Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-07-11
THE GAZETTE.
VA
ELECTION Or SENA1OR-MR. RlELa.-
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

teVIfg. m an dFt8Ctt NtiaJ8 eFEDo'NA n
Der Of the Gszeite in reference to the election OF q
Senator in Congress. We had hoped that the
scrap would not meet his vigiiant eye, but in as
much as we are arraigned, VIC must plead guilty
and throw ourselves upon his mercy. The article
wa. written by a young gentleman who was MT
conversant with the canons oftae Convention, and
who prepared the number in which 1t appeared
during our absence 10 an adjoining County. % Tar
a, it relates, personally, to the Eiitor OF The hnqui-
rer, we assure him that we regret its appearance
and trust to his kindly feelings to forgive it.
The notice which the Enquirer has taken OF the
article. seems TO demand that we should be better
understood in reference to the Senatorial election
The improbabili,y that Mr.. Rives would be presen-
led as a candidate for reelection, was merely hin-
ted at with a view of giving the Enquirer a new
sum to cypher at, in case the contest should IAN
between a Wing and a Loco Foco-yiz; to ascer-
tain how many impraciicable Conservatives there
might be.
We have at present neither g hope or a wish to
unite the Conservatives upon a Wing candidate for
Senator. In view Of all the circumstances which
must present hemselves-the fact OF Mr.. hlves De-
;,g ina il were) The iocam teneas of the oifice-his
identity with the great body of the Wing party in
those questions of public policy which ore now OF
the most exciting importance--the ability ana hish
moral courage with which he has sustained the
cause Of the country against the corruPtions OF The
Government-the ruthless manner in which he, and
his Senatorial office through him, have been assai'
led, because he dared to prefer the glory OF his coun-
trv to an abject and siavish service of party chief,
our wish and hope is, that the Wings OF the next
Legislature will join the Conservatives IN the e'ec-
ton of William c.. Rives. We trust that they Will
not foolishly fritter away the power with which the
people have clothed them, in a vain quarrel with
the Conservatives, about the past delinquencles ct
Mr.. Rive.. 1t is enough for US, that he stands IN
the front rank of those who are valiantly and eff
ciently resisting the attempt OF the Government
faction, to force upon the country, for the vilest
purposes of selishness, a detestable scheme OF IL
nance which has often and again been repudiated
and condemned by the people.
1t is but a short time since the Enquirer was will
ling TO aid in nerving the arm of Mr.. Riyes in his
resistance to the Sub Treasury-since they both de-
nounced and condemned it in one breath, as tending
to destroy the prosperity Of the country, and as dan
gerons to the public liberty. The President, how
ever, having resigned himself to the gu idance OF
such political creatures as Benton, Kendall. and
Blair, despite the solemn warnings and entreatles
of his Conservative friends, as well as the indig-
nant and repeated rebukes ofthe people, has mani
tested a determination from which he cannot row
retrea:, to force the odious measure upon the nation.
VIVA, then is the duty of every patriotic Conserva-
tive1 To submit to that slavish party discipline
that lsshes the refractory into the ranks, and COM
pels them TO swallow the very dregs of every bitter
cup that is prepared for them by unprinc'Pled and
imbecile party managers! 1t is fresh in the mem
ory ofthe people of Virginia, how the Enquirer was
buffetted and brow-bcaten by the Loco Foco press
of this and other States, and how its ~profered right
hand Of fellowship was contemporary refused by
the doughty Editor Of the Petersburg Constellation
because it dared TO raise a voice against the Sub
Treasury. For a while, indeed, ii seemed so stead
f,stly determined in its resistance TO the odious
measure, that arrangements were set on foot for the
establishment Of a pure Loco Foco press in Rich
mond. What is its present position and employ
mentf Dumb as an oyster about the 'uinous ten
denotes of the Sub-Treasury System, and lauding
and praising, and publishing its confidence in, the
President ard his administration.
Where, on the other hand, stands Mr.. Rjves7-
When Mr.. Van Buren, needed not the popular will
and the judgment of the more intelligent portion
Of his party, Mr.. Rives assumed a position, from
which he has never wavered, and for which he is
now upbraided and abused by many who then cheer
ed and applauded him. He has repeatedly warned
the President to stay the Parricidal stroke, which
he aims at every interest in the country. which
might Justly look to a chief magistrate for Protec-
ton. From beginning to end, he has expressed his
utter horror and delestation of the scheme, and he
is now charged with Inconsistency, torsooth' be-
cause he will not submit to a party gag, embrace
the monster, and minister to the vicious purposes
of,hose who thus seek to enslave him and the coun-
We will go further and shy, that for our pur-
pose, NJ. Rives' political position is sufficiently
defined. II is we'll known that his confidence in the
Administration is gone-that he cannot and will
not support Van Buren,. This has been forced on
him by the acts Of the Loco-Foco managers. and
the late developments Of the oli,y OF the Admins
ration. Would the Wings require him to go fur
Their, and pledge himself to the support of a partic-
ular candidate for the Presidency. The only effect
Of such a course, it seems to us would be, TO furnish
a new theme upon which the Enquirer might build
a story Of bargain and intrigue. It's enough, as
ly battling for tie measures, that we now deem OF
vital importance, and TO feel confidence that he will
continue to breast the storm OF party fury, which
ber,s against him and stand, as he has stood, an
able, valiant, fearless sentinel upon the watch tow
or.
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