Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-08-04

i've lanG, IS 30 c1ngchu with the feelings OF
man, that we may fairly suppose the iate and
present condition of our country to be an in.
teresng subject TO the American people.
We meet, 70 celebrate tue birth -jlav of a ma.
tioni--The memorable day when tie patriots
of i776, mutually pledged their honor to die
for the injured rights at man, or TO throw off
thc woke of insurpOrtabe bondage. The bat
ties which they tought-the victories they gain
ed--the glorious achievement. they accom-
piished, can need no repetition in this enhgh
tened assembly. 1t is enough TO saw. that their
virtues made the most splendid individuals
little more illustrious But ike the leaves of
sutumn, they have fallen one by one from iheif
elevated stations; and it has devoived upon
their succofs to guide the newly created ma
ton TO the destiny that awaits her.
The policy hereafter, to be pursued, the
principles that ought to be encouraged, our
endorsements aud the Causes that have pro.
duced them are objects most proper for al.
tention at the present day Extensive rum has
lately swept over the commercial districts OF
our country, burying in its course so many al
fluent and ~espectabe families as Sufficiently
TO evince that, although in the maln happy
and floursning people, We are vet subject 10
reverses offortune; and that to investigate the
causes OF such extraordinary effects is not un-
worthy ofthe greatest occasion.
A nation which extends IN latitude nearly 90
degrees. and from eas, TO west The journey OF
month; sIthough it ne furnished With every IA
oility OF Internal aud foreign navigation, cannot
unless strangely dsIudsd, expect 10 rise by one
single art TO hugh degree ct elevation. Such
a dehson has lately existed in these United
States the reason ut winch We must look for on
the other side of the Atlantic Remote from
the commissions of war, We have not yet learn
ed BY experience the desoiation the pinchIng
scarcity and universal wan, many times produ.
aed by it in other countries When France,
sed 1y an ambitious chief, was aiming at the
subiueat;on ofEurope, aud the nations IN her
vicinity We re struggling tor their political ex.
;stence-wh,sn the protection OF whatever was
dear tn them cqied for efforts from each one
beyond the rau sAl exertion OF its strength, we
enioyed greater tranquil y, AID became on this
ad, of tha Atlantic the husbandmen ut the
old w.rId So abun1EUt Was the circulation OF
rnonev; so long were or etiars kept in state
unnatural to them, so much was the pubic
mind bewiidered, that our present cifcum-
stances are believed by the new gen Tat'1n,
which has in the mean time come upon the
staee, to be only temporary ana unnatural.
Itseemed as If the poets vision were CONVEX
ted into reality as if by rural iaSourS alone,
and without the wees imputed 10 naoufacto-
rias. we were about Advancing in the way TO
those men pegaato be believed who argued
that we could he respected abroad at home
fiourishing and happy. powerful in arms and
sufficiently intelligent that we could have
a country filed with growing villages and a
dense population. and ali this. not by parcel
ling out TO each member of the commonwealth
The different kinds OF labor suited to his gen.
ius, but by universal application to the plough,
with the stimulus and encouragement of
prosperous foreign commerce. Such was at
one time the demands tor our commodities,
and the eNtravagant prce they bore, That this
kind of reasoning passed toierably well, and It
did apnear as if our manufactured articles
might be procured from abroad with the mo.
nev introduced by this channel 50 abundmtly
pu into our pockets. But peace having again
re turned to WHOM with her genial heat the
Europesn husbandman's whitening plant and
the equilibrium beng there restored, which, in
a wei regulated state should always exist
between the products OF agriculture and
her sister arts, our surplus IS SO little IN de-
mana that our farmer commences ms career OF
yearly induetry without spirit and without Joy,
under load ofdebt yexatIon and desponden-
CIV. Why. in SO many places, are eur fields
covered with brers! Our fences decsylng'
Our laborers declining their busy occapationsf
Our children framing up TO ignorance aud vicef
The only cause IS q want OF tIat spring TO en-
terprizIng industry which naturally results
from an equal dlstribuuon OF labor TO the
great variety 0f arts Never siiaa we be
great aud happy people, unlit the eye OF the
community shall see the utter imposslniiity OF
being ciVilized without the arts rich without
industry, o. generally Industrious without a d.
vision Of labor. Il IS only revoiuInn which
breaks M the foundatlons OF society, or wars
that render the earth with human blood, or
iob VII that
enable us 10 flourish even in our fertile soil by
the labors OF agriculture alone. Whenever
these causes cease to operate, We are reduced
20 our pr sent conditions and II they should
always continue, nations, manufactures aud
the arts would sink rapidly into anmhllatIon,
Proud of the name of an agricultural nation.
there is anger lest we sholld neglect the arts
tlal will oe tO9nd essential To our prosperity
10 cur safety, To our independence. Let US
not 80 flr indulge an aity dream OF speculation
as to lose the soild advantages thai may be
enjoyed with a WISE system of poicy, while
we are taking about rural vTtue, and looking
for a'e OF lniHgs that Is Incompatible with
the cohdttlun Of nam. But Yrtae IS non con-
&ned TO any oceppslioh The good mans
NrAver ascend s fsom the shop ana tie open
Md eqlsily acceplaSie TO Heaven. Noe IS
mass occupation ertteriaA OF respec, abiDty.
No nrat4r 1hetaeF he he tarraer oe mechanic
no mater wiie! hsp lac SIT upon the artihcers
stool OF ~ the hoy ternpie M lds.cs TO de-
eide upan 10. fortune. Il he perform well The
part auotted 30 am ~ INC great economy Ut
Lie, hs Is resrsec>ahte msn.
Expertence OF reoent smislortunss, and the
fAce,iatIoa. 40 the gAiue OF mln and proper
u, oecas 4 Dt chaaSes m Etrop Al ait4irs,
ought elc4r.y O cun'ln US that national pros.
p-ny Haas. tes2 upoa permanent ssslss and