Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-12-05

rupt House Of Representatives tnah =
ton In the states. r..t.or-
~...a. threw me occasionally in his com
-. uia fine address, his military air, bs nooe
s.ncs associated with his services, could po'
Y - ;n,.re., any one; and though | was away
s,,nck with his singular insccuracy IN lne : y
- E,oli.h language, and limited lpiotuS''''
WI Iii capajdly admit, every visit ever Haue
l;m I retur1<d with kinder feelings TOWARDS =.
csvofi,e Of fortune | confess, however ! I.
tbougbt he was 81 FL 70 command q snip, 'dps ~
science and experience, as 70 taAe ona'ss ~.
Rim of Sfate. lie might oder a match 70 ~ ~
vi - =. magazine TO save il from the hands OF
anemv or scut,Ie or dismast the vessel, but was
N, onarGrd 10 take advantage OF shonl, current y
h,ee1e and conduct the vessel safely INTO Po'.,
r.. e,u,e migb, be truly extended-he ieit ,n0
- ar STATE n wreck. The worst feature OF tnis
,a,anL 4 he destruction Of public morals. Up
neal i 10 the old, the %viftuous, and 70 tne oOse,'ms'
i !, mo-; sol Is there NOT a perpetual scrohoio :.
Office, and have not men become uhsc'opu
80 ~ means Of obtaining and holding slation'-
~ on az, out wrong. His organ proclaimed' "
ad.arce ofbi. Inauguration, that he would nouD, !,
Iesa !" reward his friends and punish bis enemies
rbi. on followed by the despicabie seniimehi "
= toada, In New YDrk, that 10 the : yictofs oei"ns
he spoil." This policy, thus openly proei''m.u
and followed up, ever since, threw f.niti'uie' -
The market, who sold themselves 70 tho h'ghest ~
der. To be a hnrra partisan was 70 DC . ieep
Of flavor. Vulgariiy obtained an sieYat'oh' H.
s.a.s ;u,or,ance. ard f., quently knavery a hinlhs
- a;,ber n a foreign embassy, or one OF the ~"
mas,;c b,,eaus. The effect Of all this was ineVta'
Ia 7, /. n truth in moral philosophy, that men
- more ntone to descend the scale Oh virtue
and honor than 10 rise. An impetus, derived ron
The policy of the government, aids tnis hatuiai w"
denev and burries hundreds TO the depth of ihiAmy
a,I d;sbonor Hence, We can see, whenever o va
| cancy in an Office occurs, there are 2 dozen alF"
couts. and The country swarms win greeay eNPeS
tants. The inquiry proposed ny hf. 'ehe'spn, : y
| 10 fitness for office, "is he honest, isne oaPap",
ia M longer the ,ouchstone. Hundreds unhipshlng-
H. ella m their reward, for The sole merit OF belonging
- Inc Great Democratic Party, for having put form
,bi, electioneering squib, or that, for having oeen
,esident vice president, or subordinate IN q gfeh'
Democratic Convention, or having been very instru-
mental in defeating a Wing. Where IS all THIS 10
end9 No body can foresee; but you, fellow-ciii
zens. hold The rod Of correction in your own hands
II YOU do not use it, it ia your own iauls.
Fsllow.ciiizens | have extended tlis eircuia''
,onch further ,hnn | Intended. When began, my
do.;an ,vas 10 be brief, but pen in hand, it flow.
cd on 10 an unconsionablc length. Well! you and
I have one comfort, YOU are not bound 10 read IL
n,le.. ,on choose, or | 10 read il TO you. sat
down in the best possible humor, and II have tolo
.ome Main truths, I trust | have not exhibited an
lmnroper asperity Of feeling. In the facts presen-
red. have aimed n accuracy, II 1 have, through
mistake. deyiated in TIE slightest particular, and II
can BIO shown me, | will readily correct 1t. re-
p,et that the late exciting contest was productive
If any alteration, or gave rise TO any anlmoslty
smore persons of different ways OF thinking. for
myself, so far az | am implicated, it 1t can be shown
hat I was the a~ggres.or in any ease, am wiling
10 make any proper reparation, and those who nave
wronged me, if they have only he maniiness 10
make an acknowledgment, all will be fofgotten.-
Nv desire is to pursue the noiseless tenor OF my
nv. leaving behind no sting in the bosom OF any
one. or without ~inhicting on myself painful rscollec-
,ions of he past, and by assiduous devotion to ou
.;nes.. repair losses sustained. Two years hence,
in mind and estate, and | hope in body too, | sholi
nrob,bly be in a better condition to be your Repre-
ser talive: and as my honorable friend, the sitting
member. is | believe an advocate for rotation IN Of
Ace. | ,rus, by that time he will give way, and a.
low me chance; and. having, in the interim, secu'
red Cor himself a good companion for life, and no
gentle man, for his domestic virtues. IS more deser'
wing of one. he will seek in the bosom OF his home.
thai tepose which'is not to be found IN the trials
and psrplexities Of public life.
Your fellow-citizen,
RICHARD w. BARTON.
SpRrNoDILE. Nov. 27, 1889.