Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-11-08
A PEEP BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

o. The Washington correspondent
otthe Baltimore Patriot, in a letter da.
ted October Gath, gives the following
account of the proceedings ofthe "De.
mocrutic' Office holders at Washing
ton, in relation to several matters oil
public concernment, during the time
that General Jackson held the sway at
the metropolis. The source from which
the information is CLEANED, may be re.
lied upon us authentic, as the pamphlets
mentioned are the production ofone who
has been behind the curtain, and be.
held all the secret springs by which
NIL the machinery of party has been
kept in motion. DR.. MAYO has had the
opportunity of becoming acquainted
with the modes Of proceeding adopted
by the cabal at Washington, upon most
if not all Of the important measures
that have received the sanction or dis.
appreciation of"the party" He has
been the COMPLIANT and co-operator of
the olice.holders, and the statements
he makes, are, without doubt, founded
IN fact. They exhibit n manner ofpro-
ceeding, and a disregard of all the prin.
cIples of justice and virtue, tina, could
not have been credited had they been
made by any one was not a witness to
the corruption Of which he speaks
The correspondent says:
The pamphlets OF DIR. MAYO, which
introduced TO the notice of your rca.
ders, are well worthy of an attentive
perusal at this time. The DIR. brings
forward u body Of evidence which
leaves not a doubt that the removal of
the deposltes from the Bank Of the U.
States was the result of"A Dia6oHcal
Conspiracy among certain unprinci.
pied adventures in this city, headed
by AMOS kendall AMI REUBEN NJ.
WHITNEY, the former instigated, as DR..
Mayo declares, by a hope Of gaining
the Presidency by so grand a stroke of
political i~egerdemain, knowing that his
influence over Jackson was equal to
any thing within the scope of his legal
or assumed responsibilities, even in des.
pite Of the adverse councils Of the ma
lority Of the Cabinet proper-and the
latter actuated partly by the mercena.
ry views Of acquiring the Government
Agency with the Deposite Banks at a
salary of $4,000, which he proposed
for himselfto the Secretary ofthe Trea.
sury. Among the means rcsorted to
by the conspirators, while the Presi
dent found some difficulty in ordering
the removal in consequence Of the op.
position OF certain members Of his Ca
binet, was that Of addressing letters to
distant editors 10 excite popular, or ra.
Their, party opinion, through their co.
lumns, against the refractory Secreta.
ries, and drive them from the Cabinet
by resignation. AS a specimen ofthese
letters, one addressed TO the Cincinnati
Republican is gwen, which, after ira.
yelling the rounds Of the party's news.
papers, was republished in the Globe.
} will take another occasion to present
to your readers the testimony adduced
by this writer, showing the train ofin.
sldious causes by which the removal of
the deposltes was effected and in the
mean time would ask them to look with
me upon the picture, which a man pos.
sesslng the best opportunities of obser.
vatlon, has exhibited of the degraded
n disgraceful scenes enacted in this
city under the Retrenching and Re.
forming Administration.
IL appears that, encouraged by the
announcement of the official organ of
fhe day, that "Gen. Jackson toould re.
tcdfd hls friends and punish his enc.
"'es, there vas a rush of political sup.