Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-06-03

loliiesi pinnacle Of earthly greainess-lhe
head Of nation removed from his great
post --and yet no jar, no stop, no stay in
the progress and working of Government.
The President dies, and his successor I'M
der the Constitution takes bis place, and
all so quickly and easily how powerful
and well balanced must be that frame Of
Government, which such events cannot
cause ior sn instant to waver
And to Southern inen. what a solace
under this loss Of the first choice of the
people, that john Tyler, of Virginia, fills
the vacant place. He IS dear to the South
in every view. Entirely Southern-vei
not sectional, State Rights man, yet
General Catholic, American in all points.
And God forbid that sectional feelings
should ever proiane the Presidential Chanl
For myself, exclaimed the orator, would
as soon have u =" Northern man with
Southern principles" as Southern man
with exclusive Southern spirit. First
my devotion is due to this State then TO
the Unon-aS an American, as Senator
OF this Union, all that is American is mine.
Buy this succession of john TYLER to
the Presidency, continued Mr.. Preston,
will forever quell, abash and silence that
cry of fraud and folly, which, for the I'M
holy purposes of party spirit, was raised
against President HARRISON and his sup
porters. Where is the man so bold in
lalsehood, as dare call john TYLER, abo-
litionist Since then, no objection can be
made 10 the present head OF the admins
tration, let Us give him a fair trial. Those
who objected to HARRISON may rally
around TYLER. For though he will car
~ out the same principles that guided his
predecessor, vet he comes IN, as 1t were, a
regency-he is not so Embedded in the
glowing heart Of the people as was their
first choice, and will therefore demand the
more Of earnest support from those who
approve him. This will be an adminiSlra-
traton more Southern in its tendencies.
Both would steer by the same polar star,
but with TYLER there might be some va
ration Southwark in the instrument.
The "great democratic party has van.
ished--'tis with the snow of the last yeai
uron the mountains melting away, day
by day, each little rill winding and trick
ling down to join the mighty swelling anC
on-rushing stream of the Wing party
1t has no leaders, and 90 rank and file
not even a skeleton army. Yet in thi:
very greatness Of our party there is dan
ger; so much is to be done, so much ex'
pected, such EIerculean labor to cleans,
away the wreck and toulness which have
been lei; upon the ship of State.
| Mr.. Preston then took up in detail the
propositions in the resolutions, and sale
that the subject of the public lands wa!
one demanding the most earnest anC
/ thoughtful consideration. That the idea
of cession of the public domain to a por
/ ton OF the States, was, as it had been eX
pressed by some of It's supporters, but pur
chase of those States by wholesale. VIVA
would be the result of the various scheme
on foot, it was impossible to predict-bu
that no sacrifice of Just rights should b.
made with his consent. He alluded L
the attempt, in the great tariff agitation
to crush Mr.. CLAY under the weight c
this important question, TO bury hun I'm
der the public domain, but how proud
his gigantic powers struggled through tn
weighty load, and made of it batter
and fertilization whence he has storme
| the heart of the country.
The orator then presented, with wither
1 ing rdicule, the spectacle OF the stormy
sea of State, individual and federal credl
tossing to and fro in pillows of danger ant
dismay-and the little Magician waving
his sub. Treasury wand over the bolster
GUS waves, that needed not the charm
till the people, impatient of the quackery
hurled him from his seat.
On the subject of National Bank, Mr.
Preston said that he had ever been adj
verse to the bank, although he had no
needed the admirable vindlcations of CAL.
noUN and M'DUFFIE, to shew him that as
a financial medium it worked beautifully.
Yet he dreaded it as an engine which
might work great mischief. But he relied
on that clause Of the Constitution, that re.
sduary oequcst, of all powers necessary
to carry into effect the functions and du.
ties expressly assigned. lfthen, be found
that the state Of the country, now strug-
Cling in agony and calling for aid, requir-
cd bank, however reluctantly, be should
do as WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, MADI-
SON, MONROE, CRAwFoRp--lhe whole Re.
publican party of 1916, did, and vote for
the measure because ofiis necessity. He
was no believer in the doctrine that Gov.
eminent could use any other currency.
but that which was in use by the people.
1.-THE people use paper, the Government
must. Were we to exchange our situa.
ton and our prospects, dark as they SEEM
ed, for that beau ideal Of hard money, that
paradise of gold and silver, the Island of
Cuba, with negroes four TO one, and blood
hounds in proportion! Contrast this hard
money colony, of 800 years growth, with
Mississippi or Alabama, with all the evils
of their currency, and choose.
Mr.. Preston then disposed of the Tariff
question, by saying that he and his party
would rigidly adhere to the compromise,
and if any discrimination was made, it
would be on Injuries. He alluded with
wit and humor 20 the proposed tax on
French silks and wines, which had excited
the righteous Indignation and apprehen-
sion OF the good people OF St. Johns, Col
Teton, and closed with an eloquent and