Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-03-17

freM tks fndepsn1eW-
CHI ,NcE m THE EDITORIAL DEPARf-
,6sa MENr OF This PAPER
Mr.. Woodson, II will be seen from the
following announcement, having disposed
ofhis interes. in the Independent, retires.
We deeply regret to part with our
friend, whose worth and excellence are
universally acknowledged in the circle OF
his acquaintance. But the new ar
rangemen,, we doubt, will be fully saiis-
factory TO the Wing public.
10 Mr.. WooJson's stead succeeds Joseph
Segar, Esq, Of Virginia, gentleman Of
high talent, and, in bis own State at loast,
well known 10 fame.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Ga the 25th Instant, my connexIon with
the Independent ceased.
Having resided the whole of my lie IN
the country, find, upon experiment, the
change of habit too sudden and violent to
be borne: therefore relinquish the pros.
poets which the prosperous fortunes Of
tho paper held out to me, to cultivate that
rural retirement to which have been ac-
custoned.
In dissolving, however, my brief con-
nexion with the Independent, am happy
10 y, able 10 state that shall be succeed.
cd by one than whom few are obler t,
maintain the great principles for the fur.
therance Of which the establishment Of
this paper was designed.
Mr.. Segar is genuine Wing, compre.
hends well the issues before the country,
aud is gentleman both of talents and
energy.
Leaving the editorial conduct OF the pa.
per to Mossrs. Peasants. Johnston and
Segar, lretire with the confident belief
that these gentlemen will give to the
Wings Of the Union Journal in every
way worthy Of the great cause in which
they are embarked.
JOHN wooDsoN.
In acceding TO a share in the Editorial
conduct OF the Independent, | scarcely
need say. that the change of the Copart-
nary will be productive Of no change in
the principles and course Of the Paper.
/ will remark, in brief, that after an at.
teniive observation Of passing events,
have been utterly unable to discover
wherein the Wing Party has gained by
the great victory OF Eighteen Hundred
and Forty. Its fruits have been wrested
from US by the ,reachery Of one man, and
that which belonged to great party and
to the country, appropriated to himself a.
lone. The glorious hopes Inspired by
Wing ascendancy are dashed. We are
now just where we were when we fret
took up arms against corruption and ar
btrary Power. There seems, under Mr..
Tyler's Administration, no prospect Of
having carried out, in practical operation,
a single one Of the great principles for
which, from frs, to last, the Wing party
has fought. Our twelve years aiduous
struggle, has been all in vain.
To take up arms afresh, is the obvious
course Of the Wings of the Union, unless
they design gnobly to surrender the lofty
reputation which as party, they have
hitherto maintained, and to abandon the
glorious principles, which gave them par.
ty existence, and for long years kept their
banner to the breeze.
Presenting, then, that the battle is TO
be fought over, | shall unite with my as.
sociates in endeavoring to keep constant
ly before the country, and to enforce, the
great issues Of the political campaign Of
ls4O, on which Gen. Harrison was ele-
waited to the Presidency.
My political creed, therefore, is briefly
this:
believe the One Term principle, to
use the language of MIR. Tyler, "that
greatest ofall Reforms, without which all
the effort at Reformation will be hope
less" so believe, because its practical
enforcement will destroy corruption, by
taking away the motives 10 corruption.
believe radical reduction Of Execu-
tive Patronage to BIO Indispensable, no,
only to the purity, but to the very exis-
tence OF our Tree institutions.
regard il oil the last moment that Elk
ecu,ive Power be weakened by further
and decided limitations. To this end, !
deom an essential modification Of the Ve-
to Power and tho power Of Removal, as
absolutely requisite to prevent the Gov
eminent from becoming practical mon.
archy. 1t is, in Iced, little less at present;
and worst Of all, monarchy founded
in corruption.
am an advocate FOR economy and re.
trenchmcnt in the expenditures of the
Government and for the reformation Of
abuses.
believe that Corruption is eating Its
way into the very v!tals of the country
that the present Government is the most
corrupt the Union has ever had; and ac-
cordingly that Executive action--the
main source OF the evil--should be un-
ceasingly watched.
am 10 favor OF the Distribution Law
Of the extra session, considering II a mea-
sure of peculiar benefcence, as one es-
pecially respectful of State rights, and as
loudly demanded by the pecuniary cond.
sion Of the States.
do not doubt the constitutonalty OF
a National Bank, and its expectancy snll
less. believe its re establishment, in
connection with some policy in restraint
Of foreign impor,ations, the only means
OF restoring 10 the country sound cur