Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-03-22
"A Statement Of Removals. from Office during
the sereral administrations of the General

| a Statement Of Removals. from Office during
| the sereral administrations of the General
Government
l. During General Washingion's admi
nistration Of eight wears, there were nine re-
( movals, viz: one in l792 three in 1884,
| three in '95 one in '95, and one in 81 OF
these one was deiaulter
g. In President tohn Adams admnistra-
| lion of four years there were ten removals
five in l737-two in l79S-one in 1899
! two in 1900 One of these was defaulter
8 In President Jetferson's Of eight years
| there were 80, viz: in 1902. twenty-two,-i in
/ 1908 seventeen.
IL President Madison's of eight years.
there were five removals, of which there
were three delaulters
S. In President Monroe's Of eight years,
there were nine removals. Of these one was
| for dealing in slaves, (Guinea) two for fail
ures, one for Insanity, one for misconduct,
and one for quarrels with a foreign Govern
ment
| 6 In President John Quincy Adams
there were two removals for cause
7 In President Jacksons. and the first
year of it, there have been nine hundred and
ninety removals! $50 principal officers, the
remainder post masters and subordlnaies
| These facts are drawn from the public ar
chives, and have not been, and cannot be
coutradicted. - Richmond Wing
On the subject Of MIR Clayton's resolution,
concerning the Bank Of the United States,
Mr.. Branch thus spoke
| Believing, as he did, that the vote OF no
member would he controlled by the suppos
ed investigation. let it result as II might; aud
further satisfied, he was. that the Presi-
dent of the United States would put his retO
on any bill which might be passed ay this
House, and that 1t was utterly idle to be-
lieve in the eveBt Of its being TINS negativ-
ed, tba, a constitutional majority could be
obtained in its behalf, he deemed it best, IN
every pointof view, to quiet the public u'ind
| hy prompt and decisive action. Such a
course is due TO the large class OF our fellow
citizens Interested in the Bank 1t is due to
the nation He was not one of those who
believed that the President OF the United
States would shrink from responsibility No,
Mr. Speaker, | will do him the justice to say
! that never knew him to shrink from his full
share Of responsibility. But, SIR. cannot
say as much fer his timid counseiloss behind
/ the throne, more powerful than The throne
itself
Close Reasoning!-A writer in the Rich"
mond Enquirer, on the subject of Mr.. Van
Buren's rejection. asks. with apparent ear
nestness,-
Had Mr. Van Buren, been the fawning sy-
cophant, ''prostratIng and degrading the
American Eagle before the British Lion.
as is attempted to be represented, would ne
have been distinguished by the honor of din
ling with Queen Adelaide, IN company with
our fair country woman, the accomplished
Lady Wellesley, and a select Party'
This is, no doubt, considered as poser!
alexandria Gazette
THE OLD DOMINION The Frede
!, lficksburg Arena, remarking upon Mr. Clay
lions infiammatory language used IN the de
bate on The Cherokee Memorial. says
MIR. CLAYTON must speak for bis ow'
Estate and not vouch for others We arr
Ihappy TO have il in our power to assure hin
That there is al least one State "south OF TIN
Potomac" which is not in the combustibl'
lcondition he imagines. Virginia does no
like the Tariff. but she is certainly IN
high state of excitement" nor are her peo
! pie srising against oppression" There ne
liver was time when the Union was deare
TO Virginia than at this moment There ne
liver was time when the reckless scheme
q lof the nullifers met with exeerauon NOR
unanimous and cordial 49,
pAJJIATION "A man being uphralde
| for contracting number of debts cody r
= lied. that he did nothing of the KIND; ~
Il 1.-The contrary said he, have invariably don
J. every thing in my power to enlarge 'henl