Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-11-26
[whoIe No. 1853

4 FAtner wear the old yoke, which ~ aitcts i
lworn ont, and must Of course fall Of itself a. /.
j fore long, than put our heads into new one.
10 be rsctrd alrcsh, to last for generation
to cnme- For ~ the coiamon course OF hli
man events. the present state OF things in Nir-
gina cannot continue long. Public sent
iacnts IS on is march: il may have advanced
slowly for some time, but II never ceases. X
Is pl'alsnx which becomes deeper and stron-
ger as i advances, aud viii never stop short
OF rs peint. The people of Virginia are not
syo.stlle or tickle people; they are not casi-
" aroused; bat wlun they are, il belongs to
such character not To be stopped until they
have obtained their object They must am,
viii accomplish it, not nv physical force, las
BY moral ,srse. To engrsn that provisioa
into the constitution would be 70 leave ~
where we are.
Why shsai.l those gentlemen who advocate
this amen imcnt be 81 tenacious OF state Of
things ua,lar which Virginia has prospereJ 80
htiic' When a physician has pursued GER
tain mode OF treatment of hiss patient for a
long tiine. during which the patient has uni
tormly sroya worse. he knows, or ought e.
know. that Che does not change his course
che patient will probably die. So Virginia ha.
been long Ia state Of decline. during whscli
time she has been strictly confined 20 GER
tain course ut Political regimen, bat still she
Is sinking more and more. II II not tnas 10
change III Virginia was as lair a portion ui'
the earth rs any under the sun; her soil, In rs
virgin state, was q fertile as was by nainro
the most fertile or best cultivated part Of I.a-
rope: her coast ,s deeply lnAentad with BAYS.
and her territory interscctcd lar WITHIN By the
most numerous inlets for commerce any
where 10 be found in the same space. her m,sl.
tplicd rivers ready TO roll down their tribute.
from ulc west; her climate coagenial 10 all
the most valuable agricultural productions;
and Nature there, ready as it ueYc 10 work
for man with both hands, il he would extend
but one Of his. Aud yet, with al These natu.
raj advantages, she is rctrugrleing from Ter
rank, and other states, without half her adj
vantages, are going far ahead o.! her. Tier
population IN the eastern section il stationary.
her fields are deserted, aud improvements a.
bantloued. could weep over l,eF .iesolsiiians,
for love Virginia. Now though tl.esc things
may in part. yet they do not ait5yrther pro
coed from her slave population !.or 90 10
the western part Of the state, nhcra .here are
bat few slaves, not enough 10 hate. any II.
feet or influence on the people. ard step Over
the line into The adjoining states, IA sod aud
climate Of the same kind, aud you eil iin,i
the industry, The wealth, the so,nist,on, th,
agriculture, and all the useful al,s OF HE. two
to one in advance OF Virginia. Ii, then. this
dliiersnce bctween Virginia ard oti.er states.
DOES not proceed rom want Of natural ~,
ventages, and but M part fren. her slave .int,
nlation rs have shown, what else can Il no
coed from but a defeat ia her frame oi s.,v-
crnment, 1.et as remedy tl,at. and 81. Il
Virginia is not regenerated, disenilli ala q.
redeemed, and whether she wlli not ga,.. ssss-
vance and regain the station she has los,,
Engraii the action OF genuine republican
a -
and see whether it Will not bud and blossom,
grow and bear precious fruit, without be-
coming too luxufiant. as it is feared. Bnl
the gentleman from Hanover, and the scDile-
man from Fauquier, have objected to gi,asg
us our due weight in the government, lest we
should construct roads and canals. need not
take notice Of the disparaging manner in
which those gentlemen (the gentleman froin
Hanover at lcast1 have spoken OF roads al /
canals. The gentleman from Hanover Lay-
ing SO little occasion for facilities OF this kind,
may not indeed set that value upon those in.-
proscinents which we do, who have many
mountains and bills to pass. and rapid rivers
to descend, TO get our produce to market; and
therefore we have been unfortunate enougi,
to speak OF those roads and canals to the Ie-
gisiature, and TO ask its aid TO make them.
Unfortunate say, indeed, il that is TO create
rights, which rights, whether roads and cd
mails are made or not, must be at all times ~.
same. But lest this should have an undue
weight, or any weight at all, by induring thu
belief that we arc disposed to be unreasonable
on the subject, viii first mention the true
state OF the ease
II was known that we, as well as the rest Df
our f.llow citizens. had an interest in q large
fund for internal Improvement, which MAR
tho't, under i;s original constitutions, 10 be-
sufficient To afford a benefit 10 each part oss
the state. When We sought part Of It, j.
the FIRST INSTANCE, we were told that the lDaugs
river ought to nave the benefit OF il lur the
FIRST two " lire years, but thenwe si.suId
have il. At ffic end Of that time, we ap,siad
again sae same answer was given uS, ami
- from tune 10 TIME, unril we found that the
ahoe Find was swallowed up in the James
river. and the credit OF the state mert2aged
Tor further Improvements. We thought tIlens
tl,at a. we had Leen bound with oar ctl,ef
fellow citizens for The improvement Oh the
James river, thal ii would not be presu,plna
TOO much TO ask for some assistance, net that
we asked the state TO BECOME bound for u.s.
And this is the head aud Gont OF our cficnd-
ing, which has given 50 much alarm TO those
gentlemen.
But ought the making of constitution,
which ought TO last for years, 90 be sffecfs>j
by such ice'iag circumstances as these? -
Jualn it 10 be founded on incidents viii n
| may Le forgotten at the cad Of searp--No,.
"a cosclaslon, would ask this highly respee
ted and venerable body, one such as wis
which never again Spect 10 have the h
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