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Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17
JOHN RANDOLPH'S OPINION OF HENRY
CLAY.


In speech made by Mr. Randolph in Bucking-
ham Co., Va, during the tendency of that fearful
struggle between the State of South Carolina and
the Federal Government, when rash and indis-
Greet act of violence might have involved this
Country in the horrors of a civil war, and led to
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the Confederacy, he said
Scent emen | filled with the most gloomy
approximations for the fate o f the Union. cannot
express to you how deeply am penetrated with
sense of the danger which at this moment threat
ems its existence If Madison filed the Executive
Chair he might be bued into compromise
If Monroe was in power, he might be coaKed INTO
some adjustment of this difficulty But Jackson is
obstinate, head-strong, and fond OF fight fear
matters must come to an open rupture. IL so, this
Union is gone
There is one man. Lcont:nued Mr.. r, and
one man only, teho this Union That
man is HENRY CLAY. / kRow he has the
power- believe he IoiH be found to hare the pat
riotism and frmness equal 10 The occasion
Shortly after this, MI. r proceeded on through
Washington TO Philadelphia where in the course
OF a few months he died. He arrived in the for
mer city after the COMPOUNDS Bill had passed -
Deeply Impressed with the great and valuable SER
vice which Mr. Clay had just rendered the Coun
try he had himself conveyed TO the Senate Cham
Der, where these two brilliant rival orators and
prodisally gifted favorites of Nature met for the
last time. A. Mr. Clay approached to salute him,
Mr.. Randolph sald:-
Mr.. Clay. you perceive | am dJing.--Yes sir,
! am diving, but, thank God, have strength enough
vet lett to return you my poor acknowledgements
for having saved the Union
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER II
p0NTIoALo
OLD FRIENDS.

Old friends! old friends! within my heart
The name with pleasant memories blends;
And, as long as love claims there part,
| never can forget old friends.
Forget old friends! The hrmes, ties
Were woye in childhood's sunny bower,
And while Times rapid footstep iies.
The heart draws back with stronger power.
The songs my mother used to sing,
When |, an infant, near her played,
Still on my ear far sweeter ring,
Than lays that lofiiest art has made.
The bultercup and violet
The simplest flowers tina; deck the fields;
The first | plucked--s5e dearer yet
Than all the proudest garden yields.
And they--the friends Of =" suld lang syne -
Stars iE the twilight of The past;
Than other orbs far brighter shine,
And ever will their radiance Last.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17
THOMAS HART BENrON'S OPINION OF
HENRY CLAY In 1924

"The principles which will govern Mr.. Clay's
administration, if elected, are we'll known 10 the
Nation. They have been displayed upon the floor
of Congress for the last seventeen sears. They
constitute "a system OF American policy based on
the agriculture and manufactures OF his own Conn
try upon interior as we'll as foreign commerce; up
on internal as we'll as seaboard Improvement; upon
the Independence Of the New World, and close
commercial alliance with Mexico and South Amer
lea lit is said that others would pursue the same
system we answer that the founder OF the System
is the natural executor Of bis own work--that the
most efficient protector of American iron, lead
hemp wool and cotton would be the triumphant
champion of the new Tariff; the safest fiiend IL
interior commerce would be the Statesman who
has proclaimed the Mississippi 10 be the of the
West; the most jealous promoter of internal i'm
provement would be the President who has tri-
umphed over the President who opposed the con-
struction OF national roads and canasi the success
ful applicant for treaties with Mexico and South
America would be the eloquent advocate of their
own Independence"
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

TAKING 1T CooLLY. "A fellow, as the
story gors, crowded mseli into compa-
ny where he was not wanted, and when
requested to withdraw, he refused
Whereupon "huge paw" took him by
the collar, and with terrible kick, lifted
nm on the side walk. The elected stran-
ger rose, and, scratching the bruized spot,
said "Mistrr, who tapped your boots ~
lie did this so coolIy that he was voted a
life member of the "Dry Jokers."
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

DANDIEs. There are some fools in the
world, who, after long incubation, will
hatch out from the botbe1 of pride, a
brood of fuzzy IDEAS, and then go strut
ting along the path OF pumposity with all
the self Importance OF specklsd hen
with a black chicken. | have an antipa
thy to such people. They are mere
walking st cks Tor female fiiris-ornsmen.
ted with brass heads, did say? No their
caputs are only half ripe musk-melons
with thick rinds all hollow inside, con.
tanIng the seeds of foolishness swimming
about IN vast quantity Of sap.-Tnkor
ed up with brosdeIoth, finger rings, safe
ty chains, soft solder and lmpudence; they
are M more men than plated teaspoon
S solid silver. d'test dandy as a cat
does a wet floor - Doe, Jr.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

