Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-09-04

~ he operations OF thls kepuolIci Wheb the
r.,,oos Which annoy US, shall be more power
sI than the government which they assault
"heua few designing msn. Of disappointed
G,vy and ambitious expectations, shall col
lie together, and, by fosse Of systematic
..9der, destroy all conhdenee in ysur public
Snctionaries, and put down . government oil
800, choicei Forbid il, Heaven! And vet ii this
T,euon tTlumphs, any FACTION may. ANY o.
ao.i,ion may succeed in oyeFturnlng a Govern.
nn,nt. by puI SUING the same system Of concert.
a eslumny x premeditsted Misrepresentation.
The present Opposition, was sdmitedly or
snzed 6sfars Mr.. Adams assumed the dis.
ssbsrge Of bus Executive functions. An Obbo
.a,s il most truly Isl Never was a more hete.
rogeaeous mass OF antipsthies aud disslmulsri
tts-sf chemical and political repulsions, of
ss.ck spirits and grey thrown together for
any purpose, good oy bad. Burke's ~fanciful
Absorption of The Elder Pitts Cabinet, can coa
yey but a feeble view OF The gross contrasie-
t,s which the chords OF FACTION and Self.Inte
rest have bound unto one most patriotic comb.
nation. 1t IS truly "a piece OF diversified
No,slck "a piece OF ioinery. mes, whimsicaliy
soye. ,slIed-a tessalated pavement, without
esnen,-Here a bit OF White Stone, and there,
sbt of Black Patriots and Courliers; Kings,
frleads and Republicans; Wings and rorleI;
T,eache gous Friends and Open Enemies, Pug
gng together, heads and points, in The same
tJnekic. bed" Never vas suddenly exhibited
such fratern.i harmony OF feeling; such unani#
ELY Of political sentiment: such CAristian cha
ylg and forgiveness of temper! Principles of
Money, about which men once differed, and, by
their real, or assumed zeal, agItated the nation
It's ~centTsi are forgotten or totally abandoned
strict constFuctonIsts & lR,itudinarians-Fa
riff and Anti'tarItf' men are content TO bury their
coBisons on their ne w'born zeal for oyerturning
the governme mt OF The country Andrew Jack
son and John Randolph! Most laugnable Coal.
ton! Andrew Jackson and Ihomas ii. Benton!
Msst ominous ''oenIunctiou'! The Lion and
the LAMB repose under the same fig tree:
a.Ndn uaiks with Bsast, joinfcnanf of a shade
Tbs Opposition waited not TO perceive what
course OF policy Mr.. Adams would adopi-wba,
measures of National importance he would
yscommend. Moreover: they cared not. For, in
the language of one of the leaders ofthat party.
"They mast be put down; it they were Us pure
% the Angels that minister at the right hand Of
the living God: Led on by q few bold and ia.
tented leaders, it sosn assumed Q distinctive or.
ganizstion. Inc public press was subsidised-
the pubic mind poisoned! 1t soon began to dis
play itself in the State Legislature; and in the
Hall OF Congress, by tue perfect unanimity and
pertiracity with which it leyelied its caium
MES aud demonstrations at the selected victim
Of its prescription. Ii would be worse than
idle to pursue 1t through all the intricate mazes
OF artifce, talsehood and deception. Never has
any canvass, In this Country, exhibited such On
tire absence of principle such unbiushing aud
reckless resort to all that ID mean, groyeiling.
and c~en.emptible.
The Chlet Magistrate of the Natien, perhaps
more distinguished for the republican pl~ainness
and simplicity OF his manners and appe srance,
than any man in it, has been gvayeiy denounced
as affecting the style and pageantry Ut impe
rial spirndour: Old and tried republicans.
Compsr'd with whom. your insect tribes,
Are but the being s Of a Summers Day,
have been proclaimed as prof gate, corrupt and
base; measures which have shed a bright lustre
Upon American policy, aud digbihed the coun.
ellis Of our Republic, have been ascribed to per.
ssnal vanity ,or selfish aInbitIon-an Administrs.
zion which has extended your commercial en-.
piie, and revealed your externai energies asd
power, which has, in 8 Years, paid of thirty.
three millions OF dollars of the National Debt,
has been described as feeble and Inefficient
wastetul and extravaganza
Such are the Idle calumnies, which The 0ppo.
sition, through the medium OF a polluted press,
Qaly pour lhtG tiC puDuI tdS' AHC PuDtIC SCH
iiment is depfaved; the moral feeling Of the
community outraged: maxlms heretofore deem.
ed sacred, trsmpicd under foot, and all 10 pro.
mote the elevation Of a man in the lace OF pre-.
vioasly declared opinions OF bis uhfinsss No
change of policy is expected frcfn ms election;
none dane, at least, be openly avowed. All this
mischief and confusion is Introduced: all this
dangeris incurred, and the country destissd to
be sacrificed at the shrine Of one mans smbi.
sion. From North and South, East and West.
men OF high station and commanding influence
with theiF party, threaten Us with a dissolution
OF the government, unless the election of this
ONE NAN is sccempi shed II has become a
far question between the CONS FITUrfON
and ANDREW JACKSON. Give us the one, or
ASSrHILATE THE oTHEs.
--'Agol rhou, art shamed!
Rome! Thou hast lost the breed Of noble bioods.
When vent there by an age since the great
food,
Bot it was famed with more than ONK MAN:
When could they say, ill now. that talked Of
Rome.
Tia, her wide walls enc0mpassed bu, ONE
MANI"
Who could have supposed. that the hour had
srTlPed, when a madness So fatal, pervsded this
so1n'ryl Who could have thought. that, in
Republican Americs-the chosen Retreat OF
Freedom-thc last Asylum OF Liberty on earth
--aoctrines so bettlng an Asiatio despotism-
doctrines so abhorrent TO popular government,
would have been tolerated and admlredt Who
could have expected to have seen the tferce
osnscratic" of America-the sturdy, hardy,
and enterpVising treemen of tbs hemisphere,