Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-09-29

uenl- ray, Blanche, anC sweet
heart tuned their notes to the fame 0
the dispassionate, and able, and labori
Gus Senator from Tennessee--and tn,
"chicf was proinse in his attentions
and gave signs ola cordial and invinci
bic attachment. But now the scene i,
changed--a great and signal revolu-
has occurred in the mind of the
President towards his ancient. well
tried, and faithful friend, and Tray,
Blanche, and Sweetheart" submissive
to the signal, by snarls and deep.mou.
tho elections, seek to ovsrwhelm tho
devoted victim. The people---not tho
government--the Legislatures Of Ala.
barna and Tennessee---not the minis.
ter'al and the executive officers of tho
federal executive--have deemed him
worthy of the highest proof Of their
confidence& taking counsel from their
knowledge of the man, and intent on
nothing but to secure faithful and ca.
pable public agent, have proposed him
as the successor OF General Jackson,
and he has consented to serve il HE
countrymen should elect him. There
is the offence. That 10 the bold pre-
sumption which has severed tho ties Of
early and late attachments, and expo.
sed the venerable public servant to the
denunciations and revilings Of recent
admirers and eulogists. He is presen.
ted to the public view without his pro-
curement or solicitation, as candidate
for the presidency, ard straightway he
becomes the object Of coarse and vim
dictive abuse, and the fury Of an un-
principled and licentious press is ex-
pended upon him. As Senator, acting
under the high sanctions of his place,
regardless ofmen or power, and obedi
snt to the injunctions ofthe constitution
he refused his assent to unnecessary,
illegal and dangerous appropriations Of
the public money, & forthwith he is &C.
cused, traduced g. illuminated. AT his
own home, among his constituents, as
they were about to pass apon his public
conduct, and to decide whether he had
shewn himself worthy Of their conf
dence, the remorseless attempt at
traduction is repeated, marked by the
rudest indecorum, and disrespect OF the
Legislature. 1t is not wonderful that
needy expectants 81 corrupt politicians
should denouncc public man, who
arrested the prodgal expenditure of the
public money. But it would appal and
disheartsn the friends Of Justice and
lovers Of their country, if the faithful
sentinel, the incorrupt and unterrified
Senator, whom the people should che
rish and support, is suffered to fall a
victim to detraction and prohigate
combination.
The motive for the coarse and cease
less revilings Of which Judge White is
object, and the quarter from which
they proceed, we have alluded to. He
is in the way Of Martin Van Buren,
and hence it is that he is assailed and
hunted down-hence the novel and
extraordinary and revolving spectacle
that is exhibited. Even the President
unmindful of former friendship and
support, regardless of the dignity Of
his station, and the direful nature of the
example, has mingled in the strife, and
won distinction by his violence in it,
The spectacle of distinguished citizen
venerable for his age, and respected
for his virtues, exposed to licention,
denunciation, would under any Gil
cumstances, excite our sympathy anc
indignation but when that citizen is
the Iavorite of a large portion OF his
countrymen, whom they propose to
elevate to their highest Office, and the
foes who pnrsuc him are the govern
ment and its retaiuers, it ceases to be
the cause of an individual, 81 becomes
the cause ofthe country. Submit, ana
it is not the individual who is Frustrated
but it is you who are conquered.
We admit, fellow citizens, that Judge
White has given some votes that we
do not at all approve; and ifsome one
could be elected who possessed his
capacity, virtues, and devotion to the
constitutional limitations Of the govern
ment, with his profound knowledge OF
public business, and experience in its
details, and who was altogether free OF
the objection to which we refer, we
frankly confess we should prefer him.
Our object is not to crafty an individual
or to attain any selfish end, but to aid,
if we can, in preserving our country,
and restoring the government to its
original purity and simplicity. But
while we admit our objections to some
few of the votes of Judge White, we
must declare our conviction Of the
purity Of his motives, and that he arr
we'd at his conclusions with the mosl
honest intentions and we must add,
that the votes in question, were coinci
dent with the views and recommends
tons Of the President, towards whom
officially, as well as personally, ne was
actuated by the most disinterested ana
n