilestly? The gentleman has,
notwithstanding all these assertions, accused
me of drawing my facts from perjured Sc
natorP Has il come to this? Was 1t found
necessary not TO commit our first treaty with
the great disciple Of Mahomet to the chris
tian senators OF the United States, until their
lips were sealed by the soemnities OF an oath?
1t is new formula IN the executive depart
ment OF the senate; and viii appear, by the
i
published journals of that body, to have had
ne place in their proceedings untilthe present
session. When treaty, in l795 was pub
ished by senator against an injunction OF
that body, who accused him Of perjury? The
gentleman whose mission is now under coz.
alteration, did, on this floor, pronounce stu
died eulogium on Stephens Fhsmpssh Mason,
the senator who published that treaty. Would
Le eulogise perjury? Sir, the secret article
was published before the treaty was annsun
ced to the house. or sent 10 tbs senate. The
correspondence on the West India question
was published in the same manner. Has the
secretary Of state adopted this method, aud
put cut his feeler TO take the national pulse?
do not ask what warranted, but who au
thorized, or instructed, or encouraged the
gentleman TO connect perjury with that ven
Grated word which designates the members
of national council, the most dignihed sad
honorable on earth?
How could | shun insult when such EeM
are reviled. / do not ask by what statesman
or gentleman, but by what apology for man?
In what ether assembly on earth has "the
hoary head" been used as term OF reproaCh?
Has the gentleman passed SO tar beyond the
vigor, and blosa. aud modrsty of juvaDes
asnce, that he has forgotten the amiable in
stnct Of our nature which warns our YoSth
to pay in advance that consideration to age
which il may come to desire for ltsslfp The
grey hairs have been held in respect by bar
barians in all countries, and even by the Nost
pronigate and unmannered in all ages, yet
knowing him, (ab orc Gd plua'as,) am not
disappointed in the language or demeanor of
the gentleman from New-I ork. Men, bet
ter than | am, have been rcvled in their age
by men no better than he is. Washington
was called ''hoary headed incendiarY," by
a vagabend of almost unparalleled mendaci-
ty aud mpudence. The "bald head" is, |
assure the gentleman, no Joke, tho he seens
to be original in using it as such. This in
convenience, or il you please, imperlecton,
has been suffered by soma very great men;
but quite rarely, if ever, has it been expert
rienced by any very little ones. Caesar is
said to have been more grateful to the Roman
people for granting him the right TO wear the
laurel crown, than for any other of their gifts
because the wearing it enabled him to conceal
the exterior badness of his head. If it 10
true, as Shakespeare tells us it is, that what
nature has scanted men in wit, she has made
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