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

to the States what they clam ms right
and the sffectation Of Seeming to 81 rink,
as The representatives and quad AIS oil
The virtue of tie State, as from the d-file
ment OF a bube, from the acceptance oi
some fe~ thousand dollars. while that We
ry nice and fastidious virtue sleeps, in the
persons OF those same representatives, IN
der the greater d.tilsment OF the millions
heretofore distributed, received and r..
tanned rom the self-ssme source--cannot.
we are sure, have escaped the attenilon al
the country, or fail to draw down on The
actors IN so unworthy farce, its Just dis
pleasure and signal rehuke.
Such IS tn prs nj aspect Of these gree
practical question: when con II the &C.
~n"ui al .olicy OF tn Government md
which, s. far as il has undergonr change,
since we last addressed you. Is calculated
ny 10 inspire Us with fresh zeal snd in
cite US TO increased exertion. IL such b.
the case wih r,sp CT I this class of mea
sur's, SO do we find il the occurrences Of
the year, fresh incentives TO mpel us on
ward, to the Accomplishment, of those yet
nobler measures and principles Of Moral
and Political form, which we deem no
IS hecrssaty TO the honor and happiness
oil the people, than are the former, to the r
prosperity measures, designed to cor
rect the MnnarchIca tendrnc es of the
Government. BY limiting h. tenure Of the
Pres dental office to one term--bv re-.
stralnng its encroachments, correcting its
abuses, and diminishing its Infuence-the
great cardinal principles, of reverence for
the laws, and sacred regard to the OBJ.
legations Of contracts tile first, the sole
safeguard of Public or PERSONAL Liberty
the last, the only basis OF Public or private
Faith. Disgusting nothing--conct alng
noih'ng-wilng TO abide The public judg-
ment on the principles we maintain and
the measures we recommend, and trusting
10 IFS candar and good sense net to hold
US responsible for such as, never advoca,-
ed by US, the unscrupulousnss Of party
warfare might seek 100 fas,en on Us -
and proclaim,ng with one voice, as our
Candidate for The Presidency, The trues,
exponent OF those principles, their stead
list fiend, and ables. champion, Henry
Clay of Kentucky, we threw ourselves
before the county. Nor we've we una
ware OF the fictitious disadvantages to
which this course exposed US; yet strong
IN the justice OF our cause and proud VI our
llusrIous leader, we bravrd frarlrssly all
he dangers of the posli We knew,
that for a time, all who were not fully
with US. would be srrsyed against US
that differences, however slight, would
wear. temporarily, the semblsnce Of OPP
position and would, pre;eudrdly least,
be counted on. and confoundrd with, sup
port of yet unnamed leader of the adver.
sary ranks-snd q yet unindicted, or at
any rate. unspecfed line of public poll.
cy.
Accordingly we have witnessed for
some time past. seem ng union against
us OF all VII" differed in any manner from
us-d'fierng the while, not less widely
from one another-save in The all emhra-
eng name Of "Democrai." The Hard
Money Democrat and the Paper Money
Democrat-the National Bank Democrat
and the Sub-Treasury Democrat-the
High Tarif-Low Tarifr, ard No Tariff
Democrat-the Distribution and anli-Ds
t'ibutlon Democrat--the Abolition Dem.
ocrat and the anti Ab litron Democrat
The Spells Demncrat-the Reputation
Democrat and the Honest Democrat
following, some on, some more, some all,
OF tn" discordant measures and discordant
leaders Of their many-coloured multitude,
according as they more or less nearly
represented their particular ,euets--all,
for time, seemed l~sgued against the
Wings. 1t was apparent, however, from
the beginning, 10 the most superficial OBJ
server, that some, at least, of those differ
ences sprung from far deeper sources than
mere personal preferences, and were fan.
ned by some of the strong st passions OF
the human breast. Accordingly, time
has served but to exasperite such diffsr.
encrs into disseDslon, and convert dissen.
sion into incufabie distrust. And the al
tercatlons we have so long witnessed be-.
TWEEN different portions OF the Democrat.
ic parry, founded as they are upon widely
different views on leading questions of
public policy, waxing warmer and warm
err as the hour approached f,- designating
the candidate, seem al myth 10 have as
snned character Of mutual and irrecon-
cilrable b sliIi,y; not that ,he iron scourge
VII Gu the whipprrs 10 If party ever up.
ply 50 numerically t. men who dare think
or act indepeud ntly. will net terliiy the
poor. spirited into obeiience:- that the
terrors OF minority, more frghtful TO the
place-hunier than the stings Of canscience,
or the shame Of hypocrisy, will not frigh.
ten The petty traders in pc iiics into sub.
mIssion--not that honest diffusion may
not mlslead others but with this larg'
deduction, we are satisfied the nu,uDer Is
considerable of firm and disinterestrd men
through the country, whose politics are
indeed based on prinriple, not n calcu
lott MS Of profit and who u0sedured by
the psliry brIbe Of y party distraction. OF
psrty puff, as undehudsd by the ''v Ice
of the charmer, charm he n-ver so WISE
~" will not unsay in an hour, what they
have been SAVING for years will not de-
sert without The ceremony even of leave
taking their chosen lender. while sum
moning them 10 the council board, and
" no cannot desert him, embadylng as he
confess dy do the PRINCIPLES by which
alone they profess 10 be governed, with.
out. at the same time, dest ring their prin-