Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1837-11-23
run RgIGN OF REASON REFUSING.


The result. given Of the election m
the great State OF New York. leave no
doubt Of the salutsry change in'public
sentiment, or rather IN the public tenn
permanent. of which The anteceden,
late elections in Maine. Pennsylvania.
and New jersey, had given US mos,
favorable indications. Truth and res-
son have prevailed over Error and Ia.
naticism. and true Rcpublicani.m i,
again in the ascendant.
We congratulate our fellow citizens
on a state OF things so cheering TO the
patriot and suspicious 10 the public in
terest BY the public interest. We do
not here refer TO any mere interest OF
concern Of Party. but 10 the interest oI
all hs People Of The United States, and
Of every nan, woman aud child. oil
whom that People Is made up. With
out protesting impl,ci, faith in the
maxim, that the voice Of the PFoPLE is
the voice OF Con, we mean TO saw tha,
here Is, as we believe, case of the
voice of Providence, delivered through
the suffrage OF million Of freemen.
prohouncIng sentence of condemna-
ton upon the misrule of the last eight
years, and denouucing especially the
wiiiul perseverance In IL which has so
far characterized the present Admins.
tra,ion of the General Government,
The President Of the United States
and his friends may now see what ~
the consequence OF following IN the
footsteps Of his predecessor; that fatal
pledge by which he pronounced the
doom Of hIs Administration and Of his
party. Never had man, in coming TO
the helm OF State, a fairer opportunity
than the present Chief Magistrate
casting off the badge of party servitude,
and repudiating dicta,ion from any
quarter where measures were concern
ed bv one or two well timed sacrifices
OF odlous measures. and the rclinquish-
ment o! absurd preJudiccs, set up in
the mere madness OF party to become
the President OF the Nation instead of
the President Of Party and concliaie
the good will of many who were Will
ing 30 Judge him by his measures. 1t
was a surprise TO hose who. though
opposed TO his election, had vet good
opinion OF the personal sagacity of the
President, that he should have missed
this plain and obvious road 20 POPULAR.
ty, through the means OF blessings con-
tered upon the country. He chose
different course. He followed in
the footsteps" OF his predecessor. and
carried out his measures. He fulfilled
ms pledges to his party. and his fulfil
, ment of them has broken down the
power Of his Administration. We
speak Of its moral power. its political
influence, and no, of the legal consti-
tutIonal power Of the Executive, which.
however, without the moral strength
IL little more than the pageantry OF
office.
The consequence of the peaceful re-
volutIon thus achieved, must be a
change in the policy ofthe Government
either upon the present submission of
the Executive TO the public will. by an
entire abandonment OF is obnoxious
measures and doctrines, or in the reno
ter contingency, by complete change
in the composition OF both Houses Of
Congress, which it Is now certain. will
be wrought by elections TO be held
within the coming year.
These aye matters Of which proba-
bly,, we shall have occasion 70 speak
more n; large hereafter; for the present.
We only again congratulate our readers
upon the complete pros,ra,ion in the
New York Election. of the baIclul aud
whitening influence which for so long
time, apparently omnipoten: at the
Palace. has blasted The public pIosperi-
~, and calling 10 rs aid all the dlsor-
ganIzIng doctrines OF the agrarians, the
Jewellers and the anarchists, threaie ned
to overw helm our social system with
a food Of even more diredfulevil than
has already poured upon the agricul.
ture, the commerce, and the manufac.
tures-in short. on every condition and
calling-of our once prosperous coun-
try.-.Idf. INT.