Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-11-17
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Printed at the City of Mashingfou.ans
supporting he election OF WTLITAT
tEAIkflsONs to the Presi-
dency OF the United states.
If there be one feature more CHARACTERISED. 81
our institutions than any other, it IL that whifb
secures TO the people the choice OF their npb5;c
servants, IN providing for the contingepev 81
laIinre TO elect a chief magistrate, cur c~onstitu.
uoh aifects taat The choice shall deyolye unop
the House OF Representatives. The rircnr,staa
ces charged, whether falsely or MOI, a. M oiaa
lions 50 made, have excited the jealousy of ~
people, who desire 10 keep the several dnna-,
meats OF the government independent az cach =.
Their; feeling, as they iustiuctiYely do. H., ,
revolution has already been accomplished : -
we are no longer a Republic when The will -
the President controls the action Of Congress
We, who have closely observed the event. oe
the last few years have seen with deem alarm,
the progress Of despotism. In 1928 the bare sns-
picion that executive influence HAD penetrated
the halls Of Congress, drove the incumbent from
Office, and the new President came in pledeed 10
reform all the abuses charged upon his predeces.
scr. But what have we seen The expendi.
lures which, under the administrator Of Mr..
Adams, Were less than thirteen millions, have
risen to upwards Of forty seven millions per AM.
um, taking the appropriations for the current
year; and the system Of fayoritism and execr
tive dictation, so forcibly condemned in General
Jackson's first inaugural address, has bccoma
the acknowledged basis upon which the candi.
date Of The party rests his expectations.
In 1928, no one suspected, indeed il 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 IL
is known that the Post Master General, who, a
few years ago was the object of party charity
who put up his principles and services for hire.
who received party contribution as a gratufty
who came 10 this city deeply in debt, aud has
since paid his debts and sustained extraordinary
expenses out of a salary altogether amounting
to 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 10 purchase public lands
The question arises, how did he get this money.
The solution Of the question is that The greater
5 part Of the stock was assigned TO him, for the
use of his name and influence. II has also been
charged, and has not been denied, and we believe
it 10 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. MIR. kendalis stock
rose in the market so that il was selling for two
dollars Tor one paid in. The price was affected
: by the distribution bill, so that it fell sixty per
2 cent, making a loss of thirty thousand dollars
Still, however, leaving seventy thousand dollars,
which the spectators in public lands have gwen
TO Amos Kendall for his influenced!
Is il not time that every man VINO loves hs
, colmtry-ihat all men who exercise any inifue
+ ence over public opinion should exert that M
luence to arouse the sleeping energies OF the
people? Does any one doubt these facts! Is
any one so blind as not 70 see that SPECTATORS
( and Office holders have leagued together that
they have abused the confidence which a geae-
rous and c%onfding people have reposed in Gen,
jackson and by using his name aud popularity,
: organized a party which proposes 20 pcrpetuate
its abuses, now in the person OF Martin an Bu-
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 afga-
nient the declaration that, unless the people sup
, port Martin Van buren,, the eEetion mast again
j 90 into Congress We believe that the only
means of defeating the election Of Martin Van
E Buren is to unite in the seppctt Of Genera, Har-