Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

As far as we have been able to observe, the fact is undoubted as well as gratifying, that the generality of the Clergy of all denominations, throughout the Union, are on the side of the administration, and in favor of Mr. Adams' re-election; as far as the expression of opinion may properly belong to that venerated class of citizens. We have been favored with a letter from one of the order, a pious and intelligent clergyman, living in the interior of Maryland; an extract from which we lay before our readers.

"I think it is time for every lover of his country to raise his voice, to take his pen, and stand fast in the cause of good sense and sound principles. In the noisy and unaccountable politics of the day, I am a mere looker on, tho' by no means an indifferent one. I do not like to say anything, or do anything even if it were in my power to do or say anything to the purpose, which might excite prejudices against me in the minds of some, and thus obstruct in a measure the influence and usefulness of my office. But there are few truer lovers of their country than I am--few more solicitous for the substantial prosperity and general respectability of the nation. And I cannot help feeling alarmed at the thought of discharging from the administration of the government the learned, the able, the independent and experienced Mr. Adams; in order to introduce in his stead, if we may not say the unlearned and incompetent, we may truly say the inexperienced Jackson. But whomsoever a foolish people may choose for their rulers, every pious mind will find consolation in the thought, that there is a superintending Providence, who oversees and directs the councils of the Nations, according to his sovereign pleasure, who can bring good out of what is apparently evil."