Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-11-16
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The New Xolle Evening f3st, = pa
per friendly to Mr. Clinton, thaE re
marks upon the election
The returns Of the votes from tbs Sc
verai parts az the State come in slowly
We cannot Judge with certainty Of the
result, but there seems to be little doubt
that the enemies of Mr. Clinton will
have a majority in both houses of the
Legislature, and that Mr. Clinton. If e
lected at ali, will! come in by q much
smaller vote than at the last election -
For ourselves, we cannot but express
our surprise at THIS result, and the diff
Guilty we find in accounting for it. Had
Mr.. Rochester eyeg distinguished him
self By great services rendered to the
public; had be filled important Offices
either in the state or national govern
ment; had he ever, like many others ia
the party to which he belongs, been on
ly man of great political activity or
political notnrlety, there would be less
occasion for establishment at the vote he
has received Or had the course pursu-
ed by Mr.. Clinton since his last election
been unpopular, had there been any
ground of complaint oc dissatisfaction,
just or unjust. against bis administra-
ton, we should not have wondered at
the diminished support that has been
given him. But when it is considered
that whatevsr may be the pretendedqual-
idcations Of Mr., Rochester fer Govern
or, fhe public cannot have been acqusin-
ted with them ,--that he has filed no Of
fee above that Of the Judge Of a Coun-
ty Court, ard was taken at once from
the obscurity Of a secondly standing in
his profession to be held To the people
as their Governor. When it is consider
ed, likewise, that the people have evin.
ced no dissatisfaction with Gov Clinton
admin stration for the last two years
that his great talents are universally adj
mitted, and bis public services denied by
no one--the result Of the present cleo
ton, so far as il is known, is, we repeat,
most extraordinary, unexpected, and
not easily accounted for. Is that the
people ofthis state are mad for change
in their rulers and cannot bear to keep
in office, for more than one term ofser-
vice, an individual who discharges his
duty with ability and impartiality, equal
" to the interest and credit of the state
and honour Of himself? Are we become
like the athenians, who were weary of
hearing Aristdes called the Just? Are
we the dupes Of the mistaken and mischi-
evous doctrin Of rotation in Office? Or
is it not rather that the state adminis,ra-
ton has, ~ certain leaders, been recl5-
lesslv made a sacrifice to considerations
connected with the politics at Washing
ton2 Has not Mr. Rochester been secret
iy supported by the political part!zens Of
Mr. 4 dams, and at the same time, how
ever strange and contradictory it may
seem, BY those Of Gen. jackson? How
can we otherwise account for the con-
duct OF the Sandfortls, the Van Burens,
and tome other politicians whom we
need not name, in bringing fro N his re-
tFemant comparatively private indi-
yidual, and making him, al at once, a
conspicuous figure in the public eyer"
The National Advocate, which takes
TIE side Of Nr Rochester, thus closes
upon The subject Of the election.
"ibe ppms rou5 facts on which we
ioand these opinions are incontestabla.
20 DENIAL can iDvaiidate their force,
Tile Democrats parry in this city hava
been an te brink Of destruction, bot
U!r Nl9t il ~r.estei The result 81 fhe