Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-09-08
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ADDRESS OF THE WING CENTRAL.
COMMITTEE.

Tor The purpose of recommending candi
dates Tor the offices of President and Vice
President oil the United States. By one
oil these Conventions Hugh Lawson White
and John Tyler, were recommended, and
The undersigned appointed committee 10
address to the people of Virginia fair ex.
pose oil The reasons which led to their Sc
lection. BY the other, Martin Van Buren,
and William Smith, were nominated, and
committee appointed TO recommend tina,
ticket We address you, then, Fellow -ci
( tlzens, as the organ of a Convention, as.
semhled IN obedience TO the public wish,
and approved usage, upon the most inte-
4 resting of all elections; and we solicit
/ what the relation in which we stand to YOU
| authorizes us TO expect, your candid and
unbiased attention. The fact of there be
ing two tickets presented TO the public
choice, and that The popular preference is
claimed Tor each respectively, should lead
the independent voter to consider atten
| lively the claims of the rival candidates,
| and to re examine the grounds Of any has
| ~ anu inconsIderate opinion. Ii cannot
be matter Of indifference which of the
two, Judge White, or Mr.. Van Buren,, is
elected. They are, IN many important re
spects, far too much contrasted, TO admit
the suppositlon that there would be no es
sentai diversity IN the administration of
| the government, whether the one or the
| other be the President. And the manner
In which they have been brought to the
public view, and upheld before it, is so di
verse, and in respect TO Mr. Van Buren,,
so novel and startling, that the canvass in
wolves the question whether in respect to
elections, there IS another party besides the
people. We shall appeal TO facts to show
that deliberate and undIsguised attempt
has heen made, and is yet IN progress, 10
control and direct the popular vote. by
means OF nominations, prescriptions, and
rewards, on the part of the government ::
and the issue is distinctly presented whe
Their the government may mingle in cleo.
tons, and employ It's vast power and nat
ronaee IN the elevation of fayorite, and
t1e overthrow Of an obnoxious, because
an independent and popular citizen. If
! such be indeed the character of Your con
test, aud 1t shall so appear TO you, we en-
terrain no fears as TO what will be your
course. A vlgtuons and high minded PEG
pie Will not tolerate any Interference, much
less dictaiion, in the exercise OF their suf
itage: and the last quarter from which
| they will consent TO receive instruction or
direction, 10 their own government or its
| luncti0Dalies.
HE Van Buren, Corresponding Com
mIuee begin their address with a reference
to the evils Of an election by the lower
House oi Congress, add devote a large
portion Of an elaborate appeal to the dis
cussloa of that subject. The use which
they make of it is truly extraordinary,-
| With them, and according to their aTgu
ment, rather than submgs the election TO
the House, the people should prefer Mr.
Van Buren, to every other competitor 1t
seems not TO have occurred TO the commit
tee, that the argument had precisely as
much force when directed against their
own lavoEle. An independent voter ap-
peaIed to on those grounds, 10 surrender
his well considered convictions. would re.
turn The proposition on IFS author, and put
/ his sincerity 10 the trial by demanding TO
know II he would abandon his choice TO a.
void the evils which he deprecated. The
argument Is not original, but it is The first
time II has found lis way into a paper ad
dressed by grave Committee to the pub
lie under appearances of unusual delibera
ton and solemnity. What .hou Id we think
Of cause which neither the invention of
its chosen advocates, nor their unlirins in =
dustry in collecting and asserting materi
ais, can rescue from the opprobrum Of an
obvious fallacy? What do you think oil
| an appeal which seeks 10 drive you from
your own independent position, and com
NIT you to the support of an unwelcome
candidate, upon the evils of an election by
Congressp Ii would seem that the mem
DRY of the Committee in this particular,
was as much at fault as their logic. or that
they gave you credit for neither recollec.
ton or discernment.
A lew years ago, il was the lot Of the
gentlemen, Qhe greater part If not the
whole OF them) who compose 1t, TO advo-
cate the claims OF a candidate for the pre-
sidency, who, though popular in this State,
was IN very small minority IN comparl-
son with the aggregate vote of the States.
On that occasion, even after il was ascer
tanned that his vote would be smaller than
that of either Mr.. Adams, or General
Jackson, they continued to advocate the
election of MIR Crawford down TO the la
test period Of the election. What voter
did they counsel TO abandon his predIlec
| lions, and sacrifice his convictions, to at
tain the blessings of unanimity ? Where,
| then, was this zeal for an election by the
people, and terror Of the House OF Repre-
sentatves? At that time, they acted upon
the principle that there was at least merit
in adhcring to the objects ofour own Sc.
| lection. and that it would be folly TO re.
nounce the chance of success in the House,
by premature and isnobe surrender be-
fore The battle was won and even now,
while they urge upon you the advantages
of concord, and would Grighten you from
your positions by pompous description
OF their strength, they present notable
instance of diversity between their pTac
tice and precepts, The candidate oil the
party TO which these gentlemen are attach
ed for the Vice Presidency is Richard M