Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-09-08
A TOUCH AT THE TIMES.

VIC Pen vi one OIL the aoiest poltlcal writers
of the present day:
From the NJ York Ercning Journal
Influence Of place. When the present ad
| ministratIon was first organized. nothing could
exceed the ciamorous praises heaped upon
all ITS members, both as a unit, and in detail,
by, the idolaters who were Frustrating them
selves towards the rising sun Such presi
denu such vice PRESIDENT Such secreta
RES and cabinet counsellors all and SINGULAR
he world never saw the lkel
When the administration became disorcn
n1ed the tune was immediately changed.
The president denounced bis executive lieu
tenant; and the ldolaters, calculating the ba
lance OF power, forthwith resolved upon sa.
crlflcIns the vice president. Sundrv of the
ministers went out Of office. and lol they
were lncontinently metamorphosed into the
worst Of all possible scoundrelsl
When the administration was re oycani ,ea
the original song was renewed. The new
CABINETS even better than the former-vbich
was the best that ever was, or ever could he
Such conglomeration of wisdom, patriot
ISM, talent and democracy. never before
came, and never can again come. from the
political crucibe. Their glorifcation shall
resonnd for ever, until the next change of
ministry
Such is the influence Of place, Those who
are iond OF studying human nature, particu
iarly IN some of its Maynard rami6cations.
must derive especial amusement from oh
serving the effects ordinarily produced hy
the sudden levaton to office and consequence
OF individuals who had never been susnected
of any of The qualities usually deemed requi
site for such advancement.
Yet So il is. When the shapberd takes
pTomiscuously from the flock some single an
ANAL Tor the shearer or the butcher the res,
stand staring and bleating with heaven knows
how much of envy and disposition to com
phment the favored eve or wether~whose
WOOL and hide and carcass are nevertheless
no better than their own
SO among modern politicians Of the school
oil reform. The moment some lucky wight
blundcrs upon windfall in the shape of
commission under government beholdi he is
imbued at the same instant with counties,
virtues. which, until this blessed moment
lay undiscovered and forlorn, like so many
grains of gold dust beneath a mountain of
rubbish
he very men who were Yesterday ready
to KICK him from their presence, now bow
down obsequiously before the creature Of
chance, and trumpet forth his batteries upon
the same blast, which has hardly spent itself
IN echong his infamy He NAV have been
one oil the greatest knaves In the community
no matter-the fortune of office has in
simultaneously converted the rogue into per
feet model of honesty intriguing dema-
gogue INTO paragon Of integrity and patri
oiIsmi
! The diverse motives which operate on par
tizans thus disposed TO pay the hvpocrite and
the parasite, are not excessively numerous
nor difficult of explanation. Some are mo
we'd by considerations of policy including
hopes OF private gain, and the expectations
OF reciprocal batteries; but all are actuated
by stimuli, of which self interest constitutes
the basis
However this may he. certain ills, that no
sooner is man thus lifted above the com
mon herd into Office and the road to opnIence
than be finds himself surrounded BY ADM
ring and ingenious devotees, who assure him.
that, though yesterday they would have soon
er seen bin within the clutch Of Satan than
trusted him with shilling. they perceive to-
day that he is worthy of all confidence; that
though they once thought him merceaary
in the business of politics, they now discover
! how amazingly disinterested and pure his
conduct has ever been.
Such indeed are the kind and generous
! pFopChSitieS WHICH UlSin9uiSn the STu0entS
Of our new school, that the moment a new
sheriff is installed, or new tide waiter placed
on duty there is deal Of "booing and boo
! ing from all quarters. not even excepting
that from which complaint and uproar were
chiefly to be anticipated For equally sound
and solid reasons, other individuals victims
o! mlsehance and foul weather, are attacked
and sacrificed without remorse-as we have
seen an unlucky porpoise. with harpoon in
bis harslet, setupon and destroyed by a com
PAW OF his own species.
Place makes the GGa-the want of if. the
fcllo,c
South Cmoiina-If Mr.. Calhoun doe.
not repent Of his agency, and that Of hi
friends in cxpelling Judge SAITH from thu
United States Senate. before the present
canvass is completed. we are much mistaken
in political signs This veteran politician. 81
far from being cast down, has commence
his labors within fifty miles Of Mr.. CALHoUN'.
own door, at Spartanburgh, where he wa.
invited 10 address the people, which he Iii,
at greath length, having spoken. it is said
four hours Among other good resolutions
it was agreed by the meeting, TO instruct tht
members of the Legislature to .'oppose an,
proposition that may be made to nullily tn,
Tariff or other law, passed by the Congress
Of the United States;'' and that "our dcieSa
ton TO The State Legislature be committee
to meet such other committee as may DC APP
pointed from different districts, for the pur
pose of adopting such measures as by then
may be deemed most expedient and proper
for raising a hrm recommending opposi