AN OLD 'UN.-There is in the posses
sion of one of our old Dutch families Of
this city, parrot known to be So years
old. This bird is now blind, but nntwith-
standing that it can walk to any part of
the house without difficulty, and recog-
nlzes the different members Of the family
by their footsteps. 1t whistles tunes with
great exactn SIS and IS quite fond OF sacred
music. We are informed that in early
life, this bird, like most of its species, was
little wild and cd dea gwen 10 pro-
fame sw' airing, but for some time II has
laid aside this h. bit and save occasional
frs OF viclousness, the outbreakings of
the inner Adam, Is staid. Ii is a repu:a-
bic and exemplary bird, an honor TO the
family in which it was reared and an exam.
pie 10 the younger members within the
reach Of is influence. .4t1aS.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17
THE TARIFF.

The following letters, alike explicit and direct.
leave no for further doubt cavil as to Mr..
Clay and Mr. Folks relative position on the Tariff
OF 1912 Let every Iesd for himself and
Judge who comes up TO The standard;
Mr.. CLAY. Mr.. POLK
ASHLAND, WlscBssTER,
June % a. May 90. '43
Dear Sir--I have re-. To the People ef
ceived your favor, stating Tennessee;
that our political oppo- The object which had
nents present as be- in PROPOSING 10 Governor
ing friend Of protection Jones at CsrroviIle, on
| at the North and for fee The 18th of April last,
trade 1t the South; and that We should each write
You desire expression out and publish our views
Of my opinion, under my and opinions on the sub
own hand, for the pur ;ecl Of the Tariff, was,
pose OF correcting this that our respective posi-
misrepresentation am hOns might be distinctly
afrsid thst you viii iind knoscn and uadeTstoodby
the efioft vain to correct the People. hat my
misrepresentation ot me opinions already full
Those who choose y ana distinctly known,
der stand nv opinions can could not doubt.
have 40 d fficully IN clear. HAD STEADILY, DURING
iy comprehending hem. THE PERIOD WAS a RE-
have repeatedly express PRssENTATlvE IN Co.'S
ed them late this GRgss BEEN OPPOSED
spring and several times TO PRoTEcTIvE POLL
in answer to letters from cY MT RECORDED
9enns yiyonis. My opn- VOTES AND PUBLISHED
ions, such as they ere, SPEECHES PROVE. Since
have beer recently quite retired from Congress,
freely expressed atthe had held the same opin-
South as | ever uttered ions. In the present
them at the North / canvass for Governor, !
haze every rhere main HAD AVON WE'D mYOP-
tanned that, IN adjusting POSITION TO THE 4
a Tariff for rspenale dis RIFF ACT OF THE
ordinations 0uRht 10 be LAST WHiG CON-
nude for PROTEC- GRESS, as being high
TION: THAT THE TAR ly protective in its char
rFF OF i842 HAS OPERA. acter, and not designed
TED MOST BENEFICIAL by its authors a
IT. and that | AM Ut measure. ! had
TERLY OPPOSED TO avowsd my opinion in my
ITS REPEAL These public speeches that the
opinions were announced interests of the Country
by me at public meet and especially of the
ibgs in Alabama, Geor- producing and exporting
eia Charleston in South States-.REoUiRED ITS
Carolina. North Carroll REPEAL, and the
ma. and in Virginia toration of the Compro
am, respectfully, youi mise act of 1888.
friend and obi serv't JAMES K. POLK,
III CLAY.
Mr.. FRED J. Core.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

Chilly, why are the ladies in fair
way to become rulers in the churchesl
Because all their movements are back
ed by the Bishops"
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

COMPLIMENT PROM AN OPpoNENr.--
The Norwich Courier states that the
Hon. Noyes Billings Of New London, IN
the course Of his remarks at the late Loco
Convention in that place, thus spoke Of
our erea, leader: "Henry Clay. name
of which America, and every American,
may well be proud--a name which hon
ora man which, more than any other,
OF which ever read. awoke my youthful
enthusiasm, my profound admiration.
Should be be elected, the honor Of the
country, at home and abroad, will be safe.
In making him their candidate for the
Presidency, the Wing party are paying
debt OF gratitude long since due, and
which ought to have been discharged in
le40. A man Of unequalled executive
talents, he will rally around him a splen-
did Goyernment--ald indeed, Sir" con.
cluded Mr.. B. ''ihis is Just what fear
| fear a Government TOO splendid for our
Republican simplicity"
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

The way they procure black writing
nix IN South Carolinoa, is by whipping the
negroes until they cry, and then catching
the iears.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17
VOLUME 45.
Ehe Aaartinsbnra gsa,ette ]. pub.

