Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-03-07
NUMBER 4.

cree be not registered, the nat has gone
10 tn, and MIR. Van Buren,, there is no
] doubt, will receive the nomination Of the
Baltimore Convention as its candidate for
thr Presidency.
Wen tempted 10 pause here, and ask
what strange infs,uatiop can have pos.
sessed our opponents to provoke again.
thus early, the public Judgment on Mr..
Van Buren,. Is he not the same man
who frs, attained 10 power by the unwor.
Thy acts OF the Courier and the Dema-
sogur, now humoring the caprces of
tten ell powerful chef--now pandrrng
10 the passi ms, m ad r. sslng hImsrif TO
the rfel., IL, ;, oi III. u,u tiiude 7 Is not
the Country. y hle Ding with wounds in
! fl,t.d by his hand l. net his name in.
sepatabiy sssocialed, as prineil al au-
thor, " tn the heaviest calamiiles, and
direvt shames that ever yet fell on US ssa
| NatIoui Is il not TO his Presidency ard
his policy that every man refers as the
da kest hour OF lis fortunes, the deepest
| gloom OF his prospects; and by which
thousands GATE their rum, and the DESC
lsieness oil their once happy HONEST
WIS ii not he, chief sulhor OF those sf.
| fiictIogs, who Ilsdaniully repulsed the up.
plcatlous of the people Tor r'l,rf, and
coldly babe them help themselves D.
When did il happen, before his unfortu-
nate elevation, that an American citizen,
amongst the proudes, Of earth, blushed 10
avow himself al American Was It not
Tor the share he had IN bringing on his
country these calamties, the indifference
which he Showed 10 them, Ills unwilling
ness or incompetency to sfford remedy.
and his mulliiorm acts of mal-adminIstra-
ton, that he was driven, IN disgrace, from
the seat he was as incapable as he was
unworthy to fill Was ever an issue on
the conduct OF a public man more fully
made up-more thoroughly canvassed.--
| more fairly tried, or more decisIvelv set
tied? ChaIed by defeat, smarting under
SO Notifying dismissal, and bent des-
pers'ely on the recapture Of the spoIls.
| his friends have determined that this de-
clsion stalI be reversed +; revers, d not for
error or mIsai prehension, not for subse-
quent lllustrlous public services, but re.
v,rsed in atonement of The wrong done ham.
reversed for fraud and bribery" Hssit
come to this thst the people shall be cali
ed on 10 atone, as for wrong done him.
10 the wounded vanity Of any public off.
GER, whom in the exercise Of their un.
doubted power, they have thought prorer
TO discard? Shall the sovereign people
humbly beg pardon OF the IA thless servant
they may have chosen to dismiss ,-re-
invest him with the power off threatened
vengeance, and on their b nded knees
Crave forgiveness ana mrrcyl An cleo
ton, carried by 100000 majority, set
down to bribery aud fraud A foul,r IL
bel on the nat,on-a more undeserved IN.
suit to The people was never hazatded.--
The whole of tnat great mass Of voters,
who pronounced before aga INST Mr.. Van
Buren,, wait buvfor the appoint, day to
reptl this foul slsndsr at the polls, and
thousands who before supported HIM will
RESI-. ut this insult offered 10 their fe low
countrym,n aud To the cause OF popular
government Itself, by contributing 10 an
impending defeat as much more signal
than the last, as that far t'ancended any
yet known to our Presidential contests.
We now enter upon comparison OF tho
principles and public services Of Mr.. Clay
and Mr.. Van Buren,, tina, il may be seen
which Of the two has The stronger claim
on the support and confidence Of the coun-
try.
1t must be brief and rapid-we trust il
will be fair and true.
Mr.. Clay stands before the country
identified with those great measures the
Tariff and a National Bank, under which,
and by which, the Unit States SO long
sped, beyond ell previous example, along
her career OF gr' ainess and prosperity
He stood fast and true by them, as the
sheet-anchor oil that prosperity unmoved
by the lrown Of the Executive, or by pop.
ular clamor, when thousands were SWEET
away by the delusi ms OF the moment, or
the intlm'datons of power: and never
yielding his convictions, yielded only his
acqul-sceace. as good citizen, 10 the
downfall Of the Bank when decreed by
the constituted organs of the puolic will
as in 1888, he introduced his memorable
Comp,omsc of the tariff conirove rsy, when
dem nded by the no less urgent necessI-
~ Of pr. serving The UnI"n. The matur.
ed results If his experience and reflection
are embed ed as 10 the former, in his ltt-
ter to the Tennessee Ag,iculturist Of Au-
gust last, in which he describes as a tariff
on which all might rally, one (Which.
seek ng to supply The Treasury with an
adequ te revenue for an honest and eco.
nomlca administration Of the Govern
ment, should al 4 same time, incidental.
ly bv proper dis riminntion, afford rea-
sonable protection 10 such branches Of our
Domestic Industry as need it," And as
TO the latter n Bill for establishinga
National Bnk presented by him, some
ye RS sInc to the 5 lie, guarded 10 the
most car Iul and snxous manner against
abuse and m'smauagemeni, and furnishing
every poss bic facility, f yet they should
occur, to TIER speedy DIET, elton and rem.
edy. These exh bit, doubtless, the prn.
ciPles of public POLICY 10 regard TO those
questions which he would carry with him
INTO The Administration Of the Govern.
meni.
1t is a fact, as remarkable ss il 10 dis.
credtsbie, that Mr.. Van Buren's Tariff
opinions are sill, afsr quarter Of cens
tury's conuex ON with pubic life, an alb