Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-12-03

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va HEN the undersigned commenced in Jauuar,
isstthe pnplieation OF weekly political sheet
uhaer .he name Of the WOMAN, 10 be continued
uatl the Presidential election he intiusted that
II clreum stances should prove auspicious il would
proosOiy De converted, after that period into req
aiar journal. The awakening spirit OF the couniry
nss mus far crowned bis enterprise with a success
as uiliianl as unexpected The people Of the coun-
NY nave al length learned, from bitter experience
mat every citizen must make il a part Of his b,tsi
ness TO watch over the administration OF its affairs
Inc maxim that perpetual vigilance is The price
tnat must be paid for liberty is no longer regarded
- rhstoricsi flourish Of high sounding words :-it
has become, and if il please Heaven, Il will con.
tinue 10 be practical maxim with the people OF
thIs generation. storm has arisen W hich will ere
long hari from their high places the profirate and
AMBITIOUS men who have blinded and deceived the
people 4; who have abused their generous conf.
dence; who have brought the institutions Of the
country, and the country ITSELF TO the verge of ruin
Inc political atmosphere will be purified in some
degree at least, aud the accamations Of the people
VIII elevate, TO the first office in their gift an hoa-
est man, true patriot, and genuine lover Of lib.
erty.
But the election Of William Heary Harrison,
though an important aud indispensable step is after
all 6It step awards the attainment of those great
objects which every enlightened patriot perceiyes
10 be essential 10 the preservation OF our liberty and
our institutions. Those Objects some Of which can
be attained only by an amendment Of the Constitu.
tton, are
First aud chiefly, the reduction of the power i'm
poftance and patronage of the Presidential office !:
and under this head that the President should be
ineligible for secoad term, aud that the power OF
removal IRON office without the consent Of the SEN
ate should be taken from hun -
hat pubic opinion, purified and enlightened by
fair discussion, should frown on the vile system Of
buying up political partizans with the Offices in the
gilt oil the Government, and OF prescribing one half
Of the people for opinions sake, and treating them
as enemies Of the country -
That the freedom OF election should be restored
BY the disavowai Of the base I'd degrading doctrine
that the officers OF the Government are the :" hire.
lings" and servants Of the President aud bound by
virtue of their Office, TO become electioneering par.
tzans, and even 10 contribute part Of their saa-
res 20 raise a fund for corrupiing the peopIc:-
he restoration Of purity, Independence aud their
original deliberaivc character 10 the legislative
bodies, now corrupt and seryie TO alarming ex.
tent, oy making the members OF the two Houses in.
eligible to any office (with few exceptions) in
the gift Of the Executive, aud By the abandonment
once and forever, of the base degrading, and anti
republican doctrine, that every member of the par.
ty ID power must vote as the head Of the party d.
reefs, on pain OF denunciaton, oboquy, and unmea.
sured abuse through all the journals of the party =:
The publication of a degraded and venai press
now the disseminaor Of falsehoods and servile doc
trines, and the exeeuoner Of the victims Of Presi
dental wrath -
The reduction Of the superintendent weight Of
the Federal Government by and scrutini-
zng reduction OF It's expenses OF disbursements and
ajealous resistance Of all its encroachmcnts on tho
rights OF the States and the people
Finally, the restoration Of the Republic in all its
departments, TO its pristine simplicity and purity.
II these great objects be unattainable-if these
views be Utopian, will be ready o pro.
nounce them-then is our whole system Of govern
ment utopian also-and the great problem of the
capacity OF man for self-government will have been
finally and fatally solved. The American people
have already taken one long step wards monarchy
by permitting President nominate his successor
That almost fatal step is about TO be retraced Now
is the appointed time 10 purify cur nstituiions-now
or never.
They fatally deceive themselves who imagine
that single eHoTt-that mere change of men
can at once effect this great and glorious object
great and long continued effort will he necessary
We relgiOusly believe that William Henry Uarri.
son is an honest man and a true pariot--and more
over that he will faithfully devote himself TO the
carrying out oihe political doctrines which we have
thus family skeched. But antagonist doctrines and
practices have struck deep root in the country and
will not easily be eradicated. We repeat what we
do firmly believe that great aud continued efforts
will be necessary in order 10 purify institutions
We offer ourselves humble CO -Iaborers in this
great work. We cheerfully concede TO the jealous
and able journal which public opinion and its own
unwearied efforts have placed al the head OF the
Wing opposition press in Virginia, the rank which
il has fairly earned and well deserved, Ia profcs
sional career which has now extended, here and
StetWheFSs O'Vi hSdiiy lOuIlH VI u century, We
have honestly devoted ourselves TO the dissemins
ton Of what w have believed TO be Just and sound
political principles. We have never failed TO de-
nouncc usurpation, quailed beneath the frown Of
those in high places. We will contisue to do battle
10 the good cause, not too anxious about the rank
that shall be assigned 10 u.s.
About the first of December, we propose TO con
vert the weekly political sheet called The YEo-
MAN, into regular political and misce laneous Jour
nal, of the same name, which will be publ shed
ioice in ZACH week during the vacation OF the Leg
slature, and thrice week during the session Of
that body We have already announced the politi.
cal principles of the proposed new journal. For
making it emphatcally newspaper, and an useful
aud entertaining miscellany and with this view
we shall secure such intellectual aid as will give
it standing with the most approved journals Of the
d-y. Such being its character, we ask the patron
age and support Of 40 enlightened metropolis and
OF the people Of Virginia.
J. s. CALLAHER.