Martinsburg Gazette

THE RETURN.—Of the number who attended the Inauguration we have seen none on whose brow there did not sit, as it appeared to our perception, weariness, disappointment, and, in some cases, disgust! Some probably went with hopes of preferment and returned in despair. Some felt honorable disgust at the figure made on the occasion by persons and classes of persons, whose assistance they were willing to receive in the election, but an association with whom they did not fancy, now that their services can be dispensed with; the Inaugural dissatisfied many, the Cabinet many more; the pomp, and parade and ceremonies fell short of their high-wrought expectation, and were felt to be but "vanity and vexation of spirit,"—yielding no compensation for the bad lodging, the extortionate prices, the jostling in the crowd, and the fatigue! Exultation for the defeat of Mr. Clay had spent itself before, and Patriotism, we dare avouch, whispered in the ear of many of them the question—"What have you, what has your country gained by discarding that experienced Statesman, that old public servant, that gallant spirit who in her darkest hours was ever that country's safest councillor and ablest defender, so to elevate one who has rendered no services beyond a thousand others?"

Tell us frankly, visitors to the Inauguration, did not such thoughts cross your minds sometimes, and did not conscience in the lugging of party spirit, give answer which you will not avow?—Richmond Whig.