Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-03

slave OF my thoughts, obesent to my will,
"rorn from thy pareas bird to fora a pen
"That mighty instrument sf little menl
4 We are distressed and mortified to fnd tina,
Che Editor of the Orange Reporter doe,
not admire our editorial style. Tbs suffrage
\ of man so pure and independent as he a.
vers himself to be, would have been quite Q
feather in our cap: but il seems we must ne-
aspire to it. We have engsrsd him exceed
insly; and be has taken up the cudgsls in de
ftocs of his owh parity and Col Barbour
Pabilties,' and it is difficult to tell which Of
sbe two he is most in earnest about
That ,hs big man Of the leading party in
Orange may cot be big man every where
else, is an idea thai. If seems, the Editor oil
the Reporter cant get lnts his hcad--it is
inconceiVable- incredible-an> accordln sly d
IS sheer envy and detraction' in us 20 insinu-
te ANY doubt upon the admitted and funda-
mental point-the ColoneIs great abilities
The Editor thinks it is piece of most insult
erabie presumption IN US To doubt the trans
eendant abilities of the great Colonel Bar
pour. de says. "a cat may look at King, or
y igny may abuse giant This may pass
FOR choice wit in Orange, but it is not 50 cur.
Sent in Berkeley. All greatness is relative,
pad we do not doubt that men may be found,
compared with whom, the Editors sMagnus
Apollo, IS a great man.
1t is a remark, to the truth Of which, every
days experience bears witness, that nothing
y easier than to suggest bad motives. Even
tbe Editor Of the Orange "Reporter' is fully
equal to this. Sensitive as he is, to any i'm
pstatons upon his own motives, he thus holds
birth in relation TO the motives Of others: ga
new race has lately sprung up-Poiitcians
have employed themselves in inventions to
make themselves popular and to this object
Every principle of the constitution is made to
3ield-should any portloa of this extended
republic prove refastory a doucsur in the
shape 81 road or canal must be presented,
snd every principle Of selfinterest is called
into action"
Here we have race ofupstart Politicians
bowl homines-employed. instead of their
proper public duties, in inventing patent no
lions to make themselves popular and bend.
hg or breaking through every principle OF
lhs constitution to come at their object. -
phould the People-the sound and uneorrupt,
1he wise and rirtuous Peopls-justly tena
el0us of that constitution, which as long al il
Pan be preserved, is their shield and sure dc
enss-Shosld the People prove refractory
why just give them sop--a bribes No: q
Sdosceur' as the soft, insinuating, willy
renchman called it, sin the shape of a road
or canal and the thngi. done The Editor
#of the Reporter is quite dab at imputation
81 and insinuatlons, 'and all that sort of thing.
% We are not fit to hold candle to him We
really do not feel ourselves called upon to de-
fend the immense mass of people involved in
these gross and sweeping eharges-person.
every whit as respectable, to speak modestly
as the big man of Orange, or even the Editor
of the Orange Reporter, from the assault. L
lis perfectly unnecessary. The 'viSor of The
bow does not correspond with the venom o
the shaft 1t is like the javeln in the hanc
of the superannuated King. 1t falls perfect
y harmless TO the ground.
"telum imbelle sine ictu."