Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-01-05

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iof which be was hy education and chatae IL
"lo'iI uhiIt, worn cit by telis iriirmit,e
sau We natural progress OF age, he acted On
uef hnnences which. morsilv speaking. h
s"uia not well control However this ma
10 II" certain that the expectations an,
| noFos wsieh some persons may have bee,
u's9ssea 10 leeu'ge of the success u his AZ
n''s's'fa.ioa, have been signal, disappointed
,'u 'aat us failure has been mere con,ple,,
'"aN even MS enemies could have po.sibh
"'"e'pateu' The political history ef he o
.',oh iet tse last three years exhisits a srfie,
u measures plainly dictated in al their srin.
l'PAl features by blind curidily or vindiettse
ra'y spirit. marked throughout By a disre
salo Tor good policy, justice, and every high
! saw generous sentiment. and terminating in
a"isssiut'on OF the cabinet uaher citc nunStan
ees mere seasdalous thaa any of the kind 10
se met with m the annals sf the ririIix,,,
weird The voluntary dissolution oil the al,
net authorizes tae remark ,yh,ch we have
made aaov~. that the failure Of the alp,,ris
tFation of Ges. jackson vas not cnly sirna,
aHd complete, but acknowledged. and i; i re-
markabie that, after this public acknewledg
ment OF his iocspacitv to execute ina dsties
OF ms office, threngh agents appointed b,
o'n1sell, even To his own satisfaction. be
Should deeu it expedient 10 offer hi, service,
10 the nation for second term.
The first official &C, of the president in,li.
Gated, IA striking and painful manner in
now small degree any favorable ap,icip,
uons that Alshi have been formed of his CON
dhct were Ekely 10 be realized We allnae
10 tls Inaugural address TO tie peos,e. ],
which he lsrsllea against tie admiaistrat,sa
o. DIS predecessor sweeping charge Of in
capacity and corruption, A charge 81 inca
psci'y to conduct the civil afisirs Of the csun
Try. preferred by And,ew jackson, against
such men IA Dir Adams. MIR CLAY. and Their
distinguished colleagues in siiice. was Of
course snereiy lad,crous; bui the irr.ufs -ioi,
oil corruption WAS Of FuQlc se,iuss charac.
ter Had thsfe been the lesss fonndatio. for
1t N TACT. II Is obvious that The last person
who ought 10 have inside it his bosinc.s {.
denoutee IT 10 the puthc wa. tn president
ct The United States, who has no othe.r con
siihlhsnsl agency ia regard 10 .uoi, offences
but the psgtr 81 psrdoa The indecoraro Of
this denunciation was hardly lass earinx
than lis essential Injastits. aud can aaly Ne
Perailelsd by that OF tie Subsequent deaun-
c'atien OF The saslc administration. ON Tho
same authority, IL foreign government
This proceeding awakened in the mind or
every good ctiztn very paiDlul (orcroiings
as t. the consequences which were - f6iiew
upon such commencement
These ioressdings were too soon realized,
The next act I'll the administration was a 20
neral removal Of such Of tac pubic agents ~
were net recommended Nv attachment to The
person or pa'fy of the president The TX
tent to which this system was carried il stri-
Singiy eyincea 10y The fact, that wthis =
month ataer the Inauguration OF Gen. Jack
500. more persons were removed trom otlire
than during the whole .arty years that had
elapsed since 'hs adoption of The Constitution
The motive which led Ia this .oliey, Is Illus
tratod by ths fact, that Il was applied piaci
pally In states whore the majoiiiy 1t The p.1
pie were opposed 10 the administration, While
IN the other states there were comparatively
few removals Such was the practical cou
ment on the text of the inaugural address
which senonncei the preceding adaDinistra
tios as having brought the patronage of the
government Into conflict with lhe purity OF
elections. The i"rsigs ministers were ab
rupHy re called al large rHpeuss 10 the conn
try, in some instances Ge!ote tscy hid re Acii-
ed their destination, aud in al. without the
observation Of the CONNER forms ot ciyilny
towards them. or the governments near wi.ic h
they were accredited Am.ug the Yctigas vi
prescription az LpRle ware SDt1e OIL Ale ih0st
respectable and interesting persons IN the
comsueit, veterans who, after fighting toe
battles of the war Of independence. had been
placed by the jnsiice of the government IN
| the offices they held, aud we're new rudeiy
thrust out eli them to endure. at an advasce,l
| age the piseries Of actual want, as a reward
/ for Toe devotion Of their Whole lives to tho
/ public service. This was not all This mi
| verssl prescription. taken 10 connection with
the tenor Of the inaugural address. Amounted
| 20 charge 81 universal corruptal Com
mon ustics required that the individuals a.
| gainst whom such a charge was brought
should have opportunity TO deiend themselves
| Meme WAS given No inquiry was ordered
| No specifications were made. No examina.
ton was bad VIXEN apusllc servant Of On
hleipisLed character, new a member If con
gresa. demanded Of the late secretary Of stal'
an explaDaiiee sf this Implied charge Of cor
ruution under which he lad been removed
from his place as Gle IN the deparai,n
Of state. he was coslly Informed that ne harm
4 was meant. and that ne explanation weui
be given Even this was not the worst. Al
tenpts were made ia more than one instance
under pretsxt Of stricter control OF the pah
, ! lie accounts, to deprive these victsls Of pei
seeulion Of The sca1ty remnant OF their a,esr
Of subsistence pnl.iic servaGt of sao'
respectable character AID vepeFaiae years
{. was not only reas.vo5 and thrswn rpoa III
} world. al ias age of more than eighty, b.
o actually had his furniture seized, under tres
: sury warrant Of distress, upon a false pr
c tence Of pecnlation. at tlme when. as al
pears from a subsequent decree OF the cor
IS aetent tribunal the United States owed hi