Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-11-16

A deep convection has taken possession
iof the pubic mind thafiheir best and dear.
est interest, for years TO come, are bound
up in the approaching contest. The lines
between The TWO grt at parties whmh d.
vide the country, have been clearly
drawn. The measures espoased by each
are al length profoundly understood, and
are seen 10 be no fanciful difference, no
mere verbal or M auiogl, s. disputes; but
70 involve the whole policy If the com
Try and 10 unite Themselves closely With
the actual lie and daily business oi eve
/ ry citizen. The people have come to
I feel this. Thy knew its reality and are
prepared for the issues. Ia Every part If
the country strong, though as yet gu ct
and almost noiselsss, enthusiasm is TAX
ing possess on Of the hearts OF the people.
They seem to be, not possessioaa,e and
fierce, not disposed to act rashiy or in
haste, but determined TO aet when the
hour shall come. This seems TO BIO the
disposition Of both parties-but the re-
semblance between the two goes DO fur
Their. No political party in this country
ever held a more noble attitude, or po-
Siion OF more commanding strength, than
tina, occupied by the Wigs at,he present
time. Resouie and unbendng to the
last degree in their attachment TO the
principles of the party, and devoted, with
favor which rather resembles the ardor
Of personal friendship than the usual ties
of political association, to him who is their
proud and undalnted champion, they
evince none of that blind and reckless
devotion which spurs all direction and
control, and, is the heat Of this fury,
overleaps the goal at which it aims.
They never forget the dictates Of pru-
dence in their zeal for their principles;
but are ready 10 acknowledge, and to act
upon the belief, that only though prudence
aud the utmost care, can these principles
be finally and triumphan,iy established. -
Every thing like personal animosilies,
sectional jealousie, and petty resenlments
they are prepared to throw to the winds,
whenever the good Of the party and the
success of its principles shall demand the
sacrifice. With such spirit, governed
by such motives, and guided in their ac-
llOU ny SUCH tucy SuuuOt
fail of success. -New York Courier.
''For ourselves THE Locofocos) it is
not to be denied that we are this fall in a
moral condition, as party, entirely unfit
for the formidable encounter now so nigh
at hand. We are, comparatively, as the
crew of the Chesapeake when she went
into her il-starred action with the Shan.
non;--let US not disregard the warning Of
the example. The fatal influence Of the
dissension no,c distracting us--dissension
about men and not about measures-a-
bou, persons and not about principles
is wyitten in characters unequirocM enough
ON the records Of too many Of The elections
oft season. If these are not harmonic
ed, and that thoroughly and soon-we
may as well spare ourselves from the out
set that fruitless struggle which aeiW not
haze eren hope to cheer It, and resign our.
selves at once to that inevitable cup, Of
The modification and grief Of defeat, in
whose bitter draught the worst ingredien,
will be the thought that it is by our own
hands it was dragged. democratic Re-
riep. 8ss