Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-05-29
political.
THE PROTEST.

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"We regret that the President felt j
his duty at the particular time that he
did, to~ssndicate his character from the
foul and malignant assertions will
which the Senate ofthe U. States ha.
sought to blacken it. If ne had come
out with this vindication one montl
earlier, full time would have been al
lowed his friends to have corrected
any wanton and injurious misrepre
sensations that might have been circu
lated to his prejudice with view of o.
perating upon the Virginia elections;
| but having seen proper to do so, pend.
ing these elections, the opportunity is
lost, and the opposition has gained
much. 1t is almost certain that the
use made of it here gained them the
election"
Now, reader, what must be the cha
racter of the President, and what the
defence OF it, that it should come to
pass that proper attempt to vindicate
it, should work an injury to the party?
What monstrous features so deform
| this Protest in the eyes of the people,
that an editor should require one month
to explain it to the people. John
Wilkes, with whom the editor of the
Enquirer has been recently intriguing,
was the ugliest man in England, but he
only required fortnight to talk him.
self into the good graces of any one.--
What must be the horrid deformity;
what the Gorgon features of this thing
which the editor Of the Gazette de.
mands whole month to bring into ia
vor with thepeople. That was blum
dering confession of an incautious edi.
tor. He says the use made ofthe Pro-
test lost the election ola Jackson re.
preventative from Culpeper. That's a
strong instance of good coming of evil
certainly, & we cannot conclude with
out assuring the ingenious writer that
the use made of this Protest will gain
the Wings many others victories thro'-
out this State and the rest of the Uni.
on.-Richmond Compiler.
| Upwards of one hundred Delegates
have been chosen to attend the State
Convention, on the 9th inst; and the
number will be greatly swelled against
the time of meeting. 1t promises to be
the most imposing Convention ever as.
sembled in the State. Among the ma
ny strong men who have been selected
as Delegates, are John Sergeant and
Josiah Randall, of Philadelphia, Judge
Reed, of Carlisle, Abner Lacock of
Beaver, and Thomas III. Sill, Of Erie.
We shall publish list ofthe Delegates
as soon as it is fully made out.-Bea-
yer (Pa.) Argus.
Government Economy.-An official
document, published by order of Con-
gress gives us an amusing specimen of
the economy of Gen. Jackson's admin
istration. In this paper it is stated that
the whole amount of revenue collect
ed at the port of Genessee, in this
state, the past year was $40 4S while
the cost ofcollection amounted to 81,
1913 64-otherwise paying five dollars
sixty-four cents for collecting one dol
| lar. -New York Com. ADJ.
The New York COrporation.-The
new Boards Of Aldermen and Assistant
Aldermen have organized, and have
chosen for presiding officers two decid.
ed Wings. Will the Tories still main.
tain, says the Courier and Enquirer
that our last election was not triumph
over them? or that the majority of the
boards is not conclusively in favor 0
the Wings and their principlesl
Trouble in the Camp.-Almost thu
whole Regency took their departure
for Washington this day. Judge Var
derpool, Mr.. Senator Edmonds, Mr.
Senator Sudan, Attorney Genera
Bronson, Mr.. ]. B. Murray, Mr.. Stat
Printer CrosweIl, and Mr.. John Val
Buren,. Mr.. Senator Livingston, an
Mr.. Senator Van Setback are to fol
low. Whether this powerful array
to bully the old Roman into signing
some kind of Bank bill, or bring OF
the remains of Van Buren, safe, or +
cut with the General, we cannot nov
determine; but there is certainly
great rafting among the dry bones
great shivering in the wind, and tina
we think with great cause.-N. !
Star.
The Hon. B. w. LEIGH of the I
q s. Senate arrived in this city on Sa
! turday evening, in the steamer fror
Norfolk. How nobly different must b
= his feelings on returning TO the bosoi
Of his constituents, from those thu
n would influence the hon. member frol
!, this district in the Lower House, shoul
O he venture to come among us.
Richmond Compiler.