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

dress of the bishop, alluded to by our iric nd.
ly correspondent above, and the closing hymn,
are said to have been Of the thrillisg and an
imatng description, and to have caused ma
ny proud heart to bow before the majesty
oil christian plety and beavenly simplicity.
Waehester Republican.
We have inst remarked soma observations
in Blltimore paper, on the subject Of re-
morals FROM offise, which seem 10 US TO DC
far too stoieal AID abstract for the affairs Of
human nature and the trGe interests OF the
country. The writer's dostsine amounts to
this-that there Is no real cruelty or injustice
in diss1issing public oiiiesr,-svsn II beg
gary bc the consequenee-because there is,
strictly. no vested right Of continuance; and
that the public ssryises OF parents or family
connexions ought not 10 have the least nilu
ence whether - to appointments or reuoE walls.
We should outset to both sentiments In ne
hrarch or description Of Esman conserns, will
itaaswsr 10 proceed altogether uson harsh
ncIapsy olcal er theoretical principles; 49, The
feelings. me peculiar circumstances II in Il
Vdua's, and. tho common prejulices Or com
mon excitemcuts which prompt to useful and
durable exerti0n, must he held OF account in
every ssheme of public administration or ser
vice. There can be- no efficiency, no positive
security, for public ends unless incentives TO
10th hc provided bYconsuleing the special ex-
igsneics, the iandaI,le pride and the perrna-
nent advantage, Of the agents employed. A
thoroughly capable and upright citizen will
not embark his all OF Subsistence labor, and
hope, In public trust, if be isdsemed meie
instrument or sufterante,--t be displaced or
retained upon nnaxials purely abstract or
speculative, or by will altogether arbitrary
and personal--te be insulated, ss il were, be-
tween $he past and the fu'ure-dis joined
from the advantages Of the FIRST, and con-
stsatly exposed TO encounter all the chances
and difficulties OF Recommend enAent Of aiua
and effort
4 tenure Of Office attarly precarieus and ek-
trsmeiy limited, which cannot be streng CITIZEN
ed or prolonged by ability, zeal, diligence,
and pride in the discharge of the duties
which treated as dependant upon the con
ndgencies, the passions, tia rasentmenis, or
the pledges explicit or snderetood, of u quad
rennial popular election, will, in the end, bs
shurped by the description of nea who are
attainuents aEd spisit, fe Do justice and
credit to the nation. The executive service
throughout tee Union would thus he absn
doned 10 adventurers in circumstances, and
with feelings, comparatively dssperste,-to
the most needy or plsble dcmagogses eady
to aestsOseer 10 anymoda as gamblers in the
political lottery 10 the casual seekers, un-
occupied, or improyident, tempted by the
enjoyment OF a brief authority or transitory
gam, who would esst no care. no honor, no
experience w the'r IuacfiOnss arguing that 30
degree ofcapsclt}, diligence and reprtc could
create for them what is csllsd Vested right.
he truth Is, thst sacA merits do hcget
spscies Of right-e special title for the office
holder and the eountry. They deserve, gen
crsily. eward and encouragement; they form
an assurance for the public intsrests;-and
he who has displayed them, particularly if he
has family, and no immediate means Of de-
cent livelihood, besides the salary Of his
Paee,-posssssss. when considered anew as a
candidate, stronger claims upon the patriot
ism, equity and sympathy Of a President, or
any appointing magistrate or council, than
other applicants. The latter have nothing to
lose-they are untried-their miscarriage
cannot affect their sensibility or welfare IA
the same degree. We repeat, that men are
no where, under ne circumstances, TO be
treated as abstractions,-alge braically as it
were,---as if there were no hearts in the bo-
SENS OF either those who hold or those who
give posts of honor or profit. Mere constitu-
honal power TO remove, does not give moral
competency to exercise it iuhumanly, capri.
eiously, or ss6shly. The possession of IT
may be proper or indispensable; but to use it
IN tins way, is TO abuse ito render il the
very reverse of salutary--to pervcrt IL to the
injury of that general veal which it impart-
ct to promote. Mr.. Barke justly censured
the Fsench political philosophers, who ore !
garded men in their experiments, no more
than they did mice in an AIR pump. or ia a
recipient Of mepbitie gas" who brought .nto
political rule "dispositions and doctrin> a thai
made Aom worse than Indifferent Ia those
sensIbillties and habttaaos which arc the suo
port Of the moral WORLD" " the ,tost civil
zed states Of both anciePt and medern times.
the security OF tried worth and capacity in
pubic ofhse, and Ed estimate of the public
services oi parents or reiatires,-all sthsr
,nlIhss or titles being equal-have been ac.
eso7wledg<d as among this supports Of the po-
ltlcal world, for its stability, lis dignity, its
Glory The expectation OF beneEting chill
! dFen, or other connexions, by patriotic ex-
| plots, --ofentailiag on them the aeSys graft
tude OF the country, --is a powerful and beau
! tliul inducement 10 public virtue and useful.
ness, which no wise governusn. or people
would withhold. .Nat. Gag.
We learn from Rouau that during the wIntsr
! the passage nf The Alsa'aal, Swiss aud Ger
mans, ta Havre, in order to emaa, k tor Amer
cs. had beeR stopped; bMl On Saturday q srea.
number 81 the emGrshls arrived with variou
| vehicles loaded With their families and thei;
4 hnukehuld poods