Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-07-01
From The Rishmoad Hhig.
OPINION IN THE WEST


which arc osteniatiously blazoned 10 the
jackson print ~ thls city, and the Telegraph,
as evidence oil The appreciation with which
ome and Kentucky have received the defeat
| OF the Naysvilie road. That the papers of
| Kendall, Penn, Dawson and Gardner. who
I have received the Presidents bounty. and A
few others which are endeavering 10 deserve
! 1t, hy unqualified servility, and the shameless
and Instantaneous abandonment OF the very
/ principles upon which they first supported
hun; that these and such as these should ap-
| prove, Is by no means surprising. But they
! do not speak the public sentiment II that
may be conjcctured from the numbers ofpub
ic prints which have espoused the Two sides,
the approyers are in lcan minority The
tcas IS stu more decisive Of the stale of seati-
ment.. Oac side beseechng and apologize,
the other bold. confident and decided The
approving prints are placed ,n the ridiculous
situation of being compelled to eat their own
words, not a month uttered. praising the
President month ago, for what he ,rould do,
they are now equally praising him for ROT
dong the same thing. Prohigacy so fragrant
cannot escape censurc, and msst those gull
ty OF il ef all influence TX is disrespecttul TO
the public which ii seeks 10 involve ia lis dis
regard ofprinelple, not less than intrinsicasy
unworthy
II may be pronounced impossible, that
Kentucky and the NV. States shall continue
their support Of the administration Interest
and resentment concur to forbid it They
| cannot forgive the man who has both duped
and injured them. This conclusion is con
armed by all the indications, except those
| furnished by the rewarded, and more desper-
ate portion OF the jackson press. One excep-
ted, tho entire Ohio Delegation are consider
cd Il 4
eral changes have occurred In that Of Ken
lucky. Different papers say that numerous
individuals have openly changed, and every
| private account represents hostility TO the AL
| falnistration as unequjvocaliy certain.
The Clncinaah Advertiser, jackson pa
] per, says, in speaking of the refusal Of the
President to sign the Maysville turnpike law:
] awe agree with the editor OF the Tee-
| graph, that the Message of the President in
returning the bill which appropriated $50, :
900 to the above Road, is one of the most
important acts OF his eventful life. However
1t may be hailed by the republicans of the
| south, we can assure the Editor of the repub
iicans Of the West, view il with utter aston
ishment. The principles avewed in this mes
sage were CO ,rged against Gen. Jackson, in
the late contest for The Presidency, BY his
opponents but his friends successfully re-
PEELED the charge. Little did they Suppose,
that, by high official act Of the President,
all their arguments used in bis behalf wosld
bs reiuted, and a complete triumph given TO
his adversafies. Such, however, is the hunail-
iating attitude in which the above messag e
has placed the friends Of the Administration
in the West
'Nfe hare looked through the whcle mes.
sage, In order that we might thoroughly un.
ND - tndn .s,. l.I t0Z hat a
had placed the great question of iaternal In.
provement on a ground which could be con
sistently sustained by the leading friends o
the Administration; bat, we are compelled tc
admit, and we do it with unmingled sorrow
that, unless there be total abandonment o
; The policy Of the West, in regard 10 Internal
improvements, the Message must be con
demned"
Opinions VS. Pyaesice.--In 1928. John Ran
dolph, in the House of Representatives, spoke
as follows
''Sir, what can the country do for me? Az
Tor power, what charm can il have for enc
like me? Ii power had been my object,
must have been less sagacious than my worst
enemies have represented me to be, If had
not obtained it, - : Was it office? What
sir, 10 drudge in your laboratories in the de
Foi litShts, UT Ds Ut mt top " JOuF SOJpS utIl-
ioaaatiqus IN Essope2 Exiled to Siberia
Alas! Sir, in my condition a cup Of cold ira.
. tor tcoald be more aseest,ble What can tbs
, country give me that do not possess in the
, confidence OF such constituents as no man e.
. yer had before? | can retire to my old patri-
r monial trees where mar see the sun rise
c and set in peace. II shall retire upon
; my resoarces--I viii 90 back to the bosom d
my constituents. > *~* And shall | give up
them andthis? And for what? For the health
r iess amusements and rapid pleasures and tar
D nished honors of this abode of splendid mise
: ry, of shabby splendorp for cierkship il
! the war office or FOREIGN MISSION
5 10 dasce attendance ABROAD instead of a
. HOME.--or evsn for a department. itself
: Sir thirty years make sad changes IN man
1 $50 feel that hung 10 eGistenes By q si,s
: gle hair that the sword of Danoclss is sus
. pended over me-"
: Who consents 10 danglc at the tail of tn
: corps diplomatiqae in Europe now? Homes
John, thou art TALENT
a. The editors of some of the most respectabl
J: journals of this country have expressed tn
most favorable opinion OF Miss Sedgewick
4 new novel Clarence, and Of Tanners Nara
: tive of his Thirty Years Residences anon
the Indians.