Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-06-20

that we shall have a national bank,
we shall have it; and he who supports
i, will lose his republican character to
the same degree that Mr.. MADISON lost
his, when he changed bis opinion upon
that subject, and gave his sanction TO
the same NATIONAL BANK which HENRY
CLAY and the groat body of the rePub-
lican party supported.
AS to INTERNAL IMPRovEMENTs-we
consider that settled question. 1 ne
opinion is now universal, that internal
improvements should be carried on by
the states; and, whatever may have
been Mr.. CLAY's opinions on that head
in the infancy Of these improvements,
we have no manner of doubt he now
fully comedies with general opinion,
and Nth the Enquirer.
Asto the TARIFF--when nullticatIon
reared its hideons head al the south,
and threatened to dissolve the union,
and Gen. Jackson, and Mr.. Van Blu
rem relied upon their lorce.bill to re-
concile differences, Mr.. CLAY, bfoug At
forward his compromise bill, and Gained
the troubled waters, and restored peace
and tranquility to tho country. his
compromise was, if we recollect, Sane
TONED by the RICHMOND ENQUIRER
Pledged, then as Mr.. Clay is TO thlscom-
promise, which the Enquirer sanctioned
shall it be objected to Mr.. Clay by that
paper, that his tariff notions are not RE-
PUBLICAN.
What are the tariff notions of Mr..
Van Buren,, with whom the Enquirer
says he is determined to sink or stc1m
Where shall we look for Mr.. Van Bu-
rcn's opinion on the tariff question ?
Not in the ayes and noes recorded in
the Senate of the United States, when
he was member of that body, and the
bill from the House was lost by one
vote--he then lodged the question.
We cannot learn his opinions upon
the question, from the speech he made
at a tariff convention in Albany, in the
summer following. That speech was
published under his revision and we
defy any person to read it, and say
whether Mr.. Van Buren, was for or a.
gainst the general principles OF the tar
If bill which had passed the House.
All that could be gathered from his
lorg speech was in favor of ga JUDI
CLOS TARIFF.
You cannot learn his individual o.
pinion upon that question, by the vote
he gave in favor Of the bill the winter
following. He then acted under an
structionS from the legislature Of his
state: instructions aohich he procured
to enable him TO vote for the tariff
without giving offence to his southern
lrienIs. TO his northern friends, he
protested to be in favor of
the tariff; while, to his southern friends
he significantly shrugged his shoulders,
and said he must be governed by in
struc,ion
Yet this is the man under whom the
Enquirer talked Of rallying the democ-
racy of the Union +! Has not his one
years administration LOST THE DEMoC-
RACY ALMOST EVERY STATE IN THE u
MON
LOOK AT VIRHINIA. How was the
democracy rallied there at the late G.
lection With the efficient aid of the
Enquirer, Mr.. Van Buren, was shame
fully beaten in Virginia. SO far from
being able to make rally under his
banner, even the GLOBE admits tina:
sin some decidedly republican counties
no candidate ofhe party dPpeared.-
Such an apathy IN an election mas aecer
before knoWn." And yet the Enquirer
promises 'to sink or swim with Mr..
Van Buren,. He might as well talk of
sinking or summing with a milestone a.
bout his neck. If he does not abandon
Mr.. Van Buren, he will sink
---.'into the bottom Of the deep,
Where faihomed line could never touch tho
ground.'