Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-09-07

MR.. VAN RuREN's CLAIMS.

Mr.. Van Buren,, IN urging his claims TO a
nomination for the Pr, sldency. lay more
Stress upon lte fact Of his de'eat in 1910
than upon any great principle identified
with his name or former policy The
elect on of Gen. Harrison is pronounced
i BY many Of them fraud upon the people
the exci.em, nj ofth.t period is desig-
mated as foul an disgusting oebauch Of
the popular mind--a wretched humbug
Of hard cider and coon sklrs, BY which
the overthrow Of democratic principles
! vas effected. We have passed over such
representations as these-believing them
10 be effusions Of disappointed spirits, lof
the most part, seeking for solace in words
Il Of abuse without ascribing any real
weight TO such violent language.
Blu, tho things IS going TOO far. The
charges and denunclatlons, overlooked
when uttered in warm blood after an ex-
citing contest, are now reiterated, repeat
ed, reaffirmed. They form the staple of
edit rial disqu,siiions, of addresses from
organized bodses, of reports, circulars and
resolitions Mi. Van Buren, is held up
moi as the author of The Sub Treasury.
the t,uiy distinct " policy which makes
him US Public man, but as tie martyr
of ls40--lh, wet m Of fraud and foul ptdy
land the party is called upon TO; reslore
him to power as the only way of r'ghiing
the wrengs inf led up - the democracy
in his def, at. Scsrariy any other style
Of argument is enforced.
We allude TO this subj, ct particularly
at this time by reason Of language used
in paper called "Kendalfs Egpositor, )"
in which al Address APPEARS to the De.
mocracy Of the United Sta'es, purp,ring
TO tie written in behalf OF number Of
the friends of Mr.. Van Buren,. 1t is re.
published in the Richmond Enquirer, oc-
cupying more than FIVE columns Of that
pap r. We wish TO make our extract as
brief as possible from such prediction;
aud our readers, we presume, will admit
that our space would be most unworthiy
filled if much Of il were devoted to such
tissue of rancour and abuse as here fol-
lows:
"a Wing organization in Congft SIS,
ramlfed into every county and town, by
means Of funds raised among themse. es
and throughout the Union, if not in
part from foreign bondhollurs, md BY
The abuse of their official Fl ap.s, inunda
ted every nook and corner OF the country,
with rivers and oceans Ct aitlul misrepro.
$ ntaiion, bold fa.seboyd and eloquent de-
annexation. Vas, 1ssemblages, madden
cd BY liquor, and Infatuated by songs, by
ravIngs CAB ID speeches, and by senseIess
ytlllngs cent forth their We'll drilled
lhouss. EDS, each as If with torch firm
/ Hp,i, TO klndle fire TO tie Fures upon
tie altar Of every log cabin and light up
!, q fame upon every stump. And III, or
gies of the canvass were consummated,
by perlurits and frauds at which The mind
still shoulders. "3s
TIE inso.ence of this language might
war ant rebuSe proporsIonate TO The
foul nature Of lis aspersions upon the
great mnjority of the States and the peo-
pie OF the uuion. But we ho'd It to be a
pitiaLle state If mind which could prompt
any one deliberately TO in ite such a
wholesale libel, and more piiiabie sill
that could make any one believe ii.
As contras, TO This Incorporate and
most vile effuslon we Gu lie tie follow ing
/ from the Alabama Tribune, paper which
advocates The claims of Mr.. Calhoun TO
the Pr, sidency and with much ability:
We repeat the question:: What caused
Mr.. Van Burens defeat by two hundred
thousand voteSi sss
For our own part, we feel compelled
TO say that we believe the larger portion
OF those votes, was composed oil the honest,
the deliberate, the Wei considered Suff'ra.
yes Of th ,se who cast them
Those suffrages, conveying the will Of
Nv O hundrt d thousand of our countrymen,
are no, SO lightly, nay SO contemporary
10 lie considered The zeal of Mr.. Van
Boren's frit nds is one thing; the settled
opposition and Iepugnance OF an over.
whelming msjority of ais countrymsn arc
quite different thing. Are the popular
feelings which, in lS40, shook this mutton
like tropical tornado worthy OF no res-
pec,l The revolution Of 1910 had indeed
d. ep meaning, which those who look
upon the surface of hings only, have read
with little profit.
For our own part, we stand at all times
av ed before the aroused majesty Of the
people. As for that great popular move.
ment ofls40, we must pluck from our
bospms every democratic instinct ere We
stand upto spit upon and scott at the
power wi ich proclaimed the will of self.
governed nation-lhi ign thpniets
of free independent, suffrage which roar
cd in its resissess strength across the
length and breadth oil the land. We may
have despised the ambitions Of folly and
excitement which characterized that era
But what great and general excitement
is without theml-These were the trash
and wet ds which f1oated upon the surface,
but he must bs a shallow reasoner who
fsncies that they contained the force
which dashed the ocean into comfnot on
so terrible. The revolution Of 1910 was
a manifestation of public feeling not to be
disguised. Nuaa
TAMMANY HALL FOR VAN buren,. -
The New York Tribune s.ys: The re.
suit of the balloting at Tammany Hall
on Tuesday evening was the choice Of
O Van Bnren and 4 Calhoun delepates