Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-10-20
( SENATOR COOKE.

! SENh iOA AO1hLs
! The following letter Of DR.. Cooke, resigning bis
seat in the Senate Of Virginia. shows that he i
every inch Wig. and speaks language thai
viii make all regret Ms retirement from post
satisfaction to his Wing friends. We hope the
Wings Of bis district viii Gil his place with a. feat
less champion Of ;heir rights as he is. or insist
upon returning him again.
TO tie Editor Of ne Charlottesville Adr0eafe
SrR-An editorial article in your last
paper, in relation TO The coming election
ia this Senatorial District. reminds me OF
a purpose have long entertained, ana
WHICH should have announced before
this, hot that | have constantly BATTERED
myself with toe hope Of being able, dur
ing the summer, to hold personal commit
nlcation with my constituents lc this
hope have been disappointed BY circum-
stances beyond my coutr"l.
/ must therefore, ask the favor Of you
to say through the Advocate, that shall
not be candidate for reelection alter
the expiration Of my present term OF ser
vico. think It right no longer 10 delay
this annuncIation, as our political oppo-
nents-ever on the alert, and like tram
band soldiers, ready 10 obey the word OF
command-are already moved 10 this
manner. trust the Wings, champions
Of much more holy cause, will not be
less active and jealous. am satisfied
that no, only in this District, but that in
the Nation, the majority--the power is
with them if they will exert It. And
surely never was there People or Paily
impeled by stronger motives to arouse
from the lethargy ia Which they have so
slum5ere0, and TO hur once more from
their i'll. gotten places, the corruptionists,
charetans and traitors, who,havc for years
trampled in the dust the sacred lnstltu-
tons by which we hold our rights and
liberties and who by their ignorance and
quackery, have brought almost universal
run upon Nation once the frees, and
happiest on earth.
We have once swept away, and scat.
tered ike chad before the wind, the
wretched authors ofour undoing, but "the
fruits " Of the glorious victory OF Az
have "turned to ashes in our mouth" by
the egolsm, unhallowed ambition. and
treachery ofthe miserable creature, whom
Providence has visited upon US in conln-
alton of liz wrath-t6e commencement OF
tire infection has been "the curse OF Jack-
sonism."
Trusting that offrnding Heaven may
be appeasod by the vide spread sulier'ngs
of People, whom, for thirteen years ii
has seen ft to afiilct, every Whig--every
patriot viii arise, grid on his armoT, and
fly TO the rescue OF his bleeding country.
Their will "the winter of our own dtscon-
tent be mode glorious summer by the sun
the West!
IF believe that my continuance IN the
councils in the State were necessary To
the success Of the cause, | advocate, |
should feel it my duty, at whatever sacrl-
| fee, 10 ask again Of my constituents re-
newal Of the trust which they have four
times conferred on me. But the District
has many sons more capable OF serving
her than pretend to be, who have been
called on 20 make the long-continued sac
rfce of private interest 10 public duty
that have done. can have no dltlicul'
~ therefore, to yielding my place on the
battle field to younger and better,
though no, trucr soldier.
nusl soon to find fiji occasion for nd
dressing my kind and generous consti'u-
enls, and laying before them foil view
of my sayings and doihgs," as 'helr re-
preventative.
Yours Be