Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-28
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MARTINsBURG, Auousr %, 1923.

A. urt. P0ilip ". Tcnuictons JACOB weaver,
~ Ward, David Hunter, Erasmus CAN'T, Isaac
: I.uck, lanes Russell, Thomas c.. smith,
I.-hibald Porterieid, Levi Henshay, Charles
o,,ek. Francis Silver, Thomas Davis, Charles
~F,ulkner, Dougal Campbell, VIM. Maslin,
:. mel BurkhaFt, Robert 3 L,le, Alexander
CosDer, George Porteriield, James p. Erskine.
I.n.s Formsn, Harrison Waite, samuel Cbe
,oreth, sen John rabb, John Strother, Abra-
han Gorrell, Edward c. Southwood, Conrad
Bogmire, Richard MeSherry. Jacob Vsndoren,
mn Lam0p, Michael Rooney. Jacob Myers,
iylliam Campbell, are requested to meet al
Ae Globe Tavern IN Msrtinsburg, on Saturday
he elh OF September next. about 3 p. M. as the
ersis particularly demands their attenuon-a
~aunetaal attendance is desirable.
Er-iaia.-We have received the following cir.
cuiarfrom the Anti.Jaoksun Corresponding Com.
al Wheeling, with great satisfaction. Those
deserve not to succeed, who do moi employ all
the means in their power, 10 Command success.
We have ever been ofopinion, and we still are of
opinion. that the vote OF Virginia has been lost,
b, the supineness of the friends Of the Admin
i%sration. We do not believe, we can never be
ma1C N-@N "a AhC P@Cib@ Va tuHtDiA
generally were acquainted with the merits OF
the controversy. and with the multitude of facts
Illustrating the private and public life of Gen.
Jackson, that they would think for u moment,
Of giving him their vote as President. If they
were apprised Of the articles by which they
have been chained to the car of the Juggernaut
s-ifthey knew that one man had undertaken to
guarantee their votes, and thaf one a deficient in
real talent, as he is eminent in cunning IF thew
knew that the story of bargain and corruption,
by which they have been chiefly influenced to
discard Nessrs. Adams and Clay was not believ.
edin by the very men who talk ioudest about it
(~witness Mr.. Stevenson)-- that those who
are most actively engaged in the opposition, do
not pretend that a change of administration i,
to be followed by a change of measures-above
all, if they knew that Van Buren,, Benton, Cal.
houn, D'cKenson, Woodbury., are labouring to
sdvance their private ambition--they could NOT,
and would not, be reduced BY the selfish ella.
mours OF q band of onice-hunters, to discard
tried and well known public servants, and ba.
zsrd the dangerous and untried experiment of
setting a mare military leader, ignorant, wiiul
and iawless, a. the head of the government.
Will the people of Virginia bear the huniIiat.
ing, the degrading reflection, that their vote
has been disposed OF by one man, who, in his
sovereign iIberallty, has chosen to give it to the
Individual whom he once stignatizes as a 'des.
pot, a 'tyrant,' and a curse and whom he de
ciared too ignorant too Interpretive plain NEAR
ing OF asingle ACT Of Congfess' The idea Of
dlctaton, is intolersbIe to freemen. But one
circumstance was wanting to renderit as mort.
Tying. as gallipg-and that was, that the dictator
Should be a man whose ideas never scared above
Tie wish of keeping in a najorafs We could
pear the influence Of a Roane, for the pride Of
Inc State was flattered by his Commanding ge.
huS-but we acknowledge no obligations 10
submit to the sway of Messrs. Richie & Coocb.
The Wheeling Circular designates the only
mode OF shaking off this vassaiage. 1t must be
done by placing knowledge within every mans
reach. Let other, and all other Adminis,ration
Committees, follow their lead, and Virginia NAV
yet be saved from the isnominy of obeying the
beck and nod of Messrs. Richie & Gooch. We
ossesch and implore the friends of the admins
UaIion IN the two months that intervene before
'e election, to exert themselves in eQrnest-
Do'smply. by making ore effort, and then stop.
ping, as 1t they had done ALL, but by exeriions,
N season and out of season, unintermittinr, and
adent. Let pamphlets and circulars be thrown
nat every mans door. Let some gentlemen
Seselected by the corresponding committees in
every county, TO address the people at the Sep.
'cmoer and October Courts, and at the Polls, on
He First Monday in November, Let the Jack.
aa men be challenged, to meet their adverse.
hes on the hrstings, and to discuss the subject
oe'ore the people. Friends OF the Administra.
'on' Are these things too much 70 do, in the
advancement of such a good cause!
We invite the attention of the Correspond
"S of this city, ia a particular man.
'eF' to the Wheeling Circular. If they did no,
"''he example, they ought to be the first to
'O'ow 1t. Much may be done with small
means !, is time to dispense with the despond
e"cy' which has palsied the efforts of Virginia
accounts from many pats OF the State. are by