Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-07-18

laws, and alter fundamentally the pow
ers Of our governments"
In his display Of sectional partiaii-
ty.
| In his cold Indifference to the inter-
ests and wants Of the people during a
period of extreme suffering.
In his attempt to throw discredIt up
on, and eventually, to crush TIE state
banks, through the revenue power o.
the government, and embarrass the re-
sumption Of specie payments.
In permitting the patronage oil ms
Office 10 come in conflict with the free'
| dom Of elections. :,
! In his open contempt of the viii o.
the people as expressed through the pal
lot box.
In his attempt to cram obnoxious
measures down the throats OF dIssen-
ting brethren by means unbccoming a
magnanimous Chief Magistrate.
In his refusal to acquiesce IN the de-
cisions ofthe majority; and
In the despotic attempt OF his par'l-
zans in the United States Senate, on
the I'd of July, instant, to SEIZE THE
PUBLIC TREASURE, by abolIsbing all
law for its custody and safe keeping.
He has abandoned the principles by
which he came into power, and conse-
quently, the duty which they prescri-
bed and he has so obstinately perse-
yered in his erroneous course as TO
preclude all reasonable hope of his re-
tracing it.
And finally, to this long catalogue
| Of grievances, we may add, what may
be considered a minor offence, but GER
talnly very obnoxious one, that con.
trary to all preconceived opinions OF
his character, Mr.. Van Buren, has rem
dered himself the most inaccessible,
both to friends and adversarles, OF all
the Chief Magistrates that ever flied
his station.
And from all these considerations,
TO what conclusion can the nation come,
but that their Chief Magistrate is ell
Their wanting in integrity, or wanting
in capacityl
We need not say that we expect
ed different things of public SER
want, bound by his sacred pledges to
regard the national will as the supreme
law of tho Republic. That blind m
fa,uation which has needed not this
rule Of the American people, must and
ought TO meet its reward, and sink In
and everlasting over
throw.
The financial policy of this Admin
stration cannot be sustained upon any
OF necessity, expediency, uill-
ty, practical philosophy, or sound econ
my. Its plain object, the perpetulty
# power, and its plain effect, the dcs-
ruction ofthe banking system, require,
# course, too great sacrifice from the
American people, to be, for moment
oeruted.
The great desideratum, sound, uni
orm, and convenient currency, and
vsiem that will equalize, as nearly as
the domestic exchanges,
$ demanded by the practical wants OF
he people, and sooner or later, IN one
orm or another, Will be obtained by !
hem. To accomplish this end, and |
o "pres erve and regulate" the credit
system Of the country, which this ad- |
has attempted to impair,
will be one of the great objects for
which we feel constrained TO continue
our Iabois.
No Administration of this Govern
ment can prosper, none deserves to
succeed, that is not CONSERVATIVE,
both in theory and practice. Enlght
ened Improvements, and liberal pract'>
cable reforms, may be permitted and
encouraged in our system, but violent
measures of destruction, and unreslrai-
ned extremes of innovation, should not
be suffered with IMMUNITY 10y those
who wish to preserve unlmpalrej the
most free and perfect form Of govern
ment yet devised tor the enjoyment and
protection of mankind.
Political liberation should be as libe-
raj and extensive as religious tolera-
ton, which is guaranteed by the con-
stltution.
UAtraiSm in whatever party or shape
it may appear, should be repudiated
and slurdily opposed.
The science of Government should
not be permitted TO degenerate among
us into vulgar pursuit Of party ad-
vantages, nor the lofty ambition of
real statesmen into a selfish and perpe-
tual scramble for office. Let the ex-
ample aud the fate of this adninistra-
lion be a monument and a warning
through all future time"
Representatives in Con-
gress are to be chosen in fourteen
States, the present year, and the cleo
tons will take place in the following
order;
I ouisaua fst Monday in Julv