Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-03-23


the champion OF Mr.. Wallis bill. and the opponent
of the snragonist Wing scheme. beeanse M,.
Nails contained. and the antagonist scheme did
not those very features which now the subject
Of his and his party especial mslsdction Indeed,
the existing law, whch MIR. Benton and his Tsrty
so GENEROUSLY denonnce, DOES not contain single
tmporfost principle thar was not embodied ia Mr..
Wallis bill, which they 80 strenaous'y advocated
The only essential difference between them - the
absence IN the former Of a provision making y ap-
plcabe 10 State corporations, which was embodi-
ed in the Iatter--a provision " hich regard
constitutional 10 itself and utterly Destructive OF
the rights Of the States--as Martin Van Baren
himself (though he has recently changed THAT O.
pinion) declared il to be 1926, and as John T.
Calhoun proclams il to be now
After this brief glaaee ~ the attitude Of parties
on this question, their several periods within tue
last seventeen years, no unprelatieed mind VIII
hesitate justify ne declaration, that the Bank.
rnpt Law was neyer regarded, treated, as a
paytv question at all, until the Extru Session of
l84I. and that it was then, far practicable,
made party question for faciious purposes. Iii
a question with which he Wings, as party, have
never identified themselves, and 10 which, on The
other hand their opponents have until l84l, given
as general and as cordial support as themselves.
Its subsequent repeal. too, by vote OF sbout two
20 one, in the House OF Representatives, in which
there is a large Wing majority. would demonstrate
the injustice OF the attempt to identity It as "a
Wing measure" even if The intelligence of the
country did not at enable ii detect the fasi.
~ OF the allegation.
Circumstances require US fellov-eitizeps briefly,
but emphaticaIly to.say that are opposed to
the
AssumPrIoE OF STATE DkBTs.
In whatever form that proposition may have
been heretofore. may hereafter be suggested -
In the contraction Of debts each State for it,,
self, and is alone responsible Toe itsacs. fhe gem
eral government does not stand towards the
States, in the relation eithe Of guardian endors-
er; and is not therefore, under any obligation To
conlril ute towsrds their relief But We go fufhef
and say thai it has right to do so, with or with
out the assent of any one or all of the States,
without a previous amendment Of the Fedora Con.
-litufon. And even If the right clearly existed,
The highest expediency wonld forbid its exercise,
This subject, however, derives Importance more
from the magnitude at the principles involved IN
It's decision than from any possibility of its adop-
ton. Caprivsted the citizens Of some of the IN
Gebied States may be With The delu,ive scheme. as
presenting the Of relief from he oppressive
burtheD Of debt, without resorling the still more
oppressive buIthen Of taxation lof its iqnidstiou-
aud blinded, by is promise of present aid, 10 its
future eonsequ-nces,-it may, the first presen-
taton Of the question, meet With many advocates
but the subject shall he examined. in its remote
bearings, they will be forced the conclusion
or later, that il is ''beter bear the ills
they feel" gresious they may be- than to 'ty 10
others that they know uf."
II becomes us TO indicate our preference a. TO the
candidate of The Wing Party tor the next Prcsi-
dency. Instructed by our Constituents. as well as
in accordance with our own feelings, We proclaim
that
HgsRY CLAr, IF Kentucky,
Is the object Of that preference, over all other men
-declai ing, however, that in making this avo~al,
we deem II due TO our brother Wings, in other
States. who may prefer any Other individual, IT
any such there be, that willing IN submit
his claims to the consideration and decision oi
National Convention. We deem ii unnecessary to
sustain the nomination of This Distinguished States
end Patriot, by enumeration of his pubic
services, by attempt TO vindcate his charac
ter from the aspersons OF his enemies. These SER
vices are inscribed upon every page Of his cosnirys
History-that character has passed through the
fiery ordeal of numerous pacty contests, without
spot of bemish resting uPon il. His bitterest enc
mics admit his superiority To all selfish considera-
lions; and they who most loudly condemn his o.
pinions confess the Independence with which they
are ed, and the ability With which they are
naintained native Of ViIgna, while he has al
ways been loyal to the Union be has never been
alien 10 tHe fanu OF nus Dlflu. re hhs ~"
taiy exploits of which 30 boast but although he
was never summoned TO the field, his wise councils
gave energy TO the arm that welded the sword
and his eloquent voice, like that OF Demosthenes
when be aroused The Aihenians against the Mscedo-
MAN invader, often rekind'ng the dropping conr-
age of his counfrymen, when imhecility and cow
araice and rreachery had struck our fag and
shrouded the nation in gloom. Equal to any e
mereency, he has twice, by hs wise moderation,
cued the Union from impending dis.ulution.-ln
1919 when the question Of The annexation OF Mis-
sou,i 10 The Cunfrdeiacy ssilated the Halls ol
Congress; and in 1892. when the State Of South
Carolina and the Federal Government were az
rnvcd against each orher and when the friends ct
our free institutions ,rembied for their safety Al
each uf these critical eras in the history Of our
Government, Henry Clay proved himself equal TO
the emergencies that srose hen teebler minds,
les. patriotic spirits would have sunk desparingly
under the trial or rashy died it's consequences
A. that proud period Of his brilliant eareer he H.
Illustrated The beau iful sentiment. that
"Peoce has us viclorie, as well as WAR,
Aud laid bis countr,m~n under obligations, The
force of which even party maIiguity cannot wholly
destroy, and which the highest honor IN their gilt
cannot more than repay.
In reference to a candidate for the Vice Presi-
dency, we shall express no personal preference
leaving his selection TO the nsiute deliberation Of
the National Convention which is proposed to he
held in the city OF Baltimore, the Sd day of
Nav, 1874.
Fellow -citizens of the VIII party. permit US, in
conclusion to conlnre you, you value your tree
institutions, and as you coDide in the necessity OF
the adoption Of the principles by which you have so
long abided their purity well as their psfpe-
taity-as you desire the re-estsblishment of the
prosp sry Of your county, to which the success OF
Wing measures is essentisl--as you would rebuke
and defeat those who have Slapped the foundations OF
the one, and destroyed the other, by series of
rash experiments-we conjure you to arouse from
your lethargy; TO grid your armor once more
for the bsltle and to make another vigorous and
united effort 10 restore the Government 10 the
hands OF honest, patriotic, capable men. You have
received high egecy from noble ancestry: see 10
It, that you nit it, unimpsred, toyour descend
ants.
BENZ. w. LEIGH,
President;
CHAPMAN JOHNSON,
wYNDHAM ROBERTSON,
CHARLES J. FAULKNER,
JOHN II. PEYTON
ROBERT w CARTER,
JAMES X. HUBBARD.
Fiee Presidents;
r. N. ToLER, e,:
ALEX. MosELEY,