Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-06-30
From the Richmond Enquirer.

0Eof hO 1Vn1aNANtG VI oGNA
gia has adjourned. TheReport from
the Select Committee to whom was re-
ferred so much Of the Governors Com
munica,ion as relates to the interfer-
enee of the United States G~osernmsnt
with the local of the state, we
are gratified to find, W laid ON the ia
bic and not afterwards callad up The
language of the Governor ON this sub
ject was certainly more violent than the
occasion required. Things have no ar
rived at that crisis when the Governor
of a State, in a grave message to the
Legislature, a be justified in saying,
that, shaving exhausted the argument
we will stand by u arms" A firm
and dignified remonstrance against IN
war; antable entertainments IS a duty.
| But let that IemonstranCe be tempered
| with moderation and decision Ii we
regret the warmth of Gov. Troup's
language, what shall we say to the still
more incorporate report OF the commit
tee? Whether this report met the de-
iiherate sanction of the Committee or
not, it is unnecessary to enquire. The
| good sense and discretion of the House
permitted it to steep quietly on the ta-
BILE. 1t furnishes, however, a strong
indication Of the dangers to be appre-
hendea from indiscreet or unjust mea
.ures on the subject. And if the "powey"
! that ..has gained The ASCENDANT" should
attempt acts of oppression on the
'po,cerlese," who are expected TO "de
content TO oBEY"-this is the sort of
obedience hat may be looked for.
We have been long sensibly alive to
the unconstitutional u'urpations of pow
err on the part of the Legislative, Execu-
tive and Judicial Departments of the
Federal Government; but we think
there has yet occurred, and we trust
that nothing will occur, to authorize
such a resort as that limited at by the
Governor, and so uneq~uivocally spoken
of in the report of the committee.
| The question Of slavery is one with
which the Southern States, will never
allow the Federal Government to med
die in the manner proposed by some in
divlduals. For all this excitement, are
we not indebted to that lover Of Liber-
ty, MIR. Rufus Kinge That majority in
Congress, or that a majority of the
people of the non slave-holdisg states,
will permit heir power to be welded,
for such purposes, and by such men,
we never can believe. When the gou-
ernment shall act on the subject, and
bring this usurped power to bear upon
us, it will be then time for the southern
people TO unite and consult for their
common safety. Until then such re-
ports and resolutions as have been laid
on the table in the Legislature of Geor.
gla are hasty and premature. We have
confidence in the attachment Of the nor
thern people to the Union oftbese states
nor do we despair of their discounte-
nancing the selfish efforts of a few de-
magosuas and mischief makers. The
hearts Of all good men among them, and
throughout the states, must respond to
the sentiments so happily expressed by
General LA FAYETTE, in his reply to
the Governor of the Massachusetts Lee
gislsture. lie says:
"While | had continually to admire
the rapid wonders OF creation and i'm
provement, that have been the result OF
independence, freedom, and those re-
publican institutions. which alone are
equal to support the weight, and display
the faculties, of an extensive empire, !
have particularly delighted in the sen
timents of fellow feelings, and mutual
affection, whereby the people Of every
part of the confsderacy are strongly
attached to an union, on which reside,
the safety of these states, and the hopes
Of mankind"
Why should these sentiments Of fell
low feeling and mutual affection" be in.
terrupted by office hunters and design
ing men! A few ofthese men holding
public stations. and a few pert arrogant
newspaper %scrIbblers, have alone. as yet
menaced us with hypocritical scheme:
of governmental philantrophy. May
not our legislatures leave such men te
the slow, but sure, denunciation with
which an enlightencdpuhlic opinion mus
in time, overwhelm them?
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