Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-11-22
JACKSON MEETING.

JACKSON MEETING.
At meeting of respectable number of the
Freeholders of Berkeley county. convened At
the Courthouse, pursuant to notice, on FRIDAY
the 10th of November, 1897, favorable TO thr
election of General ANDREW JACKS IN to
the Presidency ofthe United States, WILLIAM
LONG, ESQ was called to the Chair, and VIII
LIAM II. DAVIDSON appointed secretary
The meeting being organized and called to or
der, Moses T. Hunter. Esq. rose and address
ed il in a very able aud impressive manner and
al some length. After which committee was
appointed by the Chair, to prepare preamble
and resolutions expressive OF the sentiments and
Objects of the meeting The following pc rsons
were appointed TO constitute said committee,
viz: Moses I. Hunter, John S Porterheld, Pc
ter Gardner, John Snodgrass, Hezekah
Hedges, and William II. Davidson The com.
mittee retired for short while, returned, and
reported the foil ging preamble and resolutions
which were unanimously adopted:
Conscious that our right in common With our
other fellow citizens, freely to discuss the i'm.
pprtsnt question of who shall preside over the
ats,nies OF this great Republic, canDot be deni
ed. We fesrlessly, but respectfully present
aiew of the most prominent reasons which have
induced us on the one hand to oppose the re.
election of Mr.. Adams, and on the other to
support the election of Gen. Andrew Jackson.
We believe then that the present sduinstrs
ton came into power against the will of the
people, and owe their elevation to the intrigue
and management of certain congressional lea
ders. That they never have aud never can pos.
sess the confidence Of the people whose will
they have thus dsregarded. and without that
confidence, they never can administer the 20.
vernment firmly and benifcally.
We believe that they have welded with I'M
blushng assurance the mighty patronage ofthe
executive, TO reward those who betrayed the
people to serve them, and 10 promote tha re-
election Of the present incumbent.
With the same view, we have seen what this
country never witnessed before, i,inersnt secre
taries leaving their official duties and ir.versng
the different states where they were supposed
TO possess influence; attending political dinners
and making hsrsngues filed with tulsom praises
of themselves and master, and bitter denunca.
tions of all who dared oppose them Nay. when
the Monumental City spoke in voice that could
not be mistaken, her indignation at the contempt
expressed by Mr.. Adams for her noble and
gallant defence We have seen the president
himself Fastening to partake of the hospitality
Of the abused city, and seeking to rropitiate
her just anger by would be witty and classical
toast, which we know not whether most to
laugh at for its nonsense and pedantry, or detest
for its ssnguinary and unmany spirit.
A rider who is thus uneasy in the saddle and
applies his whole energy and attention to hold
ing on by the pummel and the name, cat, never
direct with grace and skill, the movements OF
the noble animal he has dared TO mount.
Judge them by their measures, say the friends
OF the present administration, but it owing 10
their want OF popularity and TO their election
ertng engagements they really have perfected
few if any measures, how shall We then judge
themt We choose il this standard 10 to be a
doptsd, to Judge them not by what they pro
mise but by what they have achieved. viii
they be judged by thai ridiculous but expensive
pageant the Panama mission which was founded
an an utter dsmIsslou which was founded in an
utter disregard of the solemn admonitions a.
gainst entanglng alliance, ami which fortunate
~ tor the country, resulted in nothing. For
which valuable consideration we paid in outfits
and salaries more than thirty thousand dollars.
Or will they repose themselves upon their tri.
umphant negotiation about the British Colonial
trade! In which by first choosing minister
worn out by age and nhrmlties, and then delay
lng his instructions, they lost 10 Us the direct
trade with the British West Indies, and bur-
thened our staple (four) already ruinously de
pressed, with oil the duties and expenses of q
clrcuitous and indrec, communication.
The Tariff of 1924, passed before this sd-
mnistration came into office, and vas most vo
iently opposed by vote and argument BY several
OF the great leaders of the present adminis,ra-
ton party. If then this tariff has been pro-
ductlve of benefit as we are inclined to believe
1t has, the present administration can lay no
Clam to the credit of it, If they choose. they
are welcome to all the credit of the Woollens
Bill, that mighty scheme of monopoly and spe-
cuiation. BY which the farmer was obliged to
take what the manufacturer chose to give him
for his wool-he was constrained 10 give him
what he pleased to ask for his cloth.
But 10 the maxlms so much in vogue OF tate
days principles not men," we caneot and DC
not give our appreciation No, We slder the
character of the man as identified with the ain
Certify of his principles; and we see no guaran
tee from the truth of his professions save in the
honesty of the man. The illustrious Jefferson
whose voice still speaks 10 US from the grave
hes said the true enquiry in relation TO csnd,
date for office is, SIS he honest is he capsb'ef'
There IRE no doubt many requisites to consIi
tu'e good president--hut honesty is the SIN
qua non /, stand. preemnent among politics
attributes, like charity among the Christla
Virtues, and The rest will avail nothing it tn