Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-02-14
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MAsrINsBURG. FrsnuAnr H. 1928.

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We had prepared for this days Gazette, for
~ purpose of giving place 10 the following
r,..ordnsry message of Gov. GIles TO the
s..;sI,ture Of this State. We invite public
.,,sn,ion especially to that passage 10 It, which
. have printe ed in ifaie, in which he openly
..Cers 10 dissolution OF the Union. and to an
'irsoce we presume, between Great Britain
"a the Southern States, as the means OF pro.
Icing the latter "without the least hazard a.
r,ost physical force from every quarter and
:, athe means of augmentng their wealth and
nrosperi,y TO an amount beyond any estimate
II which has yet been made"
Executive Department, FEB 8, 1928
Sir: In compliance with the Resolu-
h tions of the respective Legislatures of
s. Carolina, and Georgia, now do
myself the honor of laying before the
4 General Assembly the proceedings of
each of the Legislatures Of those States,
upon the subject of the Tariff, Internal
81 improvements, and the American CO.
4 onization Society.
q Whilst sincerely lament the unwise.
q unjust, and Inflated measures, which
have given rise to these proceedings,
4 fully concur in the principles and doc
/ trines therein asserted, and demonstrate
ed as well as in their anticipation of the
fatal consequences to the union of these
4 States, in the event of perseverance
in the deprecated measures on the part
Of the General Government Believ
ing that audable spirit, of enquiry is
Just awakened by the pressure of intol-
cradle burthens, especially upon the
great staple productions of Agriculture,
and above all, upon the production of
wheat; and that the time is now arrived,
when every American citizen ought to
be informed of the true character and
destructive operations of those unau-
thorised measures, as well as in regard
otheir unjust and oppressive sectional
bearings, as in regard to their destruc-
tive influence upon the great principle
of American liberty secured to the A.
merican people IN written constitutions.
take pleasure in submitting those vi.
tally interesting subjects to the Gene
raj Assembly; and | most respectfully
ask of their most profound considera-
ton.
Feeling the highest qualification from
the conviction that the General Assem-
bly,. under every emergency, will ever
be found equal to the highest destinies
which may devolye upon it, through the
solemn acquisitions and njunctions of
our fundamental laws; and particularly
SO, when placed by them as centinels to
guard the rights and liberties of the
Virginia people, aud of the corporate
rights of the State of Virginia, shall
refrain from recommending to the &c,
neral Assembly at this time, the adop-
ton of any specific measure, which |
may think imperiously called for to
meet and subdue the alarming crisis.
Besides, | am conscious, that the great
body of the people of Virginia have
just and full confidence of their General
Assembly, and expect eyerv Member
to do his duty in the worst of times.
This conviction furnishes an additional
motive with me, for relying with conf
dehce upon such measures, as the
General Assembly, in its exclusive
judgment, may think proper to adopt
upon the momentous occasion. | cannot
avoid observing, however, tbatit must
be subject of the highest qualification
TO every citizen within the sections of
country now labouring under the unau
thorised expressions of the General
Government to know that the Local
Authorities over them have competent
constitutional means in their own hands
for the purpose of doing themselves
Justice,if most unfortunately they should
be forcibly driven to that deprecated
resort, In fact,it the Worst state Of thighs,
that the oppressed sections Of country afford
abundant means to the Local .futtorities,to
secure to themselves, in their intercourse
Nth the worid, oil the saiu,ary indspen-
dsnce Of nations,to protect themselves, with-
ont The teost hazard. against physical force
from ersry quarter, Whilst through the
same measures their weaIth and prosper.
ity might be augmented 10 an amount
beyond any estimate aohicb has get
been made an the contemplation of
that Uieao Of the subject.
hope, too, | may be INDUCED for
remarking further, that IL has Away
been matter of surprise to me, that even
the enamoured votaries of these immor-
al, unjust, delusive schemes should be
so blinded by their own interests and