Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-04-24
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN.

THE OFFICIAL ORGAN.
II 10 officially announced in the "Globe, tina,
Messrs. Blair g. kyes have disposed oil that es-
Establishment to Messrs. Richie & Heiss. Thomas
Richie Of the Richmond Enquirer is to be the Of
fetal Eaitor-,he Ajax Telamsn of the Polk ad-
ministrston. Well, yirs'niais TO loose for time,
.psyhaps forever, one of her most di,tingasshed
citizens. We say distiagaisAed, and we think
Justly for in his way, Mr.. Richie certsiny has
been u distinguished and remarkable man. and has
.wsyed the deslines Of Virginia for many years
past We know him only through the columns OF
the Enquirer, ~hafe his political soul ''hss moved,
bresthed and had its being We have seen the
power OF his mind swsying the public will, we
have seen tbs obsdisn, Democracy PROSTATE their
willing bodies at .hs approach of bis "Juggsrnnut'
withou, murmur grosn-yes, he has been well
styled the Napoleon Of che Prs's, provided the
~ord Democratic bad been placed befofethe word
Press. In private, life lie seems tose highly es
tepmed, and all sgree that to part with the 'old
man" is . trial to the kindlier feelings Of human
nature.
But, politically speaking, how as ibis change to
opsru.e--whe can teli Mr.. Richie 10 to remain
in Richmond until the Virginia Eelection il over
his busle blast is yet nseded-the Democracy
must b. called TO the old and familiar rally ITO
Armsi To Arms" Even now, while We write, the
las, note. Of the Cheftsin's bugle are dying ava,
amid ours mountains. Tbi. day decides the last
battle Tough, upon the plains Of Virginia under his
leadership whether he shall carry glad tdings OF
victory and triumph home ITO Rome" or the sad
tale Of defeat and wo. remains yetds be seem
The scene Of his labors ia now tobe chsHaed-
the Empire Of the Nation is new to be spoken to-
How will the old advocate Of Free QraGe--the
especial resiIer and denouncer Of tho BLACK Ia.
ria'' of l84e. ialk 10 che Tariff Democrats OF
Pennsylvania How will he rally The Anti 1ssas
Democrats to the standard All there are break
.srs ahead, which cannot be got over BY hories
on the resolutions of '98. Van Buren, ruled New
York, and waved his magic wand over her with
success and gained the reputation of great lead
or, bu, when he came out himself, and was desert
ed by the "Old Lioa,'' his ross ~ss sery ieable-
.it swoke no responsive echo in she bosoms al the
peopls--ths Dig man 10 New York Sas the latte
man in the Union. May such not be the case
with Mr.. Ritchie--in Virginia he has been power
,ful-ls, him tske care tina, be is not shotn OF his
locke ~hen he goes to be the mou,hpiece Of the
aInipsrsai Democracy. We wish Mr.. Richie much
happiness in his now home, and the career of q
freeman, and not the life ola sors-the life which
hi. 'llxstrious predecessor" Blair has led, by his
own showing. Oh! Democracy, how many sins
ara committed in thy name Aye' the r,H OF
Genelsl Jackson has been the rule--such is the
diving canfe sson OF that annotated Democrat, Fran
cis A. Blair. We Invite the attention Of our rea-
ders to the excellent remarks Of The Alexandria
Gs1ette-,hey are causlic and tlue-resd shem.-1
The Gazette says
In the announcement which the Gate !
proprietors of the Globe newspaper al
Washington made, of the transfer Of that
TO other hands, they com.
mence by the enunciation Of The well
kno@n, but not often asserted fact, that
':he Globe had its origin in the WILL OF
General Jackson" Yes! The organ OF
the Government, for near y twelve years,
the exponent of its wishes, and the recip-
ent of Its bouniiss, had its origin no. in
the demands Of the country, or the call
of i,s party, but "in the iciR OF Geaera,
Jackson" And that iron Will, expressed
or implied, as delivered threugh the COL
umns thus spoken into existence by the
fiat of the chleftaiD, has from that day to
this, ruled this country in all Its policy,
foreign and domestic. Impartial history
will hereafter have a sad tale to tell Of
the long catalogue Of ills which have
bean brougn. upon US, by the constant
exercise OF tina. will, both by the lmperl.
Gus master himself, and the suppIant and
plan, instruments who have since has re-
trement from any ostenslble participation
in the cares of state, implicitly obeyed its
rescrlp,s and carried out its edicls. We
have very pleasurable sensation in the
that we have steadily and uni
formally resisted that WILL, in the plenl-
tude Of its power, as we'll as since It has
passed into the hands Of subordinate a.
gents, to be registered and enforced. MOI
has time weakened our apprebensens OF
the fatal effects to flow from its despotic
exercise. Tyranny is not less CALLING TO
US because it is exercised BY popular
iavor,te. The sciH of one man, in any
country, is a despotsm, none the less gross,
because that country has the name Of a
republican government.