Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-12-10

FsHctc Ciizsnsof The Senute,
and House of RfpresenfQtircs ;

- GteVEt ~ NFf& ~ff@
and House Of Re~pressnfatiress
The pleasure | have in congra,uIsting yos
on your return TO your constitutional duties ].
much heightened by the satisfaction ~hisf
the condition Of our beloved country at thu
period. justly inspires. The bendicent Au'
thor Of III good has granted TO US, during The
present year, health, peace, end plenty, and
numerous csuses Tor joy in the wonderful sue
cess which attends the progress Of our free
institutions.
With q population unparalleled in its IN
crease, and possessing a character which com
bines the hardwood of enterprise with tile
constituencies Of wisdom, q e see in every
section Of our happy country a steady im.
provemeni in the means of social intercourse
and correspondent effects upon the genus
and laws Of our extended republic
The apparent exceptions to the harmony
of the prospect are 10 be referred rather 10
inevitable divers,,ies in the various interests
which enter INTO the composition OF so ex'eu
sive a whole, than TO any want OF attachment
to the Un~lon--inieresis whose collision serve
only. IN the end. TO foster The spirit OF con-
Citation and patriotism. 80 essential 10 the
preservation OF thai union winch, ! most de-
vontly hope, is destined to prove Imperlsha-
be.
In the midst of these blessings, VIC have
recently witnessed changes in the condnioo
Of other nations, which may. in their conse.
quences call for the utmost vigilance, wis
dom. and uuanirify in our councils. and the
exercise Of all the mode ration and patriotism
OF Our people.
The important notifications of their gov,
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wisdom by the people of France. afford 4
happy presage Of their future course. and has
naturally elected from the kindred feelings
OF this nation that spontaneous and universal
bars, of applause in which yon have partici-
pated, In congratulating you, my fellow cit
liens, upon an event SO suspicious TO the dear
est Interests Of mankind, | do no more than
respond to the voice OF my country, without
transceuding, in the slightest degree, tina, sa
lu,sry maxim OF the illustrious Washington,
which eniolns an abstinence from all ~interfer.
enee with the internal affairs 81 o,her nations.
From a people exercising, in the most unllm-
tied degree, the right Of self government, and
enjoying, as derived from this proud cbarac.
~teris,ic, under the favor of heaven, much of
the happiness with which they az: blessed !;
y people who can point in triumph TO their
free institutions, and challenge comparison
With the fruits they bear, as we'll as with the
moderation, intelligence and energy with
which they are administered from such a
people. the deepest sympathy q AS TO be ex.
pected in a struggle for the sacred principles
OF liberty, conducted in a spirit every way
worthy OF The cause. and crow Ded by an he
solc moderation which has disarmed revoia
ton OF its teTrors. Notwithstanding the strong
assurances which the man whom we so sin.
eerely love aad justly admire has given 10 the
world Of the high character of the present
King of the French, and which, if sustained
to the end, VIII secure to him the proud APP
pellation of Patrio, King, it is not in his sue |
cess, but in that OF The grea, principle which
has borne him to the shfone-ihe paramount
al hority Of the public will-that the Amer !
lean people %rejuice.
| am happy 10 laform you that the an,ici
patrons which were INDUCED at the date of
my last communication On he subject of our
foreign affairs, have been fully realized in Sc.
veral important particulars
An arrangement has been effected will,
Gfeat Bntsrn,m relation TO the trade between |
the United States and her West India and
North American Colonies, which has seltlt d
a question that has for four years afforded |
matter for contention and almost unmterrup. !
ted discussion, and has been The subiec, Of
no less than SIX negotiations, in a manner !
which promises results highly favorable to
the parties.
The abstract right of Great Britain TO mo |
nopolise the trade with her colonies, or to |
exclude Us from a participation therein, has
never been denied by the United STATES 49,
Bn, we have co~rtended, and with reason tina,
IT, AT any time, Great Britain may desire the
productions OF this country, as necessary 10
her Colonies, they must be received upon
principles of just reciprocity; and further,
that III is making an invidious and untriendly
distinction, to open her colonial ports to the
vessels of other nations, and close them a
gainst those ofthe United States.
Aaiecedeniiyt TO 1894, a portion of our pro.
dactions was admitted into the colonial islands
OF Great Britain. by particular concessions, H.
nted TO the term OF one year, but renewed
from year to year. In The transportation Of
these productions, how ever, our vessels were
not allowed TO engage; this being a privilege
reserved to British shipping. by which alone
our produce could be taken 10 the islands,
and theirs brought to us in return. From
Newfoundland aud her continental posses
SONS, all her productions, as well as our YES
seaS, were excluded, with occasional ~relaxa.
tons, by which in seasons of distress, the for
tAvr were admitted in British bottoms.
ty the treaty Of 1894. she Offered to con-
eede to US, Tor a limited time. the right Of car
fying 10 her Yves, India possessions, in our
vessels not exceeding seventy tons Burden,
aud upon the same terms as British vessels
might import 'heretrom. But this privilege
was coupled with conditions which are sup
posed 70 havs led to its rejection by the Sen.
ate thar Is, that American vessels should