Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-07-25
VOLUME 40.
PROSPECTUS or THE
IMAgp7OINAIh MLAGAzHQET3
REVIEW.
Lab. l.. smith, Pnblishsr aud Proprietor.

"HROUGHOUT the civilized world the minds
of men are, to an unusual degree, employed
"a yhat comes home TO the business and bosons Of
N he mode in which their Governments are ad-
m;o;.tered, the principles upon which they act, and
The measures which they pursue. These are the
topics of newspaper discussion, and OF debate IN
~, various legislative assemblies. Its, however,
oouewha, remarkable that in this country so few
.5or,. have been made to sustain any periodical
nnhIication upon this principle, while IN Europe
md particularly in Great Britain, politics form The
.,.nie of many of their most valuable works otthis
description.
The peculiar position of our country renders the
present an suspicious moment for undertaking o
nneriodical of this character. The country is ar
,ayed into two great divisions, one of which may
he denominated the Administration, the other the
Oonosition party. The conduct oil the former Is en-
rount.red BY, it is believed, a larger proportion oil
nvmbers. a greater portion of intelligence, ana .
higher grade of principle. The motives which
guide the Administrator party we conceive 10 De
narrow and erroneous-the doctrines they promui-
gate dangerous and pernicious-the objects they
have in view, and the tendencies of their measures
selfish and destructive. 1t Is time that they pe
met with vigor and with system.
The gradual but obvious aggrandizement OF the
mower of the Executive, at the expense OF the Ie-
sislative and judicial branches OF the General 90
yernment, should be exhibited to the pubic mind'
The plausible pretences under which TINS Design Us
f,rthered should be exposed. The systemaiic plans
nv which corruption is spreading Itself throughout
,be land. the discipline which has been introduced
;n,o the party ranks, the undisguised and open IN
,.rference of the officers of the Federal Govern
won, in the elections even of local officers, the re-
,uIar leyying of contributions for the purpose oil
carving on the party warfare, the devotional loyal
~ 70 the heads of a faction which is now exaeied,
and the prescription ofthose who refuse to yieid 1t,
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