Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-12-05
STAND ERECT.

10 tfese noble resolves we JOIN our most hesfs
wishes, and swear upon he altar Of our Country,
never give up the Ship" as long as the rsmot-
eat hope remains Of conducting her in safety
through the reris and danger, ~hick nov surround
her.
We firmly believe hat the spirit Of the Wing
party this day 10 more determined than it ever
before has been, and that the noble and gallant
men who fought so nobly through the late contest
ore ready sgain ~hsn the proper time arrives, to
rush to the field Of battle and again bear their boz
SONS in defence Of their Cosntry--her true glory
---unsullied honor--snd permanent prosperty.--
We honestly confess that we feel mortified and
disappointed at the result, but God who knows
our hearts, knows that we feel for our Country,
not for ourselves. As far as are individually
concerned, we know our interests must suffer in
common with our fellow-countrymeu, but that is
mere dtop in the bucket, when considered by the
side Of the gross suds hich have been prsc,iced
upon the glorious privilege Of freemen--the cleo
tive franehise-to bring about the result. The
laws have been openly disregsrded and trampied
upon by the demagogues Of the Country. Judges
IL Courts have disgtaced the Seats Of Justice en-
tered into the political arena. and suffered thou
sands Of foreigners to be made citizens Of this
Country, who could not have reached that dstin-
gushed position had they have been properly
scrutinizcd and examined by the officers, whose
sworn duty ii was, to have attended TO it, and who
would instantly be mpeachcd and hurled from
their lofty emin.nce, did the justice and practices
of the purer and better days of the Republic
exist. These prsetccs and abuses ought to be
corrected, and il ia equally the duty of both par
ties, and OF native born and legally nnturalized
foreign citizens, to join in the advocacy Of any
rea,re or law which will prevent the will Of Ie-
gal coters from being parslized and destroyed
We hesitate no, say that the naturalization laws
Of our Country stand greatly in need of correction
and that the attention of Congress and our Lesis-
latures ongh. directly TO be called to it. No man
who is DESTROYS Of CORRECTING abuses, and protect
ing the purir, Of the bsllot-box, can consistently
object to il. We know that political demagosues,
who expect to derive advantage from practising
upon the prejudiees Of the foreigner, will oppose
this matter, and cry out about "Aen and Sedi-
ton Laws" without Tin many instances at least)
understanding what those laws were, what their |
Party standing proudly by their colors, with heads
end hearts erect aud sticking to their old name,
that glorious old Revolutionary tile which animal
81 our fathers in the War of Independence, and
was the beacon hglh by which the children of men
were guided to the temple of civil and religious
liberty Upon these lofty walls let US stand erect
Jet "a hang our banners, and upon their am
IL ;nscrbe princit,las far which
we have nobly contended and with which we have
fallen. Follow after TO isms but from the ruins
which now surround US, let us lift voices, and
with one acclaim, cry out Liberty and Union, now
and forever, and insePerable.' Yes, Wings,
yoa who have honestly and fairly fought through
thi, contest without violating the lars Of your
Country, without tampering interfering with :he
religious prcjadices of men, have fallen, but you
will rise again, triumphant. The vtctors will place
the iron heel Of faction and discogd upon the slo-
rious chatter OF your rights and liberties, and
that Country, which in madness and folly has
TUNED her back upon you, will yet rise and call
you TO The rescue. Be frm--be seady-be loyal |
be ps,riotic-praisins all that is right, and or
posing all that is wong. The rejected stone
may yet become the corner stone Of the building"
where the Protestant, the Catholic, and the Jew
may worship their God after their own fashion,
and where the friends of thi. glorious Union may
look for peace, stability, and good government
Look alolt, gallant men; preserve your integrity,
brother Wings, and your principles must triumph,
and tue frauds upon your tights and your will,
will be washed away. You have nothing to fear
and all to looc for
You all no doubt feel for rhe defeat of your gal |
liant leader, 1t is indeed mournful to contemplate.
He who has for forty years been the freEd and de-
fender of his Country--he who has ever plead the
cause Of freedom aud called the children of men
from the dark ubodes Of monsrchicsl despotism
into the glorious habtatons Of civil and religious
freedom has been rejected by an ungra,eful Coun.
try. But We recall that word, not reiscted-but
as We solemnly and religiously believe, cheated
md Gcfrauded by combination of the most da'
5olical means ever tosoried to in any Country OF
in any chine. Look back friends upon the canvass
which has now closed, and now that he heat aud
exci,emen, is over cody reflect upon the warfare
~hich ha. been wsged against your distinguished
ooun,rymsn. lie charged With the basest and
most Infamous crmes-his personal character and
private life was made 10 assume the shape OF a
d mon-,hc hbertine, the murderer, the gambler,
the 1lasphemer, the liar, all found IN the Loco
Foco vocabulary, AID applied TO him. The grave
Senator, who had assembled day after day, ior
wears with him in the Senate Chauber--the Rep
ressn,ative in Congress, the member of the Cab
,re, and even his Aocidency, the President of he
United States, descended to the level of tho filthy
itlle country news paper, and association OF Amos
Kendall TO heap and pile these wholesale lie, and
abuses upon him. The public mind in a fe-
vered and excited state, and all these things we're
S-eedily caught up aud swallowed and that
the excitement has passed, they even naUse0te the
ach Of LEGO Focoism. But you, gallant
friends, stood 10y him and around him, and the
loader the blast howed, and the more the storm
ragged, the closer you chung TO him. Proud and
glorious time in your lives. and you viii leave it
ga proud mcmenla to your children when you arc
dead aad they pour over tic pages Of your Coun-
TVS mstory-thet you sustained and voted for
HkNEf CLAY. Opcu your Country's history, aud
iulll~ him from his biuh, which occurred amidst
the roar OF the Revolutionary cannon, up to this