Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-03-29
MARTlNsBURG, VA. THURSDAY, MARoH 49, 1897.

however il may be cherished by passion
or prejudice. Much may be effected,
we know, in the press, by party organ
ization within the limits of Z single State,
we have seen examples of that, as we
have recently of the effect o. similar or
ganizatiOn in the particular department
OF the Government to which the honor
able Senator belongs. But, in the ma
ton, such consentaneousness of senti-
ment and language can have no duration,
either among the conductors of the
press, or the body of the People, inde-
pendentIy of reason and conviction, a
Public opinion turns upon and rssisis
every attempt to dragoon it, 1t ressRts
every attempt, by an organized part,,
to bend the press by bribery TO its sell
fish purposes, 0fthe first of those ope-
ratiohs, we have seen an example in
the case oil the old sediton law. oil TIE
other, we shall see it again whenever
M. VAN buren, succeeds in his notable
project of Improving the condition of the
press throughout the country by
means of the Public Printing, whether
it be bestowed as a boon for obsequi.
BUSINESS, or taken away as punishment
for independence and integrity of con-
duet
The observations Of Mr.. VAN buren,
would not have been considered entitled
10 the consequence we have given TO
them, in these few remarks, but for the
vote by which they were followed up aud
sustained, which exhibited an organized
strength ostwo and twenty votes in favor
of measure, which, we say without re-
serve or hesitation, we DO not believe
| the reason of single individual OF the
whole number approved. Not desiring
to be Ihonght TO speak disrespecttully
of any of these gentlemen, we must ex-
! plain that we coniine our application OF
the word treason" 10 the merits of the
thing actually to be disposed of, viz the
printing OF the Senate. In political or
party sense, it is true, we can conceive
how some gentlemen should think it We.
| ~ reasonable TO give consequence, by
their votes, to print established here
To rail at the Administration, right or
wrong, and which must be admitted to
! have been true to its vocation. Bnt e.
yea in that sense, il was ementable to
| see such men as our old friend DECKER
son, the incorruptible Macon and SMITH
of South Carolina, BENTON, of capa-
cious mind, and CHANDLER, of blunt
| honesty, not 10 speak of others, ranging
themselves under the standard of new
! cabalistcal party organization, the first
J object OF which, when brought ia head
| was to ''improve the condition OF the
press" by prescribing tie National In
| tetisgenceT, and indentfying the Senate
of the United States with the Telegraph!
/ The intention might have been dlsclaIm'
/ ed, had no, the vote been preceded by
4 the observations of Mr.. VAN buren,.
They gave to that vote its true charac-
ter, ana TO Mr.. VAN BUREN's remark
! its right Interpretation. The force Of
/ party could no further 70 Ancient
/ connections. recent associations. per-
/ sonal attachments, all melted Into thin
air, before the wand of the great magi-
cIan 1t is really lamentable su beet
of co0te npla,ion. For their own sakes,
it grieved rs to see such men yielding
ali the inclinations Of their hearts, along
with the convictions OF their reason, 10
the grand political scheme, by which
the vote of New Y ork is to be secured
to the newly organized party, as the
price OF Dir. VAN BURsN is to be--any
thing be plesses This, of course, the
reader will be good enough IL under
stand to be our opinion but for that o.
pinion We shall, another day, give what,
appear TO US to be very substantial rea-
| sons.
To Mr.. VAN BUREN's election 10 high
er office than he now holds. on proper
principle, we should have had no objec-
ton. In the last Presidential Election
he acted throughout with frmness and
| consistency: we should have been very
| willing to have seen him elected Vice.
President at that time, and would, in
deed, if we could, have promoted his
elevation to the honorable station now
| occupied by his friend and successful
competitor, Mr. CALHOUN. But when
he comes forward with the Shbboleth
OF a new party in his mouth, the first
utterance of which is 10 strike at the in
dependence of the press, we must be
excused If we treat him ss be has treated
US, downrightly, and without knowing
or caring how our exposition may effect