Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-08-20
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having been drank in q complimentary msHasr
ne replied to that cisihty by the following
address .
.As Fellow Ciszers; In rising to reply 10 TIE
toast you have just read, ffeei Embarrassed
not that ! fear your expectations Of a speech
win be disappointed, since I am certain YOU
expect but liitle-but because under similar
ciroumstaAces | am always Embarrassed
never got into a passion without afterwards
feeling somewhat sell. mortlhed. never ed.
dressed q cornwall board without The same
feelings. Under the influence Of passion one
- likely to do foolish things, and he who rises
TO speak under excitement, not knowing u hat
TO say, IS more likely to say foolish things.
should despise myself, when an intentional
insult were offered, IL il was not resented BY
me. | would feprosch myseIftikewise, if TO an
unmerited complim ent lsuffered judgment by
default, and refused 10 plead, lest | might say
something Il ought not or omit to say some
Thing i ought impudence is sometimes 8
virtue. | do not go for reason always like
now and then q little iGstinct-nature's license
to do wrong.
Had you confined your compliment to the
Office ! have the honor 10 hll. ! should have
considered myself as sharing With you the res
pect due to yourselves. Trust the day is far
of when the People of this State wtll not
consider their own character aud consequence
involved in their own appointments.
In conformity with your known devotion TO
State rights, I had reason TO expect a formal
notice of your own Chief hMsgistrste, bot no
thing save a sense OF our unyaFying friendship
could have led TO The anticipation Of such a
favorable assumption OF my official correctness.
It is here the personal affair commences. You
have givea me proof that you do not intend 10
condemn me by faint praise The maxim
save me from my frien6s,' cannot apply 10 you.
To the district OF Sumter, 20 tic nigh hills Of
Santee, that classic ground, distinguished for
its chivairy and hospitality, one of The fsiress
portions Of the universe, whose inhabitants have
stood by me in SIX troubles, and in The seventh
have not deserted me-such an offering ssi
have I give you-the grateful lihstion Of q
heart touched by your kindness.
Without intending 10 delay, by q recurrence
TO the various topics referred TO IS the bssis VI
your appreciation, you will excuse me for a
single moment, as preliminary To the sentiment
! propose to offer you. in adyerting TO the great
distress under which whole communities are
nov laborlng, owing, as We have said, to the
assertion of 8 power not warranted by the con-
~stitution.
If the ruinous measures lately adopted by
Congress have curtsiied your profits, and d.
minished sour estates, you have the consolation
that you suffer not alobe 1t is said the people
from he West have done = ruin0us business IN
the live stock trade; and every newspaper is
filed with the disasters of the manufacturers
How far the opposition of this system in the
South hes had the Effect 10 superinduce this
state Of things, we cannot exactly tell. ons
thing we all knows since the rasssge Of the
tariff, tina district, the second market IN our
State, has been almost entirely shut TO The dro-
yers~-whether through poverty or perversc-
ness, is not now important TO discuss.
Tbs rvHGfaro tra1aro xghn Czn1a To tkls State
last winter, seemed to have been surprised that
their trade was cut off That i'll viii and bick.
erings should have been the immediate result
of a sudden check TO the West of Southern
cash, was to have been expected, but they
certainly had no right TO complain, particularly
the Keatuckians; from whom we principally
derived our stock. If their representatives.
totally disregarded their interest, how could
they expect their customers here 10 act other.
wise than they have donei II that staple be
destroyed which makes il the interesto OF the
planter to buy his males, he must raise hts own.
Restriction of foreign 70 operates IS a
necessary restriction OF the commerce OF both
South and West.
If the horse, mule, and hog drivers and their
patrons ut home, have not influence enough to
elect one member to Congress who will sustain
their interest, they must content themselves
Nth being the s3ape goats OF the American
System;' they must rest under the lash OF their
neighbors. II is presuming TOO much on US, #
they suppose weswIil buy Kentucky stock for
charity. Kentucky bagging on compnlsion Ii
hemp and whiskey strange the interest OF the
drovers, il is none Of our fault. Let them set
their shoulders to the wheel, and reform their
own representation. Let their interest be heard
on the floor of Congress. Our commercial
interest will soon then be resumed upon equal
and reciprocal terms Then we will give creJ-
it to the drovers for their opposition to tho
tariff both al home and abroad.
SO far from any national anlipa,hy existing
between Kentucky and South Carolina, believs
the very best feelings are cherished by u.s.
Their frankness OF character, their ksld and
generous sentiments, attach Us to them. Their
refusal TO confirm the treaty by which their
birth.sights were sold for a mess Of political
lporridge, is evidence Of the extent Of sound
principle 10 Kentucky.
Whatever the people of Ohio may think o.
the political opinions OF the last President and
his Cabinet. the Kentuckisns, that brave and
generous people, will not avow that al
| governments have the right and ought to tar
one portion OF its people, for the benefit o
another portion The expression Of this cPin
lion proves that Mr.. Adams does not understand
the theory Of cur government.
had too high Q sense OF kentuckian magna
ln,mity to believe they could sustain the tsrii
with such q motive. There is something 81
much at war with all honor and honesty in ID,
political dogma. that the friends OF free trad
are obiigedt to the author for ils syowal. w
TRUST an Who have, as they believed, been undo
lfecled roeues heretofore will, when Informed o
| by an accomplish, at least for Appearance, II nc
-lfrom principle, quit the fstoHions lraGss
ri We paw our taxes fer our benefit. When
comes to the bold proposition. undisguised b
: hypocri,ical patriotism. that the south must pa