Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-09-01
From the National Gazette.

One oil the greatest mischlcfs which tho
presen, dynasty has brought upon the ma
ton has grown out Of its reckless contemnf
lor the stability and security Of property.
10 answer temporary ends. its organ has
never SCRUBBED to overlook. not only the
great objects OF the trading community.
but The interest Of American citizen who..
prosperity depended upon the pcrmapencv
and regularity ofthe operations of bu,f.
ness. From the beginning, the interposi.
ton OF the slightest obstacle 10 apv fayo.
rite measure, by the National legislature
has been answered by direct and inf,,m,.
tory appeals to the constituency. backed
| by perverted statements and slande ron.
imputations. This Intervention of The nor,
pie has been invoked in turn against srs.
~ measure which contradicted the will OF
! 'he PRESIDENT. Responding TO these an.
peas, large masses Of persons have been.
rom 'ine 10 Time, stimulated into various
excuses against the rights Of individuals
ana OF property; and the opinion has been
widely admitted. that constitutional form,
are subordinate to the momentsry and ca.
PRECIOUS Influence Of primary assemblies.
ohner this insiigation, the community has
learned practically TO set aside tho laws.
10 al Jhdge. sentence, and execute punish.
ment on offenders, and grossly to invade
private rights
With the wide spread arrangement OF
the currency consequent upon tba Presi.
dents inve'orate antipathies. and the ac-
complaining denunciation Of all property.
bolders--lhe least as well as the greatest
las arIstocrais and traitors, a feyerish di,
content has overspread the whole commu-
nhy ofopefailyes, and they have been for
ced into irregular and dangerous combina.
ton. The increased price of labor and
food, and the depreciation of tho value Of
money. have mutually acted and re. acted
upon each other. The relations of bu,i.
ness have been deranged, the pursuits Of
sober industry have given way before STOCK
gaming and enormous speculation. an I'M
easy itch to acquire wealth has frci,ed ono
class Of citizens. while morbd jealousy
and suspicion has haunted another with VII
sions OF underlined natural rights and un-
rewarded labor: the laws have sunk in
public estimation, and The power and vi
talify OF the Constitution itself has become
a topic OF scorn and dIstrust.
The Bank ofthe United State. has been
destroyed, and every local legislature il
rushing in with its devices 10 MI the va
cancy created by its destruction. An adj
minIstration intent upon single end and
blinded by passion. could not forsee this
necessary result of its efforts until il was
too late. They then attempted 10 stop the
gap with handful Of gold /; and they now
have the impudence 10 pretend before the
People that this river Of paper, which
twenty.s'x States are vieing with each a.
Their TO pour out, can be damned by Sena-
The Benton's armfull Of bullion. Having
opened the sluces, he stands, the worthy
man, like the boor on the bridge, waiting
for the stream 10 pass By, or now & then
tossing Treasury circular upon its sur
face to measure its rapidity or perchanco,
to divert its course. lis depth the Sena-
tors faihom-line is incapable of ascertain.
ing. AS fer estimating il by the necessi-
ties Of widespread population, or the
exigencies Of peculiar and complicated
system. such thought OF course never
crossed his mind. Carthage was TO 10 de-
stroyed--wha matter for means or conse-
quences Jam toto surget gems aureo mus
do will put gold INTO every mans purse
exclaimed The Midas of Missouri alas, be
and his friends have added fifty millions CT
paper TO the rags they denounced.
We appeal from the policy of General
Jackson, and that of bis nominee, 10 those
whose crime II is, in the eyes Of the Ad-
ministration. 10 have made their industry
available for their sustenance those who
own aristocratic pigs and poultry. or who
aristocratieally wish TO buy such Injuries
with the profits ofa life OF toll or the daily
proceeds OF labor. Ii is for them 10 Judge
how much farther sy stem shall be exten.
ded which laughs at aud derides the reeu.
lar relation between money and eommodi.
ties, and stimulates every possible iuflu-
ence by which that relation can be deran.