Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-02-02
TAg one TERM PRINCIPLE.

Il has been discovered by portiun OF
our frtnds on the other SHE thai the one
term principle is vastly importsnt thing.
We have only 20 express our surprise that
this was not discovered bs.fs,re. II was
as good principle when III. Van Blu
rem was candidate for eeccad term rs
II is nov, when Mr.. Calhoun is wiling to
be content with one. Still il IS gratry-
ing 10 find that right vieasare making
progress even Il i, be Slowly.
Tho sutjon-d paragraph is from the
Charleston Mercury. The reader VIII
have nod iiicuily u is:ernIng the par
iicular reas n that mtk-s the Proprl "
OF the nne term PRINCIPE so manif st:
The Importance of the one term prjRci
cipie advocated by 6 u. Jackson IN his
IN sssges--an1 approved by the Who'll
party, becomes daily more apparent
Its al tpton will secure The reprrsen
t.iion 'f the people, aud III .ir VII IN
the 81 ing and adm nstiation II thu Ex-
ecutive office. |, will pu, an end 10 the
management of selfish politicians, wbn
would retain office nv the continuance OF
power IN tina hands of The incumb nj IN.
der v HON they obtain d ufiice--and who
tn continue or to restore President to
who's" defeat sni that II thu party with
him, their own Incnmpetency or lulyru-
deuce has perhaps cuntrbuted-oppose
their selfish macbinations 10 The popular
Will. II il were not for inferior men.
who calculate on Mr.. Van Buren's over
looking their errors md iolcraiing Their
imbecllty but who can hope nothing
from bona jfde REFORM the union ofthe
party on tho greatest man ofthe ID mo
Gratis, and most available candidate, would
be certain.
The State OF South Carolina, il viii be
recollected, was among the few Stat $
ihsi cast their wits for Mr. Van Buren,
ia 1910. The Charleston Mercury was
al that time strenuous advocate Of the
candidate who sought a cond term and
pie among the "humb1gs" which II was
accustomed t. charge upon the Wings.
Blu; This is not the first time that virulent
party urnals have had occasion 10 re-
trace their stems, and to go in the teeth
o. thr own decln ratlons. AS for the
Charleston jnu,nal, il may now have re-
course to lis own files for articles OF Win.
peration agains, Mr.. Van Burn, written
and published prior 10 1897. It's sup.
port OF ihet gentleman since may be as
cnbed TO anything II pl"as.s-a tempora.
~ haliucina,ion deuded expectation
OF advantages likely TO ennre-or any
Other conse denoting political blindness
or extravagnn, hopes.
Every day seems to make more mani
fes, tn. total want Of confidence b.
tween the two sections Of the aisefse par
iy. They ar" probably at THIS moment
as hostile tn on" another us rilher is To-
wards the Wings. Some pretend that
thesa dssentIons nre irlvltI, aud that u
convention will sei,le every thing haima-
niously. We are beginning 10 douh,
whether Convention viii be beld. A
correspondent Of the Rirhmonj Enquirer,
writing from Washington. says. ave all
nRIft III 1oDft'ititu, w Cou' eniTFlt ana
bnr monist the Democratic Party. Bnf
this Contention cannot 10, miiiout ii be
organized in manner 10 command he
public confidence. How is thai TO b.
done? Ii cannot be- done. Intrigue and
management will prevail; and Let either
Of the two candidates, or any one Of tn.
six, be nominated, aud the disappointed
ones will DE persuaded that there was IN
fair work. There can b. no harmony
in the midst Of so many disrordin, eIe.
ments-so much individual pretension.
R1I Amer