Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-11-09

is it upon the paper that you said they were. =
inquired Pat. Certainly" said the gentle
man, the paper says you have dozen live
pigeons = "By St. Patrick" said Pat. I'm
glad you find EN- on the paper, for the divil
one is there in the basket !"
the VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC PRESS, AGAIN
We we're not at all astonished at the i'm
putation contained in the last ssVirginia Re-
publican," that we had nisreprescnted the
facts in reference to the course Of certain
Democratic papers in Virginia, which we said
had the independence to .rebuke the unwise
policy of the administration, as developed by
the Guthrie letter, and the removal of Judge
Bronson. We are therefore compelled to
publish what those papers have said in rela-
ton to the matter.
The Richmond Examiner says:
"What has lately been their surprise and
chagrin to see the administration, from being
attentive and concerned spectators of these
local contests, actually entering the lists
themselves, siding with the party most OBJ
noxious to one half of the Union, and drag
| Cling the erlnine of State in the sewers of pol
itics. That is not the worst of their case
We fear they have taken sides where there is
the least political patriotism and purity that
! they have formed an alliance with men who
will either lead them astray from national
principles, or will betray them, and the South
along with them.
But when they abandon the position Of
neutrality and take actual side with an OBJ
noxous faction against such men as Dickinson,
| they compel the south likewise to assume a
decided position. Reduced to that alterna-
tive, the chivalrous and generous South can
do no otherwise than stand by the men in
their trial who stood by them in their own
rribulation.'
| The following is from the South Side Dem
ocrat,-and published approvingly, by the
Norfolk News:
"That he 1.-THE President has committed err
rors in the application Of his impulses in par
ticular cases, we agree, but they have been
| few, very few. The recent dismissal of Mr..
Bronson is an error of this kind-one that we
shall not defend, but be candid to admit
Only by the democratic journals of the coun-
try pursuing this course can the administra-
ton be kept on the right track. Admins
trstions will run off occasionally and when
they do, they should be informed Of the fact.
This is the course We intend to pursue"
The Woodstock Tenth Legion says;
ave can appreciate the good intentions of
Mr.. Pierce and bis cabinet in their efforts to
concliate and unite the New York Democra-
cy, by distributing the patronage at its dis
posal equally between the two contending
branches of the party yet, Judging from
what has already transpired, we think it high
iy probable that the result will be, that the
administration will find itself ere long floun-
dering IN the meshes of one of the most cor
rupt political organizations that was ever
known IN this country an organization which
In truth, is SHIELD together by the cohesive
power of plunder," and must fall to peices
whenever there are no Offices. State or fed
eral, to be bestowed. Iu our humble judg-
mcnt, the national administration would bet
ter preserve the unity of the party and sus-
tain its own dignity, by sustaining from anv
participation IN the local questions that agi-
tate and divide parties in New York, and that
the most prudent course will be, to leave the
settlement Of the question of the. distribution
ofpatronage with those in whom it is invested
by law"
The Winchester Vrginian says
at is perhaps too mnch to expect that the
administration should retreat at this stage of
his case. And yet we wish sincerely it we're
otherwise. Nobody doubts that Bronson is
an honest and sound democrat and faithful
officer; that if let alone he viii remain true
to his faith aud pariy-fealty and that to
EJECT him from office will be nearly equiva-
lent TO forcing him into the ranks Of the op-
position.
1t will be poor consolation that we secure
John Van Buren, by his ostracism. We
would not give three such men as Dickinson,
bronson and O'Conor for all the freesoilers
that ever first swore and then forswore trea-
son to the constitution
The Alexandria Standard in an article of
marked disapprobation of the recent course
ct the Cabinet, closes by saying:
"srhe timid may faIter. the treacherous
may DESERT but the Democratic party will
CONDEMN, gpeondisionaily condemn, this act
of Mr.. Guthrie" .-i<'''
"An old Democrat" whose communication
appears IN the Standard, charges the admin
isiraiion with reSiving the alien and sedition
Law, having gwen It practical vitality in the
removal of-Judge Bronson. The writer in
the midst oEhis indignation exclaims:
"a true jackson Democrat prescribed too
because be dared 10 say that he would not
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