Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-10-06

either accident or lapse Of time bad Great
ed vacancy.
Now if any one thing more than al
others, had the effect To buoy up tn,
hearts of the Wings under their manifold
reverses, II wns the hope that the da,
would come, sooner or later, when thu
army Of mercenary hirelines should b.
turned adrih, and patriotic men put il
their places. Time and perseverance,
and good cause at length accomplished
their hopes, md gave them the ascendsn-
cy. Changes were expected in the Who'll,
policy OF the Government, but none was
looked forward 10 with more interest, by
the gree, mass Of the Wings, than the
purga,ion of The offices of the country.
They cared not who were appointed, pro-
vided they were honest and capable men,
but The remoral Of those mho had accepted
Office as the price Of their principles, and
had agreed 10 pay for their appointments
IN services 10 their party, the Wings re-
garded ss a sacred aud imperative duty
Scarcely, however, was the work Of pu-
rl6cation begun, than the cry of persecu-
ton was sounded every where by the
helpless end suff,.ring Democracy OF
the country" MIR. WALKER discoursed
IN the Senate about prescription Mr..
BRNToN talked about the unprecedented
rage for office, save the mark Mr..
BUCHANAN complacently introduced a re-
solution calling upon the President for the
names OF all persons who b I'd been remov.
ed from Office since the 4th Of March,
lS4l.
Mr.. Ty Ter had already been called to
the head OF affairs as the administrator de
6onis non of the lamented Harrison. He
found an opposition already organized
against him. As far back as January,
lS4l, when the votes Of the States were
unsealed, and the resul, of the late con-
test declared by the Vice President, Mr..
BENTON had risen then in his place, and
proclaimed with loud voice, that the de E.
mocrdcy pere not beaten, and the legisla.
ture Of Missouri, acting upon the hint Of
their leader, had nominated Mr.. VAN BU-
rem as the democratic candid ,e Tor the
contest Of 1874 before Gen. HARRISON
was inaugurated. And thus the man
whose election had been signalized by u
clear majority Of one bundled and sixty
thousand Of the popular suiiragrs was not
allowed Il single day TO show whether his
Intentions were gooi, his measures wise,
patriotic and salutary, or the contrary.
The country required repose, but i, was
TO have no reposr, if disappointed and
desperate party could prevent it. The
army Of ohce-holders organized by the
late administration, and paid with tn" mo-
ney Of the people to fight IT'S battles. had
been bu, in part disbantej by Gen. HAIR
RIsoN. II was still formidable from its
numbers-m formidable from its spi-
rlt. to the new order Of things.
Under these circumstances the compile
ton of the good work so happily begun
by President, HARRIsoN, was due alike to
the expectations of the Wings and TO the
great and permanent interests OF the pub
lie morality. Ii seemed however thai:
Mr.. Tyler had formed plan of his own
for the reformation of the public morals,
and according TO his philosophy, the best
mode Of condemning prescription" WAS,
~hen corrupt men were forced into Of.
flee, to let them alone. IL was to no pur-
pose that those who had placed MIN IN Of
fee, demonstrated, held meetings. resoiv-
ed, petiioned and insisted tina, this grea,
object of the party so well understood be.
fore the election, should be carried out in
gooi faith after it was over. Mr.. Tyler
shook his head, spoke of his conscience,
and determined that no further removals
should be made.
Time passed on. The Wing party &C
quiesced. though with ill-concrrted discon-
tent, in the hayward scruples Of the presi-
Dental conscience, when men began To
observe that the process OF removing Off
cial incumbenls and appointing others in
their stead, was still going on in full Wig
or. Ii was remsrked too with some little
surprise, that while Wings were removed
as we'll as Democrats, men the most hon
est and deserving, were compelled to give
place to others Of very opposite charac.
ter. This was deemed little mysteri-
Gus What could il meant Was the
President engaged in lerietlng GU: abuses
upon evidence satisfactory to his own
mind, and with an impartiaiity which
spared no, his own friends Men were
not left TO speculate long upon motives
which they could not understand, before
the attention of the country was again ar
rested by the important fact, that none
but Wings were now removed, and only
Loco-focos appointed to ill their places,
and that The friends OF Mr.. CLAY, more
over, were picked off every where, while
to ensure an Office to any adventurer, /,
was only necess .ry that he should pro-
claim himself Tyler man. Thus the
whole truth was out-the mystery was
solved. The Wings had ii seems begun
To make certain demonstrations in favor
Of Henry CLAY as their next candidate,
and John Tyler had taken the field a.
gainst him Heavens and earth is there
no limit to the folly of human nature p
John Tyler the competitor of Henry
Clay
Il would be fruiiless to ask Mr.. Tyler
to resign. He has secured the prize at
which he aimed, and the scorn OF mankind
will never drive him from it. He will
fret out his appointed time upon the stage,
and then retire 10 Charles Civ County.