Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-09-30
THE TIME HAS COME,

THE TIME HAS GOMEZ
The friends of ths American System, ard
Of Henry Clay, are, as TO their party man
agement, the iirmest adheTsnts OF the "iet us
alone" policy. In all that relates TO the sue
cess OF their candidates, they appear to think
that it is only necessary 10 stand still-remain
as quiet as possible, and things win regulate
themselves. Or if they do finally rouse, it ia
al the very last boar before an election, and
whcR the Superior activity and systcm-ex-
ertions and arts OF their opponents have &c
morally secured every vote that couidbe gain
ed by elcctioneering means.
Al the present tine we find a great many
very sincere friends OF our candidate, who are
not only averse TO moving themselves, but
who are opposed to any active measures by
others, less lukewarm. They are ia favor Of
a general slunber for q year yet to come
They are for doing nothing until the fall Of
1881. This is downright Ii madness. In the
meantime, our opponents are busy night ard
day: from the General to the soaeder m~snioeys
the whole camp is in motion. Open day and
midnight caucusses are in perpetual session..
'the combinations are completed, - intIisues
without number promises unbounded-
threats where necessary, are constantly en-
ploved from the palace 10 the lowest purlieus.
By the time the wise Fdbii Of our party be
gin TO think it time 70 act, the other party
viii have lone their task: their troops will be
drilled; their ranks recruited, and ~nothing
left bui 10 give the signal TO their followers.
Their "oGictdt' by that time will have print
ed its hundred thousand calenInies--wh.ch
will have passed into circulation, and have
done their office. They will do all this. and
more, while our party is debating upon what
precise day, out OF the three hundred aud
atytv five N will ha nrancr IN ccynEaAurp
organization and operations.
What are we saying? ''that our opponents
ssiU do thisi"-They are nosc doing it They
are noe, night and day, employed in deius
ing the land with their exhaustless torrent OF
falsehoeds-a torrent which is allowed TO
sweep away ali the ordinary barriers oftrutiI
and decency without resistance. Every at
mosphere, where their unclean birds can PEN
citrate, is instantly tainted. The public ere
dulity is abused public sentiment assaiied
by clamors, the most scDsolcss and the most
detestable; while one party, remaining quiet
on the Fabian plan, looks 60 with the most
rhilosophic indifference. One would think
that the insults, daily heaped upon our whole
party, and upon its individual members
some of them ths brightest ornaments OF the
~nation-would be Sufficient TO rouse it en-
massc, to action. We might naturally OK
pect that the spirit OF resistance 10 the dcspe-
rate designs and daring esersacbments OF
the prescribing Cabinet, would kladie IN our
party a fame as fierce AS that which has Just
fired the beacons of revolution IN Ftaicel or
81 i: did not burst at once into an open flame,
that "A volcano would be heard; pent up for
the present, whose distant rumblings would
spread terror and dIsInay among the plsmy
Cabinet.
Now, is our party at all alive 10 all the in
nni4a nAl .t~,-s # stn fN1fU,ntp "a raf,f.R+
as much worse than the polignac ministry,
within the circle Of lis power, as Charles the
X is worse than Louis XVI. Are we awake?
While victim after victim of prescription IS
added 10 the thousands who have gone be-
fore them, no Indignation, no feeling is MAJ
Tested, ''no questions asked" by our party!
\ few, more susceptible than the rest, shrug
up theIr shoulders, cry "fire upon H." and
there the matter ends So some new she OF
the day" set afoat from the grand mint at
Washin gton, some atrocious libel upon eie-
waited officers of the late administration, send
forth TO the fou. wiads, TO poison the public
mind? A few Of eur most Jealous TRENDS
cry "shamc," and there the matter ends! Is
some v~irulent, malignant attack made upon
the system Of national policy which is now
identified with the glory and prosperity OF the
nation? Some few OF those OF our party I'M
mediately and personally Interested. open
their eyes in amazement at the reckless iSno-
rance andimpudence ofthe Jackson scribblers,
and there the matter endsl
Is this the way eur cause, any cause, IS 10
be supported? VIII ever SO good a cause
and ours is a pure and holy %one-for It is the
cause OF the country-wili the best OF causes
triumph against the arts ard assaults oil those
vcrmin presses which darker the air daily
with their unnumbered, unreiuted lies? Can
the cause Of truth prevail when lalsehood IA
lacked ny legiolls Of IL ing demons, and tbs
champions OF truth stir not? 1t is not enough
10 leave reason free to combat error" )
reason stand aloof and decline the combat
~itcasoD, 20 combat error, must Keep her a
bay; not fy tho field. she slust marsh ~
TO The fray. aud Cash the RAYS OF her mirror
againS. the ewes Of her antagonist.
The iimc has coqae, and come long since
when, IT we would rescue the country iron
tie widest InisrHie-iIonl the hcFc"st pro
scgIPuqn-ftoni "yctos and notification, W.
must te az -ad u.insic in the contest X