Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-05-29


the duty Of cooperation in their work,
however small was TO be his part in il.
He "beheld a hemisphere conyulsed." lie
"saw every thing elseuhan the bank affair."
at pause-every thing swept into one
ingulphiDg vortex" lie felt "that barely
to sit by, whilst as the chosen agents of
great people; the committee carried
their inquest into the causes ofsuch trans
cendent Indications and events would be
| a privilege as well as a duty" He was
"eyen ambitious to hold the recording pen
at the scene" Thus, the whole national
veal the moral economy Of Providence
not only all American, but nearly all hui
man interest,-:'the course and policy Of
our highest sffairs-our laws-all the most
active operations Of business and trade
throughout the country-the freedom and
purity Of elections public administra-
tions-tbe press--linally, public liberty IT
self."-al, all; in the estimation Of Mr..
Rush, were staked on the trial aud con
viction Of the monster.
| With such impressions, what personal
sacrifices would Rot good citizen, fla.
ming patriot, makep Most OF the members
Of Congress leave their hearths s. families
their domestic and professional iconcerns,
10 reside at Washington for many months
of the year, in order 10 act for the ordinary
national exigances and veal: the venera-
BILE John @. Adams did not leave the ball
of the House OF Representatives. on Fri.
day last, for fifteen bours-he remained at
his post until morning without taking any
refreshment But in so portcntous crisis
"in times tike these, "when qulverlng hem
Isphere is to be redeemed, Mr. Rush could
abandon The transcendant agency, ofwhlch
he was so ambitious, because his home
was in the country and '.the important la
bors Of the committee required sittings
more numerous than had been iorcknown;
aud not unirequently sitlings at night.
The home in the county is at the dis
lance of two miles or less. We know that
the Committee had several hours of recess
every day intervals. of leisure sufficient
for excursions into the country social in
tercourses &c. The manner and degree |
in which they would be employed might
have been anticipated from the very ma
ture Of their mission. Their clerk could
have good lodging in the noble hotelwhere
they were assembled. From the tone and
strain of his letter. it might be inferred
that be would have abandoned his home
for season at least-to follow the COM
mittee TO any point OF our "convulsed hem
sphere" Alas, for the active virtue Of
patriotism-ior the self de-
nying energy Of vociierous preacher of
crusades against all devouring corruption!
The Alexandria Gazette of Friday last says:
MIR. Clay, in his place in the Senate on We'd
nesday, agreed with the opinion of Mr.. Webster,
expressed the day before, that if the friends Of
the Administration would say at once that they
had no reliefto offer, and would continue to OPP
pose all plans that may be offered by the opposi-
ion, that he was content TO leave the RESPONSE
'ility with them, and vote for an immediate adj
Mr.. Fan Buen.-From various quarters the
umour appears to gather strength, that Mr. Van
3uren has recently been placed in collision with
,ther of the Presidents counsellors, and thu
struggle for supremacy is now going on between
he two parties into which the cabinets (proper
and improper) are divided There is nothing
more probable than that these rumours are true.
Indeed it is wonderful that the present govern
nent has not ere this fallen in peices.
1t is said that the Hon. John Quincy Adams
is engaged in writing Memoirs Of his own times,
and the Life of John Adams his father. They |
cannot fail to be works of high interest.
The Bank Committee .---We refer our readers !
to an article from the National inteligencer, in
relation to the Report of the Committee appoint
ed TO investigate the affairs Of the Bank of the
United States. The majority of the Committee,
loyal subjects of the Dictator propose to arrest,
forthwith, the President and Directors of the
Bank for their contumacy. 1t would be great
triumph to King Andrew, no doubt, to disturb the
"summer morning serenity" of MIR. Biddle, by
bringing him before the bar of the House of Re-
representatives., to answer for his manifold delin-
qucncies. But we do not believe the House will
agree to the proposition.
The facts stated in the article from the Intelli-
gencer will excite surprise. The Printers of the
House, had not, it appears, obtained copy Of the
Report (Which ordered to be printed on
| Thursday ,)by Saturday morning, on which morn
ing it appeared in the Globe. How this hap
pened it is well worth inquiring2 Perhaps the
Clerk was instructed TO furnish the report first
to the Globe, and then 10 tho Public Printers
If so, the House ought to know by whose autho-
rity this arrangement was made
Since writing the above we have seen the Re-
port copied from the Globe, in Baltimore paper,
we have read it with sovereign contempt for its
weakness and puerility. The following are the
resolutions which it recommends to the House
for adoption, and we presume that these resoIu-
lions, at least, have had the sanction of the gov
eminent, before they were Promulgated
/. RESOLVED, That by the charter of the Bank
OF the United States, the right was expressly
reserved 10 either House of Congress, by the
appointment of committee, TO inspect the books,
and TO examine into the proceedings, of the said
Bank, as well as TO ascertain, if at any time il
had violated its charter.
2. Resolced, That the resolution of the House
OF Representatives, passed on the 18th of April,
1884, for the appointment of committee, with
null powers to make the investigation embraced
IN SAID resolution, in accordance with the