Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-08-03
III, TIVE POINT,

joined paragraph, touches some Of the
Democracy in the raw. Ii is a very
common thing for this patty, which calls
Itself Democratic, by way Of claiming
pre.eminence in all that is virtuons, to
account for their defeat in l64O, by say.
ing the peorle-ihe sovereign, incorrnp.
,ble and infallible people--we bribed
and defrauced. The organ of the Dc.
mocracy in this City has repeated the
stale and calumnious charge until its
tongue ought to be blistereG. But nei-
Their il nor any Of its compeers has ever
adduced particle Of proof in corrobora-
ton Of the accusation. 1t rests simply
on their unsupported ipse dirit. But even
# there be truth in it. to whom is it most
disgracefnl-- the Wigs rho bribed, or the
Democrats who ,cere bribed i--for Demo.
cra,s must have been the bri6ed, as the
Wings could not have committed the folly
of buying themselves. Will some Demo.
cratic moralisi explain this matter; and
state still farther, what is to be gained. it
they prove that their Democratic brethren
are vrndble commodities
"THE ALLEGED VENALITy OF THE De-
MocRAcy.- Will the Evening Post be so
good as TO inform its readers who the
party were that were SO badly cheated in
the year lS4Ol Where were the frauds
committed on the ballot boxl In what
state, county, or town. The Post is in
the habit of echoing what Mr.. Van Buren,
and Mr.. Benton have said in their pub.
lshed letters Of these frauds and of bribery
IN the political storm which swept Loco
Focoism from power, but they fail to fur
nish any particulars. lfit be incumbent
on the Evening Post. as party paper, to
publish every thing which its political
masters can invent, il is to be hoped that
the Editors WI state that they are given
az party matters for which the Post is not
responsible and in which it has no faith
itself. Otherwise lei the Editor admit
that be merely rel eats what he knows to
be untrue.
This ridiculous charge of fraud in tho
elections of ls40 involves nobody, TO be
sure, but the Loco Focos themselves. If
any body was bought or bribed the Editor
Of the Post, even, will admit they were
not Wings. There was no necessity Of
buying them. OF course such purchases
were made from the ranks of the Loco
Focos, if made at nll--from the immacu-
late Loco Focos!-ffom the people in
whom Mr.. Van Buren,, Mr.. Benton, and
the Evening Post profess to pu. SO much
confidence,
1--WE are not called upon TO deny that
both the leaders and the led Of the Loco.
Focos are purchasable commodities. but
we believe they are not worth purchasing,
as President Tyler will find out when be
has bought just as many os he has offices
for. But whether purchssable or not,
they were not waEted in 1910. The
utter corruption of the administration Of
Mr.. Van Burcn-the universal system
of robbery and plumber which he estab.
lish and approved, were sufficient to over.
throw twenty such parties as that then in
power.
"There is another consideration con-
nected with this charge of buying up the
Loco Focos, which, if it were true, would
operate somewhat upon the Van Buren,
party in their attemps to re nominate
their master. filthy were bought once,
they can be bought again. If they thus
overthrow Martin Van Buren, once, they
can again. The People themselves, the
unpurchasable mul,itu lie, have probably
not discovered any new traits Of honesty
in his character or policy since the last
Presidential election, or il they have, the
news has not been made pubic.