Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-11-01


therefore, feels bound, in gratitude, TO watch
over their welfare and their rights-haye
made up my mind that ought not, and that
therefore will not, vote for any man az an
electcr who is believed to be friendly to the
re election Of President jackson.
"Fhe interests Of this State are well I'M
derstood by the citizens and the Constituted
Authorities, and they have been made known
with a disiinctness and uDanfmIty which could
not be misunderstood.
| ALL our members Of Congress but one,
| and ALL our members of the General Assem-
Div, in obedience to the well known wishes
| Of their Constituents. declared that the con
| t;nuance of the Tariff and the rechartering
of the United States Bank were. above all
things, most desired by Pennsylvania as vi
| tally important TO her prosperity. What has
been the result President jackson who
owes 50 much TO Pennsslvania-andh his Cab
inet-iE which there 10 no. Pennsylvania
have labored necessarily 10 have changes
made in the Tariff. greatly against the inter
ests Of Pennsylvania, and tins object lhey
have attaipet.,, With respect 10 the re char
tering of the Bank Of the United States. a
large majority of both Houses Of Congress
agreed with the State Of PenUsylvania, and
| passed bill for that purpose. This bin vas
rejected By the President-he declared it
should not pass, and refused to give it bis s'g
nature. 3, go
| ..rhese things would seem TO evinee in the
President an obliquity Of mind. or settled
and determined hostility 10 our interests, and
total disrespect, If not studied contempt
for the wishes Of our citizens and the con
sttaled authorities. . =
Ellis rejection OF the Bank Charter, how
| mi. toHt hay hapu toll fad
| had he not chosen to couch it in such often
sire and arrogant language. and to mix up,
with the rejection, opinions the most danger
Gus and unconstitutional, on the most impor
| tant subjects. / refer in more especial
manner to what ne has thought proper TO say
of the TARIFF aud the decisions of the Su-
| preme Court. When ! read the unsound,
| and untenable and altogether new and per
! nicious doctrines held forth by the President
in relation to the opinions aud decisions Of
the Supreme Court, my mind involuatarily
reverted to his contempt for thar decree In
] the case Of the State of Georgia, for having
unjustly and cruelty imprisoned the Mission
aries, who had gone among the Indians to
| instruct them in Gospel truth. and who are
even now accused Of crime They, the MN
| listers of the meek and low!y Redecmer. are
| left to l,nguish in dungeon. for no other Of
| fence, f offence it may be called, that have
ever been able 10 ascertain, than the having
labored to do the will Of their Master, and
because President Jackson has not carried
into effect the decision Of the Supreme Court.
GLOW entirely, and in how many instances
I he has set at nought the advice and consent
| Of the Senate, are matters OF such noforlety
as Erecludes the necessity Of my doing any
! thing more than recall them to your memo
| ry, as well as the luiilmcnt, to the letter, OF
the prediction Of Senator Benton, that "ii
) General Jackson should ever be elected Pre-
/ sident of The United States, the Congress
men would have to legislate With pistols in
| their belts" | wen remember when the let
! ter of Benton was published and repuhlsh
/ cd, years ago, that regarded it as a mere
effusion of ignorance and malice. Nothing
! but facts, stubborn, well authenticated, ire
sistible facts, could have convinced me, Of
the true character of General jackson, as
has been exhibited since he has become Chief
Magistrate Of our country TO the great loss
OF our character and wealth, and TO the sha-
king to the very foundation our Constitution
and whole system Of policy.
EXCUSE tfie, my good friend. for having
! troubled you with so diifuslve a statement OF
| the prominent causes which have induced me
to change my opinion Of General jackson,
and to come, with some reluctance. to the
conclusion, that neither his education, his &C,
quirements, nor his previous habits, have, in
any wise, fitted linn for the station to which
he now, after experience and in violation OF
bis pledge. desires to be re elected.
| 'sYou and our friends have been so brief,
| and allow me to say 30 guarded, 10 your let
ter. that should feel somewhat al loss TO
determsne, whether you have or. have not
made uR your minds to. vote against Presi
dent Jackson, il did not know that you and
all your family are firmly attached 10 demo-
cratic principles, and to the American Sys-
tenn, add this knowledge INDUCES me to con-
clude that you will not by your votes, dossny
| thing which would risk the dissolution OF the
Union, and the almost certain ruin of Penn
sylvania, to your attachment to an indi-
| yidual"
| The question is asked in one Of the Admin
lstration papers-What is Anti Jacksonism?
I'VE answer,-itis recovery from a fond de-
fusion produced by deceptive appearances,
false promises and misapphed gratitude: It's
| conuiction that our republican system and, "
Mon are seriously threatened by President
Jackson's course and doctrines: 1t is shame
for the disgrace which the character and con
| duct Of his chief iavorites and counseilors
have brought on the country: II IS Affection
and reverence for the treaties and laws of the
Union, for the supremacy Of the general go
| vernment, the independence andconstitution-
al authority of the Federal Judiciary, which