Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-09-17
THE pUTcTsfAN.

a.
following energetic questions:
"But what claims has Martin Van Blu.
rem upon the people Of the western coun
trvp Has he ever set bis foot 10 the valley
of Mississippi /? Has be ever served IN oar
armiss2 Has be ever originated one solita-
nv measure Of policy from which the ma
lion has received one particle of benefit 7
Where are the trophies Of bis usefulness
and the monuments OF his lame 10 you
find them any where in the American has.
,orya Are they upon our statute books
Are they recorded IA the annals oil our ie'
gislation ? Let them be pointed OUT 'hat
the world may see them. But IN Inc room
of those great qualities which make up me
patriot aad statesman, he comes forward
with recommendations which the noble muia
would scorn as the severest imputations.
He has the art of drilling parties by a5u
dicious distribution Of the 'spoils d victory
He has been the sycophant TO men 10 pow
er and the iyrant TO those who were not 10
power. lie has studied the smile oil the
courter-the bow OF The ilatterer. lis
skill is in bis deceptions-his statesman
ship in his man ,corship. He has come
forward with the aid Of a packed conven
ton, the fruit of eight years OF unremitilDg
toll and management lie relies Tor sue
cess on the zeal and activity oil the OFFICE
HOLDERS He has proclaimed that 1t
was glory enough to have served under
general Jackson and the people will not
force more glory upon him than he hinseli
in the fulness OF his conscience, believed
TO be ENOUGH. The issue is made up-the
PEOPLE are for Harrison the OFFICE HoL
DERs are for Van Buren,. Does It require
a wizard TO tell who will succeed in the
contest?"
Let us follow up the irresistible appeal
OF the commonwealth. What claims has
the petttogging intriguer OH Virginia and
the southp He has, TO be sure set hls foot III
Va s. we dare say Richie & the office hol
ders have print which they worship as the
dark ages did the wood OF the true cross /;
but where are bis trophies" where his
monuments, where the evidences OF his
coincidence Of sentiment and feeling, and
his support Of a solitary principle OF south
err policy DO they eGisL? If SO, let his
sycophants point them out. Even one eve
ask but FOR ONE instance OF his sus
tanning the principles Of Virginia and the
south In any matter of policy or principle!
Can IL be sho,on2 On slavery--on the Ia
rlff-on internal Improvements any
one subject, involving the powers OF the
federal government, or the peculiar inte-
rests ofthe south; CAN 1T BE SHOWN!
We answer unbesitatingly, and with de-
fance to his tools, ii cannot He has not
even been neutral. He has been adverse
TO the south. in the whole series of his
votes, and the whole bent of his policy
There are the records in Washington
and Albauy--let his minions if they dare
deny the fact.
Because then this man is the favorte Of
Andrew Jackson. is the south to prostitute
itself TO him Because Jackson's patron
age has purchased or alured parisaus aud
prostituted presses to his banner, is Vlr-
ginia to incur the damning reproach. the
unutterahle degradation, of sacrificing all
her principles, of allying herself TO the a
ma gamaiionists, of licking like vile cur
the dust at the feet OF federal dictation ?
IL she do, may her iDfamy sink her in the
estimation Of the world TO the grade of re-
spect vouchsalcd TO parasites and slaves