Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-09
THE DIFFERENCE.

The Dir r EhENLE.
The great difference in the objects for
which the two great parties of the coun-
Try are contendgng, must be obvious to
every impartial observer, wlo will take
The least trouble 10 look at our past histo-
I ry. The Loro-s are endeavoring to res
re MIR. Ven Buren,, and with him tie
policy which The people. but three shr
Years ago, unequiyocally condemned.
I That policy, so far as they are wiling 10
defue H. is the Sub Treasury (an exIe
riment which failcd from its impraciica
bility) and vague sort Of Revenue Sys
TEN, which they themselves have not yet
/ agreed upon. Ia enc part Of the coun-
4 Try, Il is 10 be system that will "discrim
mate il favor Of home labor, in agrIcul-
tuie. commerce and manufaciu es. (" 10
another. they declare they must have
Free Trade, and Low DUTIES" and if
they discriminate at ALL il must be against
protection. How they are TO have Free
Trade with duties oil any description. we
are rot able exactly 10 divine, nor do we
suppose they could tell themselves But
this matters not. 1t is to the dirersity of
III, ir creed that we wish to call the public
attention. Mr.. Van Buren, is irving 10
pay polite game on this subject, but il
is probable his double set of opinions may
eventually give him son trouble. His
trends OF Syracuse declare for Tariff
that will yield encouragement 20 Home
Industry. Mr.. Clay uses term some
what stropger-he would protect our ma
tional interts sis. Mr.. Van Buren,, appa-
rently needless Of the views ofhis friends
at home, writes to his friends in the South,
letter in which (the Enquirer says) he
"denounces and utterly dsclaims the pre-
seat Tariff law" that is, the Identical law
lor which Slas Wright aud James Butha-
nan voted!
Then the issue is this-the Locos 60
for Mr.. Van Buren, and ToriF which no.
body understands for the Sub Treasu-
ry--and for a restoration Of all the abom.
nations of the old regime, including Stand.
ing Army, Negro Testimony, the Pecu.
lalions OF Public Officers, and an Expen.
diture Of Thirty Seven Millions per an
mum. Ii not ior these, then for some
unirled experiments, likely to fail as all
others did. The Wings, by the election
OF Mr.. Clay, go for policy which has
been well tr ed, and under which the conn-
try prospered for forty years. They go
for Sound Currency, Of paper and metal,
suitable TO the wants and conveniences of
commercial and trading people, like
ours and for a TaIiff, combining Mode.
ration and Sia5iHty-such as W II render
US indep ndent of foreign natlors-and
such an one as we now have, which has
ase sufficient revenue for all the proper
wants If the gov, rnment, and cheapened
every article Of n, cessity, lower than ever
b, fire kaown. They go for Statesman,
American IN all his feelings, and for
policy favored by the fathers uf the true
Republican Church.
The Locoes profess to entertain prin-
ciples Which can be represented either in
the pers,n Of the Proclamationis or of
the Nu1 fer, by the Tariff man or the
Free Trace manly this, or that, or the
other sort Of a politician, provided he
call AmseJfa Democrat,
The Wings, on the contrary, cl lin no
such versatility of views, or flexibility of
purpose = they cons der Mr.. Clay the en-
bo6imcnt Ct their principles, and point TO
his past history and that Of the country,
with all the prosperous measures Of which
he is identiii d Jas guarantee that things
viii work well under his superin,end nee.
Thu Wings 60 Tor the one Term princi-
pie, which removes from the President
all temptation II US The patronage of the
government TOR selfish ends, and which
would lead him to look 10 the good opin
ion and tho gratitude Of his coun,rymen
as rewards above all price. And they
go for man who would besto~ the pub
lie offices, as trusts for the people, upon
those best competentto Gil them, and not
as the mere reward OF bipartisan service.
THY ask common sense. honest, and
rejecting men, which creed promises the
best results for the country--,hat which
is well defined, and proved by experience
or that which depends on the changing
experiments Of politicians who have NO
fixed rules Of action Politicians, too,
who denouace as Federalists to-day,
that which the great body of the Repub!i-
can Party, under the lead of jeff rson,
Mad and Monroe, established and
maintained throughout their whole career
as orthodox and truly American. We
cannot doubt their CHOICE WIN. Repap.
The WING CAUSE IN 1889 and $780,
A cayn M r,fu oCAhe reSlIlts If the piprfiopS