Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-03-18

the two principle Philadelphia paners ~ ~.
me writers in them style the Damorr.t;c MAJ
~, 40 contraaistinctisu 20 the Feder.l Tke-.
u very curious aad Instructive reer;ro;,. 80,
about the original schemes for the att,;or,s,,,
OF egscc, BY the election of Governor Wolf =
We are mere slookers on IN Venice !. ana AZ.
sire only that tho Commonwealth he 4. IA, MI,
and crcdItably served; but, such diselosure.-.
such mutual charges of ssl6shoe. ara !,
trigue-such tales Of the sheer yenal;ty ofex-
elusive democrats, and the imbeciIe suhssr-
uency OF Republican, Governor.
prompt us irresistibly to the reflection that the
correspondent at the Seminal, the friend with
whom we had some "sweet contention. about
Fsderat.sm, may now become more Ien;ent 10
wards mat ssape-goat. In truth, we Gan all
see the stud sfwhich party patriotism is made,
ana the modes IN which it operates:--it takes
iarse stalking horse, and then an old bug
ocar-ana behind the one, il pushes to and
ITO tne other, until 1t has worked itself into
power and place. ''''O
bometimes, il fails in its designs. and tben
It spares neither friend nor foe. and tnrns
Sfate's evidence. This result might he of graat
PublH usefulness, il the People could be in
daced to draw the proper moral from The
whole puppetgame, and learn to fix their at
tention and favor upon real capacity, solid
responsibility, more sedatc, transformations and
tolerant repubsscoaina. Its probable that the
Diast which bigotry and hypocrisy have re-
cenuy raised against Federalism, is the final
one-thaf the debate in the Senate at Wash
ington VIII be like concluding shower. The
new combinations, new interests, new differ
ences OF policy and principle, new allotment
OF parts IN the political drama will. ere long :,
cause bosii that aad Democracy, in the party
sense, to be universally treated as hi.toricd--
the light in which they should now be viewed.
In certain lapse of time, things undergo so
complete change, are so hud-
died, shuffled. and intermingied, and their
personal objects andpostion, and the situation
and concerns OF the country become so en-.
tirsly and manifestly different,-that the
old topics and badges ofparty must be aban
donsd as utterly preposterous and futile. III
sometimes happens; fortunately, that at this
epoch, real, superior abilities, and the LOFT
est, most comprehensive public virtue obtain
the ascendancy, and get their due from the
nation, in spite Of old stigmas and fresh strug.
glos OF prejudice, selfshness or envy As 10
Federdtssts and Democrats, the government.
and the whole political array in our Union,
present a picture much like that which we
have before US in recent British essay on
the British administration.
''Esery one Slows" says the essayis,, .sths,
the Administration does not stand on either Of
the old parties. Wherever we look, we ses
strange transformation in The oN world Of poll
tics: Wings and Tories meet on the same tpes.
sury benches Wings and Tories mite In che
same seats ss opposition. So far this is gssd:
the drcsd necessity Of ruling by means Of one
OF those factions 10 done sway with. princi.
pal cause which made former ad ninstration In
efficient is no more We have a ministry which
is not sworn 10 blindness, nor fettersd 10 imps.
tcnce"
Since President jackson and his cabinet
are, in fact, thus advantageously situated,
we trust that they will not yield to any new
outcries about Federalism, the Missouri
Question, Consolidation, &c., SO as to lose
their peculiar power of promoting the nation
al veal. Their main strength, in relation
to the public interests, will depend upon their
exemption from. the illusions and infirmities
Of the past era. We have just read, in the
7th quartz volume of Lingard's admirable
History of England, that s'the celebrated
party name, Tory, is derived from the Irish
word tto'1Rghim'-to pursue for the sake of
plumber" Adopting this etymology, we may
aver that the species is common on this side
of the Atlantic, and that both the people and
government of the United States may--as
they should,-by a deliberate examination,
distinguish them nnderwhatever nom de guss7e,
or in whatever disguise, and disappoint them
of the plumber which alone they seek. They
usually assume the most popular cpithct,-l
howl most fiercely and persevrringly against
the fallen side,-are 'sduteous and knee
crooking knaves" to an exalted idol, "meek
bears aud affable wolves" to the people,
shift their masks according to the public coun-