Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-04-22

nation espasae of giving It on receitins an
eq,drsient There,ss no getting over the con-
ciusiea or roun6it. A nalifying law, If the
State is able to carry it into effect, dissolyes
The union, and leaves South Carolina the
choice, either to tax the people to support
herself as an independents nation, or to pay
England for protecting her becoming a co.
.lony, without either the honor or affection oil
heing part Of the great Nation. She viii
be- IKE some humble depeBdant in the great
faulty Of Nations, owing her safety to dat
nity, which weakness may elicIt As a part
of the United States, South Carolina furnish
es more than her share to the aggregate Of
national wealth and power, but under the
protection OF England, what could State Of
two hundred and fifty Thousand white in
habitants depend on, but.the mercy and ha-
manly Of her protector. As an integral part
Of tiie American Union, she participates in
all the grandeur, the glory, and tho indie.
pendsnce ef our glorious Republic--to all Of
which she has literally. nay, generously con
tflbnted BY herself, B. Carolina would be
weak and rich, az must consent 10 yield
her wealth as the price Of protestoa. This
degrading situation is not the wish or inten-
iioa OF the great inventor Of the. reio and ,ssl-
lyysag doctrine The whole exeiten.ents is
a cunningly devised fable. TO enlist tbs feel
ings of Carolina, and give Mr. CALaous a
chance to gain credit as a mediator. Buthe
Will rs!ss his aim. Sen JacKson 10 Prssi-
5ent--he as sswera 10 see the lrtes executed,
and though deserted by the disnaicn party,
be wiil find tho bone and muscle of Caroiiaa
ready t,A support him in queLiny treason or
rebellion. BURKE.
PoEtics IN Maine - The Kennebec -FOUR
nsi, sn-atly conducted paper, priatsd at Au-
costa, in the Statscf Maine, has an artiels
principally applicable to the politics Of that
State, 10 the course of which we nee. the
following general observations, tia truth of
winch gives point to them. Speaking of th-
liberation and forbearaace Of tie late admin
istration Of the General Government, the
Journal says;
ga great portion of the men slready in Of
nee, finding that MIR. Adams did not turn
men out. a office for opposing him, joined
with the Jsckssn party te make themselves
safe, let the result be in favor Of either can
didate, Instead of honestly supporting the
man who left them unbiased to express
their preference. This basenes. induced ms
NY OF the friends of Mr.. Adams to urge him
to use the patronage OF office in sustaining
himself, since the hope OF office was 60 pow
srfully arrayed against him. He was told
that ne would be defeated If he did not do it;
and he replied that he would rather be de-
fssted than encroach upon the freedom of E..
iscfions, and the unrsstrained liberty Of O.
pin,on, by removing from eflice even those
who siandercd and abused him. He thought
there was intelligence and virtue enough in
the American people, to sustain him in such
a course--at any rate hewould try the expe-
rment. The result is knc vn"
The JoarnI then goes Ga to argue the In
expectancy o.. pursuing, in the Government
OF the State Of Maine, the policy which it
suppases. In the General Government, lost
The election of President to the late admins.
tratior. we hope that the new administra-
ton of Maine will not sxtend the removals
beyond just retribution, and that it will, a
bovs all, avoid giving just cause for being
charged with prsscrptiys and yindictivs
spirit, which is at once cnbscoming and I'M
The Journal, we think, reasons
well, in justifying some reform in the State
offices. and seems disposed to stop at the
proper point:
"1he question is, 'says The Journal, seys he.
ther under all these circumstances. either
justice or good policy require that the Re-
pubhcanmaiority should permit the Jackson
party to retain all the best offices Of the State.
10 be used against them at the next election,
Ia acdition TO the great official influence of
the United States offices, the whole host Of
rewarded collectors, rewarded post-masters,
rewarded editors, the marshal and his depu
ties, and the hired presses, set up and hos
up py tne'Jackson party? 1t would be very
s,'ag'sAs'"sa''s, no doubt, to give them every
'hing, but would it not be asking little too
much? Suppose man assaults ane.her with
d cucges--the .assailed is able to defend him.
sen out hs Ne very DESTROYS of peace, his
Enscipies arc against fighting, and so he SUI
iers 'he other to maui him. Mould he not
DC Justiied an wrestling from the assaiantt the
hostiIe cudgel? Nay, more, could he be bla-
iheu Tor giyinsfhe Rugnacious gentleman a
Jew good heavy whaeks in returnp. Would
she Aepnbhcsn party be doing justice to
themselves, to their,caase, Or to the public,
II, having the majority, they voluntarily fur
alsh an enemy with bludgeon to break heir
oHf heads with, and leave the principal ,offi
ees OF the State n the hands, of such party
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