Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-01-18

recently given to the public, sustained bv
his weIl-known influence with his friend,
and his own high and unquestioned char.
acter for iraakness and decision, is a guar.
antee which no portion of the nation will
1 lightly regard.
: With respect to the Bank, If the conn.
Try shall be reduced TO choice be,ween
the odious and grinding Sub. Treasnr,
4 Scheme, and National Insttu,;on -
Finance, properly guarded against abusa
/ by the Jeal,us restrictions Of rs cb,r,a~
as well as by a viglant public snno,.:
ion aud control, do not believe H., ~
sober judgment Of the people, unde, ho
pressure of such an alternative, woula
find any cause of quarrel agans, those
who, free from constitutional difficulties
on the subject, should 60 for the latter, in
preference to the former. And as TO The
Distribution of he proceeds of the Public
Lands, that stands necessarily and evi.
IDENTIFY adjourned, as practical question,
I'LL the revenues of the nation, compared
with its expenditures and engagements,
shall be in very different situation from
that IN which they now are, or are likely
to be for years to come. Ny own ind.
vidual opinions on this subject, have been
so often and fully stated. that need no,
repeat them here. What mean TO saw
at present, is. that these are issues either
hypothetical and speculative, or neutral.
lied by equal an0 opposing considerations
on the other side, and should not DIVER
the mind, for moment, from those high.
or, and more urgent and vital questions.
which are the true test of a sound and
correct decision IN the pending Presden.
tIal Election. Those tests have already
adverted to. They are such as are in
separately connected with the purity,
character and preservation Of the Govern
ment lsself, and in my humble judgment,
are Overwhelmingly conclusive against
the pretensions of Mr. Van Buren,.
As little shall we permit ourselves,
trust, to be Enlightened from our propre.
ty'' by the old and hollow expedient of
senseless and arbitrary use Of party names.
Those who are so prone to ring the chan
geS on the nomenclature OF Federalist and
Republican would do we'll to remember
that they have men, reading and enquir.
ing men, to deal with, and not children.
Try MIR. Van Buren, and Mr.. CLAY by
any test derived from the authentic his,o.
ry of political nrties in this country. or
by the standard OF those great principles
which exist in the essential elements of
our popular institutions, and Mr.. Clay
stands before the world the far better
Republican of the two.
In that great array and struggle of the
two parties Of the country, (among the
most memorable in our history which
arose out OF the controversy and var
with England in 1912, where was Mr..
Clay and where was Mr.. Van Buren?--
Mr.. Clay gallsntly leading the Republi.
Can hosts in tho House Of Representa-.
tIves, and sustaining the administration of
Mr.. Madison, with all the energies o his
patriotism and eloquence-Mr. Van Blu
rem uniting with the Federalisls to depose
that ilustrlous man from power, and to
supplant his administration Try them
again by that standard which Mr.. Var
Buren, himself, in a most elaborate speech
delivered in the Senate OF the u. S. in
1928, declared to be the true and legiti.
mate distinction between the Federal and
Republican parties,-the one seeking to
erfend, the other to restrain, Erecufire
power. The public have not forgotten
the various schemes so seduously devised
or countenanced by Mr.. Vsa Buren, dur.
ing the whole period Of his administration
and fully exposed at the time, 10 augment
Executive patronage, discretion and DOW
er; and nothing, surely, has more emf
nenily distinguished tie career OF Mr..
Clay 'han his constant and persevering
efforts to restrain, and 70 provide new
dises and securities against the enlarge
ment or abusive exercise Of the powers
OF that department of the Government
Judging them, then, by Mr.. Van Buren's
own dehnltion of political parties, as cor
rect'y laid down by him in 1928, but 20.
tally lost sight Of in his subsequent prac.
tee, lot the sober and impartial Judgment
of the country decide which is the Fed.
eral'ss and which the Republican
It's impossible for any rejecting man
10 contemplate the actual and prospective
condition Of the country without seeing
IN II already the germ Of new difficulties
AID troubles, which may in their approach.
ing development, sgitate our glorious
Union to its centre. The Oregon and
Texas questions in our foreign relations
at home, deficient revenue, with all its
ordinary sources pressed up to its farther
est productive limit, and some Of them.
there IS reason to apprehend beyond the
larlif controversy re.opened, with all tho
conflicting interests and passion which
never fail to be awakened by it; and adj
ded to these, the rekindled fires OF the Alb.
clifton excitement--each and all of them
are questions which carry in their bosom
the fearful elements OF civil discord and
intestine strife. The worst and most dan.
g'rous aspect they present, is that all of
them bring into immediate and opposing
array, II not into angry and hostile COLI.
SION, the sectional interests and feelings
OF the different geographical divisions Of
the coniederacy. Whose, at such mo-
ment, IS the master-spirit that may have
power to still the rising tempest, before it
sweeps with destructive fury over the face
OF our yet happy Union; or should this
prove hopeless and impossible, whose tho
commanding genius, ito ride in the whirl.
wind and direct the storm ~ To pre-