Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-05-21
Ear a. .lfartlnsburr Gnzette.

t6 Editor:-Next to the consciousness of
49,, our duty 10 the face of piejudce, ign0
I - and persecution, is the satisfaction which
r., teel xhen our predictions are verified, IN
- Of majority Ut disbelievers in our pros
t.. and this sometimes even, wien We
| - prophets of evil. am an old anti jackson
-. and do candidly confess, that I cannot
elp feeling ~ times, something Ike indignant
| ustsct;on. at the career ofthe Hero aud bis
I aites. M know myself, could not feel a
,le Of this sentiment, If did net entertain
|rah il a suspicion, that these very acts, " hich
,,en cali blushes to the cheeks of his mos;
IFeGcel supporters, will ultimately tend to
h. benefi, OF my country. The pale of the
I,,asiuiion is too strong to be broken down,
y even shaken, by the mad curyettings of
r. such animal, and do conf lently believe.
hat these same vagaries will etiectually deter
be people, from ever trying a second.
But if this was the only feeling excited, it
|Eould be well enough But there will FREEDOM
nate sense Of disgust aud modification; this
b still our dear nativs land and this man Is its
ECh:f .Iiayisrste he has exceeded my widest
kn,icpations. expected HIM to turn cut the
! heads Of department, (no, because he should
have done its but because kne W he could cot
item the influence OF his party strong y enough
% resist it. - He would have gained credit W tn
housands, il he had bad he msgnanimry to 70
bin, such man as Mr. Writ, as Alto. General.
Bill did not expect tha, be would descend to
BE- business OF ferreting out Clerks of post
kfees, inspectors and other petty officers,
sAO may have committed The objectionable sin
shrinking him unfit for the Presidency, This
slsger done in the most violent party times,
France or England. and why because 1t
psers nothing to the government, what
Famastei' IS clerk may think and say Gifts acts,
ebOg IS he does his duty. Every government
I'VE to It's prosperity, seeks out and retains In
h Offices OF business and detail lahcrious, vi
hat and honest servants. Their influence
aothlng, their duties are ministerial, and when
(sy have been tried by long service, they are
taIua5le tor their experience and trust. wor
baess; besides In free country ike this,
bob boasts Of its liberty Of speech, is it not
ntlrepubhcsn, TO turn an honest, capable ser
|sAt who has calculated on his character for
aese qualities, for his continuance in Office.
(al TO sIa,ue, and in tree country like this,
hieh boasts of her freedom and purity of the
ess, does it tend Ia Improve this ca, engine
freedom, to brighten this Palladium of our IL
Pr tesi 10 pick out viaient partizau editors
h0se sole merit consists, in their unqusiified
*ippoFt OF Gen. Jackson in the late canvass,
a MI ne places Of men, who have filed respon-
Die offices with honor tor years, some of whom
pave been IN ofies almost since tbs formation
ef the government.
n 1.-THE Peoples moaey is to be laid out in re-
esrdng printers for their scurri!ous abuse of
&'en Jackson opponents, without the least re-
creme 10 their qualifications tor tbs stations
1 posts OF honor and profit, and high respoasi
RRh'y, are to be held up by every aspiran, TO
Pc Presidential Chair, as The certain reward Of
i he most violent printers that will support his
RFe'entons, farewell deIicacy, purity and H.
Es'fy' Farewell real patriotism, your expanded
asmeres'ed love of country, must yield 10 the
Rparlous' blatant, hobadil afFectation of the
i uoI' veal. which 50 Iudicfuosly charscterizes
'"e OF the recent eIeves, who are vislbIy a.
FiSzed at their own unmeuted elevation