Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-03-29
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Nh. EDITOR Want 81 time ana iaore a4feeA-
bic employment prevented an earlier notice Of the
Republican on my fyrmsF communication Ihe
Republican eiserases his old story about the past
mis- doings Of the wings in this County Il isal-
ready as tedious as thrice told tale, but still be
harps On IT, Are we to be borei forever with the
same old tune, sung again and again, until even
his fayorite scholars must he tired andsick Of il
1t matters not what, lie fancies al questions
solved at once. all difficulties removed, all char
ges and investigations answered, pus to rest; and
drowned in the sweet music Of his Old Song.
Cannot he give Us something new or does he
think the old tune the only one suited to the
tastes and faculties Of lis hearers7 He is mista-
ken. TIE cants too much about the County Off :
GERS ''of honor and emoiumentsR Out Of the
abundance Of the heart the lips speak" aud the
+ people know 1t and il he does not take care the
people win suspect the inspiration Of his music
lie should be moro judieious. lie may rely upon
It the mass Of the people are not thinking az the
time as be seems to be, about the County officers
ses honor and emolnmentn The question for
the people Of Berkeley aye and the Democratic
people, is--shaH Clique, all the members Of
which, arc well known to them, govern them and
the County put up ane put down whomthey please.
Or shall the people and as good Democrats as they
are, have some little say in it That is the ques-
tion.
Now how does che cliqus meet It Why'd
riuging,chan on the old Wing rule.
They pirate about the seventy years monopoly
Of all the County officers 'of honor and emolu-
ments'' by party now down, as they cay, and
which they put down. Now grant that this is 50,
does II justify the Clique in a similar monopoly
ofall the County officers 'of honor and emolumenta
/ for another seventy years. trow not. The FIRST
was enough, surely but to make it the justidca-
ton of another reign Of terror is too tough The
people in all likelihood have had enough Of the
Clique though it has not yet served out its sew
enty years.
What indeed do the Democracy gain in putting
down one Clique, il another is to be put UP, and
such an i,,satiaJte Clique too! Nothing win sat
isfy it, short of all the Offices, every one Of them
--of honor and emolumcnt They now have both
Clerks officers and the Post Office and like the
Leach, they still cry give; all or meme is their
motto.
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"The Sheriffalis Is the golden idol of the Wig
party in this County, shouts .ac Republican
And of course the Clique must have that too,-
ssome one who has borne share of the struggle
that disenthralled old Berkeley shouts No G. "a
junior measJe, Of oJom eighteen months aanaag, of
the Clique,) The Clique must have it tits Clique
property the Clique will have it; the Clique
fought the revolutionary war; no outside Demo-
erat will do. He must be vctran, and belong TO
the glorious Spartan band, to the inyinciblcs, to
the Clique, Pretty we'll shouted, No. 6. No doubt
your merits are very great, and in due time when
your beard hath grown, you win get your reward
your achievements in discriminating old Berke-
ley, were nearly up TO Gen, WashingtOn's
There is this little difference between you, how
ever, lat the battle of Yorktown he told the boys
not to shout, when the enemy laid down their
arms, and 'posterity would shout for them" But
this is an age of progress, you have perhaps, i'm
proved on the General; you do your own shout
ing-you are too just to suffer the people to pass
over your merits in disenthralliug old Berkeley
But not only the sheriffalty must 60 TO the
Clique for we see no little bitterness is also felt
about another office, and that another member of
the Hholy alliance" missed the post of Attorney
/ for the Commonwealth. You see this in the allu-
sion to the notorious whig,n who is charged as
San anonymous serbblerp for the Gazette The
Clique, then, is resolved that all its members are
to be and shall be provided for. They are deter.
mined, and make it point of honor, that the de-
feated Sheriff and Attorney shall have justice to
| them. "a change Of men in the Sherifs Office
cannot fail to be promotye Of the interests OF the
community very generally says The Republican
What does the Republican mean by the eommu-
nifty Does it mean all the people, Wings and
Democrats, or does it mean the Clique communi
ty? There is no doubt it will suit the Clique
community exactly and round it eff handsomely
True, the Office viii not be in the name of the
defeated brother Of cliquedom, but he may be a
deputy, the emoIuments win follow, and a rose BY
any other name win smell as sweet.
But have said the Clique have already, all the
officers but two, the Sheriff and Attorney for the
Commonwealth Now let the Clique for the BEN
eft of old Berkeley--blow awhile and rest con-
tented with these, and let us see how far the clan,
ges have been and will be 'promotieep Aye, that
is the word-"of the interest of the community,
before we hand over to the Clique these two like
wise. 1t may be, that in some of these Offices al
ready in the hands ofthe Clique, the changes NAV
not be promotiye Of the interests of the commuui
ty; such thing is possible Let us wait awhile
before giving up to them ALL As wise men the
clique oughtto remember the fable of the boy who
put his hand into to the jar Of fllberts He filed
il so full he could not get it out again Bear this
in mind, gentlemen of the Clique, andno, pray be
easy with what you have. There is nothing like
moderation.
But the Republican, in every topic of its arti-
Gle, avoids all reasoning maaifesty thinks it
useless to waste ammunition, and relies net on
y upon old, worn-out party RANGER to hold The
people of Berkeley to their good behaviour to the
Clique, but farther resorts to false Issues and c5-
bes, and just such, to the words Of his article
--'as Indicate authorship in a notorious me,nber