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

office seeking, and to exasperate the bitter
ness and fury Of those contests fer the Presi-
dency, which we caaBet avoid, is palpable
There never was, and if we NAV Judge Of
the future by the past, there never will be a
nation, in which, the first office in point of
rank and power, is elective, that is to saw,
is to be scrambled for periodically by any
body and every body that chooses TO be a
candidate for it, that win net be subject, at
such times, to agitations and struggles dss
tructlve of its repose, and hazardous to its
safety
Leok at Peland-or rather at the msera-
bic remnant of what was once mighty ma
tiOn-the bulwark of Europe against the in
fdel Turk-with population once of six
teen or eighteen millions, new reduced to
less than four, and struggling with devo-
ted and desperate, but it is to be feared una
vailing valour against the spolsr and the
tyrant.
To what are we chiefly to ascribe its de-
graduation and ruin? Its first magistrate its
King was elective-almost every election pro.
duced war, and each successive monarch
waded to the throne through the blood and
tears Of his subjects The country was di-
vided against Itself distracted and torn hy
contendin. factions, who hated each other
with ranconr ana fury that he'll itself could
hardly equal. Surrounding nations at length
interposed in their elections. by intrigue and
arms; and finally Austria, Russia, and Prus-
STA having agreed among themselves as TO
the respective share of its territory which
each should have, seized upon the country,
partitioned it among themselves, and the
name of POLAND was plotted from the map of
f. In he i
chiefs and hazards Of an elective magistrate
have driven politicians and nations into the
scheme of hereditary succession. as RENE
dy-theugh it is well known that son of
sage may be fool, and the here ditary sue
cessor of patriot king, may be ty,ant and
monster. In electing the Chief magistrate
OF great nation, the man who is FIRST in Of
fetal rank, dignity, and power, fist ia war
and first in peace; the danger is, that pas
slons OF the people interested 10 the result
no otherwise than as good patriots and good
citizens. may be excited to degree, hazard
Gus to its peace and safety. lfto The excite
nlent lnSparabie from this operation, be ad
ded that, which viii arise from the hope Of
getting, and he fear of losing, an immense
number of lucrative offices all over the ceun-
try, is it not manifest that the political ran
exasPerated and the danger OF the country
greatly increased?
To the President of the T. States, charg
ed as he is with executing and causing to be
executed the laws Of the land, the quantum
oil political power necessary TO enable him
fully TO acqait himself Of bis important and
ardooos duties must be given--but not iot
more and he should be held strictly accoun-
tah far he IF
not for the qualification of his pride or ven
geanee or TO glut the passions of his followers,
but for the public good
The public interest does not require that
the Postmaster at New Orleans or Philadel-
phia, the Revenue officers OF New York or
Boston, or the Clerks in the Departments at
Washington, should be Jackson men good
and true, or Clay men, or Calhoun men 1t
simply requires that hey should perform the
respective duties wIth which they are charg-
ed, promptly, punctualIy, faithfully. and it
requires no more. The public neither knows
nor cares any thing about their politics. The
President is necessarily charged with the re-
inoVal OF neon petent or unfaHEful officers
also with filing up vacancies as they occur.
Under these powers he may make Uacailcies
by removing those who are POLITICAL, oi,nox
I .'"' ~ hii, Huo M siriu WI u HtS own SdteI
lites. For this abuse of Official power and
trust, gross and dangerous as it is, there is
no remedy but in the good sense and honest
feeling OF the people.
IL they permit the practice of this admins
tfahon to grew into precedent for its sue
eessors, by giving it their sanction, they will
ma ere long that the sanctuary of Law and
Liberty erected by their fathers, has been
perverted from It's original hallowed purposes
and like the Jewish Temple, when the Sa
vlour OF the World overthrow the tables of
the money changers, has been converted in
to a eden of thieyes"-the receptacle of eve
ry unclean and aboninable thing.
The PEOPLE then, who gave life and
beng to this Government, and for whose be-
, neht it was Instituted, must set their faces A.
gainst this corruptins and dangerous innova-
| ton, and compe the administrators OF il 10
, return to the practice of our fathers, or we
we shall be undone.
?. Col Lucas cannot altogether approve of
Gen. Us appointing 50 many Of The Editors,
who by their support contributed to his cleo
ton, to places of trust, power, and profit.
| am happy TO find that Col l.. concurs in
ssme measure in the general sentlloento of the
country as to that disgraceful and dangerous
proceeding
8. Col. l.. approves Of the Presidents Veto
Message
Col. L. is a against Tariff that looks
beyond The ordinary reUelaue REQUIRED bv the