Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-12-03
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MAHrlNsBuRc. D.ornssa 5. 1929.
II Is with regret we learn. that soma no;


esq. in ethgy. This disgraceful act was oc
casionedin consequence of speech delivered
by Mr.. Leigh in the Convention, adverse Il
tie basis of white population. We are a:
,glrm advocates for reform in the existing
/ Constitution as any % be found, but we have
10 idea Of degrading any of Virginia's son.
Ly such base conduct However much We
arr opposed to Mr. L. in the course he ha.
tiopTnt proper to pursue, we are free to con
- that nothing he has said or done would
lstiy such proceed ings. He is gentleman
o. high character, and no doubt. thinks the
cosrse he purSues, the correct one We can
trlly assure cur l0wland brethren. that such
I conduct IS highly reprobated by all decent
/ people. Such proceedings might suit the
i rcridian Of Carlisle or Pittsburg, Pa bu,
VII not the Valley Of Virginia.
TIE Constitutional Wlag Of Fsiday last says:
/ Z ciA be o5serrsd, that yesterday, the Conuef,-
f.n proceeded to consider the Report Of the
Ereststipc Committee, hariag at last disengeg-
n iisef .ticns tket IF l.e Legislative. Tic
egfe Of eiectag the Governor, ,chethcr by the
Poole OF The Legislature, called forth nascl,
ds:ussioa, and Is Ike to cau forth much more
We StN nat Conjecture arlich mode ,sil prevail
The question of the basis is passed by for thu
y-esesst b,G iH.lcr the percussion, that It's I'D
. istapsnt rM be fond less difficult Hsm ,eas
m2Dosed at one time.
We learn Nth pleasure, that the people are
raoidLy cooling in the middle districts, fro,athe
aate Of artificial excitement i.,to fcLich the ter
artists and mischierous and unfair system Of
,Icetioneering had Hvosca them.
Join T,lliaferro has resigned his scat in the
Convention, in consequence of sickness in his
hniy. Judge Coatter is appointed in his
stead.
Ca'lol.in .Mennis Delegate OF the Conven-
Ton from Bedford, has resigned hrs seat on
meount of bad health The remaining dele
CATION have appointed Samuel Branch, of
Buckingham, to fill the vacancy.
Selected What is "the ingratitude of
Republics" which has become a saying thro'-
cut the world9 1t is not capnciously dismis-
ang from office those who have rendered
hlthiul services in their stations, and leaving
them and their families to perish in poverty
The services which constitute claims must
mean those of every one in his sphere, howe
yer humble or however Observation-Disclosures
the General or the Soldier--the Commodore
or the Sailor--ths President or the Inspector
Vi Inc customs.
We are struck with the following remarks
Of MIR. Jefferson, contained in letter dated
Paris, May %, 1888
al cannot but think it would be desirable
| to all commercial nations to have the Turkish
nation and all its Tendencies driven from the
sea coast into the interior parts of Asia and
Africa. What field would thus he restored
to commerce? The finest parts of the old
World are now dead, in great degree, to
commerce. to art, to science, and to society
Greece, Syria. Egypt, aud the northern coast
Of Africa constituted the whole world, almost,
for the Romans, and to us they are scarcely
known, scarcely accessible at ALL"
The Eastern Troop of Cavalry, under the
command Of James NJ Porter, Esq offered
to Mr.. Wolf, the Governor elect, their
services as an escort to Harrisburg, when he
should go TO assume the gubernatorial chair.
Mr.. Wolf returns thanks for the offer, but de-
clines accepting it, for the following reasons,
which do credit to the good sense and repub-
lican simplicity of the new GOVERNOR
It has always appeared to me TO be impoll-
tic, If not absolutely dangerous in a Republi-
can Government, for the people to flatter the
vanity of their public servants, before they
have been tried or their fidelity proved, by
DISPLAYS of pomp and show, which can be at
tended with no possible GOOD, but which may
have pernicious tendency, by awakening IN
the mind Of the individual security in the
public confidence calculated 70 produce a
careIessness and Indifference in the discharge
of public duties, which, under other cireum-
stances, would not exist. The same objec-
tons do not apply with equal force where
the individul is about to retire from public
station in which great and Important services
have been rendered to the Republic. but.
ven IN the latter case, the satisfaction arising
from an upright and conscientious discharge
of official duties should be esteemed by him
as his highest reward.
The same plain republican habits which
have marked my course through Tic will be
carried bv me into the excited station to
which, bv the voice ofthe people OF nv ma
tive State, I have been called; and IT. IN the
course Of nv administration. 7 shall be so fan
favored as TO become an humble instrument
in the hands of an all bountiful Providence
10 advance in some measure the interests Of
Che State or the prosperity ard happiness o.
its citizens. shah have attained the sunm'i
of my most anxious wisheI-
We regret to learn, bv n Kentucky papor
that Mr. Rem. Senator from Mississippi or
MIS- way to Washington. was confined q
ngton hv dangerous illness, three weeks
Isfr Rs journey to the Seat of Govern
49, last winter was interrupted by sickness