Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-03-08

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\ Indeed they are too himsy to bide his real
object or entitIe him to the credit Of adrolt-
ness or ingenuity
His real object is 20 drop the main ques-
tion. 10 wit, the Caucus System, as i IS too
rotten to bear handling, and be must know
that the people Of ali parties arc dissatisfied
wish II. aud TO turn the attention Of bis ioi-
lovers to the war cry Of party, though all
party spirit is row at the last gasp. lie
raves about .Nabob Federalists. and The
iron heel of the Wig Coart-hoasc Clique,
which lie admits, through the fnstruB'entafi-
IN of tie Caucus system was driven into cv-
cry democrat Of the county that did not wor-
SLIP their idols Forgetting Or not observing
that monster With an iron heel, might be-
come as ruthless ID one party as another. and
ought to be secuted from all parties. Now
this admission is all that All honest opponent
OF vile system desires, forit is the system
and its power aud effect to crush the personal
Independence and prieatc judgment Of tho
members Of any party that may use 1t. and
TO transfer the power of the people to few
intrlgucrs who make a profit aud trade Of IT..
While the people become their puppets
and tools, and not whether it was popular
Nth the Wig party once, and is now popu
lar with the Democrats party that Is pow
The question for constellation.
do not believe that the ma SEES Of tie pco
Die were ever satisfied With it Foisted upon
them yy the arch magician Martin Van Blu
rem. and in his high party times, they have
tolerated, bat never loved it. Martin, him.
self, has gone By the board aud toqpote the
classic language Of the Republican, "a5aor-
red By men and rejected By Hedrer. and it
is to be hoped bis villainous devices. this
among them, vii. seon follow. But whether
this be 81 or not. it is admitted b. the Re
publican, that the ...vnster has an :son heel
and th:..,s the Wing ra.sy, when dominant in
the couaay. drove it into every Democrat, -
Has 1t never occurred to him that there are
other parties = to wit, the mass Of tho people
Of each party. and Into whom the iron heel is
still deeper driven For il matters not which
party uses it---anJ both Of them do use it
the result is that the iron heel of few men
whether .Ndbob Federalists" or ditinterest-
ed aud patriotic democratic leaders who sue
.eeed to their poEer) is driven into the mass
of their own party aye deeply driven, and
will crash out, if they succumb it, every
mauly and independent sentiment and feeling
and compel them under this same iron heel,
to submit like dastards to few pretending
disinterested, patriotic dietators, forsooth.--
just listen to the following language of the
Republican. end take in connection the pres
ent dissatisfaction in his own party with the
clique" and you viii see IN that language
the tyrant spirit, and viii further sec clearly,
not only the iron heel, but the eleven foot Of
the Caucus monster.
Only hear how he drives the iron heel into
his rebellious subjects, how he speaks dag
gers to them, as though they were the born
slaves or serfs Of the clique, who had abscond-
ed with the collar on their necks.
ave seldom her any complaint from hon
est men about cauerses. They arc gener-
ally from the party in the minority but
lchen they do issue from a member Of a
dominant party, It is from, some one ,oho is
so supremely lcorthless, that his name is a
reproach, or aoho has the happy disposition
OF esteemine his opn merits or abilities
more highly than others esteem them"
Now at the very moment these words are
uttered. the editorial defender Of the supre,
macy Of the clique of this county, knows very
well that thore is an independent candidate
for the SherifTalty, as well as a Clique candi :
date, aud that there are friends and support
ers ofthe Independent candidate and OF his
own party, who are just as honest and worthy
of esteem, and just as modest too, as any of
the members of the clique or their followers.
Does he expect these men to quail at bis
anathemas or to be frightened at big words
uttered by the Moloch of Clqledom. They
do not choose to be the slaves of the clique
and forthwith the Republican presents his
dennnciations, He says they are either dis
hone st. or esteem their opa merits or a5il-
tiles more highly than Others esteem them =
Now what others, and who does he mean by
others The leaders of the Clique, | sup
pose. / trust the time is coming when all
menwho want Office. or who may choose to
aspire (and thank God all have right to as.
pre without the leave Of a clique) will look
to the people who alone have rightto decide
on their merits and claims will spurn with
the sco.n of ireemen, the demonstrated ar,
bitrament Of all cliques, of all parties. The
tluic was, WIEN luis WAS Ju5 case. IN the
days of Washington Jefferson, Madison, and
Monroe the people selected without the aid
of cliques, all their public men and officers,
and they were better served and by better
men than Martin Van Buren, and his caucus
es ever furnished. ,lartin is defunct; let his
caucuses go with himself, and let us come
back to former aud honest times The edi.
tor Of the Republican says the democratic
party hold, that properly constituted coaucn :
tons are the only legitimate means of as
certaining the sentiments Of The majoritg.'
do not believe he speaks the sentiments Of
the democratic party lie may speak his
own aud those of the clique With which he is
connected. 1t is next to impossible to have
a convention properly constituted, and know
of no better way of coming at the sentiments
of the majority, than leaving it to each man
TO express his own sentiments In this way
public sentiment was obtained in the days o.
the il!ustrious men just named, and would be
now, if the people could be heard.
But this is not what the clique desires.
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