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MARrINsBURG, J4sr4ar "A. 1889.

Gen. JoHS FLoYD was elected Governor OF
issinia on the 9th instant
Il Tho following Selections from Mr.. Jesser-
pn's f'Dsthumons Letters we give to our rea-
ers from the National Gazette. They con-
bin, particularly the two last, important
iruti,s: and not the less valuable because it
e unpalatable 10 our vanity. They are
lr recommended by the force and ielici-
style which characterize the writings of
60 celebrated author.
TO II. LIS CoMrE DropAn.
Has;Astor, March 90, 1907.
@'FVcre 1 IN Earope, par ct p0lis would GER
Ihinly be 0ly motto Wars and contentious,
Indeed, lli the pages of history with mere
3hatter. But more blss. is that nation whose
Sllent course of happiness furnishes nothing
pr history to say. This is what | ambition
o. my Own country, and what it has fortu.
y Itey enjoyed now upwards Of twenty wears,
nile Europe has been in constant xolca.l;c
Iptions."
4 To GOVERNOR SvLLsvAz.
Wasiiagton, Juee 10, 1907.
'"With respect to the tour nay friends to tie
korth have proposed that shenld make in
4 act quarter, have not made W 6pal o.
8ioi)n. The coursc of life wilich General
Washington had run, civil and military, tue
Gryices he had rendered, ard the space he
1bereiorc occupied in the affections of his
n licw-ci.izens, take from his EXAMPLES the
eight Of precedents for others, because no
Nthcrs can arrogate tn themselves the claims
A. Inch he had on The public homage I'omy-
If, therefore, II comes as new question, to
" viewed under all the phases itmay pres
o. lconicss thatI am not reconciicd 10 the
s1hca of chief magistrate parading himself
1LroG}sh the several States, as an object OF
sPiblic gaze. and in quest Of an applause
rK hlch, to be valuable, should he purely vol
snftdry. had rather acquire silent good viii
ia faithful discharge OF MY duties, than owe
- pressions of il to my putting myself in The
nay Of receiving them"
To JoHN Pace.
Isl Hashaggtos., Ji4ly II. 1907.
81 have never removed man merely be-
cause he was . tederalist: have never wish
ri them TO give vote at an election. but ac-
scoTtling to their own wishes. But as no gov
Ernment could discharge its duties to the ben
u advantage Of its citizens, if its agents were in
a regular course of thwarting instead Of exc
kutIng ell its measures, and were employing
Ehe patronage and influences OF their Offices
egalnst the government and its measures,
are only requested they would be quiet, and
Ehcy should be safe: that il their conscience
FirScs uicu:r ito Rake an active and jealous part
IN opposition 1t ought Also to srre Them ia
Retire from a post which {hev could not con
Fcienciously conduct viii, fidelity to the trust
feposed IL them, and failure to retire, have
removed them; that is to say, those who
fnalntained an active and zealou. opposition
- the government"
To DocroR JONES.
.IonticeliO. March 3, 1870.
fsOur difficulties are Indeed great. If we
sonsideI ourselves alone. I5ut when viewed
& Pm comparison with those Of Europe. they are
Zine Joys of Paradise. IN The eternal rev
3oiution of ages, the cestnics have placed our
1portion OF existence amidst sush scene. of t,,-
ffnGit and outrage, as no other period within
our knowledge had presented. Every GOV
eminent but one en- the continent of Europe
demolished, conqueror roaming ever II with
havoc and destruction. 4 pirate spreading
eHlIsery and rum over the face The OCEAN
And the system of government Which shall
keep US afioat amidst tllissyrecll ofthe world
Win be immcrtalized IN history. We have
q 70 he sure, orr petty squabbies and heart
Cummings, and we have something of the b,ue
1 devils ut times, as TO these raw heads and
bloody bones who are eating up other ma
lions. But happily for us, the mammoth can
znot SWIM, nor the leviathan move on dry
sand: and If we viii keep out of their way.
they cannot get at u.s. 4f.indeed. we choose
10 place ourselves within the scope of their
tetaers grippe OF the paw, or fi0unce OF the
f2il, may be cur fortune
To GOVERNOR L. rGDox
alWhenT observed, however, that ff,e King
of England was cypher, did not mean TO
c0nhnc the observation 20 the mere indivdu-
al now on the throne The practice OF Kings
marrying only in the families Of Kings, has
been that Of Europe for some centuries
Row, take any race of ANIMALS, confne them
tnldleness and iDaction, whether In stye. a
stable, or state room, pamper them with
high dlct, crafty all their sexual appetites
ininerse them IN sepsualitIes, Rourisb theii
passions, let every thing bend before them
and Danish whatever might lead them to think
and IN 9 few generations thew become all bo
dy and no mind: and this too, by q law of ma
sure.-hy that very law by which we are ia
constant practice Of changing the characters
and Propensities of the animals we raise for
Our own purposes. Such is the regimen II
RAISING Kings, aud this is The May thew have
Afonc en- for centuries. While In Fnrope.
ItteH unused myself with contemplating tlst
characters ofthe then rcigning sovereigns o
Europe Louis the XVI. was a fool; Of M,
.oIfn knowledge, and in 6esnife ar tbe an