NhE 3HdTltNBUIltD xadftItH - PuD'
Iished every Thursday Morning, az wo DoL-
LARS per year, if paid IN adraneei IMo
DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS within the
year. and THREE DOLLARS at the end OF
the year. No paper Discontinued untii al ar
publisher
gFNo .ubscriplion will be taken for a less period
than ak months
Anv,prt,EstsTs will be inserted three times at
One Dollar per square, fourteen linss,) and 81
Tweni, Five Gents for each subsequent insertion.
n5Th. nsmber If Insertions must be marked on
he manuscript, or copy Of the advertisement
sent, or II will be continued until forbid and
charged accordingly
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17
States, who now get $4,000, 900. would
then oef 50 ia 600

States, who now get 1880, 900. would
then get S3,744,000.
Such would be the effects Of destruc-
ton Of the Protective System. which
would follow the election of James X.
Polk. Mechanics and Laboring men, are
you prepared TO submit TO ihs-to be
placed on an equality with the oppressed,
poverty stricken operatives of Europe !
Do you wish your wages reduced to the
European stanard of 3, 10, and 30 cents
per day1 If you do, then vote for the
men who are pledged to destroy the Pro-
tec,lve System-for James X. Polk, the
man, who, like James Buchanan, desires
to reduced your wages Ito the real STAN
dard OF prices" Of wages in Europe.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

The short ladies are fond OF tall men,
and the tall ladies are fond ofshort men.
The latter certain editor thinks is an
error, for il is well known, that no woman
objects to Hy-men- not even the temper
ance women.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

1t is estimated that onc-hdg Of this
amount is consumed by those who pro-
duce il. A market, then. is needed for
more than four hundred mitloas Of surplus
agricultural productions.
To prove that this market is not to be
found in Europe. we presen, the follow
ing table, which exhibits the aggregate
amount OF agricultural produce purchased
Of the United States By all the rest Of Tho
ioorld, for tho years specified;
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17
COL. RICHARD NJ. JoHNSON'S OPINION
OF HENRY CLAY.

OF HENRY CLAY.
Il have been in puhc life fot fory years, and
in thai i,.e ave i,ceu assocIated with all the great
men # th- country Leaving out Madison and
Gallaun, eho " re old men when ! iirst stepped
upon the theatre of politics. WILL PLACE JrF-
PERSON FIRST, THIS HENRY CLAY. Hens per
fec, Hetcuc. in all The quahues that can adorn
human Nature Some men may excel him IN sin
gle qualty-fo for instance, Webster may he great
err ogiciau--or some may be more renowned for
deep researches--but take Clay all IN all he has
moi an equal in the Union. either in the North or
the South, the East OF the West. In moral cour-
age in physical courage, in oratory in patriotism,
and in every noble quality, he is without superb
or lie is a great. a very great man
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17
NUMBER 33.
THE TARIFF.

We call the especial attention Of
the farmers to the following Statistics
from the official records Of tho Couniry:
From the census OF is40. We learn ,ha,
tho aggregate annual value Of the sgrical.
,ural products or the United States 10
as follows:
Vaiue.
Wheat. corn, oats. and other
grains, S3a2, 4la,64e
Beef. swine. and other live
stock, ssS, 644. 44s
Potatoes, hops, hay, &C., l02.6aT, 6l3
Butler, cheese. and products
Of the orchard. 77.6T0.3 0A
Garden produce. $3.50, leg
Forests products. IL e48. 50T
Wool, estimated at, 1880. 900
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17
Blue a Black Ink.
BO DOZ superior Blue and Black WiIiug
n % Fluid, for sale cheap at
A.,2 j. VI. YOUNG'S
FOR SIZE.

