Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-04-04

ing with all the "pomp and circumstance, &
against bis friends who in 1880 clapt him
so warmly for Overwhelming Webster. v
There IS the Chairman Of the famous Re
trenchment Bill which secured Jackson's
electlon.-the fiery Hamilton.
Thou Dollhouse, thou great god Of war,
Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl Of Mar
now as the Commander in Chief, buying
( cannon, boarding muskets, and arrayin 2
troops to make war upon his own Presi.
dent in behalf Of South Carolina,-the
nation.
THAT ties the issue OF king;
And wears upon her baby brow the round
And top Of Sorereignty.'
look to the press. There is the Rich.
mond Enquirer but yesterday as il were
hurrying onward notification and seces
sion, now rebuking both There is the
New York Courier and Enquirer, but a
little while ago, launching its thunders up
on DR.. Cooper and the Nuliliers. and
now inditing articles adapted even for the
columns of the Telegraph. look to par.
ties.-Clay men, Anti masons, where are
ye? We who but yesterday were villifying
each other, and fighting like two Kilken
ny cats? Lo! hear the rush of com
mingled appreciation from all points Of the
compass. turn to the President There
IS the Veto Message ayerring that each
man may construe the constitution as he
understands it, and here, the last message
acknowledges the Supreme Court Of the
United States the umpire of constitutional
questions. Is the tariff the divided line?
am on both sides Of the Jackson party
Is internal improvement the test? have
friends and adversaries in the Jackson
party. Is notification the mark? am
with the President "lrom the eggs to the
apples" Though defeated in our men
our principles are victorious. Our cham
pion once denounced for advancing these
principles, is now invoked to sustain the
administration in their execution. As
National Republicans, | an sure, we all
stand on the same foundation where we
stood six months ago-but our adversaries
have stolen our ideas, stolen our flag, stolen
our story,
The social relations in our city are also
especially changed. The oldest amalga-
nations occasionly take place. The of
flee holders, last winter, scrowled upon
men who are now on good terms at the
White House. Here and there are prom
enading, arm in arm, conversing agreea
bly, and nodding gracious assent to each
other, individuals, who, last winter, had
not a single thought in common As the
Southern nulIifers were never such ruth.
less turbulent Saracens in politics as were
the Jackson men, all shake hands and
smile over "the crisis" | go to a social
party, and see Calhoun, Webster, vii
kins and McDutfie in cluster together!
look over my shoulder. and there is edg
ing through the croud, a lady hold Of the
arm of gentleman with whom her hus
band was not on speaking terms year a
go. | turn to the right, and there are Gen.
Green and Major Noah on sofa together
and here am thrown into cotillion with
Senator Hill Confusion worse confound
ed! Indeed do not konw what party |
belong. | am at sea. sadly puzzled TO
find my political latitude and longitude, in
all this fog, without wind, sails or rudder,
1t seems as i'll had fallen upon a new era,
the Saturnalia of Politics, as it were, or
stepped into another century with another
generation. B.