Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-08-05

the Give matt Gazette saws of n article in his
paper. that Sit speaks the language and senii.
meuis of very large majority of the people
We give the following extracts -
'ln the state OF Ohio we are all agreed on
one point;--That the next president ought to
be a practical friend 10 internal improvement
and domestic manufactures. THIS is as il .hght
to be No candidate known to be hostile to
these interests could be sustained in his preten-
SONS tor single lay. The very suspicion of
such hostility on the part of Mr., Crawford. has
even prevented a candid inquiry into his Gtnes
for the Office ofpresdent, and contributed still
more to depress him in Ohio than the far famed
and odious Congressional Caucus of last winter
he is out of the question.
Can it be general Jacksonl file is from the
South. and completely identified with The cotton
growers Of the South, who are hostile in the last
degree, to home manufactures Since he be-
came candidate aitho' placed tnder, crcum.
stances favourable to display OF his sentiments.
he has made none. We require one not free
from suspicion only. but open emphatic and
determined. One who will protect, not merely
tolerate our interests In short. we REQUIRE aad
shall vote for, different man from General
jackson.
Is Mr.. Adams that MANI He is not-The ties.
mony IN his favor is quite as doubtful as that
h IaVor OF tne military candidate.
1t Mr.. Adams were the friend of manufaetu
res and domestic industry. lac would not be
supported in Virginia, and in the cities of New
York and Pfiiadelphia, by the anti ariff plan
tiers. politicians. and merchants, as the champion
at ioregn commerce, and the enemy of sys.
TEN OF protecting duties That he is thus sup.
ported. is & fact which defes contradiction: g. it
should and viii out weigh all the sophistry with
when his pretensons are urged upon the PEG.
pie OF the interiors; people among whom he
never was and whose vital interests must with
him be ALWAYS subordinate TO the prosperity of
the seab0ard
Is Mr. Clay the mani He is % this point
there can be no doubt II is admitted hy the
bGndsst partizans ofthe military leader-by
the seryilest devotees of the mercantile nabobs
ct the east Crawford. Adams and Jackson
may NOT be opposed to the system which ue
cherIsh-bu,, Clay is its declared and efficient
friend. Our Interests coutidedto either of the
flrst, might, perhaps, escape positive injury.
entrusted to the last, they would be promoted
with ali the energies vt an enlightened and
jealous patriot 1t is safest to confde in tried
friend-and such is Henry Clay.
A large and respectable meeting of the ri,;.
gems of Highland county, Ohio, convened nm
the 81 ult James Young. Chairman. and Moses
Carothers. Secretary. after offering several re.
solutions in f4vor of HxSar CLAY, of Kentucky.
to be supported for the next Presidency, mo.
ton was then made that the friends of the Sc.
vera Candidates should separate-those of Mr.
Clay were requested to retire through the Eas,
door; those Of Mr.. Adams through he South
and those OF General Jackson to remain IN the
U.S. jor A DoGGETr was appointed tel
r, who reported 226 IN tavor of Mr., Clay, am
bout dozen TOR Mr.. Adams. Gen. jackson,
l"has were still a smaller number. Mr.. Craw-
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