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

Inconsistent with themselves. lie has
declared himself for protection and against
!, and IN lis Indi4na letter, February,
Is43 , referring TO his previously avowed
op,oion, that The encouragement OF donaes-
nc interests, by commercial regulation. rs
,oi,hia the constitutional porer q Congress,
ayow. himself 10 favor of"a discrimIra-
ting Tariff for r venue purposes only,
mi which will incidentally PROTECT
AMERICAN INDUSTRY" Speaking
through his friends in New York, be de-
clares for a Protective Tariff, discrmiua-
ting 10 favor Of domestic manufactures.
Through his fri~nds in Virginia, he de-
clsres that fairness and equality Of OF tax.
alton require discrimination against the
now protected inter sand that ITO dis
cf,minate 10 their favor" is "Hagran,ly I'M
lust and inouitous." Which st Of his
fficn Is h, would bttfay in the end, u ell
evated 10 power, we have 40 means oil de.
tormining, but 5etray one or the Other. or
both. he must. Since though dupllcity
NAV easily exist in professions, yet the
same measure csnnot ct one, and tie
same TIM, be both vetoed and approved.
But we doubt If The history Of public men
exhibits so shameless an instance Of "Pal
tering 10 a double sense" with a question
of vita. concern to nation, or OF large
bodies Of men, pretending 10 the slightest
regard for principle. supporting The same
nan, at the same moment, as the expo
nent and representative Of prlncipl' alb
~ at,tt
On the subject Of Mi "nal Bank
alone, OF the public gu stions oil The day,
Mr.. Van Buren,, once petitioner Tor
Branch nf that Institution, and never heard
to breathe aught against 1T in the Sc son
its popularity, at length holds p s'Ion
wholly unequivocal. Foresrelbg Ms IN
,yitable doom in the wrath Of hun whose
ire, once raised, never yet knew "reilrng
ebb," an who, for the time, ruled, rs
with trident, the tides Of public opino ION,
Mr.. Van Buren, hasten to throw himself
on the current then setting IN against that
Institution, and proclaimed "uncompro.
mis,ng hostility TO the United States
Bank"
TIL, Bank put down. Mr.. Van Buren,
Aoa,ed into power, on "the better curren-
CIV" bubble, which however, to his terror
and surprise, at the next moment, burst
under him. Cured thus suddenly OF the
"better currency" delusion; without the
moral courage to recant an error and re-
sort t, the tried remedy of Bank; and
unable as things were, to malnta n the
faith, or con |uc. the nscal concerns, oil
the povernment--ho hit on tie sage and
statesman-Iike eApedient Of having hard
money fo. the government, and paper mo-
neg for the people and ushered 1t before
the country, masked, however, anc dis
pused. behind the innumerabe provisions
and epactments Of his famous Subtreasu-
nv scheme. He has always seemed will
ling to shake his forum, and his states.
manship on this measure-and commit
I'd. as he is to it, and against all others,
he will doubtless have some right to inter,
IN the event Of his election, that II has The
sanction Of the country.
Thus in this scheme, founded in the
prossrst ignorance OF the hrsi principles
Of currency-lncongru and lmInlsci-
b., save lnjurously With any paper sys
TEN. of proved To- fiicieney except for
evil with It's magnificent tfcnsury-house
al w lsuington, and cont nuHlly incfea-
ING numbaf of subordinate esia5 hmeutS,
wltn their vaults aud safes, and b'lts aud
bars, 10 be erected all over the country,
ut great expens It's mum rous suo-'tea'
sururs and deputy sub utasur' rs lis vasi
augmentation OF the already "v"rgrown
power aud patronage OF the Federal IKE
cu,iye:-o dIvus, above all, Tor providing
ons currency far ths government aud
another Tor the p .oplt-gold and silver
for public rvauts, iofsooth, come wat
may; depreciaei PAPER. IN seasons OF I'D
vers,ty, or nothing, Tor the public at large;
thus is this costly, cumbrons, m scheve
Gus, corfup,ng and od'ous scheme, ioi
The protection Of the Government AMI
Government officers. ony, on tho one
hand, and some smp'e, cheap and sale
Ma, onal lnslitut on, des'gned, Us well Tor
the US. OF the People ss OF The Govern
rnent, on the other, submuh d again 10
the public decision.
Air. Clay is IN favor of distributing
among the states, the proceeds OF the pub
lac lands. So convinced was he OF It's JUS
tee aud expedlency, that, notwIlhs'and.
ing The probability Of impalrlng by 1t The
popularity he then so largely possessed IN
,hs new States, he did not hesitate TO hez-
ard that cons queuce by presenting his
celebrated R,p,u of 1882, in advocacy
of tits measures; 50 dislntertsed,
tat on alus;on being made to the occur
renee as, 10 that virw, unfortunate, he at
once sa ID, al will never presume that any
man will lose tie favor Of the people for
advocating what is cl arly just; but if |
knew ,ha, such would be the case, ! should
no, The less always support what thought
TO be right"
Mr.. Van Buren,, ii is fair u presume,
from his often boosted concurrence OF
opin;on which Gen' Jackson, once held
distribution to be Just safe and federal;
aud that, the National Debt being ext'n'
guished, the public lands should cease
10 be a source OF public revenue. But
the safely Of advocating It, at least to
man whose ambition never rose about the
selfish lus, oil power, becoming afterwards
more than problemet'cel, we find HIM
aga INST IL, and favorlng eraGuat'ng ana