Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-01-10
triumph Of correc, principles. He re.
piled as follows:1

edginy the receipt of your letter oil
the 10th ultimo, has arisen from the
fact that it reached kentucky after my
departure for this city, where it fol-
lowed, aud has been received by me.
1 cordially reciprocate the congratu-
lations with which you have honored
me, on the glorious triumph oil princi-
pie and the people, achieved at the
recent election in New York. There
were many brilliant affairs which pre-
ceded it, beginning in kentucky, len.
nessee and Indiana, in August, and
including those in Maine, Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massa-
chusetts, in the autumn but there
was still one signal and decisive victo.
ny wanting to close the campaign,
and put an end to the contest. That
has been nobly won, in the State in
which Burgoyne and his army surren-
dered to the Wings Of the Revolution.
The battles Of Yorktown, Of Leipsic
and of Waterloo, did not more efectu.
oily conclude the respective wars out
of which they sprung, than the great
event in New York has settled our po-
litlcal controversy. rejoice heartily
with you, and the enlightened world
and posterity will rejoice with us.
1t is true, gentlemen, as suggested
by you, that | have lived in an 9 of
revolution and great events, at home
and abroad, deeply affecting large por.
tons of the human race. Those IN
our w country have naturally most
interested us. We have been acting
not for ourselves and posterity only !;
but all mankind are concerned in the
successful issue of the great expert.
ment Of self-goyernment confided to
our care. | have watched therefore,
with intense anxiety, the progress aud
the Development of our SYSTEM
When | beheld, nine years ago, the
people of this country, impelled by en-.
thusiastic gratitude, placing their exc.
cutiye government in hands which had
only been accustomed to WELD the
sword, trembled for the fate of ouI
free institutions. NV worst fears were
more than realized by the ad,Ainistra
ton which ensued. Blow after blow
fell upon the constitution, experimcn
succeeded experiment upon the bust
ness and prosperity of the people, AM
violence and intimidation, abuses anc
corruption became the order o. the day
| stood amazed at the lawless acts O
the Executive.
Taking courage from the impuniiy
which attended its career, and proclai.
ming the fallucioas doctrine that the
successful issue Of every election was
a popular approval Of all previous
measures and previous opinions of the
Executive, there seemed TO be no end
or bounds to its encroachments. The
expressed will Of the representatives of
the people Of oil the States was open
ly condemned; an important procee-
ding, Of vital influence on the constitu-
ton and the public welfare, was adop.
ted near the commencement OF a SEES.
sion Of Congress, with the known pur.
pose Of preventing its legislative coun-
t~eraction and bills which had passed
both Houses with remarkable concur
renee, have been withheld, there is
too much reason to believe, with the
motive of preventing the exercise of
the salutary restriction in the constItu-
ton upon the power Of the veto. A.
midst all these arbitrary acts and pro.
ceedings, a few faithful Senators, an
nually diminished, lifted up their war
ming but UNDECIDED voices. ! did not
indeed despair but ] confess that |
felt greatly discouraged. It seemed
as if all the cautious checks ofthe con
stitution were subverted, and that the
Republic was almosi drawing to a
close.
Another administration came. JUS
tice and liberality required that il
should be judged by its acts and mea-
sures (; but as il resolved to cut off all
hopes from the people, the new Presi-
dent soon announced his purpose to be
to follow in the footsteps of his imme-
date predecessor, and he has faithful
ly trodden in them His eye and his
ear appear TO be directed more towards
the Hermitage than turned to the PEG.
pie and their su~fferings.
But our deliverance, thank God, is
at hand. The People-the deceived,
the abused, the betrayed People-have
risen in their majesty, and by Demon
| STATIONS which cannot be misunder-
stood or perverted, have pronounced,
in a voice &c Thunder, the doom Of Expe-
riments apa E.sperimenters. They
have again s;gnally indicated their
capacity for sep government, and mar
ked the iirsi. beyond which madness
and folly dare not proceed.
Gratitude and thanks to the People
| Most Of all, gratitude and thanks to