Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-08-31

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The Richnssad Moruffg Nail MysI:
The head * sf< pseseat >slminissrAtios
served for q lssg line y II Houae q Re-
personalities snd wx4 otae ia the Senate
Of the United States. In neither Of these
bodies did he ceaupy : prominent position
upon any COMMITTEES, aud rarely made aspeech
which attracted public attention: One Of
the few occasions on which be- spoke with
much energy and. effect. vas on the subject
Of the removal sftnen from office on account
Of their political opinions He denounced
this practice rs most corrupt. 'corrup.iDg
end abominable and as rivalling in cruelty
and tysanny. the rnereiless despotism Of Nero.
This ve!e nent and unconlpromisipg anti Pro-
scription orator, 10 the short period which has
elapsed since bis election to the Presidency.
has removed more men from Office on account
of their politicaiopinions. thanany Of hispre-
decessors. a. seissass s s8se
A still more striking exempli6cation Of
the Inconsistency Of politicians, and one i'm
rmensely more important in its bearings upon
the welfare and happiness Of the country. Is
the course Of the President upon the very
subject which was made the principal point
in his favor in the late canvass. His friends
did not contend that he was one Of these
recognized fret class men, but then he was
pure as icicle 10 bis love of the Union and as
sound and mmoyable as the rock. OF Gibraltar
upon the Compromise. 1t is true that, when
Capt Scott raised that unerring rife which
caused such crowd of coons to bite the dust,
the New Hampshire game was not bagged.
Pierce was no where. His reply to our friend.
the Consul at Rio if it was ever written.
never saw light But il was 10 vain that the
Wings called attention to this suspicious cir
cumstance. The faithful were invoked to
take him on trust, audclpse their ears against
the Wbig sceptics. If there was any one
thing on which Fsanklia Pierce wasp preemi
pentiy orthodox and reliable. it was the Com
promise. Unionism was his foytei Here was
the precise and particular advantage be had
over his rivalsi.'e that I'D Scott would ap-
poiut enemies ofathe' Compromise to office,
whereas Pierce would put bis foot upon their
necks at once, and if be did not hang all trai.
tors. would at least convince them that they
were not to be warmed into life at the Breast
Of a government which their reptile natures
sought to stiag tOsdesth. Uponssheserepre-
seutations. the, majority of the voters elected
Pierce TO the Presidency and the. result has
been that he hi appointed enemies Of the
Compromise to the principal and the best OF.
fees of the Government Ines 10 Isl q ng4i
The old rank and file Democracy, the CEN
tral column, the Spartan phalanx, which fought
the great jackson victories and has bornethe
heat and bruut iof every battle. are forgotten
in the ,dispensasion of the spoils. or only re.
membered as body whose services are to be
had without any Of those little rewards and
encouragemerts Of patriotism (which it is in
the power of President to -bestow. The
two wings, the Red Republicans Of Free Soil
on the one hand, and the Royalists of the
South Carolina School on the other--are found
embracing each other ever the flesh pets.
The Roundheads and the Cavaliers eat in the
same mess One minute Pierce has bis arm
round Burley, and the next he is hob-nobbing
with Claverhouse. @Ds % 'iRhsa hsf3sasH -
.sIIow happy conld he be with either, we're tother
dear charmer away fr ssert "a
All this is not very consistent with good
principal while it may be the dictate Of good
policy But even Of this We are not satisfied
a President who oemes into power upon the
national sentiment, and then bcstows office,
power aud influence upon the enemies ofthat
sentiment, may reasonably expect. upon bis
next appeal to the popular tribunal, to find
the national sentiment in antagonism TO him
self, and to receive q condemnation of his
performance, more overwhelming than that
which greeted his promise. t,,p ~,
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