Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-04-21

A subsrriber of ours in Indiana, to whom
we sent our prospectus, as we did 10 many
Others. has procured several subscribers in
has town, and transmitted the "needful' in
advance From the letter enclosing the sub
scription money, we extract the following;
ave have a large number OF National
Keuubiicaa.' in cur country, sshO are deter
n,i ned TO give Fl. Clay their suiirages at the
next Presidential election. lf God, IL mar
cy, should permit Clay, Webster, Southland,
Il. &c. 70 take charge eC the Government,
instead Of theso wrstclled qoarfeis (ihe &c
count of which yo have been wits ess'ng ior
some time pasO we should bear the a.ts'f Of
boat horns On canals, the hnsa 81 laboIers
grading and making raads, tue elsGiugoi "a
goas over rail ways and the iipglins 81 cash
IL farmers pockets, the bnzztnE Of thousands
ct machines, the clearing opt q nea farms,
she erection Of Semi2aFies d isacaiug, and
the ringing IF bells ia al 8dr cagFc- q d. &C
count Of national property.
1. We admire ihe entl1s,ysts Of cur sn5scri
EeT III lie cause OF the country and though
we Caunst anticipate the sudden and iasmcai
ate occurrence Of all those baPPY results al
the election OF AEr. Clay, whica the winter
seems to premise himself YET we hare ne
doubt that the continuance Of the policy,
W
to recommend, vii! have tendency towards
that state of things, which he describes.
Ii seems 10 he admitted, on aa hands, that
If Gen. jackson is reelected, the American
System must fell. Il is So said BY It's opp2
nents, and il, therefore, becomes its friends,
| If any there are, in the jackson ran Ks, 10
consider well before they vote for bis centin-
| uance, whether they can afford to put their
| veto on The system Of home production, and
! home Industry; whether they are ready to
! give up all their kish hopes Of their country S
| perm Dent inc perdence, and to sacrifice
| her interests at the altar Of Jackson's indivi-
! d7al political ambition. 1t beheyes them to
ponder veil the question, whether the couB-
, try is TO be really beaefted by their votes
whether Gen. Jackson hiss fulfilled the pre-
misses he made, or h.s friends for him-yyh he
: tber be has Introduced any real reform-vhe-
! ther it is a citizens GsHg to vote for man
! however exalted, from mere personal motives
OF like or disiike--wiiethc a citizens cons;s-
tency Of character can be preserved in voting
! for 4 man, whose former claims were proni-
ses waleh have not been fulfilled, and syers
I founded on the alledged denquenoies of hi.
predecessors, which, il true, he has far sur
! passed
! For our own part, Is we had ever believed
t2at Jackson "ha Dis company WGnld or
csad have introduced Important and needed
reforms into the Government Of the natisn,
we sAu,iId have been for him. y should.
fer the sake Of Cur a'gn consistency, lett him
when Z PIE, cd iaiihlass to bis professions
But We neyer supported him. We never Rad
| FAITH in the cry OF mad d2@' naich was raj.
sed against The former administratian, aad
we are not mseh dis9ppuintei 10 The de-
nonuceplent Of Jacksen!,sa |, has, indeed,
been isors reckless and tyranical in lis prac.
| tee, aud foolish and absurd IN its principle
than we could have anticipated 10 this way,
we have experienced serne disappointment
Our opposition then is csnsistent But hou
honest Jacksonians, who were SO on account
, of his promises OF reform, can still be so, and
be csns!s.ent. we do not nerceiye.