Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1833-12-26
Miscellaneous.
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From Ge Neto Orleans B,.iletin.
PnILADELPHIA, Urt IS. 1888
Nv DEAR SIR: ! duty received your lei
ter - I was GLAD to hear from you. not
! only because assured Of ) our safety an,itiei
/ pestllrnce. but because ] knew ! could
/ RELY on the sincerity of all that you said
A conclusion rarely arrived al.
| IL IS hut too obvious, either that we
misunderstood the qualities Of Cen. Jack
son head, or else he has been wonder
fully altered: on all tie cardinal %, snon>
agiisied, he has failed TO lie consistent: he
promised purity 10 selections Tor Office, yet
lew have been purely ma'ie-he proi.sse'i
TO he friend TO dUfuesiic industry, yet
he has done more than any body else To
PROSTATE IL: he advocated national 20
yernmen,ai hank. and yet affects TO DIRE AL
a nUnied aristucrscy: he complained OF
the corruption OF one bank, and yet takes
forty or fifty irresponsible paper -circulat-
ing banks under the na'Ion.l wing: he
has been for, aud against internal improv i.
ments: he denounced nuilInc alton, ye'
has oil late been uns aylng all that he said
in his proclamation. In short. do not
believe he ever had fixed principles, or
ever arrived at any result by the exercise
of the mind: tn.pulses and passions haze
ruled.
What thus say. and very loosely say.
does not originate Ia ATTY resentment, hut
10 dIspasionaiely uttered. have become,
us you may have re.nrk-d. a sort Of Oh
ject to which the public eye has been
Tor some time past directed. My posi-
ton is such, that ! am not sustained ny
any faction, but obnoxious to all. have
resisted the President, and his friends de-
aounce mel am opposed to the United
States Bank, and have no quarter TO ex
pee, there: am opposed TO the State
Banks, and AM no iavori,c to them either.
These three Influences are now the most
seems TO he a secondary matter, SO that
! was put out OF office, Tor the reason tha,
Gaiileo was put in dungeon. because he
could no, believe AT will
To give you history Of my connection
with the administration, wouId require IA
small Linn: was asked TO be. ne
Secretary Of the Treasury 50 long oso AS
Dec. q. 1882 was surprlse,i at the offer
- desired to euade twas pressed by Ia
| ther aud friends TO accept-at last. agreed
on 3Oth January. lS35-gave up my bu
sinrss gradually and entered office OF
the dIs. Of June-wih,ut any sort # inti
NATION or stipulation. / had not been
twenty tour hou's III office. v hen felt. as
wrote my father, my vessel ON the
breakers. ! found that the President Was
| IN the HANDS Of ineh, whom would not
trust. personally or politically: con,es,
at once began. the object Of which was
to drive ME out OF office. as the Givbe
called me "a refractory subordinate. ~ In
short. ! undertook to tell the Pre- sid. nj the
truth, in the language OF a freeman, ia
rather thar couriieI: the end Of all was
my removal from office, under aggravat.
ing circumstances No DOUBT the aholc
viii he developed by Congress. and you
viii the" see picture by 10 means cal
cnlaied TO elevate our institutions IN the
eyes Of the world. IL was desired iy una
nv. particularly the pariisans Of the Un;-
ted States Bank, that I should at once
write a book but have preferred s.,
fence, until Congress shaI oct if Con
shall make AN inquiry. may deem it n
duly 10 I,it the curtain
The state Of things at present is this
The good Of The country is 10 more
honght OF than IL every thing ought 10 be
| cT 10 chance. The factions sri,vues aud
preten.ipns Of individuals :. ek,ng office.
and OF n0' eyrd cOrp"i atoms struggling
| for the use OF the public funds. are alone
| thought Of or talked about: TO pr0n,u'e
the happiness Of the people. or 10 promote
the love Of liberty elsewhere, by exhibit
ing lis existence here, is not the ot jrct o.
what we cali leading men: their design is
| tn rule and 10 CRAFTY avaiice and smbi
ton by such combinations and di>tn'''.
| TOSS &c duty or agency, ~ Effect So great
results IN manufactures and nsechaotcs
Speculailcr or schemnk enters ~ 10 Z, :
hinss II we bad q -ingle realty fyrs and
able press. sc might 90 snn,r good, bus
we ha," not Oue'
tegoug 90 no man 81 faction. and shf
| newspapers are an controlled dy one or
the other, A. Washing ton, my nnvil
! 'ingness so pn!i "a well trained mule
| would, was matter Of surprise: morts
courage at Washington 10 IS scarce rs
lih"rality At Warsaw.
| ! am now At home. where | find no
! dnphcltv. no hearilessness, no sycophan
/ cy, or adna'inn: and humble AZ that home
comparatively may be. il is beyond al
doubt precious in my eyes. after what IN
four months | have Witnessed A few
friends fully appreciate my course, hut the
mass are not allowed to know il The
Presidents presses are silen, il they do no,
fals'iy - and the oppo'iion papers expect
me to go over ere they do me full justice.
They little know me. it seems"