Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-17

United States always on the one side, and
that necessarily unpriBcipied and injurious
TO that Nation, the ruling party of which
stoops to uss such base instruments. Thus
the interest of the cerrnpting candidate comes
in opposition to the pubHc interest. And the
bloOdhounds of the p0lIticslpack are let loose
in full cry, thar strength never to be exhaus
ted until they run down their prey and that
prey the fair liberty of our pubic Institutions
II Will be little relief TO US TO wait to get rid
OF The present incumbent, or 10 trust even to
hs wish to retire. His imbecihty, it is true,
makes him the most gulljless oil his party.
But the great point is to clear the country of
the whole set at Once-and more especially
OF his two leading friends-Moru dangerous
pnblie men, than the Vice President and the
Secretary of State, have never existed here.
But hold as their main principle, not what
their predecessors have done, the advance
nent Of the public, but that Of their own prt-
pate good. One seeks this By cnlistiHg in his
train the Nullifers who are at open war with
the Constitution, while the other aims at it
more secret but moFe deadly thrusts with the
concealed weapons of private party intrigue.
The tive are ~ aRiity no farther than expedi-
ency dictates, and until they bscome strong
enough TO tear tho country to pieces between
them.
The State can never be deemed safe, until
these men are removed from its councils. aad
they will not be removed, unless better are
proposed.
Let the better men be then brought for.
ward at once--no matter where from-North,
South, East or West---ne matter who il is
time to forget all names. Il was not the man
Washington, it was not the man Jefferson,
who was followed by his yarty 1t was the
knowledge OF political right; the desire of
political truth. These names stand as the
Representatives, Of good principles, and these
whether they belong to the one or the other
1t Is the duty OF true man to support Who
ever may be brought forward, let is be I'M
derStood Clearly, that ths people support
them not from any attachment to their per-
sons but from confidence, that through
them they execute their own patriotic de-
signs, thro' them they expect to ictsrn to that
general standard Of public character and con-
duct which led them through the revolution,
aad every decline from which is a step to-
wards the downfall ofthe Republic.
we say then the time for vigorous action
has arrived 1.-THE result is with God 1t may
be adverse as punishment for the sins ofthe
people, bullet 1T not be said, by any true
man. that he has not done every thing in bis
power to make that result propitous---to pu-
riiy and restore the Republic.
From the o4is@asdria Gazette, .Mau 81
We do not know that we ought to quarrel
any longer with the President and his Cabi,
net. They go on 60 swimminely. SO entirely
down the current, and are hurryng SO rapidly
OUT OF the graces Of every body beside them
selves, that We feel half inclined to leave them
altogether to their course, without a single
breeze oil cur dispsasurs. The old adage in
their case, will, in all probability, be com
Pteteiy verified -"Give them rope and they
VIII hang themselves" If they had gone TO
work with the systematic desi-a to cover
themselves with eternal disgrace, and ruin
lheir credit with the nation, it appears to US
they could not have doas otherwise than thew
new de- They have been buugling and bo-
| 'herlng ever since they took their seats. and
are now IN fair way Of falling afoul Of one
| another. They have met with the misfortune
| OF having more of thoir nominations rejected
than has ever before been the case, and re-
ceave The double mortsficstion of having al
| most all their recommendations and schemes
! upset Ivy their own friends! Unfortunate gen.
'leloeh. iheY have reason to exclaim, Save
US from our ir!ends and we win take care of
our ehemIes!!" And then Coming events
cast thelr shadows before" and show them
an "unilnoal" descendant to their power, "no
son ct theirs succeeding" Strange that they
should stand SO horror stricken aud aghast at
tho sight Of a man of CLAY.
Indeed, we are inclined TO think that their
UePldatlon at the appearance Of this spectre,
when their guilty consciences are constantly
bringing up, is the principa! cause of their
mlsdoings Can they notiay the spirit in the
Red Sea, or some other spot des gned for the
eptaeie of ghostsP The willy Premier has
planned IN vain--the profound statesman at
the head of the ''Reseipts of Custom has
calculated IN rain-the genius who wislds the
trident Of Neptune has thought in vain--and
the tactornm who murders the kings English.
and directs the affairs of tho Army, has writ
ten IN vain All will not do Down, down thew
mussgo.t to the place from whence they sprung