Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-07-18
fiom the New York Courier and Enquirer.
THE No-RESP0NStBiLITY ADMiNISTRA-
TI0N

A1CAss
Whenever any power was to be usurped by the
Executive, General Jackson was always ready TO
. take the responsibility" When airy OF The De
partments were TO be shielded from investigation,
The General uniformly took the responsibiliiy.-
When the Treasury was TO be plupdered, the Zen
eral uas sill ready to assume the entire responsi-
bilify. This was all very well for the time being.
but, when Tho period arrived ofG1ing the resPosi-
billy, there was nobody responsible IN the premi-
sesi
The Administrator is not responsible for the do
falcstions. Of PaIcE and wouT-not a BIZ
Of it-for Pace and SwAHTw0uT ~re-WHiGs!
The Administration is not responsible for hIibg
Inc lurd Offices with public robbers, because these
public robbers were ai-WHfGs!
Tie Administration is not responsible for the
running away posinasters, because ibe mere act o.
running awoy l.rped them oil into-NHiGs'
The Adminisfration is not respontible for raising
he expenditures Of the country from Sl2, OOO 900
70 $40 900 600, because the appropriations have
al been passed though the House aud Senute b.
the-WHI6si
The Administration is rot responsible tor The
arrangement Of the currency, because the c1rfen-
~ il deranged By the-NHiGs!
Tic Administrator is not responsible tor any
Il The ey Is AID disasters that press upon the conn
try, because they are all brought about by the
Vines! !,
Now, iii be nally true, what these men pretend
how utterly inbecile and Insignificant they must be
% see themselves tius ~outwiited by the WIGS -
What . perfect case they present Of self s%iultliea-
lion! They protest that tney are not kpaYrs, aud
prove il by claiming to be fools-as i keayery were
something inconsistent with folly, and not usually
found in ~ company!
All the Executive ofiees are in the hands OF the
IontEs. 1helnst House If Representative began
tie extn session with q large ToRY msj2fiiy, olte-
ted a IoRY Speaker, appointed IoRT committees,
and remained ioKY 10 tire close. The Senate strsi
counts u large T0hY maJ5ttiy. And yet, iorsGoii4 .
IoEYIsm il respohs.b bile Tor nothing but erjpy iug the
niuoiunenis Of olico, and all legislation - let To
fhe WIGS. Who believes thisf Who viii do
roryis m the injustice to believe III
When the People believe that SwARTwoUT aud
Pace we've appointed by General JACKSON because
hey we're wings, then, and not I'll th.o, vii they
mold The Wings responsible f.r iEeif deialcatous.-
Meanwhile they fix the responsibility on tho Ad-
Hinistraiion.
When the People believe that Sterling, Pollock,
Linn, harris, Boyd, Hawkins, Mitchell, Childress,
Allen. Spencer, Owen, Stephenson, Dickinson, ard
The whole host Of Land Oilce deftulters were Sc.
iecled 10y Mr.. WooDBuRY because they were Wings,
and were continued,i in Office, in spite of negligence
and irregularIry, because they were Wings, then
they viii believe that the Wings are resi- onsible for
lie plumber Of he Treasury By these men. Mean
while they fix the responsibility on the Adrninistra.
ton.
When the People believe that AMOS KENDALL
has selected his undeflings from the Wing ranks,
then they viii hold the Hhigs responsible for tIeit
eiopements ard iobbefies. MeanH bic they will
Is tie responsibility on The administration
When the People believe that a minority in The
House, and a minority in The Senate, pass the az.
preparation bills, and that a ToRY Executive can
not keep these mjnorities in check. then they viii
hold The Wings responsible forthe disgraceiul vase
which VIZ have Witnessed for the last ten years OF
the public money. Meanwhile they will tx the ie-
sponsib.lit y on the Administration.
When the People believe That the crude expert
menrs upon The currency with which the country
has been cursed, under the pretence OF providing
a i" better currency" and which have resulted in
explosion and a msneyed chaos; when they believe
that these are The fruits OF WING policy, then they
will hold the WINGS responsible for all the evils
which have flowed from them. Meanwhile they
will fix the responsibility on the administration
When the People believe that weakness is strength
and that a legislative minority controls n majority,
and that n 1oRY President lends himSelfto the de-
signs Of the Opposition, then they will believe that
IA, NnIGs have been tile authors Of all the mis-
chef vhich has resulted from unWiso and p~roaigu,c
legislation. Meanwhile they vii fix The RESPONSE.
baiy on the Administration,
And tho administrator will not relieve them
sclyes Of the responsibility by the certificates" Of
from Maine to Mississippi.