Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-11-14
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Eaough has been known Of tho result OF the late
election TO render IL certain that JAnFs X. PoLK
esd CKoRar NJ. DstL,s have bssn elected Prssi-
den, add Vice President of ths uni,sd sts,ss
we are free TO say that record this result with
,rofousd grief. and In the dissppo.ntnen, which
we feel. we firmly belisye we are joined by many
~bo by party influences have been driven to con.
tribute 10 result ~tich they did cot e.psct de-
sire.
The eitcanstsrces eonnsets3 With the election.
era perhaps Of more importance than tho disas'
troos result. Tho frauds which sro charged 10
have bsvn psrpstraied upon the elective franchise
are 80 enormous % to induce the fen. that u may
10 impossible hereafter to procure fair express
sion Of tho popular will whenever the STAKE "a
fsrf. enough to i1.sfy resort to such wssPons as
Rave defssei the Wing Paf,yia the late election.
psuns,iysnis and New York havo both been car
r;ed BY Fore,gasn. uaturarsd for the srp,es. fur-
pose, and who entertain 30 little sympsihy for
America 40 70 declare that "Amsricaus shan not
RUE va" These tso latter States have shown
themselves the dups of demsgogues. in vo'iHg
sraInst the principles which alone make them
prosperous. and for men who are pledged to
.ares tina, will PROSTATE them in the dust 1t Is
we'll understood that Mr.. Calhoun will continue at
,hs head Of the State department, ard will DO the
IIss.e. Spirit of the coming Administration, and
when the New York and Pennsylvanis Democrats
shall coms to oak tho ful6lment Of the promises
which have been made them, they will the
seornfu and taun,ins reply Of the veilsd prophet
.'Ys would bo fools and victims. and ye sre."
We do not mean now to 60 into any general
rpeeuia,ions on our defeat. While our opponents
are rejoicing Ia the victory which they have won.
we must await the slow but certain development Of
,hs consequences which ere to follow it.
In the meon~hile We present an extrac, from
Mo New York Tribune. Which 'Peaks TO tho breast
Of every patriot Wing who is now dertoring the
calamity which ths People Of this Uuipn have
bsousb, upon themselses:-
HONOR THE TRUE.
There neve, ives better fought battle
than tia, Of tho Wigs Of our State at
the recent election. The pol is enor-
nous, and such as could not have been
made unless every naTve had been strain
ed by 10th parties. The struggle was
between the ffuu3s and the enemies Of
HKSRY CLAY--o the man, liis prlnei( les,
and tho great nj asures Of national tene-
hcence with which his nemo and fame
are Unexpectedly blende6--and no other
man living he's so many sud such fr:snds;
No other has SO maay OF such deadly ad
yersaries. fila friends are defeated, but
moat foulIy. Bl,ekend by ISLANDERS as
MS character has been, we could have
surely tFiumphej over these. There is
noble tribute 10 tie man implied in the
fact, that while our great leader has been
detained as no other non was ever defam.
u3-~has en- constantly held up o the
People a. D debsuchoe, gnntler, blasphe.
uler, virtual murderer, &c., HE ALMOST
KvgRY WHERE Runs At THE HEAD OF HIS
1icgEr Yes, ttoduced as Henry Clay
has been til opgh tho canvass. he has
yollcd not only the VI t given to the 9th
er Wing candidates, but many more -
IA many as two tn u;snd Locolocos have
broken over tho party lines, and voted for
Henry Clay, while hundreds of others,
now that the fierce spirit OF the contest
10 ovsr, have been heard 10 express open
~ their admiration OF Mr.. Clay, their
sympathy e. hich he is not the man to
NEEDY for his misfortun,, and Their alarm
in view OF the future which their victory
Jays open 10 view. In tho hot chase
they needed not the object OF their pur.
SUIT now they stand grZing in awe on
the majesty Of the vic,m-hunted down,
bu, unsubdued, and in death still turning
en- Ills drstroyers the calm proud gaze Of
eonqueror. Their common rtmark, 81
& e sorry for MIR. Clay" will only excite
SIN 10 from him, out i, is honorable to
them. VIA. wonder that hitter, burn
ing tours have teen wrenched fiom the
Eyes 81 stsfnest manhoed BY this national
cslam ty?
II Penney iYsna votes to break down
the Tariii, can We nationally expec, Gcor-
aa and Mississippi TO sustain it? II
Name a. d New York vote to adopt the
public debt, TIE war, snd the slavery OF
Texas, con we expect Tennessee aud
Louisiana 10 n'erpose ycto2 We can
not. No, Wings! we are beaten in this
cont si-or rather, our candidate has
been slandered down by meeger MAORI.
ties in this State and Pennsylvania, On
al the main issues involved in The late
Tremendous contest, the People are with
US; but very small majority have been
induced 10 vote for Polk or Bruey BY
the mos, atrocious falsehoods respecting
Mr.. Clay's vote for Adams, his connection
with ,hs CiIley duel, and his character
aud liz, generally. But, desperately as
oil the arts Of detraction were plied by
maligni,y, we could not have been beat.
en- had not our opponents played false
with themselves and the people on the
Tariff and Texas questions, winning the
South by unqualified advocacy of Free
Trade end Annexation, while at the
North they shirked both issues, confined
themselves manly TO attacks on certain
details Of tho presen, Tariff, and dlsavow-
cd, by The nomination of Sllas Wright
md non. commital on Texas, the issue Of
immediate annexation. The nominal
victory of our opponents, won by ia'so
pFeiencss and fraudulent voting, will yet
prove their ruin. 10 the great contest
from which We are emerging there have
been truths commended TO the general
tfuIav ji1c he,