Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-07-28

whom be ranks himself, and is ranked, and
| 70 whom he owes all the past hoaours, which
| IN ,urh small, he ever has received. lie has
hal nothing. from such As pride themselves
on wealth or game TEsss, with honorable
exceptions, have always affected TO look down
| On him, and 10 despiss his standing with the
! plain. honest, independent part of the com
| mnnitv, and perhaps chiefly, on account Of
| this Standing. But he asks, as his friends all
know. no FaVours of the vain, exalted, who
| in their hearts are for sounding TILES ard no
| 5ility Let me now, fellow citizens, without
long defining you, of y some comment, and
| a few reflections, upon the nature, and baae-
fd tendency OF the principles and opinions,
learned as these notions seem to be, set down
| nv "Arstis" under each head of rems rks
upon "Coi Lacas's expose" Laying aside
party preridice, what inferences must plain
impartial ulen draw as TO the republican ten
per, feeiings and principles OF siH who can
so rrettily and stheti;ally complain, '"Tllat
| a man who has been IN Sn Office in che Of the
departments Of the General Government fo~
| years. has been turned out'1 Now what il
s.rnan has been in Office so bong. that he has
become accustomed to the haraess Of the of
fee? Does il follow that he should be kess
ia for life, aad that it IS wrong, aad cruel. and
! s.proscriptiga, ia the Presjdeat OF this Re
puhiic, TO pat him out | leave the cause oil
bis removal out OF view. and take up the
question merely in the abstract, upon princi
pie, and only in reference 10 the justice and
expediency Of the act What Is tic creed Of
trte republican, care not what men call
themselves, democrats or fedeTditsts, Jackson
mea or Clay men Jtseir fetIiags & principles
are light \ hat Is the doctrine for which
''hee burn Americans Contend? Do we he
iieve 10 the purity, jnsttce. ar sayey, of life,
tnueh less heredifHy te't~e@ Do your CON
solutions and laws, recognize these, or dis.
count, nance and iahibit them? 10 what tx
tent, in his over zeal. 10 draw YOU from, the
support of t.dV'd Lucas, do The feelings aud
''d0gstas" Of the auth 'r Of ''Afatas" seem TO
carry himl Where do hls learned arguments,
drawn from the nsdgtjted dangers, Of those
"6gitas'oas.' Ineldcn; les periodical elections.
which be says, always have been and al
WAYS will prove hazardous to the repJse and
safety Of a nation, Where 30 these Lead
Where do ti.ev stop! WAsre would they Cur
ri repubtirGH2 | DO not mean republicans,
with ".dretass principles aud }eeliags For
| cannot believe, Tiers are any such 60 be
found-To call men entertaining such dog
mas" republicans, would be contradiction.
He himself has told you where these mis-
| chiefs and hazards,' that is vi periodical e
lrctlons, n which the people, beng free,
choose their rulers, 'have driven other states
nen and nations, as the on5y RENE /, >, la
to elective magistrates foI lite, aad Tor here
ditary succession g" la other Atanis luto ais
tocraticai and despotic governments For this
is really only following the learned gentle.
mans doctrines TO their just conclusions
Now as an American and tirginan too,
would blush 10 think nay party zeaI, IN spite
OF principles anu pIlde, should lead nue. in;o
such hetrodsx sediments and avowals Eut
some 81 eple have Il squlning towards mon
archy. A.,aiN, admit-and we should always
pay respect to- cdnd0r-that some improper
rcAI0vas may have been made by Gcneral
Jacksoo--s,nd ,his Is o0ly matter OF op,nion
about which there might exist honest dilie
rences, and so some ground 10 complain, be-
cause this has been d0!Le and further, because
Some nn,Sy partlzdns may have been put IN
Their places adm Il also. and cheertHily do,
that the public interest does MOI require that
the postmaster Of New Orleans or Philadei-
phia. the revenue officer. at .'ew York or
Boston should be jackson men, or Clay men,
or Calhoun aicn licsriailIY does not, and
40 one ba1- he candid, precise "Aratus" ever
pretendrd there any one says ii does. Ger
taIniy EGw'd Lucas does not, against ''hun2
this blunt shaft is aimed. lie says, he ''wouid
prescribe no man Tor opiaion sake merely"
He expressly ceademss removals for such
causes only.p iperiecty agree too, that The
proper inquiry is, us the man honest, is he
capabe?" 1 his said the Immortal! jefferson
Yet, ,nay not S0ute removals become ntces-
sary? May not causes exist, making even
come dismissions ,ntperI0us, IN the opIhio"s OF
QiS And when this occars II whom should a
President rhoose? A. air. Clay said In s.nc
lion OF what lac haa done and would DO, as
Secretary OF state, who would not prefer
taking friend INTO office rather than an op-
ponent And IS thus not nhtt most men
would do? Did the coda Nusi!lOas ~ aSl.iag.
ton, himself act differently? Has any Oh our
Presidents2 Aud would IL not even seem, that
the ulagnaninous .'AratGs' S exercising this
same right Of pref renee, in the very breath
De is copdemnins 1t IN olaels.! But another
part vi <'Aratus's' prop 'slioh, ~hIch he has
also attempted 10 sustain, 10y bold inslEua.
fIons, oniY, Is, thai jackson tuIns out com
petent, faithful officers, .no ihrusls into their
births. raw incapable "pa!tIZans, not trust
worthy ..to yeWard them for having hnzZaed
loudly, anu Ie0 Soutlv ioT the powers that
be " Bat h0@ dose the gentleman know this?
Where Goes he gel his intprAationP How
viii he prove all this? He cannot Is ablish a
ny such thing All he adduceS, as before
said, Is bold nslnuaIOn, or perhaps assertion