Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-09-02
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W.sl BOZ land .address, ConIinned.


ing but one party, were divided be-
tween that Of Mr.. AdanS Gen. jackson,
MIR. Clay and SIR Calhoun. it was not
imagined thai Dir. Crawford would, (by
having all the votes OF the opposition
and his personal friends have pl,rai-
iiv. and tlfas on the caucus principle OF
ihe plurality governing the whole NEE
ting. get what would be called It's unan-
irnous vote. By this management the
government party would have beeno
yerthrown, aud the will Of the great
majority ol tiic nation controlled by the
minoritv.- When it was clearly ascer-
tanned however, tliat only about ore
fourth Of Congress would sanction his
proceeding, tie project might have
been Ieliuquished il It had not been ina
eined tliatihe name of the thing would
go as far as the reality.
No mains have be en- spared, Fellow
Citizens, throughout our country to
coniound caucus II Members OF Con-
gress for the nomination OF President,
with common caucuses for the proper
objects Of legislative deiberaiion-to
fix question OF poIicy--to prevent un-
necessary wrauglng IL debate, or to Sc
lect all officer whom the nominating bo-
DIV has right to elect. If the latter be
iusfiiiable on the score Of e&pedlency,
the former have only To be understood
10 be condemned. There really appear
TO us, whist we preserve our present
constitution of government, three man-
swerabie objections 10 them. Isl. They
will convert the seat OF government INTO
theatre Of intrigue, cause the dellhefa-
tons Of Congress to be BIASED by per-
sonal factions, and led inevitably IN tie
end TO the corrupt disposal Of offices to
acquire votes. are we even at this ear
ly period of our history, so exempt
from Office hunters That no members Of
Congress are even seen soliciting the
patronage of the Executive' Are all
our great men so ignorant OF the winning,
ways Of smiles and promises, as to make
it necessary for them to shock the CON
silence of a voter by rddely fumblng a
purse into his " itching palm?" If they
be, let US preserve our national simph.
city, and not open school to rain up
on future grea, men to political am5-
dexteriiy. 2dly. They will render the
Executive branch of our government de-
pendent on the Legislative, and by t!las
destroy ing the happy balance of our
constitution, lead to tyranny,lor we know
that the preservation Of liberty DEFENDS
on keeping the Executive, the Legisla-
ture, aud the judiciary as separate and
Independent on each other as possible
SIIy. They violate the spirit if not the
letter of our constitutions; ior this de-
clares that the PEOPLE shall t'rstm their
aggreg gate capacity vote FOR President,
and that ifno one sholld have majority,
that then the States in their mo al and
tederai caFtci'y hal select the Pre-
sident from alAI1g st the three highest
returned by The people. Now-lf eau
Gus nomination is TO secure the cleo
ton Of the nominated individu Is, is it
no putting the election virtually into
the hands Of Congress? is il not giving
to the Senate a co ordiRant branch OF
the Executiye) an influence and parti-
cipationlin the choice of the President
from which they were excluded by the
trainers uf our constitution? is it not CIV
ing 70 the member of Congress, lwho
are the ONLY citizens of the United States
forbidden by tie Constitution from be-
ing gEIectors,) the power Of controlling
the election as nominato,s? is IT not a
viola jon of state rights. since it rabs
the s41ABer states Of the rights secured
10 them by the constitution OF voting IN
th2 second instance as eetors as strong
" as The large states? aud whilst this is
helasy of Tie land is it justifiable to o
Yade.it by subteifuge' Are not the peo-
pie ofth States sufficiently enhghted to
select aheir own candidates either Gi-
rectly or by coay entions of Delegates
for that purpose? 1t is worthy the
ffsnkness OF republicans to attempt to
Distinguish between their own s public
a I'd private capacities when they knew
they we've summoned as members Of
Congress TO meet that their influence
is dirivel from that source, and that the
changing the name Of a cup Of hemlock
does not neutrsize its poison.
We do not mean TO impunge the mo-
tive of the genliemenwho wentin Cau-
Gus at Washington, because we know ma
ny of them 20 be excellent citizens aud
actuated by good motives; but we
slso know that good motives have pa
we'd many a dangerous road. Ia re-