Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-01-16

whisperin, says the Gineral, and he
gave his hickory a whack on the floor,
and look'd round the hull ring-The
country is in trouble, says he, and the
time is come for every honest man to
speak out--if there is error let il be
corrected-if there is trick we must
expose it-and now, Major, says the
Gineral, do you set still--and if any
man has any thing to say sgin you, let
him speak out.--When they are all
done-you can answefthem-and with
that the Gineral pull'd his own chair
up TO the other side Of the table, and
laid his hickory aud hat down before
him, and all our folks began to knock
noses in little groups here and there,
and one on EN-, no matter who, was
as busy as lap dog on trainin day,
smellin round from one TO another to
lind the right man to speak frst--but
mono on 'cm scem'd to like 1.-THE
Gneral all the while sat blinkin and
lookin round at 'em all, and rumplin
his face once and a while most plagi
| ly.
So to rights, this one on en- came
forward and how'd, and says he, Cine.
raj, that sour suflerins is intolerabIe, :"
there is little doubt; and the question
is not how we got into our present con.
dition, but how we can best get om Of
ii. believe, says he, (turnin with a
bow to every body--for he is an anna
yin polite cretur,) t!aat is tho true and
only point now for discussing.-"Not
exactly, says |, but 10 matter. "Well,
says he, as regards the Major, far be
it from me to lake any charge against
him; he is decidedly the :.;;::"""rlte OF
the people, and should be the lavorite
of every man in office who wishes to
keep his office; but | would say, that
wish the Major had higher office,
wish he was an auditor of accounts
or receiver OF public money-or a
minister abroad-or an Ingin agent, or
any other Office in the Government;
but as he is nowhere is no getting
hold of either end of him; we can't
elevate him, which sincerely desire
we can't put him down, which no man
desires. There are things in all Co
vernments--and in this in particular,
that require cookin up before the PEG.
pie should be served with it; but the
Major hands the dishes over to the
people, raw and uncook d and lets eve.
ry man dress his own dinner--this is
not right.
And then, again, he is an enemy
to party, and thinks that politicians
shouldn't NEEDLE in money matters,
when we all know that none of US
would now be here without party, and
that party can't hold together without
office, and that office aint worth n fig
without money; and SO it comes to this,
we've got party, and a good strong
one; and that party must keep all the
offices and the controul of all the mo.
ney: for without money, the offices
wont be good for nothin-and without
offices the party will be all scattered:
look at my own state-see how things
work there; and just so they should
here. We must have the Bonk-we
can't do any thing without it. 1t is
all good enough if we could get Biddle
and his friends out of it-but seeing
we have tried that and can't succeed,
this must go down, and then well have
a new one after our own fashion--un.
fortunately, some will suffer-because
this one must, ] suppose, collect its
debts and wind up-but what is the
sufferings of few in trate, compar'd
to the breaking up of a political party,
now all hitched together--think of all
Of us going back again to practise
law--and you, Mr.. Auditor, to keep.
ing a school-and you, Mr.. Secretary,
to keeping a shop, and you to plough
ing-and you to plantin corn-and you
to digging potatoes-and you to prin-
tin newspapers. And you, Major,
says he, "what would become of your
begun to crawl all over, and was
jlst goin to say something, but | thought
| wouldn't till he got through; and he
reeled it off for more than IN hour pref
ty much in the same way about things
in general, and Major Downing in par
ticular-and as soon as he stopt, got
up, and says |, has any body got moth.
ing more to say7 No one said word.
Says |, is all that is said put in writ
in--for then there will be no mistake
no turnin corners-no dodgin after
wards. 30, no." says he, "there is
no necessity to put any thing in writin
of this nature; that amt my way says
he. | have always said 81 don't like
to get into the newspapers" Well,
says |, that's just where we differ
what | am goin to say now, says |, is
all in my pocket in black and white