Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-10-15

records III the New York Convention, and
;ts truth may be implicitly relied upon,
and the proceedings found recorded IN
Niles Register This took place at time
Gsal) when no living being would have
predicted that the cunning, managing
village politician. Pan Buren,. would have
become an asprant for donors which
ought ever to be reserved for plain. hon.
est, above board statesman and patriots,
instead Of artful intriguers.
"In the convention which assembled 10
1871, TO form new constitution Tor THIS
state, General Erastus Root, a republi-
can of the old school, moved 10 allow ev-
cry uttte, nan Of the aye OF 81 years OF
age and upwards, the right TO vote al All
elections On a motion TO strike out the
word Unite and allow The blacks to vote, y
was carried in the affirmative. Mr.. Ian
Buren, uof,ng TO strike oul the ,cord whste. z
Here We find that MIR. Van Buren, not
only was willing TO place the black man
on political equality with the white and
polls and ballot boxes to be surrounded
by band Of negroes, and to give to them
the right to decide who shall rule over Us,
but he actually coted in faoor Of u. lie
solemnly recorded bis vote in IFS favor al
a time when he he'd no motive to play a
double part--whcn bis true feelings and
unbiased attachment could be safely a
yowed--at time when the contingency
Of bis being supported in the north as a
northern man and in the south as south.
ern man, never presented itself to his i'm
agina,ion. He could not vote with Eras
tus Root, tina! old and stern democrat. IN
favor Of his uhite fellow citizens, He
could not vote with Fairlie, Liflerts, Por
ter, Russell, Schenck. Sage, Sharpe,
Spencer and Young all old democrats
men who, on all cardinal points, always
voted right he decides on placing blacks
and whites on political equality"
Hon Joln @. .qdnms.-We stated last
week that we could rot believe the rumor
that Mr.. Adams had written to the Hon,
Dutee J. Pierce congratulating him on
his election and condemning the course
of the Wings. But-alas for poor human
nature iT TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE. The
Newport Herald Of the Times. received
last evening, thus re.aflirms is assertion.
- Boston Atlas.
THE ON DIr-a true saying.
3 II is even so the rumor noticed. but
discredited in our last, viz: that John z
Adams had written letter TO Dutee }.
Pearce, congratuatIng him upon his victo
ry. and exulting in the defeat OF MIR. Bur
ges, with not a little abuse of the party
deieated--turHs out to be fact. We
have it on authority of gentleman who
has seen the letter. and have heard 1t
read by Pearce himself, in public read
ing room.
81 The Richmond Enquirer thus dis
courses upon the late political somerset Of
Elk. President Adams:
Mr.. John @ Adams has laid himself o.
pen to the attack Of the sharpshoo'ers, on
account of his late letter to MIR. Pearce oil
Rhode Island,-We have never known
such will wisp politician. lie surpas
ses every thing that was ever said by
Burke OF Townsend, or by Canning oil
Barring, There is really no telling where
you are to find him. We had much rath
er he without HIM than with him, The
N. Y. Times, (ihe Van Buren, paper,)
ashes him for his eccentrlcity-While the
Boston Atlas chastises him on the other
side, 1t charges him with unsovernable
passion, disappointed ambition. and
ranking hatred towards Mr., Webster, Ii
asks. what man can read his letter to MIR,
Pearce, "and not turn away with disgust
and loathing at such an exhibition of gross
vindictive and unavaing passions !"-All
that we have TO beg of MIR, Adams is, not
TO Join the friends Of MIR, Van Buren,.