Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-11-10
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Printed ut the City of Washington.aps
supporting the election of WILLIAM
HENRY HARRISON, to the Presi-
deEcy OF the United States.
If there be one feature more characteristics of
our Institutions than any other, it Is that which
secures 10 the people the choice Of their public
servants, 10 providing for the contingency Of
failure to elect a chief magistrate, our c~onstitu.
tiou directs that the choice shall devolye unon
the House Of Representatives. The circumstsn.
ces charged, whether falsely or not, on the eIec-
tions 50 made, pave excited the leaIousv of fine
people, who desire 10 keep the several depart.
ments Of The government independent of each o.
Their; feeling, as they instinctiyely do. tha, a
revolution has already been accomplished that
we are no longer a Republic when the will of
the President controls the action Of Congress.
We, who have closely observed the events a.
the last few years have seen with deem alarm
the progress Of despotisnn. In 1888 the bare sus.
picion that executive influence had penetrated
the halls cf Congress, drove the incumbent from
Office, and the ngw President came in pledged 10
reform all the abuses charged upon his predeces-
sor. But what have we seen? The expendi.
lures which, under the administration Of AIr,
Adams, were less than thirteen millions, have
risen to upwards Of forty-seyen millions per an
uIa, taking the appropriations for the current
year; aud the system Of fayoritism and execu
tive diciation, so forcibly condemned in General
Jackson's first inaugural address, has become
the acknowledged basis upon which the eandi-
date Of the party rests his expectations.
In 1928, no one suspected, indeed it never had
been charged, that the officers of the govern.
ment had used their official station as a means Of
speculation. But what do we now behold. II
is known that the Post Master General, who, q
few years ago was the object OF party charity I;
who put up his principles and services Tor hire,
who received party contributions as a gratuity
who came to this city deeply in debt, aud has
since paid his debts and sustained extraordinary
expenses out Of a salary altogether amounting
10 twenty one thousand dollars is a partner
and owns stock to the amount OF fifty thousand
dollars in one of the companies which have been
using the public MONIES TO purchase pubic land!
The question arises, how did he get this money!
The solutions Of the question is that the greater
part Of the stock was assigned TO him, for the
use Of his name aud Influence. 1t has also been
charged, and has not been denied, aud we believe
il to be true, that another Company gave nifty
| thousand dollars Of stock TO the Attorney Gene
raj for drawing up their articles OF association.
and for Inc use of his name. MIR. kendalPs stock
rose in the market so that il was selling for two
dollars Tor one paid in. The price was affected
hv fhe distribution bill, 50 that il fell sixty per
cent. making a loss of thirty thousand dollars
.lstif: however, leaving seventy thousand dollars,
which the spectators III pnDllc Janus nave gwen
to Amos Kendall for his influence!
Is ii not time that every man VINO ioVes ms
lcnuntrv-tbat all men who exercise any Intiu-
ence over public opinion should exert mat IN
fuence 10 arouse the sleeping energies o. the
people? Does any one doubt these facts! Is
any one so blind as not to see that spectators
and office holders have leasuea 'oge'nef 'hat
4they bave abused the confidence which a gene
rous and confding people have reposcd in Gen.
Jackson and BY using his name and popularity,
organized a party which proposes 10 perpetaate
its abuses, now in the person OF Martin an Bu-
rem, and next in the person Of Amos kendali!-
And what is the argument winch these men urge
unon The people Is not their strongest argu-
peut the aeclaration that, unless the people sup
MORT Martin Van Barren, the election must again
20 Into Congress? We believe that the only
means of defeating the election Of Martin Van
| Buren, is 10 unite ia the support OF General Har-