Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-05-12
Freq, The National Gazette.


DerlsIon has been lavishly used in eur re-
puniican country against the subjects Of the
european monarchies,- British rarticu
iariy,-fer Their fond loyalty towards inca.
pasle kings The liberation Of such execu.
i've chefs has been pardsned as necessary
in3ihe monarch'al system; but, admiration
ana affection for them have hees treated as
iniatuation, and the celebration OF their names
and merits as either hypocrisy or folly. lie
redi'ary Legislators, hereditary ednini.tra
hen,--the Ideals proclaimed to be assured: -
real devotion to George I'll or George ~.
ptlabie weakness. Now, the subjects of a
monarelY have no alternative as long as they
wish to preserve their scheme of government.
which they may deem generally the best for
mem; and II Is not at all extraordinary Chat
they should be daz2lcd by the splendor of the
crown, 50 as TO be blinded to their vices OF
achciencies OF ITS wearer;--thnt hereditary
succession with is old poap and prestige
should ra'iicate loyal propensities. Here then
is the apology Of royallst.
What couid be the excdse-what would
he The consistency OF American republicans
II, having the fall, unemhaErassed faculty oil
choice and change. they elected and lsndly
retained as their Chief Magistrate, an iadi
yidual unequal Ia the eilice--uutit for il by
education, habits and temper, as little OF y
President. In fact, as George w was king, in
the ssnse Of an intelligent and efficient rulcr
and administrator. Granted in such hypathe
SIS, that there nas originally a mistake in re.
latisn to his qualifications and complexional
traits; The plea would be strong, and repubi
can patriotism, consistency. iudcrene ense,
would he safe, little al the expense Of re
publican sagacitJ; yet, what of all their pre-
tensions, # he should be re. elected. after his
ncapscity had become notorious, & he had
sweived from every maxim aud principle Of
government and personal conduct, nsich he
bad himself recorded in the most solemn
forms? -
The Washington papers o. Friday disclose
nothing IN relation t. the new cahlset. Time
must be allowed for the Transmission of OF
i"rs and answers For mature delibefation"
nigh, is sufficient, at least in regard 10 re-
signatlon. and dismissas. In .trictness, the
country might ask the President-"N j.
the question OF di.cardlpg and sppoinsin. lh-
heads oil departments connected Nah the ge.
nsFa! politics OF The government or with any
party points and discussions? If they per
form the special duties of their c!ices, it
~ all that our political system Requires Of
them or the President The Constitution
knows only the President; it gives him no
general cGadjutor. 81 advisers; it associates
the Senate alone. and that in particular cas-
es, wIi!rhin'; ii derolyes upon him exclusive
~, all general ne spon,il,iIitf He is the unit
according to the text and spirit OF lr sy stem,
WHICH is thns essentially contra slinsiiished
i,on The British, and constitutional monar.
chy on the European continent.
In England, ~ 1897 when the Wing min
istry introduced into the cabinet Lord Ellen
borough, the Chief Justice OF the Kings
Bench, they were much censured for conncc
ting Judge with the political administration,
and an attempt was made TO defend them by
the maxins that '.the cabinet, as such, was
notrespansiblc fer he MEASURES Of government,
and no individual Minister responsible for
more than his Own act" This doctrine was
rejected as absurd and salecistical, and Just
ly, because there the only responsibility is
with the cabinet.
But, in our republic those n,nxims are. we
may say, more than true, for a council u
state cannot bo supposed formally to exist,
Dir. lngham and MIR. Branch might well have
observed to President jackson - "ss leng as
you profess TO be perfectly satisfied with our
management aad demssnor as secretaries, we
cannot understand you, OF the score ofresig-
nati0n;-we do not comprehend the doctrine
Of political ,0iity; we cannot sac how you
can regularly bring that before tho People;
our liability IS 10 yon alone and the laws;--
you must not make US parties to any general
Political question:; you have the power to re-
move US, x we submit; but all public motives
and explanations must lie with you" lire
gulari,y OF procedure and false position
might be excused, if candor we've praciised;
but the whole case has been crooke div con-
Quoted, with double dissiriuiaton and ella
boratc ambiguity ,-.Nat Gas. May Sd.
CoinciIehces Explosion Of a Cabinet
explosion of grand pair OF Bcllows:-FaI
ing OF Houses-Falling Of Administrations.
II is remarked by the natural philosophers
that the shooting or falling of stars descead
diagonaliy; but the aurora toreaiis, of our lat
itutles; shoots upwards when il moves at all:
the levity of the vapor in the aurora is one
of its charac teristics Falling statesmen have
| not exactly the same traits;-t they descend
zig gag, with thick mist about them "'Ihe
streams and flashes OF the aurora vanish by
changing their relative positions 10 the source
Of illumination. TO this, some resemblance
may be found 10 the fate Of political Phas-
| tons. A New York sasant, writing to Pro
lessor Silhnaa about the vspor Of the auro-
"a, says---.'We cannot follow the cratic
movements Of the vspor after it leaves the
| position where the lines of light disclose it's
1 existence because ii is invisible except when