Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-10-04


whose care its duties are coniided.
You have been accustomed, Sir, to the
sweet fragrance Of the incense of sdulation.
sycophants and caterers, the curses OF every
state have burnt on your affairs the likelihood
OF the country, and have told you it was sa-
crif;ce 10 the Goddess Of Liberty, purifying
with it, fumes the temple OF our fathers. You
will learn, by dreadful lessons, thai they
have deceived and ruined you
One party in this country have, always,
snoken 10 You in the bold and manly tone that
freemen chuse to assume They were repro
bated by your partizans for daring to address
Won in the words of sober truth and justice
You see Sir, that federal language mas, hi
sherto, been mild when compared with that
of your former friends now become your I'M
relentng enemies You discover, sir, what
popular favour and popular applause are made
Of You have read of their nothingness, you
have seen living examples to illustrate what
YOU have learned from historick records: but
you have never felt, till now, that sore humi-
liaton of being abandoned and undone by
those on whom you had lavished your patron
age, and to whom you had unbosomed your
secrets.
You will find, sir, that the men who have
deserted you, will pursue you to the grave
Their safety depends upon your annihiiation,
and they will make every effort that despe-
rate men can make to consummate their de
sign. You have seen, and you ought to know
characters of this stamp. You must be a.
ware of their arts, and must be certain OF
their malignity If you are not, you are ra-
ined ten-foId; il you are, sleepless nights
OF agony await you. You have no talents OF
a cast to bear you through IN contes. with
these men, They are your masters in the
arts of intrigue and in the studied devices OF
mischief, arming itself with the prejudices
and power Of the multitude Your populari-
ty is gone with those who bore you on their
shoulders, and you cannot flee to federalists
for shelter; for remember, sir, you have de-
serted them. 1t has not, nor shall 1t ever be
their practice to reward those, who without
reason and against conviction, left their ranks
TO Join the opposing columns OF their adver-
saries When they are driven to extremtles
they will pity them, as generous men should
pity those who arc fallen, but they viii not
trust them; they will not exalt them.
The tissue of your troubles Is but begin
ming. Open enemies alone have, as yet at
tackled you The Vaccinations of secret hos
tility are, this moment in full play, and you
have not the power to retard their effect
Where you count upon friends you will see
none but enemies--where you call for neu-
stralty you will find determination to JOIN
the party of power--where you expect tenn
perate opposition you will tie surprized VITA
an envenomed hatred-where you looi2 for
gratitude you will be met by contempt, and
where you appeal to granted favoars you will
be reproached with unrewarded services.
Such, sir, is the brief history OF every fall
en- man. You will find it true one. 1t is
true in common life--it is most notorious in
those men VINO have held stations of great
name and great import such as the station
you now hold
You will know, sir, that all your arts, and
all the sacrifices, personal as well as political,
that you have made, at the expense Of your
feelings and the probable interests of your
country, will benefit you but little in your
hour of adversely. Slcn men, as you have
patronizei, bow to the rising sun, adore his
meridian splendour, but turn their backs up
on his setting, even if he set in glory AL
wise men that knew them had no doubt of
this, their dastardly character. They will
hereafter have your practical experience to
warrant them In their opinion.
You have nursed vipers, in your bosom,
that have truly played the serpent with you.
AhSs haso oc,uiiou you, dIiu h@'o chdi i'co
you with their basilisk eyes-they now sting
you and they will not cease to sting you until
they consummate your political death. You
cannot propitiate them-They are as unre-
lenting as fate. No self humilation--no
piedge--no promised reward-no honours, no
hopes no fears will ever make them your
friends They have studied well their ground.
and will not retreat unless beaten from it by
ioree, and this force you cannot command,
nor could not WELD even if it were comman-
ded. They are not afraid to stand "the ha-
Eard OF the die"
You will see sir, daily proofs, of what
have here declared, rising, in perfect vision