Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-09-20

outrage upon the feelings and rights of the
community, than that which is recommended
by a Farmer" Let such Of our citizens who
are determined thai they will not be harnessed
10 the carr Of the Military Chiefain, assem-.
bic among themselves, to deliberate upon this
all important subject To the large counties,
We particularly address this invitation n they
are to be governed By u a0rigat!on, lei that
nomination be made with some semhlance Of
equality and justice; and BY a body so con
structed that il shall speak the voice of the
whole, ami NOT an in~considerAble part Of The
community.
.4sG jackson Contention az Riehnsnd-we
reeur to the subject adyerted 10 IN our last
number, first suggested by the able pen OF a
Farmer" with respect To the policy and ne
cessity Of organizing a body of Delegates, who
snail emsnate directly from the peupie, 20
speak their sentiments ON the choice of = Pre-.
sident, We invite our fellow citizens at large
10 enquire into The mode by which an electoral
ticket has huberto been framed At Richmond.
auu BY which their s~utirages have been 10 ct
iect as completely controlled, As IL under the
sway OF az absolute despotism. Shall il be
endured that a Leg slstye caucus shall longer
give law 70 public opinion, when II is notorious
nat thai caucus does not, and cannot reflect
he sentiments Of the peopiei II each coun
ty had an equal number Of votes, in the elec
ton OF a Chief Magistrate, then the collected
hody OF Delegates might fairly express the
%'shes OF their Constituents. Bat the fact Us
COT so. An inequality, monstrous and unjust,
exists IN the representation, and so long rs
inequality remains, 1t is insulting TO common
sense to suppose, that a nomination from such
a source, is entitled TO respect Again We
earnestly call on the friends of order AID civic
virtue. and the enemies ct a powerful and am
oitlous combination, 10 bestir themselves, as If
the salvation OF the country depended on their
individual exertions. If one or more counties
wut begin the god work, the example will
ne speedily followed. We invite our editorial
irieDds. who are opposed TO Andrew Jackson, to
cooperate with Us in exciting enquiry. Hun
dreds and thousands, who are now ~listIess aud
inactive, might be reused to e~xertion. A con-
version, such az is proposed, would not only
Concentrate public sentiment. but would give
rise TO concert of action and inspire mutual
coincidence. II 1t produced no bother benefit,
the JudIcious formation of an electoral ticket
would alone recommend Il. Whilst We throw
out these hiuis with diiidence, we presume
not to suggest the details of whioh the plan
ITSELF is susceptible, We hope that the sun.
Ject will be forthwith taken up and discussed by
tue people. II the Hero is TO be forced upon
Us oy a caucus mandate, let us at least dispute
every inch of ground, and die in the last ditch.
I'VE will not that this mar shall rule over us.
We are totally, absolutely, aud unehangeably
opposed to bis election, and unless we are
greatly deceived. W. are satisfied that this sen
hment IS gathering strength in many parts ct
Virginia, which were hitherto undecided. We
care not ~ha, the State Oracle here, shall choose
TO say on the subjective kno1e that a re- action
IS gong on. and we exult at The prospect Of a
triumphant result in the A~ncient.D ominien ID
WE MAKE THIS soLgMy APPEAL To THE
PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA: suppose President A
DAMS and his oabinet had pursued the Virginia
| policyi Suppose they had declared war against
h5e ral oonstructions; Internal improvements;
Domestic Manufactures and Naval Observato-
rlesf Suppose they had chimed in exactly with
The slang of radicalism, and had protested en-.
tire coincidence with Gov. GILES and jon
RAEDoLPHf Should we have heard then this
cry OF corrupiionl Would any thing have
been said about bargain and saie3 Not one syL.
liable. Not a single whisper OF the kind would
have been breathed. All would have been har-
mony and confidence, integrity and hoaot.
We put another ca~se-suppose Mr.. CLAY aud
his friends. by their influence, bad made
CRAWFORD President, and the latter bad ap-
pointed the Secretary to the station he nov oc
cupies? Would the welkin have rang with the
shouts of intrigue and briberyf No! Mr.. CLAY
would then have been Virginla's favorlte son.
In this land of chivelry, "a thousand swords
would have lesped from their scabbsrds. to a.
venge even a look that threatened him with
insul,."-Uhie
We are among those who believe that the
vote ofthis State will not be given to General
jackson. This, we ara confident would be The
result if the election were held to day, and we
Know, Ger AMY that the Administrator IS daily
gaming friends in every part OF the State. while
we know of but one man who has changed in
favor of General Jackson and the Combinations
and this change was produced, we understand,
bya promise o~fsupport, as the Jackson csndi-
date for Lieutenant Governor, at the election
in 1898. In a word, we confidently anticipate
a triumphant majority of the votes of the Peo-
pie Of this State, in fsvorNof John Quincy A
dams, and re speak sdvisedly on this subject.
- missouri Rep:
INTERESTING TABLE.
FROM THE ~NEw-YoRK NATIONAL ADVOCATE.
Mr.. Edtor-The following Table is taken
from a late English paper with the exception OF
the prices in some of the American markets.
| which | have added, and are believed TO be
| correct. The statements is further altered by
being adapted to our measure and currency.
PIKE:
Prices of Whea: per bu.hel Of so lbs. IN va.
rious parts Of the world. IN May and June,
1897:
AMERICA.
Norfolk, Va. Nav. 81 Is cents.