Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-12-10


he Time alone must determine. Several pro-
positions for compromise, of which notice viii
hereafter be taken, are before the Convention
The alligators Of the River Orinoke have
become incoinparably more bold and raven
Gus. since the iesstof human flesh with which
tbey were provided by the late wars in that
quarter. Formerly, they would rarely attack
"a man; now, it is extremely dangerous for
any person to come within their reach. Thus
does human ferocity aggravate that OF the
brute creation
From the Boston Palladium, Dec. IL
Mount VefRma.-T'his place, so interesting
TO every American, as the residence and bu-
rial place of General Washington, will not,
fortunately for the honour of the country, pass
into strange hands in consequence of the
death of its late proprietor, Judge Washing
ton. II win devolve upon the nephew of the
Judge, John Adams Washington, of Jeffer-
son county, Virginia, gentleman of large
estate and distinguished as a siGllall and yea
lous agriculturist. As long as the mansion
and estate of Mount Vernon remain IN the
Washington family, SO long we may, with
out the reproach OF lngrattude, suiler ule
hero to die, in glory and peace. on the banks
of his own Potomac" on the SOIL which he
had loved and tiled, and amidst the groves OF
his own planting. BItwhen, in the inevitable
course OF events, the property shall be divId-
ed and sold to the highest bidder, and every
precious reliqae of the Father of our Country
made the object of mercenary speculation
then we shall feel the repFoach OF disrespect
to the memory of Washington. 1t will he re-
collected, by cur readers, that the bones oil
Washington were once well neigh beang pur-
loined and carried to Europe for exhibition,
" L. L. IL r,ar1A rod Of
Vernon. The gardner stole the bones ofLaw-
renee Washington, from the tomb, mistakiug
t,em for those of the General, and secreted
them on the margin of the river, whence he
was TO take them with him on his departure
for Epehnd. The timely discovery Of the
bones. an the place where they were hid, frus-
trated fine design.
The resolution passed by Congress, on the
oath of December, 1893, to erect a marble
monument in the Capitol to requestfrern the
family of w allngton permissioa to deposit
his bodyunder it, and to render the monument
commemorative cthe great eveatsofhis md
itary and political life; has been suffered to
remain the only testimony OF public respect
which the country, through its government,
has shewn to his memory. The consent efthe
Washington family to the removal OF the re-
mains was asked and obtained, and nothing
more was done in the matter dhe attention
of Congress was called to the fufiiment of the
duty properly devolving upon 1t, and which it
had thus become pledged to perform, by Mr..
Adams. in his message Of Dec. 6, 1925: but
the cali was received with indifference and
wholly disregarded In the mean time, the
tomb wherein it was con templated, by the
resolution. to deposit the remains, has been
completed, as its construction entered INTO
the original design of the Capitol The
vault is immediately under the centre OF the
Rotundo, where the monument was dcsigned
to be placed.
1t is well known that it was the earnest wish
OF Judge Washington that the Government
should possess themansion at Mount Nernon,
with the grounds Immediately contiguous TO
\ it, and that superintendent should be APP
pointed over the place, that it might be pre-
served forever, In its present order and appear
ance, and kept open to the inspection of visit
ors. whose curiosity should carry them to it.
This is feasible and, in every respect, an eli
4 gible plain, and we hope that it will be taken
into consideration By Congress, atits approach
1 ing session.
Among the sentiments in late speech of
Mr. Monroe, in the Virginia Convention, as
reported in the Richmond Enquirer, we re-
mark the following
-J1VUSJ5bUcfU Utpe1tuS fO 0S oHtCCoo "S
excepting the people IA state Of cGl'nness. The
"less y0u gre them to do IN exercising their G.
'lective privilege. the safer they ,cM be-"
1 This strikes us as anti-republican doctrine.
We have always supposed the true theory to
be-that the frequent exercise OF the elective
franchise was salutary, by refreshing the an
terestof the people in their political institution,
1 by engaging them in direct enquiries concern
/ ing the characters Of the candidates for the
administration of their affairs, by making them
feel and understand their Just socreig1lty, the
very bas is of republican government.
4 There are certain fundamental s. character
istic principles from which no State of our I'm
ion, in framing Constitution, has moral
competency to depart, whatever may be its
mere power. We wish that some able political
u philosopher would examine, critically and
argumentatively, all the twenty four State
1 Constitutions, with the end ofmarking the pro-
visions which are not strictly republican * pro
ducing uniformity according to abstract right
n and reason. There are anomalies, incongrul-
ties, and even absolute wrongs, ofwhlch, IN
deed, the operation is not much felt, but
which il would be the more easy, on that ac-
count, to expunge, and thus completely rec
uty the national mind and character. We do
I not alude to any arrangements connected with
= nsgTo s!age1t, which must, from an oyerbear-
neccssity, be treated as extraneous to the
SS system and profession ofpohhcal faith;
klsss.SYgh. on that topic, as far any ameliora,
4 ston orchange is practicable, attention should
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