Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-07-14
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THURSDAY, JULY ii, 1896.

The DEPosITE BILL, AND THE ADMINS
TRAITOR PREss.-Since the passage of this
bill, and its approval by General Jackson, most
oil the administration organs throughout the
country have been busily engaged ia discovering
reasons Tor giving their assent TO the disposition
which under IFS provisions, is TO be made of the
surplus revenue Of the country 1t matters not
how strong was their opposition previous to its
being made law, they no,o either give their
sanction and approval, or else take very good
care to hide from the world whatever objections
they may happen to have against it Even The
Richmond Enquirer that only few days before
the passage of the bill in the House of Represen-
tatiVcs, expressed SO strong wish that it might
be smothered in that body, or ifnot killed there
that it might be despatched by him Of the
unhinchng nerve, who aspires to manage the
affairs Of the nation according to the dictates of
his own hayward disposition, has ceased since
It's adoption TO utter any more ofits maledictions
against the bill The why and the wherefore of
this course on the part of the administration pa
pers, might to one not acquainted their real cha
racter, seem perfectly incomprehensble-th they
are now either openly supporting or silently as
senting to a measure, that but few weeks ago.
they were s;renuously opposing-a measure
that cannot from its very nature but operate in
Juriously upon the interests of " the party. :" 1t
must go hard 10 gulp down a nauseous dose of
ones own manufacture, but in desperate cases il
must be done or fatal consequences may ensue
For our part we glad 10 see the supporters of
the administration, wheel to the right about and
confess, that measure OF national policy which
has received the support of the Wings through.
out, may, notwithstanding, be beneficial TO the
interests and welfare of the country But there
is another source OF graduation to the people Of
this country to be found in the course of the adj.
ministratlon prints in relation TO this important
measure. just calculation can easily be made
OF the hollow heartedness of their professions of
deyotedness to principle, of their subseryience
TO the powers at Washington, and of the miser-
able subteriuges TO which they would resort to
secure to themselves a continuance of executive
favor. They talk of principle, and Of ndepend-
ence, with as much pomposity if they were
as immoyeable as Atlas itself-as if they would
pen, but no sooner is their chief forced to give
his assent and approval to a measure which has
received the unqualified condemnation of almost
every administration press in the country, than
they wheel about, aud like whipped ours sneak
lngly follow the footsteps Of their MASTER
These too are those who profess TO have such
sacred regard for the Institutions Of cur country,
and Tor the preservation of the government under
which we live, and who lay it down as cardi.
nal point, that no man who does not subscribe
10 the doctrines which they profess, ought ever
to be allowed 10 hold any prominent or intiuen
uei station IN the government. or to have any
weight in the legislature Of the nation-dey and
those who believe with them are, in their own
estimation, the only ones who are truly qualified
to attenu to the affairs Of the country and 10
guide the machinery of its government