Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-06-14

rejects an unworthy noTnlnauOns anu II IS AT
once assaiIed from every quarter. with cpl
thets too foul 10 be merIted by any but those
who use them. The official organ of the
Executive viii daTes even to propose TO the
American people to abridge its term of ser
vice. and strip X of its powers.
The Supreme Court of the United States.
too, ia the discharge Of its highest, its hottest
duties, thwarts the Executives pleasure, aud
instantly, in answer to the angry denuncla
tons Of the would he despot, the adder hiss
of the press resounds throughout the land.
It's DEGREES are not to be eniorced-its pow
er is to be set al defiance.
But these are not the only acts of his NAL
administration. The offices of Government,
created by the people for their own benefit,
have. as one of his friends on the floor OF the
Senate shameiessly avowed, been seized up
oa as .the spoiis of victory, )" and openly used
as those brides and rewards for partisan ser
vices.
Persons grossly and VIGOROUSLY incompe
tent and unfit-the defaulter, the drunkard,
the debauehee, and even the fugitive ielon,
have been nominated for important stations;
and when the Senate has refused TO sanction
his nominations, he has watched the absence
of individual members in order again to urge
them. And when this could not he effected,
he has appointed his rejected favorites, dur
ing the recess Of the Senate, to offices not re
quirir g its concurrence.
He has not only filled the existing subordi
nate departments Of government throughout
! the country with the creatures of bis will, but
has also created new ones in order to reward
them.
lie has not only employed the whole pat
ronage Of the Government TO control popular
elections, but has himself directly iBterlered
in The election OF members to Congress.
He has not only permitted his satellites TO
| assail the co ordinate branches Of the govern
! meat, but has even, by his own words and
actions, sanctioned ami approved oftheir con
| duct.
He has not only sanctioned the attacks
| made--by his official pensioned press-upon
the Senate ef the United States, but has also
countensnced wanton personal violence, of
fered by bis political partisans to members Of
Congress, in the discharge of their constitu-
tional duties, thereby overawing the deliber.
atoms OF Congress, and a~ssailing the freedom
of debate; and may we not apprebend, from
the parasites of such an Executive, darker
| scenes Of b'oodshed and outrage within the
very precincts Of oer capitol
He has dissolved his cabinet on pretences
VIGOROUSLY frivolous and untrue, aud for
causes which we viii not stair our address
by even enwmerating.
He has lent his assistance to Cypress the
hapless Cherokees, aud has encouraged the
state of Georgia in resisting the laws OF the
Union. He has said that he VIII not carry
into effect, as be is bound to DO by his official
oath, the decision OF DER highest tribunal
the only exposItor of our laws and Constifu-
tion-and has, of bis own mere viii, declar
ed null and void laws Of Congress, and So
Tenn treaties. which. by the Constitution, are
the supreme laws of the land.
And what can even his owp party urge as
q compensation for these acts OF foul misrule?
They point TO the extinguisbmeDt Of oar ma
tlonal debt, and his successful negotiations
with foreign powers For the first, he de
serves as much applause as he does for the
returning spring, or for the approaching har
vest; for in them he has equal agency. Most
of the treaties of which he so proudly boasts
we've prepared or matured by The previous
administration For one alone he deserves
full credit-tiiat with Great Britain, in rela
tion to the West india trade. And this be
has negotiated on terms which former ad-
mlnistFations rejected as DESTRUCTIVE TO our
trade, aud derogatory to our national honor.
One other negotiation General Jackson is
most anxious to have sanctioned, and for
that, too, we are willing to give him credit in
Anticipation. 1t is the one IN relation TO our
Northeastern boundary, by which a military
communication between two OF her provinces
IS given to Great Britain, along our defence
less frontier, the integrity Of a member Of
our Union violated, and millions Of acres and
hundreds Of citizens sold for a ruined for
tress.
As a statesman and politician, then, Gene
raj jackson merits only The deepest reproba.
ton of the people; ard, should we even ac.
knowledge the Chief Magistracy Of our
country to be a tit reward Tor mere military
services, surely four years OF wild misruIe is
a sufficient reward for one brilliant achieve.
ment; else, what short of absolute and here
d.tary sway shall, in future times, be accord
cd to one who might emulate the deeds of
Washington?
but let US turn from this dark picture of
corruption and imbeciIity, to brighter scenes
The other prominent candidate for the Pre-
sidency, Is HENRY CLAY, of Kentnek,-
"a man whose high praise it is, that he is Ame.
rIcan IN every thought, in every feeling. lie
has been unanimously nominated for the oC.
bee by "A convention of your fellow citizens.
rarely equalled for numOers, for talents. for
intelligence, and patriotism; and hat pomi-
hd'ioh IS no" as unanimously adopted by an
assembly more numerous, and, as we hone !
not ihieflor IN patriotism. We recommend
n'u' 10 your choice, as one combining every
requisite tor the Chief Magistrate of our free.
extensive, and mighty Republic. Having
Speht me preceding part OF his life in the ser,