Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-03-30
POLITICAL:

Opposition TO the administration. Sc
cretly determined iromthe momentJohn
Quincy Adams was raised to the Pre-
sdency, has on the occasion OF the Pa
mama Mission displayed itself in orga-
nIzed form, resolute purpose, and VIM
dlctive rancour. That harmless, ifnot
/ BENEFICIAL measure, he only one which
it has recommended apart from the or
binary concerns o. the Government,
and which fer these reasons, presented
the object against which preconcerted
opposition might be most safely direct
ed, without incurring a dlsagreeable
responsibility to constituents, has been
selected as the theme OF reprobation,
and the topic of popular declamation
and inviduous insinDation against the
purity, and designs Of the Government
The ranks are formed, the leaGers chos
en-, the march designated, and the in
tention ayowed, to drive the existing
Administration, constitutionally appoint
ed, from The Government. At such a
time, and under such circumst ances, il
, is important to examine into the charac
ter of the party thus created, to see who
1t is that composes it, to ascertain then
ultimate objects. and to consider the
consequences to which their machDa
lions may expose the great interest OF
| the Union.
Up to this period, parties in the L
'tates have been based upon principle
| upon different views Of the Governments
best suited to the character, wants ant
condition OF the people--or upon dit
| ferent constructions of the character OF
| Government -uch were the Federal
| ISIS and Anti Federalists-the Repub-
lcan and Fsderalists. As these partise
acted upon principle, so they were a.
parties sincere in t cir convictions, AMI
| honest in their views--they we're par
| lies in short, necessarily growing out of
| the nature OF things, and necessary to
preserve the healthy condition of the
government. they were parties, pre-
,ent all over the Union and dividing thu
,eople, and not factions. Bat a new
poch in our civil history has arrived.
md a new party differing in its constr
tuition and purpose, from all former par
| us, has during the present winter hois
ted its flag on the wall of the Capitol Of
he United States. This party IS com
posed OF the partizans of the defeated
Presidential Candidates, of the personal
enemies Of the President, the personal
enemies of r Secretary Clay, and the
disappointed from whatsoever cause,
rom whatsoever justice, and from
whatsoever quarter these elements
compose the oppos;tio It opp )sition
lot ''to the nal. administrator of the
GoyernRent,' but to the meb who com
pDse it---not to the Mission to Panama
bun to the nen, John Q. Adams ard
Henry Cha -- 1 to bad measures, but
to good measures too, where the fear
of the people impose no restraint upon
the RIGHTEOUSNESS of faction. In this
combination we see all sorts Of Elk
trenes, physical, constitutional and mo
raj, meeting old Republican. and
ultra Federalists the black cockade
and red breeches-stIict construction
and lattudinarianism- Roads and Can
ais and State Rights-the leader of the
Kentucky relief, and the New York
Bucktails eiflsh, subtle, and cautious
cunning, and open fin
ally, Vice President Calhoun, and Col.
John Randolph, We read in scripture,
that one day the lamb and the lion shall
lie down together in peace and good
will but here is reconciliation accom-
plished without the aid of the millennium,
equally incredible. BE it remembered,
however, that this union is temporary
that it has been formed for particular
purpose only, and that as soon as this is
effected, it will Immediately dissolved
in its own discord-and the elements
resume their former and natural hos
tihty. They who compose it, hunt to-
gether not on the principle of the lion
and the jaekall-but the Lion and the
Tiger. The prey when run down, is
not to be divided on partnership princi-
pies, but MIR. Lion, whosoever he be,
Gen. jackson or Mr. Calhoun, will
claim it ALL When this catastrophe
happens, and we live to see it, we shall
heartily pray that reynard may step in,
end disa2point both and all of the hun
cry and Iapacious canmbals.
This, fellow citizens, is the co1stitu-
ton of the new party at Washington,
and these are the ultimate objects of
their united exertion. If any portion