Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-12-16

IF rsCorm az to useless offices. lie strsacA
with kaen and Daiient diligence, from the sta
,ute look. a thousand useless statutes about
trade. I'll Of them an incumbrance upon
trade. and some of them still bringing charS-
Is upon the revenue. But well considered
public work, he viewed as investments LOT We
nation, soon TO yield a tenloid Increase
Therefore, with q wise forecast, and an eie,
waited conception Of his public dutles' "oula
he expead money, and literally, upon such
works. Some minds cannot see even "naVis
all around them. He saw not Only pfeseht
objects. but saw into f%uturity. 1t was one oil
his opinions. that England was but beginning
her aieer OF opuIence and power. VI that
great enterprise. the Liverpool and Manches
ter Rail Road, soon TO prove as useful as ii
is magnificent, he was among the earliest
and most confident advisers. Alas, that lac
should have been the first to perish tipcre.--
Ire scene Of his death, and the theatre oil his
triumph
am writing a long letter. II is longer by
far than ! would have written only a very
few weeks ago. Then, | should, IN all pro-
bability. have contented myself with a simple
and private acknowledgment OF yours. but
now make it the occasion oil something
moro. Ii has reached me at a season when
we arc on the brink, as | believe, OF
new and difficult times. This imbues with
an interest greatly augmented. the mioFma-
ton you have impaired, and thence it IS that
| have felt impelied TO a more full answer. l
believe a general wal in Europe TO he at
hand. have believed so, since we iirst knew
of The three days fighting in Paris, and Their
results. Those three days are to throw a new
element into the political world, OF ultimate
good | do not doubt, but OF Portentens as
pect now. The principle Of monarchy is not
dead. II will. at its own time, put itself a
gainss the principle Of that memorable fight,
the recognition Of the new king OF the French,
side by SIDE with our ilinstrious Lafayette,
notwithstanding. In the most powerful parts
Of continental Europe, out of France, ii is in
Sauk of life. In Austria, it ia inveterate.-l
Russia, tremendous In neither country is
there any check in general public opinion
upon the imperial will, and legions OF armed
and brave men are the obediept instruments
OF that will. Both governments. on the pfiD
ctple OF arbitrary sway, are ADMINISTERED Tor
all purposes, but especially warlike purposes,
with abundant ability They can, ~unhappily.
plant the array against freedom, in glittering
masses and With irishtful vigor. The battle
somehow, aud soon, must be fought. eau
ton may delay it for awhile: but it cannot
go off The interests and passions which
The events Of those three days put N motion,
and thc example which they have conseerat-
ed, are lar too mighty in all that effects
thrones, empires, people, to subsids without
a furious conflict. Even in England, the
principle OF monarchy is deeply rooted
There, 1t rs sustained by an aristocIacy of
influence, which never can be overcome in
political, any more than in common life, I'M
der the present complex system of their GO
yPInfuens fh- Dopn,oI~;,- .-,c,roooce 8
Their laws, and the state of representation in
their House Of Commons. With that aris-
tocracy a large potion of the British public.
mnch larger than we think will, from princi-
pie, or dependence, or prejudice, be brought
10 SIDE; forming together a rich and ceura-
8eous, formidable by both these attributes.
as wen as It's inteli gence, that win be ready,
on very slender PrcteX s,to light it out against
me prlncipie oi the new res olutlon in France.
though the principle ef that revolution was
as Just as The victory Of tho three days was
6%rl'lant, and though it was magnanimous to
defeated royalty, beyond all parallel, ii will
not essape the fiowns Of aristocracy. The
materials of strife viii be aggravated by the
shock Of conflicting principles. The sreech
OF tie ambassador Tallcyrand, to King VII
lnm, "a ioTmulary not new to the anbasss
dor,) and the personal, Or even royal virtues,
OF the king, will not alter the essential nature
ofthIngs. 1t is, in fact, the war already le-
gun between popular opinion, on the one side,
and ancient and established power on the o
thcr, which MIR. Canning, in his speech on
the affair. OF Portugal, not long before his
death, described as in prospect for Euorpe;
and which, cncc begun, might be expected
to be terrible, both by its f~ercsness and du
ratlon. May we, from our distance, and
"ader our equal an happy Institutions, keep
out OF The strife. Candor must admit, that
the present administration ofeur government,
as far as the public know. have pursued a
conciliating course towards other nations -
But a course friendly and concillatory on our
part, IS not always a safeguard against trou-
bic Should Great Britain get into war, she
would wage it with mere eject than she has
ever waged war Observation-Disclosures
the occasional depression in some parts Of
her industry, and distress in some Of her pop
u%iatlon, whether from heavy taxation, the
growing rivalry to her manufactures in other
countries, or her abridged curreacy from a
return TO specie, or from a deficient supply
IN the precious metals, or from whatever 9th
err causes arising, which her own statesman
never can settle, we must not suppose that
she has been losing ground. Her resources,
on the contrary, in defiance Of ell READ or i'm
aemary dlmlnntions, have undergone since
1919, IN the aggregate, a vast increase. Her
exports, her imports, and her revenue, would
be the decisive tests of this assertion. narti-