Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-05-29
lsburg, May 90, 1884

conducted. EDMUND p. HUNTER.
Martinsburg. May %, 1884.
Editoriat chdnge.--wiih sincere pleasure we
welcome into the brotherhood Of Editors, ED
WARD A. LYNCH. Esq, Of Frederick City, Ma
ryland, who has become join, proprietor ant
editor Of the Weekly Times, with Col. Shelman
Mr.. Lynch is a gentleman whose talents We
deem peculiarly fitted for the station he has Ia
ken. The Times is neutral paper in party pc
litcs, devoted for the most part to Literature anC
Science. Under the management Of Col. Shell
man, il has merited and acquired the reputation
of highly valuable literary journal. With thu
aid Of Mr.. Lynch, we doubt not that its interes
and usefulness will be materially enhanced.
n DueE-almost-not quite.A difference
lately took place in the House Of Representatives
between Messrs. Cage and Plumner, both mem
bers from Mississippi, which was very near ter
minating in the honorable mode Of giving salts
faction. This difference arose out Of speech O
MIR. Plummer in reply to Mr.. Cage, in which the
former read copious extracts from the speech o.
the latter, declaring them to have been manu-
featured for the newspapers; bur that they were
never delivered before the House. In making
these remarks, he used very severe language,
and imputed to Mr.. Cage the design Of fabrca-
ting pretended speech" for the purpose OF
operating on the minds of his constituents, pre-
judicaiiy TO his (AIr. P.'s) interests and cha
racter. These charges were repealed by Mr.
Cage on the floor of the House, whercupon Mr..
LII. .soJ
the offensive language. The speech Of MIR. p.
was, however, published in the Globe. with all
its accusations and imputatons, and unaccompa
MED by Mr.. Cages reply, or Mr. Plummer's
subsequent explanation and retraetion. The OPP
portunity of circulating and abusive Ian
gaage relative to an opponent of the administra-
ton was a temptation too strong to be resisted by
the leaders of the party, although it involved
fragrant breach Of decorurn. The publication OF
Mr. P.s speech caused Mr.. Cage to address a
letter TO MIR. p, demanding whether said speech
was published under his direction and tuperin-
tendenee The reply of Mr.. p. was that il was
published by his observation-disclosures Mr.. Cage
addressed another note to Mr.. P, requiring"
whether or not he (Mr. P,) considered the per
sonal illusions made to him (Mr. c. in the de-
bate, withdrawn at the time. To the word re-
9uire, Mr.. Plainmer in reply takes exception,
and declines giving any answer to the question.
Then followed challenge from Mr. Cage, which !
Mr.. Plummer accepts, and promises to meet Mr..
c. soon after the adjournment Of Congress as
possible. He rests his refusal to meet Mr.. &
before the adjournment, upon the ground of his
duty to his constituents, and personal considera-
tons which require that this meeting should take |
place Of meeting at Vicksburg. To this epistle
Mr.. Bynum, MIR. Cages friend, replies that he
cannot consider Mr.. Plummer's note as an ac-
ceptanee of the challenge, and the note is there
fore returned as an evasion of the call. And
thus the affair has ended.
We do not pretend to say whether or not Mr..
P. was correct in the course taken by him, in
postponing the affair-but we cannot admire his
taste. We have always thought, that when a
man intended either TO shoot or be shot, the soon
er the job was consummated the better. If du-
cling be rightly, as it is very generally, consi
dered little better than premeditated murder,
what are we to think of homicide perpetrated
after several months of serious reconciliation?
Mr. Rush.-This gentleman is perhaps sunk
lower in disgrace, than any man who ever held
political standing in this country In rcsigning
his situation of Clerk of the Committee of In
vestigatlon, certain letters passed between him
and the Chairman, which gave to Mr.. r. an OPP
portunIty OF praising in the most fulsome style
the President of the United States, and of deal
ing ont a proiusion Of equally undeseryed cen.
sure upon the Bank Of the United States-and
above all, of lauding, with praise. W orthy modes
ty, his own exceeding patriotism and zeal for tn,
public welfare. This assumption Of self devot
edness to the public welfare, seems little con
Trajectory, when il is considered that he resign
ed his clerkship because il required of him oc
casionally to attend the Committee in the even
ing, rendered inoonvenient, because he resid
ed at distance Of two miles-which we ma,
suppose exceeded the measure of the zeal q
which he boasts so much. This correspondent
was published, and as it appears, by Mr.. RUS
himself, since the Committee passed a resolution
declaring that its publication was altogethel
unauthorized by them Upon this resolu
tion the National Gazette has the following re-
marks:
Assuredy. this resolution involves a
vote OF censure and strong censure.-
Even the Jackson five of the committee
were sensible the gross improperly OF
uhe puolcation oil such correspondence,
and therefore disclaimed all responsibility.
The other members wished 10 exnress
IN more pointed aud explicit resolutions
the indignation which they felt at he
substance and bearing of Mr.. Rush,s lonS
and tumd letter. Every ono of them
must have been impressed with what we
may term The practical BATHos of the
whole affar-wth the contrast between
the style and procedure of MIR Rush. &
the humble ministry ofthe clelkship, be
tween The stupsnduous consequence ant
grandeur " iich he ascribed to their eIranC
ana 10 such :. CO operation with them anC
the reason ~ personal convenience which