Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-10-11
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MARrINsBURG. ocropEa IL, 1877.

10y Va subscription Tor the stock
Of me OhesspeaSe and Ohio Canal, are open At
the store Of Messrs. Riddle & Smith in ~
burg; and to inform them that every wbare a..
in the Potomac country, so far as we can ;n5~s
from the papers, there seem to exist inst ;,
p7esslons IN relation to this important work
Near two millions OF dollars have been already
subscribed The mountainous and tbinIv set.
tied county OF .fIeghGHy, in MARYLAND. II ia
stated, will take from 80 to So. 200 dollars Of the
stock; and we learn from a priva,e letter ,hat
some shares will be subscribed epen in the e,tv
Of Richmond. -
Extract g a letter from a gentleman in Richmond.
dated October l, 1927.
"As Tor the Presidential election, Richmond
is decidedly for the administration, and I hope
o.heEparts OF the state will not Continue under
the pupilage OF 80 after she has emancipated
herself. | have heard from Augusta and the
adjacent counties, which are represented as de-
cidedly in favour of the Administration. Even
this congressional district is said to be SO. About
Norfolk 1t is said they have a decided majority.
and the accounts from several sections of the
state are such as to induce a belief that the ma.
Jorty for Jackson is by no means so ~overwhelm
ing as the Enquirer represents it. I therefore
hope as the idea of an Anti Jackson meeting
has been suggested, it will not be permitted to
die from the despair of its friends"
We find the following interesting paragraph,
respecting the opinions of Mr. MADISON. in the
National Journal, as extracted from the Lunch
burg Krpinian.
NE state as a fact zpitiin cur o5u k,to1viedge,
that, Uery recently, the sage and patriot OF Mont.
pe''er expressed his deep regret at the course
now pursuing BY some of the most eminent po.
htcians OF Virginis-tbat he reprobated it, as
SaDDInp the foundation Nc bar vau-a, o,I An
ence IN the contederacy whilst, by a course of
moderation and prudence, she might have won
over a majority of her sister States to embrace
her princiPles-that he defended the right of
The National Government, under tie Constitution
to impose a tariff of duties on imports, with re
terence to other objects than revenue-be aver.
red that such had been the course pursued by
every administration in the country, his own
and Nr Jefferson's included-that to call all
the latent resources of the country into action,
and TO aftosd to them such protection as Cir
Cumstances might suggest, was one of the pFin-
clpal reasons for the adjustment of the confed.
Grafton system, which was found inadequate for
that purpose, and the adoption of the Federal
Constitution-and that the resolution passed by
the last legislature in relation to this object was
extremely unwise and impolitic. Here, then,
IS a man who IS everIastIng'y quoted by the
maTterts OF the Constitution in this State, who
assisted to frame this instrument, and who was
one gifts earliest and ablest cotemporaneous ex-
Founders, and who, in the exercise of his Elk.
ecutive duties, at a latter day, was called on to
construct its provisions, who says that be is err.
roneously thus quoted-a1d that William b
Giles. that dog in the manger, is fast hurFying
his beloved Virginia to ruin and contempt
We again repeat, that what we have here stat
ed is Of our ozrG kno1oledge and cannot be con.
fp.AtrraI W. home ~ will he IN 49, 1o.,,u
before long if Mr. Madison can be prevailed on
to conquer his insuperabIe aversion to mingling
Ii the strife, 10 lay a fuller exposition OF his
views before our readers"
The Winchester Firginian.-We may safely,
We believe, appeal to all who have honored our
pages, with their perusal, if the columns Of the
Gazette, have not throughout the present dues.
zion, been marked by as entire freedom from
personal invectIve, as any journal we care nor
which, TrOs, TyriusDe, in the community. As
serting our own opinions upon subjects of poll
ticsi importance, when we have deemed it pro-
per to do so-we have always shewn a respect.
tul Difference 60 the sentiments Of Others, even
where they have most vitality and materially dill.
fered from our own. Personal alterations we
have studiously Stunned, as neither congenial
TO the pacific Incidence of our own dispositions,
nor likely to afford much interest 10 our readers.
II any farther apology then shall be deemed ne.
cessary for the space which our notice of the
FIrglnian has occupied, We trust it viii be am.
ply perceived in the imperative sense of duty
which has compelled US to chastise the unpro-
Voked aggression which the Editor Of that pa
per has lately made upon our journal.
In the exercise of what we believed were our
acknowledged rights, We a few weeks ago ex-
pressed an opinion upon the probable state of
popular feeling in Virginia-examined bow far
from the evidence of her public acts and the in.
d%lcations of public sentiment already given, an
idea could be formed of The result of the Pre-
sIdential contest in this state-snd gave it as
our decided conviction, that a majority of the
voting population of this Commonwealth were
opposed TO the election of Gen. Andrew Jack
son. Admit that our conclusions were CHROME.
Gus, they were however given in a spirit Of fair
and Incorporate dlscussion-neither arrogating in
i%siilblilty to ourselves, nor infringing upon the
fight OF m inquiry in those opposed 10
US Our remarks attracted the attention of
The Editor of the Winchester Virginian. Often
ced that our "uninhuential print should pre-
sumo to offer its Sage disquisitions," as they
are modestly termed, TO the public-spd hur.
ned away by that h~eadlong violence which has
characterized the brief span of his Editorial ex-
S'ence, he Immediately sssailed US in a style OF
some little severity and certainly of much gross
and censurable scurrility. Ills language was
measured, neitherb by the respect due TO himself,
70 the cause in which he was engaged, nor to
ue boosted attire, elegance and good taste of
ms readers, The piece was alluded to, as the
Production OF a "debUty editor" Its statements
were villlled-as marked bV SirnoraDcen-Edis-