Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-05-31
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luAR TINSBURG, May 81.

When we recall to mind the unpromts-
ing condition Of the country last autumn
and the intrllcitv, THAI then pcrvaded e.
very part of the comnunitv, on account
OF the indIscrtminate ravages of an OBJ
stinate epidemic fever, We feel particu-
l4rly happy in mentioning the pleasing
prospects Of plentiful Harvest. Altho'
! sickness had disabled most Of the far
mrrs from paving all the attention to
plouyhing and seeding, which they wish
ed; there is ample alIevi zion derived
from the abundance now promised in the
luxurant aspect Of the fields. Last wear
the incessan showers Of Nay and June
frustrated their hopes, and few DAYS
past VIZ had almost reason again to APP
Prehend the same cause of injury to the
present crops; but the rare occurrence
in our variable climate, Of two succeed
ing years, corresponding in the weather
AMI temperature of the seasons, will
warrant the husbandman in thu in ilt-
gence of better hopes. Fred. T. Her.l
1t cannot but be interesting to curl
shapes the principles of Democracy as
sumo in the different states Of the Union,
. and with what facility they can transfuse
/ themselves into a heterogeneous mass
and form cement OF cooperation t. the
same end. In Pennsylvania, democr a.
cy has displayed itself in restless dis
organizing spirit of innovation, in VII
client hostility against Judges and law
yers and a derelictioa of the practical
principles OF government. Good sense
and honesty tho duped for while with
the utopia of political fanaticism, have
turned abhorrent from its illusions and
We now recognize the existencencc of
two factions in that State, engaged in
constant chickering's about precedency in
point OF republican purity. ~ ""'
In NewYork it has assumed the most
various shapes and the rise of parties
may be traced to the conflict Of COMPETE
ton tor office, - the opposition OF COM
mcrclal interests and the influence of
nun deserving universal dete,tation.. In
this state, the spirit of innovation has
been dltatory in its progress, compared
WIKI IlS IdpII advances IN the state OF
Pennsylvania but such is the infAtuati-
on of public opinion, which it has produ-
ced, that the most fragrant deIinquences
AMI most notorious restitution Of qnali-
hcntlon have been overlooked in the dis
ulbuton Of Office.
IN the state of Virginia, whose con-
s:ltution contains more of aristocraticaI
rleaVen than any other state of the Union.
the established institutions have been as
yetpermanently supported, free from the
assaults OF innovators. Amidst the de-
' lusive sounds of liberty and republican,
ISM, the poor man, who possesses no
freehold estate, rests content under the
exclusion from the right Of suffrage, and
the mechanic and merchant can still pa
GENTLY bear to be deprived of their dues,
under the law, which secures the real
property Of the debtor against their l,ts,
demands. The operations of democra-
cvinth's state have orfgtnast4l from a spi-
.rIt OF h1@SNl'tv against the constitution Of
the UnteH States. Her anbtlon is
without bounds AMI her cries Ar ,inst the
d 'hy~r7 VI IA Intrchv ere onlv the voice
o. ia svrrn, that would snatch and en-
gross the tein' OF power into her own
htHh'.>
In this Ivory shetch, Ills our inten,i.