EA SACKS OF SALT, just received and tor
stU sole by JNO. JAMESON,
Mach IA X. Il. Depot
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

EpLlSTER Steel jgst received aud for sale
~ cheap, by NJ. LOCKE.
Jan. %, 1915.
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

~ A. & FINE SALT 81 COD FIsH-Fo
~ sale by J. w. g. b. r. BOYD.
March
Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-17

The following letters, alike explicit and direct,
leave no room for further doubt or cavil to Mr..
Clay and Mr.. Folks relative position on the Tariff
OF 1912. Let every read for himself. and
Judge who comes up TO the standards:
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-07-26
THE GAME.
July "A, ISL +.

Every Polkat paper south of Mason and
Dixous line, and great many north of it,
are at this moment the open, undisguised
opponents of protection in any and every
shape. They denounce Mr.. Clay to their
readers every day as the FATHER OF
THE ODlOUS PROTECTIVE SYS-
TEN" and bawl aloud for the election of
Polk, because he is "A consislen, enemy Of
protection, and hater of the "uniusi" tar
if of 1912. This is notorious and undenla-
BILE. Every days mail brings throngs of
these papers from every quarter. They
make no wry faces at protection, and then
gulp and swallow, to make the people be-
leve they arc its friends. Not they. They
agree with Payne, the Locoioco Congress
man from Alabama, il rejoicing that they
have at last got an open, uneqnlvocallng
representative of the PRINCIPLES OF
THE partly FREE TRADE MAN,
who is totally opposed to the "vllc protec-
tive policy" Under this flag three quar-
tiers of the party openly and honestly fight
They hope to make votes by it. They APP
peal to free traders for help to elect Polk
and they go about it in straight forward
way. They look upon the friends of pro-
lection as political enemies, and their col.
nmns are filled with extracts from Wing pa.
pers, north and SOUTH to show that the
Wings are the aiders and abellors in the
netariow protective system! This is al
right. We admit the charge. We shoulder
the load every where, and are ready to car
ry ii, if load it be.
Bu, what should be the estimation pu
upon the course of few Loco journals o
the North, who, in the face of these facts
seek to make Roadway in regions where lh'
tariff is popular, by claiming that this Yer,
party, thus fifty times committed TO oppose
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-07-26
TIE RALLY OF OLD CHlTTEN-
DEN

Next "Wednesday the untiring and indum-
table Wings of Chil,endcn County are to
gather together in Council at Wliston, to
consult together on the questions Of deep i'm
portance, which are now pending.
We hope and believe that they will come
up in their might, 10 cheer each others Learts
and strengthen each others hands for the
great battle.
The Wings Of our sister Counties north
and south Of US are wide awake and have set
us most glorious example. Old Addison
met three thousand strong at Nergcnnes on
the fourth, and franklin ditto on the thir-
,eenth And shall Old Chiitenden, between
two such fires, remain cold and inactive 3
No. Let every man set his face toward
Wiliston next Wednesday, and let him be
well assured that however important the bu-
sness he may leave at home, there IS more
important business for him at the Conven-
ton. Does his haying detain him. Lie,
him see to it that his supineness does not
produce results which will leave him nc
goodly acres to cut hay upon. Has he be.
gun harvesting, let him first Join in tiling the
political field SO that it will yield rich har.
vest of blessings TO himself and his children
Is he merchant, a mechanic, laborer-
Let him remember that on that result of tn,
coming conflict, depends the policy which i
to give good tines to the merchant, protec
ton to the mechanic, wages to the laborer
In short let all come to Willston to hea
Messrs. Marsh, Upham and CoIlamer discus
the great principles Of the contest, and, W
assure them bouniifnl return for their tim
and trouble
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-07-26
WHO COMES BACK

