South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-07-11

tirely satisfied with his orthodoxy !; yet
the intelligent men among them, know
him 10 have been an advocate of Mis-
souri, Restriction, to have voted for the
toll gates on the Cumberland road,
which is the extreme to which the fed.
eral usurpation over the subject Of I'm.
provements Has been carried, and to
have been the true father of the Tariff
Of 1928, the worst of all the Tariffs.
They do know these facts, although it
may not and does not suit their pur-
poses to confess the knowledge, for
they were not performed in corner
but on the theatre of public events,
and the record of them survives in the
| archives of the Government. What
they cannot deny, they endeavor to
to get around, and declare that Mr..
Van Buren, repents him ofthess trans
gressions against the Republican faith,
and will sin no more. What guarantee
have they Of this : In what part Of
his public life have they discovered
any evidence of steadiness and inflexi.
bilitya Any willingness to suffer mar
tyrdom for his principlesl All they
have to trust to, if they have that, is
his word that he is now, Jeffersonian
disciple! The word of man who
has VIGOROUSLY shifted sides with e.
very varying popular breeze-who
from 1912, when he FIRST appeared
in public life, to 1891, was in rapid
succession, Republican and Federal
list, foe and advocate of the war,
coadjutor with the federalists to put out
Mr.. Madison and the supporter of his
administration, an adherent and riviler
of De Witt Clinton! A man 80 by.
pocritical that he avowed his determine
ation to enter on crusade for the
discovery Of the clos. rights Of the
States," while he continued his support
Of all those measures, considered by
the friends Of State Rights as encroach.
ments on State sovereignty So sci.
fish that Mr.. Adams was offered his
support in 1926 for the consideration
Of the embassy to England and lost it
from the moment he conferred the ap-
pointment on Mr.. King. Than this
last fact, none is better known in New
York /; than the substantial truth of
what is here alledged against him,
nothing as better known 10 his inform
| ed friends in this quarter. Yet they
can trust AimI They can trust him,
who turns his coat every moon-but
ask them TO trust Henry Clay, who
has not the sin of the Missouri Restric.
tons on his shoulders and who has
not gone an niche beyond MIR. Van
Buren, 10 his support of Improvements
and the Tariff; who is confessed to be
as true to his public opinions, as he is
consummate in abilities and illustrious
ins serviees--ask them 10 trust Henry
Clay, and forsooth they turn up the
whites of their eyes in devout horror !!
Henry Clay is not their man. The
loaves and fishes were he the admins.
traitor, would not flow in the channel
designated by them! He peradven-
ture, would not perfer mediocrity
to Departments, and mountebanks,
to Embassies. But they can trust
Mr.. Martin Van Buren, o, to be
sure they can He If elected, will
be their President, and more fortunate
than Mr.. Clay, he has the Empire
State at his back, the favorilism Of
Andrew Jackson, and the disciplined
efforts Of 100000 office holders,& Fed.
eral dependents. to assist his preten-
sions Excellent reasons for preferring
him, and regarding him as "the chief
among ten thousand, and altogether
lovely."-RicA. Whg.
Son OF NAPoLEoN.-A stranger who
has lately arrived at Rennis, and has
taken up his abode at one of the prin-
cipal hotels has made himself the OBJ
ject of general observation by ANNOUNCE
ing himself as the natural son of Ma
poleon by celebrated actress. He
makes lavish expenditure, and de.
clares that he has an income of 30O,-
00of He is particularly kind 10 all