Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-10-17
MEMS. POLITICS, sc.
From the National lateliigeneer OF Sept ~.
THE I" UNTRlED ExpEpIENT." AGAIN.

| NShS Hicu AtG lhLiSh SNPtdiShts "a
the Sub-Treasury scheme was chris
tened by an honorable Senator, wht
probably considered il the stronges
argument in its favor, instead OF 1t.
being almost conclusive argumca
against il, that no Administration o.
this Government had ever before tho
OF trying it. Reiterated reflections Of
it by the Representatives OF the People
in Congress, confirmed by successive
verdlcts Of the People themselves al
the hustings, had, 10 oil appearance,
J settled the fate of this ill-fasored mea-
sure. But with more than feline tena.
city Of existence, its heart still beats ;
its limbs still CULVER; ii is again strug-
Cling for life.
"Thc times have been,
THAT, when the brains were out. the man
would die,
/" Aud there an end but now they rise again,
with twenty mortal murders on their crown !"
We could not have believed that the
projectors Of this Sub Treasury scheme
would dare so far to trlflc with the pub
lie will, and make sport of the public
prosperity, as TO persist in It after the
repeated demonstrations TO which we
have alluded. True, we were warned,
some weeks ago, by one of our most
worthy statesmen, who is about to
yield to another the post at which he
has for many years .honorably stood,
that "the Sub Treasury has been and
is TO be made THE MEASURE OF the Adj
ministration." Until W met with this
prediction in the address of Mr.. BRIeGs,
of Massachusetts, 10 his constituents,
we had no thought but that this pro.
ject was dead, dead, deadl We thought
tina, the Administration itselfmust have
perceived, by the immediate turn Of the
tide OF affairs, and the revival of COM
MERGE aud confidence, consequent upon
the supposed final defeat of this plan,
that it had been pursuing a wrong
track, and had fortunately escaped the
gulf of disaster TO which ii was hasten
ing.
But il IS time that we and our rea-
ders should awake, from our ianced
security from further danger by means
Of Executive experiments, to the grave
reality that if the prosperity Of the
country is not again Frustrated by
them, il will be because the Admins
tration is not, with all the aid of Exec
utive patronage and party and post.
office machinery, able 10 carry lis
cherished designs into effect. The sub
Treasury project is MOI yet dead, we
fear. With SO many "nortal muir
ders" on It's head, il yet lives, 10 be
the theme OF contention, and by It's
mere agitation TO become again u
scourge to all the great interests OF the
country.
We nrc led to this conclusion, against
our hopes, and almost against our will,
by the tone assumed by the Admins
tration press since the result OF the
Maine election has been found to be in
its favor. The Party" have been
able to sustain themselves in that one
State, and all their schemes Of ambition
and hopes Of perpetual domination are
revived. Witness the language OF the
Boston Advocate "The result oil tho
election in Maine, although the decl-
sion of a single State, We consider as
settling the question IN relation to
Constitutional Treasury. Meaning
receivers, vaults and safes and sliding
balances-hard money for the Govern
ment, and rags for the People, Maine
has spoken in voice that will echo
throughout the whole Union, and pro-
duce the most salutary influence. How
small and contemplate appear the Con-
seryatives!' &c.
Such is the exulting tone OF Jour,
nal which is deep in the confidence OF
the leading men of the Administration.
five had no other evidence, this alone
would suffice 10 convince us oil the set
tied intention Of the Executive to re-
viye the delusiye scheme OF hard.mo-
ney currency, foolish, as il is impracti-
cable, and tyranncal and detestabie as
il would be if it were not Impractical.
BILE.
Should the reader doubt about the
disposition Of the Executive IN refer
ence 10 this scheme, we refer him for
confederation OF it to the article COPIED
into our columns to-day, on the present
condition Of the Treasury, under the
entire control Of the Executive, which
control has been exercised so as 10
leave the public moneys in the hands
Of public officers, without Responsible,
ty, Except TO the Executive pleasure,
Instead OF causing it to be placed IN re-
sponsible Banks, now paying specie,
subject, as i; ought to be, 20 the control
Of the Treasurer proper, under the
checks and guards which the laws
have provided for its disbursement
The statements contained in that arti'
Gle are the more entitled TO the at'eh'