Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-09-01
Our readers generelly are acquaited

with the leading points OF dIifereuce be-
tween the two parties, known BY the
applications Of -siief and anti-reIief which
have for several years agitated the State
of Kentucky. Between these parties
there has Just terminsted (if we may
hope that il has terminated one OF the
most violent political Struggles that
domestic politics have r,tr given
rise TO in any one of the States of the
Union. Our readers remember that the
Judges Of the Court of Appeals in that
State had rendered themselves obnox-
ious TO the relief party, by declaring the
relief laws which had been passed, I'M
constitutional and null, and therefore
refusing to enforce them; that the re-
lief party in the Legislature, after fail
ing in an attempt to remove the Judges,
by impeachment, Ito DO which, two
thirds of the Legislature were, by the
constitution, necessary yet afterwards
effected their object by passing an act
abolishiug the Court of Appeals,
which legislaled the Judges out of of
| flee; and by contefnporaneous act re-
organizing the Court, and appointing o.
Their Judges from their own party.
| These acts, of course, created much
sensation throughout the State--the an
ti-relief party asserting that the FRO
ceeding was in violation to the consti-
tuition; and the relief party maintaining
that the Judges were not rightfully in
dependent Of or paramount to, the
law, ard had no constitutional power to
set aside the will of The people, express
ed in the acts of the Legislature. The
new Court went into operation; and
the old Court, after attempting for a
time to maintain its authority, retired
from the contest, and yielded the judi
cial power to the new Court, but pro-
testing formally against the eonstitu-
tionality OF It's creation and existence.
From that time forward. the torch of
discord blazed throughout the state with
increased fury. The great effort that
followed, was to obtain the ascendency
in the next Legisiature--by one party
to confirm the new order of things by
the other, to restore the old. The con-
troversy has not been confined to ihfe-
'rior politicians, or demagouges by pro-
tession; but, as the questions at issue
have divided the first talents of the state,
| (of which it is doubtful if any state can
boast of more,) many of the most dis
tinguished of its citizens have entered
actively and openly, by public address
es, or under their proper signatures,
into the controversy. The struggle has
resulted in the signal success of the
friends of the Old Court, or the anti
relief party, wEo will have more than
two to one of their adversaries, in the
next Legislature. This succsss.is said
to be greater than was anticipated by
either party, and is so complete, that it
is supposed it will be decisive, as TO the
g Judicial questions at least, for a long
/ time.-.Nat. Int.
The proposed Canal for connecting
the waters of the Potomac with those of
the Ohio, appears to be attracting the
attention of our Western brethren, and
exciting local exertionsto secure par
hciPation in the great benefit which the
scheme promises.
At Marietta, in Ohio, meeting was
held on the first instant, for the purpose
Of obtaining survey to ascertain the
.practicability of terminating the propo-
sed Canal, or branch oft, at the O.
hio, opposite to the Muskiugum river.
The route proposed is through the val
ley of the Little Kanawha, where COM
mttees were appointed to cooperate
with the people . of Harrison county,
Virginia, and others, III the accomplish
ment oftheir object. Such branch of
the great Canal, wouldrnot only lead
through very fine country, but would
shorten the extent of navigation, be-
; tween Cincinnati and this District, Sc
>veral@ hundred miles --.dler. Ca2.
We learn with no considerable re-
greet, that the weevl>have already made
their unwelcome appearance in our
.neighborhood.
1t may be wellfor the farmers to ex-
anime their stacks daily, for many crops
were ruined last year before suspicion
was excited-Several within the COM
pass of few miles were so completely
destroyed as to render tmeshing unpro-
fltable. lib.
The London papers assert that Lord
Cochrane who is now in England, has
il under consideration to go to the as
sistance of the Greeks, instead of re-
tilPnina tc South A m, orico