Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-08-03


W. do not mean to lot this matter rest
Ihs public has an interest in Il which rise
above the marrow considerations Of party
For ourselves we put from us, and behind us
all calculations Of party advantage, and re
gard il oBiy in the broad light Of commor
justice and fairness. We raise no issue as /,
the capacity Of the present incumbent, --Mr
Burns IL, at least, however, bis equal 10 thil
rsspect, and his superior in experience, il
such matters. Nor bsye we anything to 50,
here as TO Mr.. Alburtis' conduct Of the Of
Zee. These are matters not involved in Mr.
Alburtis' appointment and Mr.. Burns' dis
ulissal.
Neither will we sllov any false issue Il
be raised a. to that policy Of parties which
mduces removals from Office on political
grounds. The removal Of the former Dem-
ccratic post master to which the Republican,
alludcs, by Wing administration, would re-
quirc, we need only say, better argument to
condemn, consistently with its own avowed
policy in this respect, than the fertile genius
Of any, or all of its Editors could invent. II
is enough that Mr.. Burns is Democrat, and
better one than the editor Of the Republic
can or any Of his hackers. More especially
could he teach the principle one, the Repre-
sentative from this district, lessons which bis
infant Democracy has not yet learned, and
which, although baptised into that church,
il will take him, we imagine, more than two
years to acquire.
The case before US is simply this : Just
before the close OF the last administration,
the Wing post master here, resigned his Of
nee. The fact Of his determination to resign
was known to Democrats as we'll as Wings.
Indeed some Democrats either applied or
took steps to apply for the Office, in contem
plation ofbis resignation. No Wing applied.
II the Representative Of the District did not
know Of the intended resignation, and there
fore took no steps to prevent Mr. Burns ap-
pointmcnt--as the Republican would leave
Us to infer he would have done-yet the pub
lie is 30 simple as to conclude that it was
Just precisely one. of those matters, as to which
he should not have boon consulted, because
BE would regard his own, more than even his
,arty's interest
Mr.. Burns was appointed under that Ad-
under these circumstances. a
locided majority Democrats and Wings
within the range of the Office approved the |
appointment. The complaint is that the in
coming administration was thus forestalled.
BE it so. That is far from being sufficient |
10 dispose ofthe question. The inquiry comes
7p. Is not Mr.. Burns Democrat, without |
suspicion or reproach ; Is he not honest, Ca
liable, and experienced Has he not stood |
n the trenches and borne tho severest expo
,ure in the battle Sunshine or storm, hot
n cold, has he not done harder service than |
ne editor Of the Republican Has he not |
lone more effective service Who merited
no appointment moro than he Did their
party interests require his removal!
He is rudely thrust out to make room for
me who needed the Office much less than he,
= not at oil. Why, and by ,ohom was it
lone Does any one suppose that the Off
aers of the Government at Washington did
L of their own accord. What motive could
lave influenced them =, There was of me-
oessity some compulsion upon the Depart
inent to prompt it to so cold blooded an act,
y it has been misled. We may well sup
lose that the Representative from the Dis
'rict took ESPECIAL interest in rewarding his
organ. The usage in the Department ena-
Lied him to do it. lie was thus permitted
to exercise his power, to turn out an old SOL
icr of the party to the wind and weather.
one who stood guard in the dark hour of his
party's fortunes, while he, the new-fedged
Democrat, was warning to destroy those
whose honors be new enjoys.
II this is the interest Of any party,
Heaven help the country We cannot be-
'ieve it to be governed by so despicable a
policy. The fault is not, we hope, with the
party, but with those who urge it to do the
wrong, or who nislead it Shall public opin-
on be thus outraged and de6ed Let the
Republican talk Of mock sympathy, and go
on with its audacious exultation and its "Ha !
Ha Hap. There is indignation which
cannot be suppressed There is no "iron'
n its "hecp' now, to crush the independent
ssntiment Of the men of its own party, who
lore justice and fair-dealing, and who will
not that its old friends and associates shall
10 sacrificed at the bidding of the arbitrary
"Jelc" be they "seven" or lcss,--the "im-
mortal Janta." They are not Satanic
Ir'ps" enough for that, as the Republican il
pleased to designate them.