Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-09-08


THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. Is,c
The ADDRESS of the Wing Central c.
tee, to the Citizens Of Virginia, occupie, -
umns to-day, to the almost entire exclv,io, :,
he current news of the week. II is seido.
we infringe upon the netcs department, ne
per with articles whose length may dep,;,.
sheet Gifts usual variety, aud neve, -,
are fully convinced-as in the present iD,,,,..
that in so doing, we shall present III. Rod,
something Of sufficient Importance to rera..
pie compensation for the space thu, occn.;..
We ask for the document which We
sent a careful and attentive perusal bv ,s.s3
person who cares aught for the princinlo.
publicanism-for the honor Of his cop,,,,
preservation and perpetuity Of the gov.r.'
which has been instituted among US for u.
servation OF our liberties. Every line Of ~.
the marks OF superior mind, and i, i,
ture to say, one of the abest political ,,.s--
tons that has issued, or that will Issue ,ro
press during the present presidential c.r,,.;
Calm, dIgnIied, and firm, it addresses i,,sl, :.
the candour and reason Of freemen upon , sn1;...
OF vital importance. 1t asks them 10 we;,h IN
In their minds, the direction which thew ,,,o..
giving their votes aud influence in ,bs
poriant election known in our goyerume0, ~.
election oil chief magistrate OF the nation.
election ever important, bat at the presep, tim.
and under present circumstances. more go ,h., :.
ever before has been, since the form.,;o, n
government.
heretofore our elections for president have In
volved preference for individual, more Than n.
establishment OF any party principle, for bowev.
er warm the feelings Of party the individual che
seh-presious TO the election of Gen Jackson
evinced his sense Of the inferori.y Of party nh.
legations TO the duties of his station. bv c.,,;D
them aside, and making the Constitution and
laws OF the country his guide and director Ia
the coming election, however, the case ia e,,;,s.
~ different. The present president, taking conn
sci OF his partisan feelings has shaped his admin.
istraion to secure within his grasp the er,;,.
aud arbitrary direction of all the affairs Of III.
government, and has SO far succeeded IN his pl,n.
as to cause the friends Of the constitution to rem.
BILE for its safety. He has, aided by his furiou,
partisans, nearly succeeded in breaking dow,
the independence aud frmness Of the Senate If
the United States, for no other reason than ,b,,
it would not, like the House Of Representative,
lend its aid in assisting him to carry out hi,
plans for rewarding his political friends, or sane.
ton every project that might suggest itself 10
his party bewildered Imagination. The treas.
ures OF the nation-the peoples money, has been
violently wrested from the place where il had
been placed i'll accordance with the binding sim.
ulations of law, where its security was upoue,.
toned, and sown broad cast from one extremity
oil the Union TO the other, in order that it nigh,
minister TO the strength of party, and assist, with
IFS almost resistless influence, in bringing every
thing connected with the government to bow in
obedience TO the mandates OF the executive. Sten
by step has been taken in the ATTEMPT TO ,ulur.t,
our government, to render all opposition 10 the
march of dication, impotent and powerlem, and
to place the entire diiection of our national At.
fairs, foreign and domestic, civil and military,
under the irresponsible control of a single indi
vidual, who claims for his station an inherent
power" until emboldened by success, he has pro-
ceedcd cooliy 10 dictate to the American people
the person whom they shall place in his seat af
ter he shall have retired to the shades of private
hie-an act never be fore heard of in the history
of our country, and dangerous, il will at once be
perceived, TO the existence of republican Gov.
ernment. Shall these acts be tolerated. Shall
'he power claimed as q" inherent" By the Execu-
tive be acknowledged by the people! Will
they place in the presidential chair an indiTidu'
al who has promised to carry out the principles
of Gen. Jackson's admins ira ton, and to tread
in his footsteps, and pursue his policy Shall
the principle that "to the victors belong the
spoils,' be established at the instance Of a sue
cesstul party, and become a prominent charae'
teristic Of all future adm Illustrations, without be-
ing rebuked b, those from whom the spoil' are
gathered? All the acts and usurpations oil tho
present administration are 10 be continued aud
carried out if Martin Van Buren, is elected TO the
next presidency-he has promised so to do, and
that he will fulfil his promise, no one, acquainted
with his love of power, his intriguing and ariut
manner of obtaining and using it, can for mo-
ment doubt.
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