Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-05-15
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
Richmond Compiler
EDITED BY
NJ. NJ. ROBINSON.
PuLEI.ed Semi WieekIq far tle eo,mtr

o. the present administration. and III,
rapid strides of the EXECUTIVE towards
a despotIsm, founded on the ruins of III,
IConstltuRon and the destruction Of public
virtue. shauld awaken every American Il
a sense Of the danger which now threaten:
The very existence OF our INSTITUTIONS
and, with them. the liberties Of this whole
people. we are to use the impressive
language Of Mr. Clay. 'ih the midst of a
revoluiion;' and unless the timely interior
lence OF the people, can arrest its progress,
hut few years more will suffice TO fasten
on US the most grinding and ferocious ty-
ranny. The shell ola Republican Govern
ment will not long remain, when its spirit
is no more lit is time that every friend
lof the Union--ihat every friend TO human
liberty and the natural rights OF man,
should arouse himself Already has the
great charter of oar freedom been violated
in its most sacred provisions private pro
lperty sacrificed 10 an extent unknown in the
history OF any free even
the personal liberty Of the citizen violated
by the unprincipled perversiop Of the law
TO the base purposes Of personal revenge.
Two long and bloody wars with foreign
foe have secured US but a few years of
national freedom. when already Congress
and th- Judiciary are Struggling against the
usurpations Of President land the people
themselves are threatened with universal
ruin by his mad and obstinate disregard OF
all the interests Of the nation.
In the calm enjoyment Of the good which
a well administered government insures,
men are reluctant to trouble themselves
with the distracting contests of political
parties, But in times like these. when
public virtue is undermined by the very
means which destroy all national and in
dividual prosperity, when the principles
of the constitution and the authority Of the
laws are trampled under foot by executive
usurpation, aud the gloomy anticipations
of private rum seem even less TO De feared
than the loss of public liberty, every man
| however humble his situation, feels so
Tenn and deep concern in all the measures
Of the government He watches with keen
interest the conflict between liberty and
despoiism. and rejoices or greives as the
one or the other partially triumphs II is
duty which every American owes TO him
self and his country, TO guard with nnsleep
| ing vigilance that liberty originally won by
| the exeJiions OF his ancestors, and whic h
can alone be preserved by his own. From
abroad bu. little is to be feared the danger
is now al home. The popularity Of a sue
cessfnl soldier. in the hands Of an unprin
lcipled and irresponsible cabal; threatens
the subversion of the hottest principles oil
the Constitution. The conflict rs now he
tween the will Of one man and the laws s,
institutions Of the Countrywide public
Treasures are 10 the hands of the minions
lof the President; and Kendall and Var
lBuren and the politicians of the New YORK
school, are at work to support him in his
Tyranny by the corruption of the people,
and thus to secure to themselves a success
sion TO his power. Is it not time that the
nation was aroused? Are not these fearful
signs Of that end, which the enemies oil
our Government have so long predicted
would sooner late come about? There is oft.
en- but one step from freedom TO despotism
Let us IN time awake 10 sense of our pc
rilous condition. We may yet be safe, il
faithful to ourselves.
Let the opponents Of the existing ad
ADMINISTRATION organize themselves at once
land act together in defence of the liberty
and safety ofthe country Let them come
, forward in support Of some one individual
hy whose elevation 10 the Presidency, the
nation may rid itself Of men, whose meas
ures have brought ruin upon the country
and discredit upon the very principles o.
republican government Let minor con
siderations not distract them from the grea
end all have in yiew-that of preventing
The continuation Of the measures Of tn,
present administration, by defeating the
election Of the chosen successor OF The
President. And as there is but one indi
vidual sufficiently known to the people o
the United States to unite in his behai
an interest large enough 10 render biz c
lection even probable, let The friends o
the constitution and OF public liberty unit,
around him; and secure by his election
the preservation ofthe Union Of the States
and the peace and prosperity ofthe PEG
ple. This msnis
HENRY CLAY;
statesman, whose distinguished talent
have illustrated the history of his countr
!, an orator whose eloquence has alway
been heard on the side of popular rights
constitutional liberty patriot Of III
mos, incorporating integrity.
Believing that il is in vain 10 hope 70
auy thing from those who are now in pow
er; and that the nation can alone reIiev
Itself, by driving from the government
men who have proved themselves as igno
rant as they are unplincipled. the ComPI
LER will support the election Of Mr.. GA
with alt the ability it can enlist in
cause identified with that of American lib
erty, and the Editor solicits all the ali
which the talents of others and their indi
viduaI exertions can render him. The mar
row limits OF prospectus forbid any gen
. eral discussion, and indeed. on the pres
ent occasion. il is altogether unnecessary
The only question now is, how the presen
administration can be overibrown and tn
; chosen successor ofthe President defeated
But one method is seen by which that en-
can be accomplished. and those who agre
with the Editor will lend him their sup
por.
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