Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-04-22

Joshsoh ~ tot* utcopdcty Tor the high station
contemplated. and ths danger which must
necessarily attend bis election TO the Chief
Magistracy. Divided as the people may be
respecting the several neutrality-suspicious.
able as some are, desirable as others may be
-there is still prudence and discretion suffi-
Gent topromote unity Of sentiment, sur
render OF private attachments and personal
considerations. to prevent the election Of .
map whose head is
'sLkc the snow crowned Elm,
crsnm'd With Rre;'
,ci0ss sciu Is laW, phose march Is dcsoIatio,,
aud whose practice is to command and oses-
besr such as are within the scope Of his power
and sovereignty"
Mordeeai M. Noah, notwithstanding thea
bove denunciation ofGeneral Jackson in 1874,
early in the last canvass for the Presidency
became his warm euhgist, and in 1879, a.
"reward" for his apostacy, was appointed
Naval Officer Of the port Of New York. In
1880. Gen. Jackson, authorized Mordeeai n.
Noah 70 announce him as e@sdidate for roe
lection. These are strange facts, but not the
less true, and furnish room for serious com
msnt upon the system Of rewards adopted BY
Gen. jackson to corrupt the public press, and
poison the source Of political opinion.
Mr.. Holmes, in the Senate, has offered
sundry resolutions, calling on the Postmaster
General for information, which have an awful
squirting, or something more than indirect
allusion, TO matters connected with the Post
Office Department, which rumor has been
| busy IN bringing about Madam Rumor has
been often abused, yet che never ceases her
| labors, and even now is more busily engaged
than even in Washington, trumpeting forth
! the wonderful exploits OF this would be-econ-
omlcal administration She is no fayorite
with those who do wrong, and sometimes as
sails the characters OF innocent persons; we
are far from approving her general conduct,
but we cannot shut our eyes and our ears to
transactions which occur at MONDAY, nor dis
believe the evidence Of our own senses.
The times, politically, are strangely out OF
joint, and 'will require the hand OF a master,
not ola tyro. to restore them to their accus-
toned equilibrium We behold spectacle,
never before witnessed in Washingto
Administration, the menbers Of which do not
command respest of the citizens Cor their ia
Tents. or esteem for their department. host
OF spies and secret iniormefs, who are vel
coined to the eager confidence of menin pow
er, with their tales Of Iese naajsste-and final
ly tribe of dependents on Executive forbear-
anee, who are afraid to speak their opinions,
or utter what they know, see and hear In
| spite of these obstacles In the way of enlight-
| ening the public mind, secret now and then
leaks out, while the narrator is standing with
fearful looks and half suppressed whispers.
apprshensire that the very air will reyerbcr-
ate the echo of his disclosure. In this way,
some things not very credible to the manage
ment ofthe General Post office have transpi-
| red and gained credence. When these reso-
lutons Of MIR Holmes shah have been an
| swcred, we shall see how much Of the boast
ed saving of S25 900 in the contracts for car
rylng the mail remains, and why it is that the
operations of that Department win be very
much embarrassed il not entirely suspended,
unless Congress- shall appropriate large sum
to comply with existing engagements. The
Department under MIR. Barryis predecessor
not only maintained itself but had surplus
now, In the very first year of bis admnistra-
ton, 1t requires assistance from the National
Treasury to carry il on;-pablic confidence is
in great measure withdrawn from it, and
justly too, because it has been perverted
from its original design as public conven-
ience into political engine. to subserye the
purposes of Coordination"
JVh0t snlthe matter bes Mr.. Editor Webb
either thinking that discretion is the better
part of valor, or fearful of the consequences
to the party. from personal collision be
tween him and the Editor ofthe Organ, has
suddenly changed his tone. In his paper Of
the 9Th he not only consents 10 forgive all that
has passed, but will permit tho Organ to rail
at him as much as he pleases in future; pro-
missing, however, to whip the Editor mot cor
porea!ly, butt into obedience! whenever he
shows disposition to Illustrate the views OF
the party. The lovers of sport will be sadly
disappointed when they find that their aniici-
patton OF personal rencountre between this
brace OF organs is not to be realised. Who
| prompts behind the sceneo IL looks very much
as If some secret wires were at work 10 make
| these puppets look and speak just as they are
bid. Win it be believed that one man viii
suffer his private character to be assaulted by
another, protesting to belong to the same
party. and after threatening personal cbastise-
a'snt' for the insult, not only forgive what
has passed. but overlook any future aggres
sion, unless he were compelled by some su
perior, irresistible power? On the syhel
hand, will the offending party SO far stooE
from his high dictatorial station, as 10 con
sent 10 be "whipped in.n at the bidding Of .
slbaltern IN the ranks? He may say with
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