Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-10-10

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mit,ed, and carried out in practice, win destroy all
responsibility, aud ~abfogate the power Of impeach.
merit of officers OF government for theH official mis-
conduct or crimes; since to impeach the President.
the leader and head of the dominant party for the
time being, il, in every praeticalview, impossible.
We have seen the President openly and daring.
ly interpreting to defeat Investigations of q commit
tee Of Congress into public abuses, and to shield
his officers from inquiry unless specific charges
should be FIRST preferred against them; such spe.
chic chargess as without such inquiry as be deter
mined To prevent, II was manilestiy impossible
10 frame and prefer: and thus the function u the
House OF Representatives, as the grand inquest OF
the nation, has been, for the time, and ii the domi-
sant party shall continue in power, will be perns-
nently and forever annihiiafed
We have seen the share Of the power ofappoint-
mens to Office, confded by the constitution to the
Senate. rendered wholly nugatory, by the practice
of the President, whenever tho Senate has declined
TO confirm his nomination Of an officer, TO leave the
office vacant, and the public daiies belonging to it
unexecuted, till the Senate has conformed to his
will.
We have seen efforts made by the Executive and
its friends, and persisted in, to divide the people in
TO two distinct and hostile classes, and to array the
poor against the rich, and to represent all indlyidu-
al wealth as a just object of jealousy 10 the great
body OF the community as il there really were any
such distinct classes known in our country, or, IN.
der our laws, capable Of being created and estab.
hshed; as II, according as the exefrions OF honest
industry and enterprise succeed or fail, the poor
were not daily growing rich, and the rich sinking
into poverty; al if individual wealth were not the
fneyitable result of the security Of private properly,
and the security Of honest acquisition a blessing to
the poor as well TO the rich; and as if national
wealth were any thing more than the aggregate Of
individual wealth, the present President Of tho Uni
ted States has in a solemn message TO Congress,
denounced "the dangerous Influences that arise in
periods OF excessive prosperity, and the anti-rcpub
lican tendencies Of associated wealth - in other
words, that accumulation OF capital by the contribu-
tion OF many individuals, which, though the contri-
butors look to their own advantage, is necessary in
all countries, and especially in this country, to rem
DER industry active and successful. and indispensi-
bio to the accomplishment of those vast works of
internal improvement, now happily in progress
throughout the country. the advantages Of which
must rebound to each and every Individual citizen,
End which will tend (absye al things, except a wise,
just and prudent administration Of the federal 60.
vernment,) to promote and TO preserve the hsrmo-
ny, the prosperity, and the integrity OF the Union.
III 10 true, that while the Executive government
OF the United States has been advancing by hasty
and enormous strides to a simple elective monarchy,
the ministers of that government, from the highest
to the lowest, and their leading partizans, have been
continually making the loudest professions Of yea
for democracy. But of those professions We are
compelled to disirust the sincerity; because VIC can
recollect no pledge given by the men in power, as a
motive to the people to elevate ihem to office that
has been redeemed no Quo promise that has been
fulfilled; no profession Of opinion, principle, or feel
ms, which they have not unutteriy disregarded; and
because the history OF the transition of republican
governments into slonarchies, ia all countries nnd
In all times, evinces, that monarchy has always I'D
vanced, and got possession, under the mask Of ul-
tra-democracy Monarchial principles and prscti-
ces, the arts OF corruption, the doctrines OF agraIian-
ism, and all the Countless vices and folies they must
IN the end e~ngender and mature. cannot be endured
without danger to the republic; without drying up
the sources of national prosperity, overiurning the
foundations Of civil liberty and social happiness.
ana introducing discotd, confusion, violence, and
misery, in place Of that harmony, order, peace, and
freedom, which 1t was the object Of car benignant
institutions to promote and to secure.
ror the truth OF all the general charges which
have been preferred against the present Chief Ma.
gistrate, and his immediate predecessor, we refer
our fellow citizens to the history of their admins.
tration, to notorious and recorded facis. We cbal.
lenge inquiry and defy REPUTATION.
IL IS the deliberate and undoubtinr conviction OF
TINS Convention, that a majority ofthe people ofthe
United States, and, especially u majority Of the peo-
PIE OF this State, are sensible of he vices of the ex-
'st'ng administration Of the federal government,
and OF the evils those vices portend, and consequent
y OF the necessity ofdiscarding Mr.. Van Buren,
from public confidence and office. At the same
ume we are painfully aware, that there are divisions
OF opinion among US, on points in themselves of
TRIVIAL Importance compared with the great objects
as to which we all agree, which, If we shall per
setsely Continue 10 regard and foster, will render
the VIII OF the majority wholly inefhsient, however
great that majority may be, and leave the election of
Inc PRESIDENT TO the united, combined, disciplined
exertions OF a minority. We see in the conduct of
the DlTtIyana pT tho Dra.tI.-. r
iotis TO SOW. or intame divisions among US, and
Their care to note aad exhibit TO the people. eyerv
diversity OF sentiment ichindependence oflhoueht
ana individuality of character have produced. The
conviction they entertain, that their hopes of success
resi- on our divisions and their own unanimiiy.
~ IL shaii turn out in the sequel that the vast and
aifpfeVading power OF the Executive, is alone com
peteht to organize, combine and direct "a party 10
decide the election of a President. then the sane
'hhuence which will enable Mr.. Van Barren TO ac-
compnsh his own reelection, will also enable him
70 dictate the election Of his successor; and we
cannot but look with horror and dismay, TO the dy-
nasty to which he may transmit his power.
IN me this Convention, while il knows that con-
. ana cooperation among those who are opposed
TO The re-electiono oil Mr., Van Baren TO the presiden.
oy' Is absolutely necessary TO their success, is han
Py N me conviction that s1ch concert and co-ope.
ration VIII prove sufficient To remove him from Office.
ana TO elect a trustworthy Successor.
Resofped, therefore, That it is expedient. tha,
as many delegates as Virginia IS entitled 10 electors
IN Tue Presidential election, shall be chosen and de-
puted by this Convention to he National CONVEX.
.on proposed to be held at Harrisburg in Deem
per next, TO represent the Wing party Of Virginia,
IN Inc selection, nomination and recommendation
OF proper candidates 10 be supported by tie whole
party throughout The Union, for the officers OF Pres.
ident and Vice President Of the United States and
sna. 'wp ? those delegates be selected from the
district of the State.
hesof0ed, That whether we have regard to the
opinions and wishes Of the constituents we reore.
sent or to the talents, long experience in public at.