Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-09-20
From tie .N;ac York Courier and Esiguirer
THE JACKSON ORGANS.

| ~ h1S UGH Sdtu NHdt tie re SicCuNU o
GENERAL Jackson is advocated by pensicnet
Press; let Us examine into the trsth Of TIL,
charge. Our readers are familiar with the
tact, that the three great organs Of Jackson
, ism at this day, are tho Albaay Argus at the
North, the Richmond ENQUIRER at the South,
! and the Washington Globe at the Centre
These three Presses vie with each ether ia
laudlng General jackson, and in branding US
with apostacy for having ceased to suppart
him.
| We were his friends IN 1872, and 10 1924
advocated his election, when Ed,cin Cros
,ceH, then and now editor of the Albany Argus
said in bis columns
! "The facts clear that Mister jackson has
not a single ieeiing in common with the Re
publican party, The reverce Of that--he de
sTes, and makes a merit Of desiring, the to
tai extinction Of it,"
at is idle in this State, however il may be
IN others, to strive even for moderate sup
port oil Mister jackson. lie IS wholly out of
the question as far as the votes Of New York
are IN 1t. lndependency OF the disclosures OF
his political opinions, he could not be the re-
publican candidate. He is respected as gal
liant soldier, but he stands In the nhnds OF The
people OF this State at an Unreasonable dis
lance from the Executive char"
His habits, aside from mis- politics, are
quite too summary"
1.-The course adopted by Mister jackson
is iood and raimeat TO The iederalists and no
party men. Ii is pleasant 60 all who strive for
the destruction OF the democratic party. They
wall every where applaud AS they have preach
ed it and wall magnify tl.e aatAor Of doctrines
which are so well intended Tor tier serctce
nQlIfIe al nj Mister
cannot be mistaken. Uuder the artiul dis.
guise OF eevating men most copious for their
probity, virtue, &c. he is beat upon the dcs-
iructlon of the republican party"
"Ihey need only to be read and reflected
on by republicans to be discovered TO be al
togeather unreal and worse thay visionary.
They make a mockery OF the lives and con
duct of such men as Jefferson and Madison
They belle the exertlons ofsall the great
and vlrtu0us men who have all along al
vocated and extended the doctrines oil the
Republican party"
What has since occurred to make this
time serving, jesuitical, and sycophantic
Editor change his courseP We answer
Corruption, executive and party patronage,
have purchased his pen and bis press, aud il
is-prostituted to the support Of one who in
1924 he denounced as not possessing . a sin.
gle feeling in common with the Republican
party"
But where was the venerable Thomas
Richie at that period? What was be dong?
Was he labouring with US in the support oi
the Hero OF New Orleans, or was he in the
ranks OF the Albany Argus. uniting with Ed
,e,n Crosscea IN denoaDcing bimp We an
swer-He was then as he is now, the editor
and publisher OF the Richmond Enquirer, and
he daily hurled anathemas at the head Of the
aan he now idolizes! He called upon the
people Of Virginia to stand by the CoDstltu
ton and the Institutions OF the country-he
iold them that Gen. jackson was unit Tor CT
WI government, and 10 every public statioa
which he had occupied, had exhibited total
disregard Tor the constitution and laws He
appealed to their love ol liberty to prese rye
the nation from the misruie OF such tyyWnt,
and concluded by assureing his readers that
" the election Of .di,dre,e Jackson TO the Prest-
dency ,could be CURSE TO tie coentry'l"--
But he has been bought by Executive
patronage, and denounces rs for having be-
come satisfied of the truths which he pre-
melsat ted eight years sgol
Aud now where was Amos Kendall and
Frasc;s II. Blair, the Editors Of the Globe
when we were labouring for General Jackson
in 1922, 3. and 4 (? They were moving hea-
ven and earth 10 secerethe election of Henry
Clay, and day after day assured the good
people of Kentucky that Andrew Jackson was
" tyrant aud a murderer who had tramp.
led on the constitution Of his country, and
who would, if elected. destroy its hberties!
Mr.. Kendall had been taken by the hands of
Mr. Clay when poor and iriendless, and,
when in poverty and sickness, he required
the attention Of friend, Mr.. g. took HIM to
his house, bestowed upoa him every thing
which friendship could suggest or afiiuence
command, and for Ibis has the migrate and ~
per stung his benefsctor and iriend,l When
In 1924 the election of President by the House
of Representatives depended upon the vote
| of Kentucky, and that vote was under the
control Of Mr.. Clay, Kendall and Blair wrote
to him and urged his voting for Mr.. adams.
He did so, and when these corrupt men found
the act unpopular with the people OF the
i West. they deserted him, and for filthy lu-
ere, sold themselves soul and body to his en-
emies, They are nop reaping the fruits OF
that sale-now eating the bread purchased
with the money for which they, Juasd Ike,
sold their friend and patronl Yet these in
CRATES daily denounce us, who never were
applicants for, nor the recipients oil, the Ia
vors OF General Jackson who IN seventeen
mouths in 1877 and IS sunk s32, 900 IN ad-
vocating his cause--sho adhered to him
while he adheared to his princfples--and who
Ionly abandoned him when he abandoned all
his pledges and the best Interest oil the coun-
TRY, and placed the Government ~ the hands oil
Isuch base, unprinciplod. and ungrateiul mer-