Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-11-01
READ, REFLECf, AND DECIDE!
Republicans, Friends f The Constitution am


Republicans, Friends IF The Constitution and
tie Union. :,
The eyes Of all Europe are upon US. The
friends Of liberty and the rights Of man look
with intense interest on the United States
Here the great question is TO be 42cided
"Uhether man Is capable of self gorefnmeats'
II is the worlds last hope! and il zoe fail.
Shung be the Heavens in black" ANY CT
tzen who dares not exercise his elective fran
rbise independently, is slave, and any ore
vino would punish him for the free exercise
of this right, is 1yraln."
Fellow citizens, the appeal is made to your
own judgments. Have you not, seen. viii
painful solicitudc, your fellow citizens hurled
fom office, and denounced as "peculators.'
and unworthy of confidence, merely because
they would not vote ana huzza for Jackson
Have YOU not seen the petty office holders
pI,yjng the tyrant over their fellow mep by
driving them from their employ for their
political opinions? Has not the pubic. press
been subsidized ty a PROMISE of reward, or
by threats Of prescription Is not liberty in
danger?
You have always opposed prescription and
extravaganza. You have always held your
public servants to strict accountability -
You have contended for rotation in office, as
an important barrier against an abuse Of
power, and the hest security against the mis-
application of the public money The pre-
sent President came into office with strong
PLEDGES TO "reform abuses"-"to reirench
unnecessary expenses, - and with full and
explicit declaration, that .sno man should
hold the office more than one term" True
republican doctrines. But bow. has bis prac
ice accorded with his professpusp Has he
reformed any abusesP He has found none TO
reform Has he reduced the number of pub
liz officers? Six hundred addition 20 the host
OF Postmasters will not cover the increase!
Have any salaries been REDUCED? Not one
bu, many have been greatly increased. Have
4he expenses been reduced? No, they have
been inc, eased TO the amount Of millions =
Has he retired voluntarily from the Presiden
tal chair after one term? No, II is admit
Ted that he ranked letter 10 Pennsylvania.
requesting, or advising, or proposing himself
as a candidate for re election! Has he so dis.
charged his high duties as Ia give him any
clam to re election? Republican principts
do not admit any mans claim to office. OF
fees were not made for men Your public
officers are your .Agents not your masters,
and when any man has become so intoyica-
ted with praise ds to think himself born TO
commando and that the people are born to o
him to learn. that the people are sovereign,
not slaves-that the "diSine right Of Kings"
is not recognised here, and that none can play
the despot The constitution and laws are
Instructions to your, agents, and they are
sworn to be faithful TO execute them. But
what has Gen Jackson said? What has he
done? He has declared laws unconstitui i0nal,
which he himself had signed and refused to
execute them He has declared that he IS
The indge whether a la,g is constitutional and
has set at defiance the solemn decisions OF
the Supreme Judicial Tribunal, which the
Constitution has declared shall decide on the
constitutionality of all laws ale has refu
sed his assent TO laws the most whole some
and necessary foy the public good" He has
usurped Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
power, which is the essence of tyranny. He
las OPENLY denounced the Senate, because II
refused TO obey his mandate: che has made
Judges in the territories dependent onhis viii
alone for the tenure of their Offices" Gle
he's created multitude of new officers" to
fatten on the "spolls OF victory" "fie has
Effected to render the military superior to the
civil powert" He has surrounded himself
with band Of needy Adventures, and "com
bined with them" TO bring the whole Exeeu
tive patronage. and the Treasury, the Post
Office, and every Department of the Govern
ment, together with pros,ituted and subsi-
dized press, to secure bis own re election,
and to nominate and force upon us a success
sor 10 the throne. "He has encouraged domes
/ tic insurrection," by refusing to execute the
lawsi And he has boldly declared his own will
3 10 be the law of the land!
"A man whose character is thus marked
by every act which may define a. tyrant, is
unfit to be" the President of the U States. +.
REPUBLICANS! rise in your majesty and
strensth!-say to Andrew Jackson, ''Give an
account of thy stewardship, for thou shalt be
( no longer steward" Do your duty to your
selves. 10 your children. TO the cause oil LIB
etly-and let the present incumbent retire TO
& the Hermitage. Choose a man for your Pre-
Sioent whose character, qualifications, and
principles are known; who has been the
champion of Liberty-s Republican long tri
ed and unwayering; who has devoted hi'
n whole life to the service of his country, IN The
halls of legislation. in the cabinet, and in 10
reign lands; wen versed in the science OF re
publican government: veteran in the he
publican ranks; and one who, during all ou
struggles for Liberty, for our dearest rights
and for the prosperity Of his country. has e
Yer been ready to devote himself; WHO, an
swcd by opposition. uhseduced by hattery
has pursued, with frm step and steady aim