Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-03

ask dlspassIonate attention TO Mr. stone
burners clear and irresistible exposition
of his reasons for coming out" from the
Loco Foco party. The truth was never
moro cogently set forth.
COLUMBIA FuRaAcs,
Shenandoah, August %, ls44.
SIR:-I have lived in Shenandoah
county for the last FIVE years and over,
and have until now been one Of the pri-
Yates in the 10th Legion Of Democracy.
Why ceased to be one Of that formida.
BILE body, and become one of the few but
firm Wing squad that now fearIessly filings
| its flag of defiance to the breeze, even in
the face Of az enemy ten times its num-
Der, and fights like lie onidas, not for VIC
tory but for the country's good, will
proceed to tell you. | am not vain
enough to believe that change Of my
political sentiments is OF importance
enough to influence single vote, nor am
| tickied with the idea ofseeing my name
in print; but If the reasons assigned by
me are sufficient to induce any one Of the
1900 voters OF this county to read both
sides, and reflect that he "has country
to serve as well as party to obey" shall
not consider my work vain thing. 1t
wall save me the trouble of satisfying the
enquiries of my former political friends
one by ono, who bore mo almost to
death.
What have seen 10 cause this change'
| | saw Shenandoah. Rockingham and Page,
denominaied the 10th Legion OF Democ-
racy, voting always as one man for the
Democratic Candidate, be ne whom he
might.
The pos, filed in Post Office ena.
bled me to see ifapy other portion of the
Union was like it, and | found none but
Edgecombe County IN North Carolina; in
which, by the last census, there we're
more persons in proportion to population,
who could not read and write, than in any
other county in the United States. Peo.
pie that can't read must be governed by
what others .ell them, and people who can
read, but won's read must be governed
and are easily controlled in the same way.
saw in the cities and in all commune
ties where papers circulated freely and
intelligence abounds, that difference OF
opinion on all matters, religion, and poll
| tics, &C., is sure to DE also found.
isaw, from the papers and from the his.
tory of our country, that the men who
we're foremost liz the Wing ranks were
neither knaves nor fools, but as honest
and as wise as those OF my own party, at
least in the Judgment Of the minority OF
the people Of this Union, which thought
at least equal in weight to my own judg.
ment Of my party.
Isaw Tariff Law, which was denounc.
| ed by my party as odious and abominable,
oppressive, ruinous 10 the interest Of the
people, and destructive Of the revenues OF
the country, restore our currency to health,
revive the energies and business Of our peo-
pie, restore the credit of our government,
and pour superabundance Of revenue
into our Golfers; until tsbenefits and bless
ings are so great, that large portion oil
our party, including our candidate for the
Presidency, are forced to praise it's prin-
cipes, and many to claim il as their own
measure; and yet, in the face of these
facts, Jaw the leaders Of the Democia cy
in this 10Th Legion still abusing and de-
DounciDg it.
saw our people oil the 10Th Legion
practising in their own families and pri.
vate affairs the same principles advocated
and practised upon by the Wings in ma.
tional affairs, viz: to make everything
that we want within ourselves if VIC can
and buy Of those who will take our Oats
Corn, Butter, Wheat Flour, &C., inslc &C
OF those who must have cash.
| saw that men ough, to profess wha
they practice, and practice what they pro
fess if they would be thought honest anc
sincere.
l saw our Democratic party in :he
House of Representatives, with lsrg,
majority, protesting the most inveterats
hostility to this Tariff; yet when brought
to vote for its repeal, they would not re-
peal it, and further saw them, with clam.
orous tongues for Sub-Tressury, ano
with the full ability of passing that meas
ure through its body, yet dared not do ii
and could not give them credit for hon
esty in their professions, but l could fol
duplIcity.
saw the Democratic Convention tram.
ping upon that sacred principle OF re,
public, viz; "that the majority should gov,
ern," by casting aside Mr.. Van Buren,
the choice of their party, as actually as.
cer.ained by ballot, and substituting there.
fore their own creature, James K. Polk
no longer believe them Democrats.
saw the Wings fighting for the restric-
ton Of the Executive or one-man power,
and endeavorng 10 make the will Of the
people paramount to the will Of one man;
and saw the Democrats oppose them.
no longer believe them Democrats.
saw the Democratic party in Con-
gress, for the purpose of retaining their
majority, actually trample the Constlu-
lion under foot. and nuIify an act Of Con.
gress constitutionaly passed; and when
the Wings entered their protest against
the high handed act oftyranny that same
Democratic party expunged from the
journals the evidence tina, the Wings had
raised their voice against It. In this saw
tyranny and not Democracy.
saw the Democratic party so eager
for power, that they stickled not 10 steal
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