Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-04-04
WASHINGTON, JAN. 81, 1888.
.GAMATION OF PARTIES.

try and to mark what hues, aspects,
shapes and varieties the Chameleon OF
/ party has assumed. What are ,ces III
lehoss ranks2 Who are our friends? are
1 questions to puzzle the best political tao
+ ticians.
E go to the Senate of the United States
THERE'S Grundy, who 10 1880, on Foots
resolutions, went side by side with Hayne
IN opposing Webster. notc voting with him
10 put down the nulifersi There is Ben
4 ton, who then so denounced the Judiciary
<and Judges, no,c voting with Clayton to
& uphold them as the palladium ofthe u
MON! There is Forsyth voting with Clay
and Bell and Foot There is Isaac
Hill voting with John Homes-my poll.
teal friends, each and all, permit me to
say, voting at least in suspicious compa.
ny. There is Calhoun thinking hard
things against his old friend Jackson
There are Mangum and Poindexter ranged
against their old associates Dudley and
4 Dlckerson. Well, the Tariff is mp for dis
4 cussion. Clay and Dallas, Webster, and
i Wilkins, knight and Dickerson, vote to :
j gether, each antipodes in personal politics
q On notification, Webster prompts Viii
kins. On the Tariff and Public Lands,
4 Dickerson mods assent to Clay. Indeed,
,chere am IL tchat has happened2
go into the House of Representatives
there is McDnffie fighting the admins
tration. There are Burgess and Drayton,
1 both iederalists IN other days, nous push
I ing together against notification. and pull
] ing different ways on the Tariff There
is Root Of New York, once supporter of
the Administration, rao,c an adversary, and
semi-nulliiier, but protesting yet an at
tachment to pure democracy. There is
the Elk President j c Adams, support
] ing the administration in its exposition and
/ contending in behalf of President who
/ ousted him from office by the aid of the
very men and the very principles he is now
'lenouncing There is Mr.. Carson of
North Carolina, last winter supporting the
administration at all hazards, this winter
denouncing it. There is the Elk Secretary
of the Navy, MIR. Branch, once the bosom
friend OF the President, and an ardent
supporter, now a nullifier, and in direct
hostility to the persons and measures of
the administration. There is Muhlenburg
from Pennsylvania, ardently supporting
Jackson for the Presidency, but voting
his proposed reduction Of the Tariff
There is kennOn Of Ohio, an undoubted
Jackson man, denouncing Mr.. Verplank's
Bill, which Cambreleng, Of New York,
but stronger friend of the President, is
as zealously unfolding. There too is
Shepherd of North Carolina, opposing the
same bill which Speight from the same
State is supporting, and yet both are
friends of the President. There are Wick
life and Daniels, who did every thing to
get this administration into power, ,o,o
doing as much to get it out. There are
the agents Of the President himself, solici-
ting his adversaries for votes to sustain
the administration against the acts of South
Carolina. Indeed, ,vhere am IL ,ohat has
Happened?
1 go into the Cabinet Old Democracy
and old Federalism are there, curiously
fond of each other. Mr. Nc Lane is side
by side with Mr.. Livingston; the first,
once the Ajax of the Federal party; the
last as stout an Ajax of Democracy. Mr..
Woodbury. and Mr.. fancy, once antipo-
des in the principle, now nod agreement,
and Join in sweet concord. The Pres.
dent asks, Gentlemen, what do you think
of nuification?' 1T must be put down,
responds Mr.. McLane.
1T must be put down. echo all. ut
is revolutionary adds MIR. Woodbury..
But Tom Jefferson is the father of it,, cries
Mr.. McLane. Tom Jefferson was a
theorizer, Tom Jefferson was mad man,
adds Mr.. Livingston. Tom Jefferson has
been the fountain of infinite mischief, he
has put afoat all these dogmas,' ex
claims Mr.. fancy. A proclamation is
to be written. MAKE the Government
strong orders the President. They will
call us Federalisis,' answers Mr.. Livings
ton 'Ritchie will complain, adds MIR.
Woodbury. 'Ritchie is fool exclaims
the President. Van Buren, will make him
go right. The old federal doctrine is the
true doctrine; the Government must be
kept strong to keep us together. That
rascal Calhoun must be put down
Well, go to the Kitchen Cabinet.
what hoax we democrats are playing,
archly exclaims Kendall. They have just
sent me to print Federal proclamation,
cries Blair of the Globe 'How shall lap
pear in Ritche's eyes9 Secession is Vlr-
ginia, Nullifcatan is South Carolina.
Nonsense adds Lewis. who will sup
port us in Congress- all ask. Benton?
No-He is pinned by his speech in 1880.
So is Grundy. Can Wilkins? No, he has
not the talents to cope with Calhoun. Clay
is unmanageable, andfor consistency sake
we must let him alone. There is Webster.
Invite him to the White House. Court
him. Let him kill off Calhoun and the
Nullifers, and then we will kill him off, ;
soliquizes Kendall. Bravo, bravo, all res.
pond-with the usual concluding
SONG.
''Black spirits and ,chite,
Red spirits and grey;,
Mingle, mingle, mingle,
You that mingle may"
next look abroad in the world There
is Massachusetts once venturing almost on