Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-08-18

supporting the election of MILAN
HENRY HARRISON, to the Presi.
dency of the United States.
If there be one feature more characteristic nj
cur Institutions than any other, it Is that whie
secures TO the people the choice Of their nubIi,
servants, In providing for the contingency of !
failure 10 elect chief magistrate our cons,,,,-
lion directs that the choice shall deyolye mon
the House OF Representatives. The circumstan,
ces charged, whether falsely or not, on the elcc
lions so made, have excited the lealousv Of ths
people, who desire TO keep the several depart
ments OF the government independent of each ..
Their; ieeilng, as they Instlnctively do that a
revolution has already been accomplished tina,
we are no longer Republic When the will q,
,he President controls the action Of Congress
We, who have closely observed the events NJ
the last Jew years have seen with deem alarm
the progress Of despotism. In 1928 the bare sus
pcion that executive influence had penetrated
the halls oil Congress, drove the incumbent from
Office, and the new President came iu pledoed ~
reform all the abuses charged upon his prrdeces.
sor But what have we seen! The expcndi
lures which, under the administration Of Mr.
Adams, were less than thirteen millions have
risen 10 upwards of forty seven millions per an :
I'm, taking the appropriations for the currcn,
year; and the system of favoritism and execu
live dictatlon, SO iorcibly condemned in General
Jackson's first inaugural address, has become
the acknowledged basis upon which the cand;
date OF the party rests his expectations
In 1913, no one suspected, indeed il never had
been charged, that the officers of the Govern.
tnent bad used their official station as means nj
speculation. But what do we now behold1 II
known that the Post Master General, who. a
lew years ago was me object of party charity /;
who put up his principles and services for hire
who received party contributions as a gratuitv !.
who came 10 this city deeply in debt, and has
since paid his debts and ustained extraordinary
expenses out of a salary altogether amountIne
TO twenty one thousand dollars: is a partneT
and owns stock to the amount of fifty thousand
doliafs III one OF The companies which have been
using the pubic monies to purchase public land
The question arises, how did he get this money!
The solution OF the question is that the greater
part OF the stock was assigned to him. for the
use OF MS name and influence. 1t has also been
charged, and has not been denied, and we believe
1t to DC true, that another Company gave fifty
thousand dollars Of stock TO the Attorney Gene.
Tor drawing up their articles of associat;o,
and for the use of his name MIR. Kendalrs s,ocA
rose IN the market so that il was selling for two
dollars or one paid in. The price was affected
by the distribution bill, that il fell sixtv per
cent, making loss of thirty thousand dollars
Still, however, leaving seventy thousand dollars
WhioN inc spectators in public lands have given
TO Amos Kendall for his influence
Is 1t not time that every man who loves his
country-that all men who exercise any influ.
ence over public opinon-shouid exert that in
huence to arouse the sleeping energies of the
people. Does any one doubt these facts Is
any one so biind sS not to see that spectators
and office holders have lsagued together; that
they have abused the confidence which gene
rous and cohiiding people have reposed in Gen
Jackson !; and by using his name and popularity,
organized a party which proposes TO perpetuate
ITS abuses, now in the person of Martin Van Blu
rem, and next in the person of Amos Kendall p
And what is the argument which these men urge
upon the people Is not their strongest argu-
ment the declaration that, unless the people sup
port Martin Van Buren,, the election must again
80 into Congress- We believe that the only
means OF defeating the election of Martin Van
Buren, is TO unite in the support of General Har-
rson.