Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-02-10
FROM the Richmond Wig.
MESSRS. UPSHUR AND Bolts.

MESsRs. UPSHuR AND Bolts.
We copy the correspondence between
Messrs. Wise and Upshur, in which the
latter contradicts the statement made by
Mr.. Bolts respecting his sentiments 10 fa.
vor Of a dissolution Of the Union-or "a.
Their contradicis a statement imputed to
Mr.. Bolts which he did not make
Mr.. Bolts did not charge. that Judge
| Upshur was in favor Of q dissolution
" without qualifications or conditions"-
as Judge Upshur chooses to consider, that
he did. Mr.. BIS words were, that /" the
Secretary of the Navy, the last time he
had a conversation with him on the sub
ject, was an open. ayowe6 and undis.
gulsed advocate Of the immediate disso.
luton Of the Union" Mr.. Wise said in
reply to thus" | deny it," He subse.
quenily qualified his denial by adding;
he Judge Upshur) "never advanced the
idea Of dissolution without qualifications,
conditions and reasons, which the Secre-
tary could Defend" Judge Upshur, in
his letter, adopts Mr.. Wise's qualified de.
NAL, and in so doing, fails wholly to re.
| Sptjiiu VI W.T. IOttS CuutkCs MM
With respect 10 what pissed al the con.
versation referred to, we know nothing,
and say nothing. But If the allega alton
made by Mr.. Bolts be not substantially
true, the Virginia public has been under
a general Misrepresentation in regard to
Judge Upshur's opinions. We never had
any conversation with Judge Upshur ON
any suhjsci-(his associations having
been so different from ours D-but wo
have been induced TO believe from what
we heard from others, that he prided him.
self on beng the first man, who raised
the Dissolution flag in Virginia. No
longer than yesterday we heard Of gen.
rleman, who expressed surprise at the de.
p'al Of Mr.. Bolts statement-adding that
he had heard Judge Upshur in the streets
Of Norfolk, boast thai he was the frs, TO
raise the Dissolution Flag in V~irginis.-
Such, beyond all question, has been the
general impression in The State. II may
be, that there We're mental reservations,
or even rxpr, ssed conditions but they
we're regarded Of a character not a, all
: f-ctlng the result. For instance, the
Judge was in favor Of Dissolution, If Ger.
tain principles Of his were not carried out
into practice-bu this was deemed i'm.
practicable ever by himself, and therefore
he was justly set down as an advocate for
immediate dissolution. We do not un.
derstand the Judge now as coniroverting
this view Of his position although DO
may seem TO do so. His sentiments, how.
ever, may have undergone soma change,
since he became q member Of the Gov.
eminent. Many before him
have exercised the privilege OF holding
very different notions in and ont oil pow.
err.
The Hon. Secretary is evidently ina
very lofty rage, at the arrangement ofhs
opinions by Nj. Bolts. If the latter was
'rdiscreet IN referring TO a conversation
not public, the Hon. Secretary has not
mended the matter by the temper and
tone OF his response. Truly grea, men
never give way to passion, whatever 10
d'gnat'on they may feel. And efforts 70
crush a charge by lofty assumptions OIL
superiority, generally proves abortlss-
and IN this case, the attempt is little than
H.
iarclcal. HIS Honor may DO a very gfesi
may have been a Judge oil The
General Court-and may be now a Pnsy
Councillor to His Mos, Illus,rious Excel,
iency John Tyler. Senior, President OIL
the United States of North America-bu.
all these circumstance OF greatness sna
glory, invest him with no peculiar PRIV
I~eges-,hey do not exempt him from those
responsibilities common to oil in this 'anG
OF UNIVERSAL equality-and from a r'g's
accountability at the bar Of enlightenes
opinion. We have lived all our
days in Virginia, and have seen most o.
the great men of the State, and heard
something Of all; but we have never seen
or heard of aught in the history, publica
~ofJudge Upshur, to warran. hs
Lofty assumptions Of superiority. Possr
bly, we have not heard Alright, certain Sc
cret passages in his life. Possibly, In
o Of a similar ~misapprehens0.
the public, that he. with bis ad'nItiel
abilities, has not been able to comman
The confidence ofthe Virginia PuOac'