Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-04-24
MONDAY, APRIL 81, 1884.

We call the particular attention OF our
readers to the extracts which we give be-
low, from speech delivered by MIR. Clay
in the United States Senate, on present
Jog petition from the town Of Troy, IN.
Y.)praying for relief from the evils inflict-
ed on the community by the ruinous acts
of the Executive.
Mr.. Clay's allusion to the victory which
the true friends Of the countryside hon.
est well wishers for its prosperity-have
recently gained in New York. is most i'm
pressive, and addressed as it was, to
MIR. Van Buren,, as President of the Se-
nate, the tone of patriotic triumph which
breathes through 1.-THE ardent love of
country,-increased, as confidence in the
intelligence of the people revives-which
burns in every word, must have sounded
like the death knell Of his hopes. to the
willy intriguer to whom it was addressed.
Well might Martin Van Buren, quail be-.
meath the congratulation which Henry
CLAY extended to him on the result of the
election in New York-a result which
erumbles to dust the cornerstone of the
Vice Presidents hopes Of future great
ness. Well might he shrink from the
courtesy of the Kentucky Patriot-for
wit could not have devised more biting
sarcasm than Mr.. Clay's congratulation
conveyed. The assumption, for mo-
mcut, that Martin Van Buren, could derive
abstraction from the triumph of the cause
Of freedom over that Of usurpation and
i violence, of which he is one Of the main
instigators. and by which his ambition was
Il to have been gratifed, was sarcasm
n which must have penetrated to the very
marrow-a piece of irony as severe as it
was well deserved.
q We trust that the extracts which We
give below will be read with the attention
they merit They speak language which
indicates that still higher and nobler
stand is now to be taken in the Senate,
than the friends Of liberty in that body
have yet assumed: and we are much in er
FOR, if the Spartan band of patriots who
have there so nobly indicated the viola
ted laws and Constitution, do not achieve
new laurels in the contest against the
a roonatnr &C Iosnof,so1
q To the Senate alone do we look for aid
4 lis the sole branch Of our triple govern
1 ment, in which the spirit of freedom still
has its dwelling. Never did the assaults
u Of unreasoning misrule give to this nation
d such cause of fear-never have the rights
h Of the people been placed in such immi-
h nent peril-never have peaceable citizens
II been forced to revolve so seriously the
contingency of violent measures TO wrest
II from the usurper the power which he has
@sumeG,-never since the glorious strug
gle which ranked us with the nations Of
the earth, have such doubts been enter
tanned Of the stability of our institutions
or the permanence Of our boosted system
of self government, as since General An.
drew Jackson seized upon the purse of the
nation, and embodied in his own person
all those powers which formerly belonged &c
the CO ordinate branches Of the government
But when we call over the names
Of those infiexible defenders of freedom
who have made battle in the Senate o! The
United States against the unhallowed act
h Of the usurper. we cannot despair. A
combination of patriotism and ability i
II there exhibited on the side of the people
E which seems as if by Providence ordained
d to stem successfully the tide Of depression
and restore to us the days of peace, secu
Il rity and happiness, which have been dark
ened by the scorching Simeon Of politica
corruption.
While such men as CLAY, WEBSTER
4 CALHOUN, LEIGH, Ewing, CLAYTON, FIRE
IINGHvYsEs, SPRAGuE, PoINDExTER ant
SouTHARp, lead the van in the most aii
gust dslibera.ips body IN The ,corId. agains
the oppREssoRs OF THE COUNTRY, we 'c'
not despair Of the Republic
EXTRACTS FROM Mn. CLAWS REMARKS.
Mr.. President, il is question Of tn
highest Importance what is TO be the is
sue, what the remedy. of the existing e
wills We should deal with the peoPi
openly, frankly, sincerely The Senat
stands ready TO do whatever is incumben
4 upon it; but unless the majority IN tn
n House will relent; unless It will take hee
Of and profit by recent events, there Is D
hope for the nation from the joint actio
If the two Houses Of Congress at thl