Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-03-29

OOhN CEhSEANI, VI Il SftW.
TIE CHAMPIONS OF THE AMERcAN SYSTEM.
HE WORKING MANS ADVOCATES.
The FRIENDS OF LIBERTY IN EVERY cLnsEl
TIE debate which occurred in the House
of Representatives at Washington, on the
request made by Mr. Adams to be excused
from further service as Chairman sfthe Com
mittee on Manufactures, has a remarkable
character: We extract few passages.
Mr.. Cambrelcag said
cit was most unpleasant duty to oppose
the request Of the distinguished gentleman
from Massachusetts--he did it with pain land
4 only did it upon the consideration that it in
r,olyed the most important consequences He
believed most sincerely that the existence Of
fhe-Union depended, in great degree. up
on the patriotic services OF that gentleman
upon the Committee Of Manufactures. He
believed that upon that distinguished gentle
man, and upon one other. now depended the
most vital interests Of the people Of the U
4 nited Statesn
Colonel Dratn said
"The language Of compliments rarely be-
coming upon this floor; and it is not my hab
1t to resort to it, especially when the object
of il is present Without violating proprs-
fy, may, nevertheless, declare, that amidst
the violence and rancor Of political parties,
with which our country has been distracted,
and from which. unhappily we are not now
exempt, il has always been admitted so far
as my information reaches, that no isdividu-
al was more eminently endued with those in
teilectuai and moral qualities which enttle
n their possessor 10 the respect of the commu-
nifty, and to an entire confidence in the puri
ty OF bis motives, than the gentleman from
81 Massachusetts,"
Mr. Barbour, of Virginia, said
"To refuse any thing that could be asked
by that gentleman gave him pain--gr PAIN
He said that it was with unaffected sincerity
d he declared, that the member from Massa-
chussetts, with whom he was associated on
j the Comnittee,) had not only fulfilled all his
8 duties with eminent ability in the Committee
q hut in spirit and temper (of which it might
be unbecoming to speak,) that commanded
his grateful Acknowledgements. and excited
his highest admiration" He be
lieved that the gentleman from Massachusett:
had it cminentiy in his power, by his pecu
81 liar relation to the House and his country
q not only TO protect the great interests O.
which he had himself spoken, but to give re
pose to those angry passions which Now
q shake the public mind, and to tranquilize ana
assuage all excitements. He believed that I
II was more in his power than that Of any O.
n ther man living. We're it permitted bun &c
make personal appeal to the gentleman, he
! would have done SO in advance OF this mo
son He would have appealed to him as
q patriot, as a statesman, as philanthroplst
j above all, as an American, feeling the full
force of all bis duties. and touched by al
their incentives TO lofty action-to forbea
this request"
MIR. Dacis, Of South Carolina was alst
Complimentary
a We are not surprised at such testimony
from 30 patriotic and candid person as Col
! Drayton, though we might ask why he pre-
q ferred General Jackson TO Mr. Adams Tor tn
E Office Of President, considering what had s'al
& WAYS been admitted of MIR. Adams Blu
II that MIR. Cambreleng and MIR Barbour SHOULD
q he converted, is indeed worthy of note, The
q ioined, we believe, in the cry OF "bargaI
8 and corruption'' against MIR Adams; the
E constantly denounced and vebemently oppo
81 sed his administration. Can MIR Adams b
81 now what they represent him. and have pee
M what they once proclaimed him. is he re
formed man, or have they recovered from
delusion? Must they not regret that the
81 have him not as dent,-suppesing the
81 declarations to be sincere? Why not PR
~ claim h,m as their candidate, since his meri
% are so transcendant and opportuneP In a
s. knowedgng the probity Of bis character. an
81 his sterling patriotism. they acquit MIR Ola
& the other party to the supposed bargain Nj
h CLAW could not have been guilty alone; uule
d the Hihernian idea he adopted that "the r
ciprocity was all on one side" We can n
agine the feelings Of the Kentucky senate
and the slsnces Of bis expressive eye. VIII,
81 he read the report of the discussion ID u
House.
These palinodes furnish useful lesson
the People. upon whom the prominent al
fiery advocates OF General jackson labored,
with too much success in many quarters,
10 make The most unfayorable impressio
with regail to Mir Adams, as "patriot,'
statesman" 'Philanthropist and an .
merican. Titles by which MIR. Barbour nj
solemnly inspkes him to preserve the hasn
nv and union Of the States. Such patri
as this gentleman and Mr. Cambreleng CT
not mean TO caiole MIR. Adams;- they IN
knew that the effort would ne vain with
81 man who, to use their text, 'sfeeis the
force Of all his duties and is touched by
their inceptiycs to lofty action Wat. Ga