Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-07-21
MR.. Borrs-PRgsIDENT TYLER.

The House oil Representatives,, on the LII
instant, is published in the National Intel
Ggencer. 1t is accompanied by note
stating tina, "the following are the charge,
which Mr.. Boris proposes TO prefer a.
gainst the President, and which were in.
tended to be read for information in con.
necton with his remarks, of which copy
has been furnished to the Reporter for
publication :"
LIST. charge John Tyler with gross
usurpation Of power and violation OF law,
IN attempting to exercise controlling M
fucnce over the accounting officers oil the
Treasury Department, by ordering the
payment of accounts that had been by
them rejected, and threatening them with
expulsion from Office unless his orders
were obeyed.
%. Ichsrge him with being guilty Of a
high misdcmcanor in retaining men in Of
dee for months after they have been re-
jected by the Senate as unworthy. iDcom-
petent, and uniaithful, to the great detri.
ment Of the public interests, and hazard
Of loss to the public Treasury the Gov
eminent having no security for the faith
ful application of the public funds passing
Through their hands, and hs thereby dc
teats that provision OF the Constitution
which requires the advice and consent Of
the Senate to all nominations made by
President.
I'd. ! charge him with gross official
misconduct in attempting, in spirit Of re-
veage, for constitutional exercise Of pow
or by the Senate, in tho rejection Of one
of his nominees to office, to remove
large number OF faithful and me-torious
subordinate officers from the Custom. house
of Philadelphia, with whom no fault was
found save that Of a supposed political
preference for another, and who had dis
charged their duties with entire satisiac.
ton TO the collector of customs, and for
having no other recommendation than that
of supposed acquiescence in his views.
4th. charge him with the high crime
and misdemeanor Of endeavoring TO excite
disorg anizing and revolutionary spirit in
the country, by inviting disregard OF,
and dislbedience to q law of Congress,
which law he has himself sworn to see
faithfully executed.
5lh. charge him with the high crime
and misdemeanor in office of Withholding
his assent to laws Indispensable to the op.
erations OF the Government, involving no
constitutional difficulty on his part-of
d'priving the Government Of all legal
sources Of revenue-of assuming to him.
self the whole power Of taxation--and Of
collecting duties from our citizens without
the authority or sanction of law.
9th. | charge HIM with the high crime
aud misdemeanor Of open prostitution and
pronigacy in Willingness to barter away
the offices Of Government, and the prin-
ciples he professed, to obtain the support
of one oil the parties Of Congress to which
he has heretofore been opposed.
It'll. charge him with gross official
misconduct, in having been guilty Of a
shameless duplicity, equivoca,on, and
faisehood with his late Cabinet and Con-
gress such as has brought him into dis
graco aud contempt with the whole Amer.
lean people, which has disqualified him
from administering this Government with
advantage. honor, or virtue.
9th. | charge him with an arbitrary
and drspotic abuse Of the veto power, to
crafty his personal and political resent.
men,, with such evident marks Of incon.
sis,ency and duplici.y as leave no room to
doub, his total disregard Of the interests Of
the people aud Of his duty to the country.
9th. | charge him with the high misde-
meanor Of arraying himself in open hos
tli,y to the Legislative department OF the
Government, by the publication Of sian.
derous and ibsllous letters under his own
signature, with q view of creating false
and un inherited sympathy for himself, and
bringing Congress into dsrepute and od''
um with the people, by which means that
harmony between the Executive and lie.
gsative departments so essential to good
government and the welfare Of the people
has been utterly destroyed.
10Th. | charge him with an abandon
ment Of an acknowledged constitutional
duty, in refusing to render such aid to the
constituted authorizes Of Rhode Island,
when called on, os he had himself previ'
ously promised in his letter to Gov. King,
as a sacred constitutional obligation rest.
ing upon him.
ll,h. chaige him with pursuing such
n course of vaclllallon, weakness, and fol-
lv, os must, if he is permitted to remain
longer at the head OF the Government,
bring the country into dshonor and dis.
grace abroad. and force the people into
state Of AFFECT misery and distress at
home.
l2. charge him with being utterly I'M
worthy and unfit TO have the destinlos Of
this nation in his hands, and with having
brought upon the Representatives OF the
People the Imperious necessity OF exerc's-
ing their constitutional prerogatlve OF I'M
peachmeni, or of surrenderiug the Gov
ernmeni to him to be used as paything
and a toy, for his sport on the one hand
and his malignity on the other.
GES. HAMILTON. A ccidentnily there
has been an omission to notice in our col.
umns the amende honorable, Of the james
River and Kanawha Company, TO General
Hamilton. That gentleman appeared be.
fore the Board OF Directors of the compa-
ny and developed all the circumstances
connected with his acts us agent OF the
comnany and the hypothecatIon OF por.