Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-04-30
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hands the government may fall IL 10
upon this principle that most anxious
ly wish that The common happiness may
be secured and promoted, under the
new ad demonstration 1t commences its
career under the best auspices Nothing
but great incompetencg, bad counseis,
or bad passions. can prevent ITS per
eeiving and pursuing the plain path OF
public duty, which lies before it. Whsn,
according to the institutions Of a couh-
try, popular elections are irequent,per
sonsl preferences will necessarily exist.
Ii they are merely personal, involving
no great principles Of fundamen tsI OF
administrative policy, nothing could be
more unhappy or unwise than to contin.
ue the passions excited. 10 the heat Of
the contest. after il has terminated. He
who gains the highest honor should be
the first to set the example Of moders-
ton, and 10 she W himself the parental
| bead Of the whole maternal family. BY
practising, himself, mildness and for
| kesrance, the practice ofthose qualities
will be incalculstsd On others, aud the
harmony ofsociety will be preserved
To adopt an opposite course-to pro
claim system OF intolerance and pro
scTiption - to construct a new bed OF
Prucrus.es, TO which all lengths must
conform, and on which should be insert
bed an individual name, the substitute
for policy, principle, and patriotism,
would lead to the pernicious consequen.
ces
| You will be pleased, gentle men, to as
sure my friends, whom you represent
that am not less sensible to the friend
ly testimony, which they wished TO bave
rendered me, than if circumstances had
been such as to have allowed me to
meet them and psriaks Of their hosp
tally. And pray you 10 be individual
Iy assured OF the highest personal re
gard and esteem of
Your friend and ob't servant,
III. CLAY
.Ns'sr,. D L Collier, Adam We,s .Mathew Ro
osus ID !hoodey, u Sutherland, ID. Dixie
; jas. WILSON.
MIR CLAY'S ARRIVAL AT HOME
From the Lexington Reporter oftts Sch mss.
Mr.. CLAY and family arrived en- Mon
, day last in good health. A large mum
, Der Of his friends met him at Bfy an'
station and at the Bourbon line to vel
, come and congraiu lste him on his return
to he county and bis home II was no
known that he had reached the stat,
, more than twenty four hours before
they assembled together to testify thei
affection for him and to show him thos,
+, attentions which his distinguished pub
lie services SO justly deserved. AT III,
| Bourbon line James L Davis, Esq il
behalf OF the company addressed him
and at Bry ans Station, James Is. Jan
, uary, Esq in short speech expressed
the sentimen ts of unalterable atlachmsn
which animated the hearts by whom h.
was surrounded, aud who eagerly press
/ ed forward at the instant Of his alight
ing to grasp bis hand. Mr. Clay bre q
replied 70 these addresses 10 a Seein,
manner, After pa taking of COLLATION.
al BrJ ans, he proceeded with the es
cort TO town.
, AS the procession with Mr.. Clay al it
, head moved from b ans Station to
wards Lexington about midway between
them, it was stopt by an iuterestin;
scene on the right OF the road. Nh
Hicks, most respectable and success
fu' teacher, had aIrayed bis scholars o
both sexes, in a long line, 10 receiv,
Mr.. Clay, the boys with their heads un
covered. They formed most crafty
ing spectacle, and exhibited such aDx
iety to see him whom they were abou
/ to honor. AS Mr.. Clay, who was noun
ted on horseback, rode up to the fenc,
, he seemed much effected, the more pro
badly as what he witnessed was unsx
pected.
JACKSON AND REFORM.
The consistency of some of The me N
. oers of Congress, who, during the al
ministration of Mr.. Adams, were con
stantiy bawling out "Reirsnchmsnt ant
Economy is very powerfully illustrated
/ by the following, which is extracte,
from an act of Congress passed on th,
I'd day of March last: