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

printed at the Slty Oh NdshlnStOns ana
sunnor.ing the election of WILLIAM
J dency of the United States.
ICthere be one feature more characteristic OF
,r Institutions Than any other, il IS that which
sscares to the people the choice OF their public
.ervants, In providing fer the contingency of a
o,lnre TO elect a chief magistrate, our constitu-
,;on directs that the choice shall devolYe upon
the House Of Representatives. The circumstan
.cs charged whether falsely or not, on the cleo
lion, so made, have excited the Jealousy Of the
reonle. who desire 10 keep the several depart
mebts of the government independent Of each o.
her. feeling, as they instInctivcly do, that a
evolution has already been accomplished that
I'VE are no longer a Republic when the will Of
the President controls the action Of Congress.
We, who have closely observed the events of
,he last few years have seen with deep alarm
,be progress Of despoiism. In 1928 the bare ST..
pieion thai executive influence had penetrated
the halls Of Congress, drove the incumbent from
,aice, and the new President came in plcdg ed to
reform all the abuses charged upon his prcdeccs-
,or But what have we seen The expendi-
,ares which, under the administration of Mr.
Adams, were less than thirteen millions, have
risen to upwards Of forty seven millions per an
pm, taking the appropriations for the current
wear; aud the system of favoritism and execu
live dictaton, so forcibly condemned in General
Jackson's first inaugural address, has become
the acknowledged basis upon which the candi-
date Of the party rests his expectations.
In 1928, no one suspected, indeed II never had
been charged, that the officers of the govern
nent had used their official station as means of
peculation. But what do we now behold2 1t
i. known that the Post Master G 'neral, who,
few years ago was the object OF party charity
who put up his principles and vices Tor hire,
who received party contributions as gratuity;
who came TO this city deeply in debt, and has
,nce paid his debts and sustained extraordinary
EXPENSES out OF a salary altogether amounting
70 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
uspg the public MONIES TO purchase public land!
The question arises, how did he get this money?
The solution of the question Is that the greater
mart of the stock was assigned TO him, for the
n,e of his name and influence. 1t has also been
rharsed and has not been denied, aud we believe
mo be true that another Company gave fifty
thousand dollars Of stock to the Attorney Gene
raj for drawing up their articles OF association,
and for the use of his name. Mr.. kendalfs stock
rose in the market so that IT was selling tor two
dollars or one paid in. The price was affected
h, the distribution bill, so that il fell sixty per
cent. making loss of thirty thousand dollars
Sill, however, leaving seventy Thousand dollars,
which The specuators in public lands have given
10 Amos Kendall for his influence
Isit not time that every man who loves ms
eountrv-that all men who exercise any inila-
rpce over public opinion should exert that in
duguce to arouse the sleeping energies OF the
neope. Does any one doubt these facts? Is
any one so blind as not TO see that spectators
and Office .holdsss ~hsts iessued te1eiheF g A
he,g1ayc abused the confidence which gene
ssas and confidipg people have reposed IN Gen.
Jackson; and by using his name and popularity,
Organized aParty which proposes to perpetuste
its abuses, now IN the person Of Martin Van Blu
rem, and next in the person OF Amos Kendall =
And what is the argument which these men urge
upon the people. Is not their strongest afsu-
ment the declaration that, unless the people sup
port Martin Van Buren,, the election must again
&c into Congress? We believe that the only
means Of defeating the election of Martin Van
Buren, is to unite In the s"ppott of General Har-
rison