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

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no, displaying The ruling passion strong tn death
ana falsely sscribe to US the origin OF . contro.
Versy, IN which II IS obvious We asserted nothing
but the sacred right OF seLf defence.
those who have not read our reply, or whose
limited acquaintance with the human heart has
DOT taught them, that with weak minds a
wound to the personal vanity is sometimes tar
less excusable than the most criminal accusation.
would suppose from the angry notice, which has
been taken OF il by the Editor OF the Vlrgnian,
that We really had been ~coyertly circulating
some dark tale of SANDER to his prejudice
ripping up the rankness of his boyish DAYS, or
exhibiting him before the world as a monster
of depraviy- perfect phenomenon of moral
turpitude and crime. And yet. gentle reader.
what was the cssef In reply to a severe attack
upon our Journal, we took a review of has Ed.
torlal aree-sstarised the Quixotic erran,ry of
his disposition which has led him into so many
personal encounters with his professional bre.
thren, invariably terminating IA his disgrace
aud expressed our doubts as to the aptness of
that capacity which seemed proof against the
seVerest admonItions OF experience. Has il
then become cdlunH1y to call IN question tue Ia.
Tents of this formidable mouth. piece of the On
position? Is it Islander to redicuie his pretensions
to controversial provost Is this tue s'debrauifp'
which his asssilant has displsyedl This the
restitution Of character which he has manifested
Scurrlious epithets, Mr.. Editor, are easily Gull.
| ed from The pages of Duff Green, and truly we
are forced TO admire that felicity of appropria.
ton, which in observance of the classic model
from which they are derived-more frequently
uses, than judiciously applies them.
As TO the idea expressed by the Virginian ola
"want of character IN his opponent" we view
such shafts as perfectly harmless-the feeble
| ahuilifIpo Of childish raua and -,u..sEol -ua..t
Character we are induced 10 believe, will
scarcely be estimated by the ideas, or appre.
clated by the example OF the yeraclous Editor
of the Winchester YIrginian.
The charges of 'annonymous and skulkiHg''
are as destitute of foundation, as they are pue
rile and lsughable. The writer must have felt
conscious of the falsity OF the idea, when he
penned it. Was it then to impose upon his
readersl Was it to exhibit some meagre apol.
| ogy, for shrinking from a collision which he had
I provoked IL by these epphets IS meant an ab
sence of responsibility, the Editor of the Viz
| ginian may feel assured, it shall sustain that
character only so long as he considers it pru.
dent to give 1t such.
The Editor OF the VIrginian has thus we con
ceive, disgracefully retired from a controversy,
which he was the first most wantoniy to provoke.
And yet we are NOS disposed to triumph. 1t is
not from the defeat Of such ''popinjay editors'
that We could hope to erect a monument to our
memories, or merit a mite in the temple Of H.
tersry fame. We sought not the controversy.
We defended ourselves against what We viewed
as an unprovoked aggression, merited neither
by the character of the piece, DOR the ordinary
department of his journal. If the matter here
ceases, our object viii be accomplished. The
Editor of the Virginian will not again perhaps
estimate the extent of our forbeaYance by the
STANDARD of his own wishes, nor value his pow
ers OF controversy. beyond his known inabi lily
TO conduct it. -
maryland Elections Complete returns from
all the counties IN the state for delegates to the
General Assembly. have been received. In the
next Legislature parties will stand thus:
Administration. Jackson.
In the Senate, 6 9
In the House, AZ 50
Majority on joint ballot Ia
Dete10are EIections.-By the official returns of
the election in the state ofDeieware for a mem.
Der ct Congress, it appears that Kinscy Johns,
ir. the Administration candidate, is elected over
James A. Bayard, the jackson candidate, by a
majority of 54l votes. Two thirds of the Leg
~islatuFe for the Administration James A. Bay
ard and kinsey Johns, jr. are both ayowed Fed.
e~ralists. -
Speaking of the Anti Jackson Convention, the
Wheeling Gazette says. "the citizens of this
county, who are nearly unanimous for the adj
ministra,ion, win no doubt hold a meeting and
appoint Delegates"
Incidental ~ballottings for President
are occurring Throughout the union, con-
nected with which there is one fact cal.
culated to impress the rejecting por-
ton of our electors with serious thoughts
for the welfare of the country. tits this.
All military ballots result in favor of
Gen. ACKNOWLEDGMENT of this spirit
If excited too far, it may tempt men to
use other means than the ballot boxes,
to attain their objects.-Roches!er TEL
Manu- acture Of Combs-Itis stated in
the Massachusetts Yeoman, that the
manufacture of combs is carried on in
Leominster to a greater extent than in
any other town in the u. States; nearly
$50 persons are employed,and the value
of the article manufactured exceeds
100000. There are other towns, how
ever, which are extensively engaged IN
this species of domestic industry. In
Westbrook, but a mile or two distant
from this town, Mr.. Ebenezer ID. Wood
ford alone has raising of fifty persons
employed in manufacturing that article,
the value of which annually manutactur-
ed by him is nearly forty thousand dol
lars, His accurate limitations of the