South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-04-25

lied with the control of the U. S. Tfea.
sury and increasing patronage Of she
general government, it will be iwpossi.
bic fos the presidency ever TO be dis.
lodged from its position north of the
Potomac. Why should we fsderalists,
who have been working for thirty years
to obtain an Influence in the govern.
ment, not seize upon the present times,
when men are 10 power who act upon
our principles, and when our sectional
objects can also be achieved by coming
1 foIwasd to their aid.
Ed. Bot do you imagine that the
southern aad western States, the pro.
ducers, whose seventy or eighty mil
lions per annum, and whose great and
intellectual and patriotic men, by this
! operation, will become slaves and tri.
butary to the magician Of the north,
will submit to this arrangement Can
you MOI perceivethat while their wealth
sustains the Government they will not
be thrown at the feet of the barren
north, in perpetual submission, accord.
ing TO your own showing :
1rav. Well, what can they dor
/ Ed. Suppose several States of
wealth and influence to the south and
west should withdraw from the conied-
eracy, and The right Of Secession is con-
coded by the Jackson men, our repub.
lie, in that case, would be reduced TO
States which absolutely produce moth.
Tag. We shall be cot up and divided.
A rich and powerful republic would
spring up at the south and west which
would soon be crowded with eastern
meo, and we of the north lef. alone in
our glory, too poor, probably, to sus.
tain our own government, and finally,
for mutual protection and support, ask.
ing TO be admitted in the new republic.
1rav. Well, then we shall be as
we we're before the somerset.
Ed. Yes, but after much trouble
and expense, probably intestine wars
and revolution, and all this to grotify
the selfish ambition of one man, who
never pretended TO have any claims TO
the presidency.
IraO. We cannot look so far a.
head; consequences and results must
take care Of themselves. We strike
while the iron is hot.
Ed. Well, then, your nomination
OF MIR. Webster meant nothing more
than to cover the advance Of Van Blu.
rem :
Trav. Not so. Mr.. Webster is
sincerely our choice, if we can have
chance TO elect him F; bot if there is no
chance, we have to make our arrange
men.s with Mr.. Van Buren,, and take
him, as Richie took Jackson, as an
alternative" not choice.
Ed. Do you think tina, Massacbu-
sets and Vermont will agree to vote
for Van Buren, under any exigency
Irav. ! think il will happen. Yer
mont is rather more difficult to move,
as they seldom look to policy and ul,e.
rior views.
Ed. Well, then, this approaching
contest is in reality the North agains,
the South and West; j, is the long
contemplated blow against the slave
holding States and the steady and
intelligent people OF New England are
about loaning themselves for this pur.
pose, TO advance the objects Of intrigue
and corruption to sow intestine di.
visions 10 the land; to turn a garden
into a wilderness to tempt foreign
herd to our shores, by participation
in the "spoils 5" to corrupt the people
with their own Offices, and TO place the
Presidency in State from which no.
thing but revolution can dislodge it.
The principles upon which this gov.
eminent is founded, have undergone
complete change; and when il is TOO
late, the people of the south and west
will regret that they did not 10 time
form strong union as barrier to this
corrupt northern alliance. wish you
a good morning, sir good morning.
E1eunt omnes.
Read it, People Of Virginia Read
it /! Read it (! Read it again and again
Danish forever from your heart, the
weak and unmanly passion you have
conceived for Jackson, and look to
your principles, your interests, and
YOUR POLITICAL sALyATIoN.-Rach.
Wing.