Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-05-12
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OUR FLAG.

h,oo,a Inscribed with the name OF HENRY
CIV. In this sign we hope to conquer
but If the people, Tor Their own further al,
fiction, shall Otherwise decree, IN u we
are content to be defeated. We have de.
layed taking this step, heretofore, in de.
ference to the doubts Of others as TO It's
policy. We have rot shared 10 these
doubts, and recent circumstances so Justi-
fy our long-cherished convictions that ne
above oil, If not he alone, is capable o.
the head Of the Government, OF retrieving
alike our honor and our prosperlsy-oi a.
verting impending evils, or OF milga''ns
them Il they must come that we can no
longer hesitate to declare publicly our
preference, and the grounds on WHICH u
rests.
We 90, then, for II. Clay as President
Of the United States, rs man ever iound
in the front rank Of the trends oil Tree
dom.--Witness how he chcered on and
encouraged, in their darkest hour, the
Cracks and The South Americans, in their
struggles for liberty.
we 20 for him, as the friend Of the
Union, proved in many gloomy crisis,
and capable, in order to preserve il, OF
laying down even his mos. cherished opln-
ions.-W Witness the fortunate adjustment
OF the Missouri question, and the emo.
bling oblaton made by him to concord To
that great Act OF Compromise, which,
composing differences whom on the point
of being settled by an appeal to arms, a.
verted, at once, the threatened disruption
Of the Union, and the horrors and shame
of civil war.
We 90 for him as the friend Of Peace
but not shrinking from war when his coun-
,ry's honor demand it--nor shrinking from
the bold advocacy, when once embarked
in the contest, of all measures calculated
to crown our efforts with victory. Wit
ness his course in Congress before and
during the war of 1912 -pen1ing our
late difficulties with France, and those
now unhappily subsisting between US and
Great Britain.
We go for him as prudent and skill
tnl Diplomatst, who knows how to term.
nate hostllties when once begun, withou,
compromising tho honor or the interest Of
his country. Witness his negotiations a,
Client.
We 90 for him as an honest agent
who intrusted with anothcr's funds for a
specific object, feels bounl, when that pur
pose is satisfied, to return it to those to
whom it rghtfully belongs. Witness his
cours, on the Distribution Bill.
We go for him because no goes for
raising revenues adequate TO meet the pub
lie wants and protect the public faith,
from the constitutional source Of the Gus
toms -despising the make-shllt policy oil
Treasury notes.-the paltry and decepti.
Gus resort of feeble and selfish statesmen.
We 90 for him, because in raising this
revenue, he goes for such determinations
rs will aid the home manufactures that,
IN time of war, are essential TO our de-
fence, and such as give back blow Tor
blow to the foreigner who seeks to strike
down American Industry.
We go for him as u member Of the thr
Teen millons-a-year administration OF
l52I--25, when the country was at the
ztnlth oil its prosperity--an Administra-
lion which one Of US then joined in putting
down for its extravagance. but which the
disastrous experience Of the last twelve
wears has satisfied US was both honest
and economical.
As one Of US opposed him then. be.
leving him contaminated by bargain,
intrigue and corruption" so we so for
him now, when the sole witness relied on
10 supper, the charge, 10 make clean
breast before going into the presence OF
his God, has coma forward to exonerate
him from tire charge altogether.
We q for him, in fine, in gratitude for
numerous and brilliant past services--out
OF admiration Of his splendid talents. evor
fed aud exalted by the fires Of pure and
fervd patrio!;sm--of his manly indepen-
dJnce--of high and generous ntture--ot
his unsolish and uncalculatlng spirit and
from the intimate conviction we feel, that
by elevating him, we take the most eth
Gent means, under Providence, of reviv-
ing the public credit--oi restoring the gen
eral prosperity, and prom ting the happi-
ness ofthe people--oi averting from our
beloved country the threatened calamites
of war, (should these in the meantime not
have burst upon u.s. if possibly to be done
consistently with the national honor, or in
the event war, atfordng al! practical BILE
protection to our people and our property
of giving the highest energy to our eff
forts, and final AMI assured success to cur
arms.