Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-06-07

FROM THE sALrM GAZETTE.
Mr.. Pickering's address
TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
NO. XII
Fellozu Citizens-The text furnished by
the Virginia delegate to congress, which
was recited in the two preceding numbers,
requires some further comments.
AS a consequence necessarily resulting
from that gentle man's declaration, | re-
marked, That besides the essential inter-
ests of numerous portions OF our Cltizens
more Immediately concerned, sacrificed TO
the views of party leaders, the great inter-
ests and the honor OF our country must be
shghted or abandoned, lest those gentlemen
should lose their places, the power and the
emolumenrs of office. But may be asked
Wha, hazard to their popularity would d.
rise from their taking those measures which
the public welfare, the honor and safety OF
the MARION imperioasly require? | answer,
That as the great body of the people, the
rA5on, must necessarily desire that the Ma
tior4l interests, homer and safety may be
pfoTnoeed and secured of course they will
approve the measures which they 6elleve
are caculst~d to effect those great and pa
triotic purposes. But if the nation have
been dece oea +; if they have been taught to
believe, and do believe, that the measures
which alone can maintain and secure those
essential objects, would be most injurious
and destructive if to the men whom the
people have long " delighted to HONOR y
may be applied the denunciation of the pro-
phet--" Woe unto the that call evil good
and good evil; that put darkness for light
and light for darkness that put bitter for
sweet and sweet for bitter )" then what wilt
the people approve? The pernicious mea-
sures OF their deceiving leaders-Even in
the days of WAsHINCToN they alarmed the
Tears q the people, that the system OF al-
m'nistration which he approved was caicu.
ia'edto introduce monarchy and nobility,
from which, by the revolution they had re-
Gently been freed. Mr.. Jefferson. in his
memorable letter to his friend Mazzei,
dared to represent " the Executive Power"
meaning WAsHINGToN, in whom, as
president, the executive power was then
vested" the Judiciary" and " all the
Officers of Government" as engaged in a
conspiracy against republicanism In
stead (says he) of that noble love of liberty
and OF that republican government which
carried us trlumphantly through the dan.
Of IL II. 4
aristocratical party has risen up, whose a
vowed object is to impose on us the sub
stance, as they have already given US the
orm, of the Births government" BY
this "form of the British government"
meaning the Constitution Of the United
sStafes, which he and his partisans no1o pro-
less SO much to admire. The people were
taught to hate every thing pertaining to
England, and to love every thing pertain
Ing to France; That the chief magistrate
OF England being King, must therefore be
fyrant ruling over slaves while France,
calling herself republic, must be free. and
hef rulers the patriotic guardians of the
peoples rights. No connection, therefore.
no treaty, not even Of amity and commerce,
Jer our 0r0n benefit, and far the settlement
g'H disputes must be formed with England,
Jest the purity of republicanism should be
oehied by her whoredoms." 10 the
same letter to mazzei, above mentioned,
'ir' Jefferson represented many OF the
most distinguished citizens of the United
Htates as having become apostates from
fepublicanism :: men (he says) who were
Sol0mons in counsel and Simpsons IN COM