Suppose the People of the United States
endorse the spurious issue of the Baltimore
Loco Convention, who will come into power
and Office under Polk ?
The friends of Van Buren,, in order TO
cover their Chiefs defeat with the mantle of
decency, aver that Polk is special friend
Of Mr.. V. B. and was put forward by his
friends. If this is so, Polk having been too
small man to attach a set of hangers on of
his own, WHO will he make officers out of!
Why, the same old stcreotypcd Sc, of cor
moran's, who crawled around the public
crib from 1920 to 1911, and some Of whom
have got back again in 1912 and '43. The
same lazy and rotten crowd of blood suckers
will again be fastened upon the people. and
we may look for more Swartwouts, Boyds,
llarrses, and their mates, who will again try
their plundering tricks at the public Golfers.
Back come the wrathtul beef eaters of the
Van Buren, era, hungry will, IA four years
abstinence, and insoent from habit, and the
triumph of a restoration. All the fury of
deferred vengeance, all the self-imporance
Of reganed power, will characterize the Sec
ond advent Of these venal worshippers of
patronage and place. Emerging from caves
and dens Of the earth, from The prairies of
west, from the savanualis of the south, whlth-
er idleness and want have driven them, they
will suddenly reappcar in swarms like unto
the locnSts of Egypt, to faslen upon every
living ,nrg and devour it bodily. Old Van
Buren, file leaders, drill sergeants, manufac-
lures of public opinion, Locofoco Editors,
Ieg-treasurers, land receivers, Custom House
slnecnrls's, party panpers, repentant Tyler
ties, suberrancans and spou,ers, will rise as
if by magic, with ptcous cries, and sympa-
thetic recommendations, to claim the reward
of their deeds and sullerlngs.
In short, the old state of things, which the
people set to work seriously in 1910, to re.
form and abo 'isl, will return with ten fol1
aggravaton, and the last state of this ma.
ton will be worse than the first"
Are the people ready to aid IN bringing
about such a state Of things Do they wan
the old yoke again fastened round lhei
| necks, and by the same old sci of masters
We believe they have had enough of sucl
times, and will now in 1914 affirm the iudg
menl passed in 1910, that the wonderful re
, formers of 1928, have become SO rotten a
, to need a thorough ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| 1t will be well done in 1914.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-07-26
LOUISIANA.

The Locos have been striving to make
themselves merry at the hope of escaping
total annihilation, where they confidently
expected tc sweep the ground like whirl-
wind. Contrary TO our former advces, they
appear TO have sqeezed out majority Of
one in the Senate, and they have been claim
ing majority in the House, and the Con-
vention, and the election of Morse TO Con-
grcss in the Fourth District, but, as will APP
pear by the extracts from the Bee" copied
to day, those matters are not as yet deci-
sivev settled. We still believe that the
Wings have secured majority of the House,
and elected Bordeon in the Fourth District
A very short time will show.
But, as the Evening Post well says, i,
does not make much difference how the pre-.
else details of this Election turn out, for il
is evident that the Texas question has mo-
turned out what it was cracked up 10 be
There has been no sweep, no rush, nc
overwhelming Texas vote to endorse Polk
and give hope to the faintng hearts Of the
brethren abroad. The Wings have stood
their ground manfully, and by even partia
success in that State, achieved most gori
Gus and beneficial victory. We had NJ
hopes of resisting the Texas fuor, in Louis
lana, and whatever success we have gainet
there is gain indeed.
The bubble has burst, and nobody is kill
ed. No note Of encouragement comes VI
from the Sugar State" the cheer the foe
OF protection and the advocates Of disunion
They are dished in their own field, and villa
is worse, this is to them, but the beginnin
of trouble.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-07-26
MR.. CLAY INDICATED BY Mr.. POLK
"OM Documents are Ugiy ttmgs."-PoLK.

The L. S. Gazette of this morning presents
us with another short extract from Mr. PoN
ADDRESS TO the People of Tennessee, Apr.l g.
1899, printed at Columbia, Tennessee Mr. rs
own residence, by !, II, Thompson,
Ga page occurs the following paragraph;
"Gen. Jackson. like Mr. Jefferson, brought the
shp of State back to the Republican track. IN the
coming m of his administration all the odlouS doc
rines and principles and the federal tendencies
of the administration which proceeded H. were SUD,
denly arrested and reversed. The great results OF
Gen Jack son's administration el'ng TO me hslorN
If the country aud can be hut briefly sketched or al
uded TO in an address like this. In repeated lslan
ces he recommended qualifications and reductions o,
the Tariff, icih ricr 10 The fndi dJdgdonmem o.
that odious and unjust system. - eiiec'uhl "eI,
these recommendations, aud 50 rapm ne change OF
public opinion that the friends ct the arm ana even
Mr. Ciau its imputed Giher, seised on firoraoie
moment 10 sace the cioie from destruction bg hNe-
~ compromise. Il was the defence OF Mr. Gay WIN
his friends at the Nurh hat by Wedding part ne
Prevented the destruction Of the whole" and m thef
continued and de ocd 'urpor Of mm the Northern