Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-12-25

place IN futares the bo0nsborO' Mail viii ar
rive on Fuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays a
early breakfast, instead Of, as heretofore, Mon
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays The Win
chester Mail will arrive on Mondays, Wednes
days and Fridays. The Mail tor Hsgerstown
asususl, will leave this place early on SATURDAYS
Afsev the first Of January. shere will be a reeu.
lar and direct Mall between this place and Bath
once week, leaving NJ srtinsburg very early on
Mondsys.
we understand that some of our enterprisiur
citizens have 4 IN contemplation 70 establish a.
mother line q stages 10 run from Hoonsboro' m
Wincaesieri also line from this place to Ha-
gerstown.
Teassgg Report I'VE lay before our reader.
TO-DAY, entire. The very lucid report OF Mr..
FoscretAr5 Rnsn, 20 the exclusion of other matter
Il Is such document viii at once show the
reader what will be tue situation If our finances
wheh the management OF item shall pass from
tne present aoie secretary OF the treasury. INTO
t1e hands OF his Successors. The report giyes
"a bret retrospect of the prissipai 6nanc,.l
Operations and results OF the thee years nre
ceding,' the present Although II IS a lerg,hv
document. we believe no unbiased reader viii
rssS alssstished alter giving il careful oerussl
The annual Message OF the Governor of A
ssStsi 10 tue General Assemble
OF thas State 90 the 18Th uI;. 1t occupies up-
wards ofsevsn columns of the Huntsville Al.
Vocate. The Governor dwells on the iniurion,
character ofthe Tariff
"The policy of the General Govern
menti in the late imposition Of an ioereas
ed tarih on certain important articles.
has excited much Apr ehension here.
as wen as 10 other states of the Union.
1t probably will have a material infu.
ence 10 checking our prosperity, unless
we promptly avail ourselves of eyerv
means within our reach, so obyia.e or
lessen ITS injurious consequences. IL
may not be profitable here 60 use terms
of haFshness and reprobation in regard
to this measure which it may Justly de-
serve, QUITO consider il as thing which
exists, at least under the forms of the
constitution, which must be counterfeit
ed ia all its bad tendencies on our pros-
perity, while it continues to exist and
which must be removed as soon as pos.
sibie, in the ordinary and regular way
prescribed by our federal institn,ions.''
The most obvious, and indeed the on
~ remedy which depends exclusively
on US, is TO commence manufactures
ourselves. We raise the raw material
and believe we have the means to manu-
facture it to advantage. A portion of
Che slave population may thus be prof
itaoiy employed, which at present are
not efficient in the severe labors of the
farm. Many who are now an expense
10 their proprietors, would prove to be
useful operators in manufacturing es
tabIishment. Employment w oud also
De afforded toneedy and INDECENT per-
sons, who could not derive equal profit
convenience from ordinary labor"
| On the % inst. The new Governor of Ken
lucky, Thomas Metcalfe, transmitted his Mes
sage to the Legislature. 1t fills six newspa.
per columns TIE Governor draws a flat,ersp
picture oFthe prosperity and resources of that
Commonwealth. aad speaks Of the Southern
ant-;ariff politicians, in these terms.
before close This communication,
permit me ia the sprit~ef meekness and
moderation, and deep regret, to speak
OF, and to depIore the disafection to the
government Of the Union, which has re.
Gently manifested itself among some of
our brethren of the South Not CONTEXT
with their due weight and influence in
tae councils ofthe nation--Not dispos-
ed to submit to the decision of any ma
lorlty in Congress, however large il may
BE- on questions of deep interest and
high national import, they openly avow
sentiments, at war with the Fundamental
principles of the Union.
BESIDES several flourishing terrific
fIes, this confederaoy is now composed
Ell twenty.four States, each Of which is
equal IN sovereignty equal in dignity
legally entitled to have It's Interests
debated and decided upon in Congress
by the immediate representatives of the
whole, and equally bound by every prin.
ciPle OF patriotism as well as by obliga-
hons imposed by the constitution, to
abide by that decision. But notwi,h.
standlngthese high and solemn obliga-
lions which we are under to each other,
to posterty and to the friends of free.
dom wherever they nay be, to preserve
the harmony of our complicated and
delicate system of government, we have