Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-10-30
TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE COUNTY or BERKELE

OF THE EOCNII OE 6Ehh ELEI.
Fellow CITIzENs: This is the last Gazette
which will be read by you until the vote of this
county IS given on the question, "Who shall be
President OF the United States for the next four
yearsn' On next Monday the election takes
place. He who addresses you, my countrymen,
has no interest that is not common to you all.
Nothing but a solemn conviction OF the event
full character of th,s contest--of the deep re
sponsibiity which rests upon every man in the
community, to think well, to ponder gravely,
upon what he is doing, when he hands in his
ticket, induces him, at this time, to address you
! beg of you, therefore. TO read what have to
say to you; and then say whether much, that is
important to the future prosperity OF our below
ed country--muoh. that every good man ought
prize next to his eternal welfare-aces not
hang upon the result Of this election!
To begin first with our foreign relations:
Seine of you are old enough toremember the
scenes of the revolution All of you have heard
and read of those times of trial, when our brave
fathers endured haFdships, hunger and cold
loss of fortune-loss OF heaith--and suffered
death itself to i5erste our country from the
dominion of an imperious and tyranuicsl govern
ment-ofa nation--that banished our ancestors
by the operation of her unequal and unjust
aws--neglected and forgot us when We were
smuggling with wild country and wilder sava'
ges existence land onlyremembered us, when
~eWere becoming prosperous enough 10 tempt
her aVarice and love Of power. Fellow citizens,
that same nation has never ceased to watch us
win jealous eye. The natural course OF events,
asng from common origin, similar inst'tu'
tons, like ambition, and higher advantages,
commercial. political, and territorial, have made
ner our rival, and, in consequence, our connec.
uon with Great Britain has always been one OF
great d'tcuity-and greater delicacy. 1t we
Nsh TO trade to a certain country, she has the
same interest in doing il. If we ind Il TO our
"'SFest 10 encourage manufactures OF all K'nus,
s"u supply ourselves and others with the manu-
lc'ured articles, she is opposed to 1t, because
sue prldes herself in being the workshop OF the
~Onl. and her prosperity depends upon hef
manufactures. IL she wants sailors to man her
.hsnty navy in time of war, she must have
~en'' and has taken from our vessels our own
" ,I."Ve mariners, by hundreds. to fight her bat
"es' (peshaps against their own countrymen,l
and TO this day insists qpon her right to do it, IT
-GAson requires. IF we wish to act as neutrais,
."a trade peaceably with all nations, while she IS
war, she violates the neutral flag. and confis'
'es the property of our citizens She has been
~ years inte rfering with the Indian tribes that
ave within our acknowledged boundaries; and
s through the agency of her fur traders, rendeis
a"our efforts nugatory 20 keep these savages
1alet and submissive. No man who has not
o oeen upon the country of the Upper Missouri
20; Sau conceive of the extent and danger of her
Linnuence with the Indian tribes by means OF
y, Canadian Fur Companies.
A.. me treaty Of Client has been made for hir-
~t , years, and we are still at open variance
~; tn her upon some of the most momentous pro-
IONS Of that treaty. She claims, at this very
aoIr, to run the boundary line between Canada
. s the United States, so as to bring one'third
T me citizens Of Maine, free citizens OF the
nu''ed States, under her monarchcal govern
@TN' She not only has done all these things
"nstory shews, put she now acts. and claims to
%lupnn these assumed rights. What has been
NC consequence We have already had two
'"' with hsrI and al this VsTy nn's, We nave