Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-10-30
To Tie Voters Of Bsrkel.v COUNT.

= ~'hSSns W fAbtniss 10 record your votes up
on the most important question 10 your country,
which has been presented 10 your consideration
since the establishment Of its national govern
ment "SAGE the present .idufni s,ra.ssn, lgsaA
'he course Of policy pursued By t, be sustained or
sAaA be pui dslsns" This IS the Question pre-.
sen'ed to the American people for their deci.
SION. IL IS 'ndeeda question involving in it's de-
| c'sIon The life or death IF fke Republic Consti.
tuiing, as you do, portion Of the freemen of
your country, who are thus called uDon 10 de-
eide ITS fate, permit fellow citizen associated
with you, and deeply Impressed with the respon
soliy OF the situation, TO solicit your candid aud
ae'ioerate examination ofa few ofthe prominent
facts connected with The question before you.
y u admitted Hpsn aHhands TO be the policy of
the government OF the U,ited States, 10 cult
Vste' as tar as practicable, without conpromit
ting its national honor and rights, the terms Of
peace and amlty with all nations. IL is kno.cn
and fen BY the American people, tha, the judi.
clous observance of this policy by the present
Administration. hiss enabled them quietly and
pesceabiy to pursue their several svocsttons, and
10 ENJOY The comforts of home with all its en-
desrments, undisturbed by The stern mandate
OF military suthoriy. compelling the Farmer to
abandon ms plough, and the Mechanic his shop,
and to repair to the tented field, to mlngle ia
the blood and csrnsge of war.
u Is admitted 10 be The policy OF the govern.
nent to extinguish the National Deb, rs expe
ditiously as practicable, without depressing it,
citizens
ii IS known that the wise and economical
course pursued by the present Admnisl ration,
has already resulted in the extingushment OF
thirty odd millions of the immense public debt
created by the last war, without imposing the
least additional burthen upon the people.
Ii 10 admitted nv unnst telliuent me ~ cur
country, to be the policy Of the government to
cherish and protect the industry of its citizens
by Jud'cious impost upon foreign importa
tons.
Such is the effect confidently relied upon.
from the operation of The Tariff Lac, enacted
under the present Administration. And such
has already been its effect, according to the OBJ
servst'on of some of the most intelligent com.
| merciai men in the country, and elsewhere.
It's admitted by most intelligent men in orr
country, to be the policy of the government to
facilitste the intercourse of its citizens, by ju
d'cious system of internal improvement by
roads and canals. The various works of inter
nal Improvement of this description, which are
seen progressing in different sections of the
country, shew the attention Of the present Ad
minisirstion to the accomplishment of this i'm
portant object.
These, fellow citizens, are some OF the promi.
nent facts, exhibiting the course of policy pur
sued by the present Administration. its effects
cannot be better illustrated. than by directing
your attention to the present prosperous and
happy situation of our country. This is kno1su
and yfeh by the American people in degree
which precludes deception. Seeing and know.
ing then, as every one Of the most ordinary in
telligence must do, that the course of policy
pursued by the present Administration has re-
suited IN the prosperity ard happiness OF your
country, and the preserv alton OF It's republican
liberty tstlin;pai-fd, what is the course obviously
dictated by wisdom and patriotism, nav By com
mon sense Itself which you should pursue in the
decision OF the qaestion-"SbaH ,he present I'D
rinistrat'cn, Nth The course Of policy pursued By
IL, be sustained, or shall IL be Pit dozyn?'
Is It that you should contribute yonr aid TO
the miserable fIt ton, gotten up in the country
by set Of mlerincipaed demagogues and office
hunters, seeking, by the employment, of the
most foul and licentious cslumny that ever dis
graced any age or nation, 10 Pit dorm this Adj
minlstratioB, composed Of the best qualified
and most high-minded, honorable men in the
country, for the purpose of their own elevation,
with an Ignorant tgranncai, cold b!ooded NM der
or Of HE oron comitrwnen, at their head2 Whose
elevation to the presidency has well been depre'
Gated by some who have since become Judas s
to their country, Gas a curse upon it,
Or is it, that wisdom, patriotism, and common
sense combine, ~ pointing out as your imperious
duty, in reference to the honor and Interests Of
your country, both in your own day, and in that
OF your postsrity, that you should contribute
your aid TO the tub extent of its exercise, in
sustaining your present able and worthy Chief
Magistrate, in the continuance Of his Admins
tration, under which your country is in SO pros
porous and happy s,tuation'
Fellow citizens, the course of your duty is
too plain to be honestly mistaken. Cast your
eyes around you for q moment, and examine
the character of the leaders of this faction in
your own county. 1t presents fair specimen
of its character throughout the country. Bank
rupts in character and principles themselves
they have nothing to jeopardze. and are utter
ly regardless OF the consequences in which they
may involve their country, and their deiuded
followers. Influenced by the same principles
of Reorganization which have produced the
destruction of every republican government
the world has known, up to the date of our
own, it imperiously behoves yoa to be watchful
for its preservation. The American nation
stands alone at this day, with the eyes OF the |
world fixed in intense interest upon it, as the
last hope of republican liberty. II is with the
American people to assert their competency 10
self government, or to register the fate of their
republic with that of its predecessors. Beware
then. fellow.c'izens, of "the influence of the
sword, the effect of military glory, the dazzling
destructive power of armies. You have the
record before you in the instances Of Aexan-
der, Cesar, aId Buonaparte; and if you swallow
The sii9ed pill with your eyes open, you have