Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-01-28

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sage has been referred to the above committees,
as able, though, probably, widely differing re.
ports, may be looked for, from each The fact
that il has been referred 10 committee ofwhch
HEsaY CLAY is chairman, inspires the hope
that an amicable adjustment Of this yexed ones.
ton will yet be accomplished
0lrThe Richmond Enquirer, together with
the lesser lights" of the Van Buren, faith in
the old Dominion, have been laborng jealous
ly and necessarily, for the last year, 10 impress
the minds Of the people with the belief that il
Is the Intention Of the Wings to de feat the voice
OF the majority Of the people of the United
States, IN the choice Of the next president, by
ehdcavoring to bring the election Of that officer
into the House Of Representatives, should it SO
happen that amnjoriiy is found favorable 10 the
elevation Of Mr.. yan Buren,. In support of this
charge they have cited, over and over again,
the circumstances Of there being three wing can
didates for the presidency in the field, which,
they alege, is prima facic evidence of desire.
on the part OF the Wings to throw the next pre-
| sidcntial election into the House Of Representa-.
tives, where they would become united upon one
candidate, and thus forever destroy the hopes of
the nominee Of the Baltimore Convention. They
further allcge, that the carnestness with which
the W hlss in different sections of the country
support the claims Of the different candidates.
is not the result of heartf. III desire for the spc
cess Of such candidate but that it is the result Of
deep laid scheme, the intention Of hich is 10
prevent the people from rallying under the flag
of Martin Van Buren, These, & a hundred 9th.
er charges, as foolish and inconsistent, as they arc
false, are made against the Wing party, by the
Van Buren, presses for the purpose of bringing
1t into disrepute, and Of bostering up the cause
Of Van Buren, with the honest and unsusbectjng
throughout the State. But, however much the
Wings may be charged with endeavoring to de-
feat an election by the people, we must, as an
humble member of that party make bold to say
that II - not now, nor ever has it been, to cur
knowledge the wish, intention, or desire Of the
Wings TO Garry the next election of pre- sidcnt TO
The III. OF Repres entstives and that that charge
however plausible il may seem, ha, no fJnn
dation in reality whatever. Had multiplicity
OF candidates been the aim of the Whics in or.
der to defeat an election by the people is il for
moment to be supposed that they would have sat
down contcnted with barely three candidates,
wheh BY increasing the number, they could en-.
sure the success ofthe me assure with which they
have been charged Not they. They would.
had such desire Influenced their actions. have
had, inste ad of three, at least dozen candidates.
who could, with little or no trouble, have pre-.
vented an election by the people and brought
about a contingency, which The Enquirer so
much deprccates, The Wings of the U. States
have, 1t is true, three candidates for the presi.
dency in the field, but tins state Of things has
not been brought about by any pre- concerted ar
ran.cment, by any party understanding, or by
any other means than an honest difference Of Opt.
nion-a difference much regretted by the oppo-
ncnts OF an Buren, in all sections Of the country.
We are, however, constrained 10 believe that
it is not the fear of an election hy the house that
has so wonderfully excited the fears Of the Van
Burenitcs, but far different cause, and one too
which il will require their best efforts 10 cen
ceal. They are well aware, however little dis
posed they may be TO acknowledge II, that the
star Of Vaa Buren, has never yet been far in the
asc endant in the political armament of Virginia
that it has passed its zenith and is now Oh
the verge of the horizon, beneath which they
fear it will sink forever. Their only hope of
preventing the entire desertion of Van Buren,, in
Virginia, depends upon their success in diverting
ha atf IF he hos
for placing the candidate of the Office holders
in the executive chair This they hope to do by
casting olloquy and rcproach upon the Wings,
aud by making charges against them that are nei-
thef capable Of proof or substantiation Were
IT true that the supporters Of Mr., Van Buren,
really look upon an election by the House of Rep
resentatives as a contingency that should be de-
precaed BY every lover of our liberal institutions
why is it, we ask. that they have taken step,
IN Virginia, tending directly 10 throw the cleo.
ton of the second officer Of the nation into that
bodyS Had the supporters Of Van Buren, in this
State not seeded from the nomination Of the
Baltimore Convention, had they not set them
selves in array against nomination made and
sanctioned by convention Of delegates fresh
from the people" the fears which they affect TO
entertain respecting the Termination of the CO. |
ming election, nigh, have been made known
without any suspicion Of insincerity resting up.
on them; but, made known as they are, they |
can be looked upon only as the croaking hypo. |
critical cant political intriguers, who are fully
persuaded that their days of prosperity will be
ed ha thasr
made known to the intelligent and patriotic sons /