Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-03-07

"fulI and thorough accord with the senti-
lrep,s and principles" Of Mr.. Caihoun's
late letter, may give equal proof OF con-
sistency and craftsmanship BY rendering
their cooperation 10 a party. the larger
part Of which" do not, by their own shew-
ING. accord with those srntiments and
principles, 10 the ilusory hope, that from
their Intrinsic force and justice, they
must" at some future time, become
portion OF the Common Creed :" and IN
der the further delusion, that the action
on "seyeral occasions" Of a portion OF
Their Northern friends, Inconsistent with
their opinions" on topics deemed by them
"peculiarIy vital to the South, the Tariff
aud Abolition questions" shall hereafter
be fully "rectified and redeemed; the
members Of that parry will neither be be.
wildered by their transcendeDtaism, nor
betrayed by their political Ethics, into the
support Of man, who, Whatever his pro
LESSONS, has, through oil his life, been
directly opposed to them by his votes, on
those very quesrions-the Tariff and Alb
olition-which these leaders themselves
declare specuIiarly vital to the South.
We express TO you then, after a cain
review ofthe whole ground our firm aud
gratifying conviction that were the con
test to take place to morrow It would re-
suit in the triumphant election OF Henry
| Clay and that causes are in operation,
calculated in our opinion, the longerlt is
postponed, but to swell and magnify tie
triumph.
We have no fears then for the general
result: but we feel the deepest sollciuds
for the part Virginia shall play in that
grea, day 0! Delivrrance. Firmly per-
suaded as we are, that the struggle we are
now engaged in, involves nothing less
than contest between the principles of
Public Virtue and Private Morals-and
Public and Private Corruplon--of regu-
lated Ere dom and unbr;dcd Liceusc-
of Law and Order, and the observance Of
cont, acts, on the one haud--and jacob.
nical violence, Anarchy and Republication
on the other--a just Interpretation Of the
Constitution in its true spirit, and faith
full and fearless exercise OF al, nor less
than all, the powers It coniers-none that
it denies ;-and trucking, paltering
construction of t-now overlt aplng-now
falling short, Of its just limitations, TO suit
the caprice OF the hour, or catch the pop
ular gale;-between genuine and spur
ious Dcmocrncy;-in fine, between the
principle OF DemagogIsm and the Spirit OF
Patriotism, we cannot as Virglnians hut
feel filal solicitude for the course Vir-
einia shall pursue. Who that delights
in. her ancient Ienown, achieved in resls
ting oppres sion-ihat recalls her carrier
glories won 10 the cause Of public virtue
who that reioices IN hrr fame for hav-
ing present 10 her country long line
of Presidents uuimpeached by one single
act Of encroachment or usurpaIlon--un,
tainted by even the suspicion of corrnp.
,ior-but feels deeply the humiliation to
which she was subjected by kissing the
rod Of the IRON wille1 Presidfnt--the yet
worse humiliation Of having countenanc-
ed the corruptions OF Van BurenIsm. II
was never, we believe, in the inlorm"d
spirit of Virginia, to have submitted to the
one, or in her love Of virtue, to have coun-
tenanced the other. But, trusting to false
guides, she was misled and betrayed.
To this grateful task, then, of redeem
| ing the Siete and reseatlpg her IN her &C
cus,omed place Of honor--let all and each
of US, in his degree, soemnly and d'sin-
itorestcdly dceicae himself. Let selfish,
ness be- wholly lost sight Of in love Of coun
try. IT, as has been truly and BEAUTIFUL
lv SAID, there is ga victory 10 dying well,
for ones country" so is defeat in the
counlry's cause triumph--tor to have
nobly sirivtn, gives title to The Laurel,
whether success or failure attend the ell
| fort.
We recommend then that every cleo
ton, under whatever circumstances, be
strongly contes;ed--every d strict, every
county, every precinct thoroughly eau
vass d. Let he Wings bring every
where in to the field their wor,hlest men
the ab est to instruct and enllghien the
people. Armed in the panopIy of truth
--impelled only by love of country, her
honor and iulefests--her happiness and
rlory--d, dicsted to recall erlrom strange
Gods, AMI a false worship, TO the ancirnt
Wing faith Of a Revolutionary ancestry
the sons Of Virginia will go forth to battle.
As the ignorance, usu'pation and ty-
ranny Of the Jackson rule--lhe pushlan-
unity, proHeacy and selfshness of the
! Y. Buren, asrendancy, have been brought,
by discussion, more and more into the
light Of day, tho further and further has
she fallen away from the error other ad'
vocacy-airorGing another and crafty ing
proof that Error, indeed, ceases to be
dangerous when reason IS left free TO com
bat IT, The vast majority of l4,65l
votes given by Virginia to Jackson IN
1928, dw,ndled to l,ss than l,4OO, IN
1910. To the same full and free Discus
sion-the. sword and shield at once ofthe
public Liberty, (ond first, be it remrm.
bered, fully evoked in its defence by the
Wing party,) we owe thus great and en-
couroging change; and to the same mems,
having no terrors Cor The honest, but fear.
ed and fed from by the corrupt, shall we
surely be Indebted, # we zealously en-
ploy them, for the speedy. complete and
glorious redemption ofihe Commonwealth.
No son cf hers, who Is a true Wing,
will stand back on that day which is IL
restore Virginia TO her high place among
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