Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-23
Mr.. CLAY.

every section of the country. give e,;-
dence fiat the public eye is turned unon
the late Secretary Of State with SING
lar cemPlaeeney. There seems 10 be =
spontaneous Indication of the sentinen,s
of the people, hat upon Henry Claz
must be conferred the trust of restor;r.
a proper action TO the Executive de-
partments of the General Gevernment
which has been diverted from its ljo;,;''
mate course by a policy which, to our
understanding, has not lis source in
fair apprehension of the Constitution.
The public mind ssems to have emerged
from the mist in which it has been en-.
7elcped, and TO have scanned the shall.
l-wntss and seihshneks that has mada
personal interests The measure Of public
policy. General Jatksoh's course. TIM.
Jar, cannot be supported on cry bread
view OF advantage 10 the national homer.
the national faith, orthe national inter.
est. So far as facts have csma to lislt.
we ere unable to look upon him in sny
manner except as an instrument of Of.
ice seekers. lie mat lie, and uudoubt.
edly is, honest as il respects bis own
wishes, tut Of what use is his L.onestv
1t he has not lie sagaci1y 20 perceive
or the Grmnesst - Withstand the phfeuzv
Of Tie faction that has surrounded 81,
and gave a Direction aud d tone 70 iis
m%easuresf The people of the United
States can BY no process Of reasoning
be led 10 conhte in a man eho takesta
break down all independent thought.
and sets ct defiance every consideration
Of public yirtpe. The truth cannot and
ought not 10 be concealed, the whols
drift Of executive policy under the pre-.
sent administration has been to reward
personal adherenis, even to the sasti-
ice OF principles of common integrity
q deeeney. This is the fact, & the GOOD
sense Of the commurdy viii estimate It
correctly. The time is not yet coma
when the detestabie doctrine, "Ail's fair
IN politics" will be accorded in.
Ii Gen. Jaekson's policy cannot be
sanctioned, most certainly the men VIVA
are supposed to be his advisers are not
likely to have confidence repased IN
them. Mr Calhoun oace had a strong
hold on the affections Of New England.
lie IS now considered as a man of orai-
nary Intellectual strength, but the snpe-
nent Of Calhous must, we appfeheul.
be exceedingly distru$ted VIXEN New
Englasd preisrs the present Vice-pre-
sldent for the Chief Executive Of tie
Union He a scarcely hope even to
fegalH the estsem of the friends of Mr..
Crawford. His treatment Of that i,ies
mladed man cannot be forgotten. BE.
SIDES tbis, his conduct as Vice Pre- sident.
- say nothing Of him as Secretary at
war' has shown that sc who mai. tains
tie second Office in the Governments
GEO scarcely be &. for the 6rst. Mr..
appears 10 Us 10 have gone be-
hl'uselt--to have ~overacted his
part; eXceas Of ambition bss Injured
lie seems never to have learned
injunction ct the ruined Wolse7 to
OromwelI, hove thyseIflast.o
Mr. Van Buren, with Iasso the talent
WhIch gcesto form a first rate man, thas
SIR Calhoun possesses, with less sci.
ence, and less literature, and less ofths
conpFehenstveness Of 2 statesman, has
no'e OF the talent required to bead a
great patty--a mere party. k1e un8er-
SANDS, We believe, better than any MAJ
ia eur country he elements Of that oaa-
chine ia politics which is modeled. trans.
tormed, and moved in obediepce 10 4ks
ned OF a master spirit. lie seeo,s In
rave studied profoundly lie art OF nasr.
shaii'ng iuto one compact and sy;eld~
o7dy, al! the forms and shapes 10 whies
personal ambition DISCUSSES itself. saa
mus by sxamininssagaciously the ne
''"cal horoscope to give this body suca
a direction and such an impulse as
would produce to himself the end most
to be desired. lie ia certainly naster
# his art While he confined his oper-
atoms to New-York he sas emiaeatIv
successful: the Union. however, has q
horizon too large for his action, and
moreover lis political atmosphere is less
i~mpreSuated with the elements of cor
Tupton. MIR. Van Rtren has oyerratea
skill. and moderated the n
i5ahon and the iategtty Of the citizens
Of lie uuited Stote<, il lie snpposes he
Fan gam the object of his longing. By
nanonreriug before them his band Of
troops. Popular favorsometimes
vents 'isFii on unworthy objects, but
70 wa" calculates en- The ~pernanencr
Ut the delus,on nay be set down as