Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-03-17
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MARTINsBURG, MAkcn II, 1851.

address" the people OF the United States. /"
which, although anonymous, merits in cur
judgment, the profound attention OF every
man who has an interest in the prosperity.
the peace, the hoaor of car country and Of
its soveYnment.--It appeared as we give il,
simultaneously in the National Intelllgencer
and National Journal of the 9Th inst imme
diatdy after the close Of the late session of
Congess.-AppealiDg to ne time-serying
principles Of xpediency-disdainin all al.
Gancs with palty traders in politics. Il claims
affection solely because of the hi-h iDtelli-
genc and the pure and elevated feeling Of
patrstlsm that pervades it. Looking at the
ionDf authority with which il speaks. and
thefeil that covers the source from which it
cores, ITS omen, we trust, is that of the
had that was seen writing on the wall, be-
hlI the lights, in the palace Of BetSaGz-er.
Through courtesy TO the Editor Of the
CHICHESTER Virguian,' we republish from
te last Richmond Enquirer. tae speech Of
y Mr. WOOD" of Frederick, on the reso-
ttion submitted IN the II. ofDelegates few
lays since, asking leave to bling in bill al
owing compensation to the Governor for his
Services as President OF the James River
company and Board Of Public Works, and
favor to US, whenever aRy of the Berkeley
delegates should deliver so pretty speech:
"Mr. Wood Of Frederick. hoped that the
resolution would not prevail The Governor
had accepted the office with the present salary,
which he saw no re as ,n for increasing. He
presumed that the object was TO encourage
the drinking of a greater quantity OF Cham
palgn. He understood that the Governor
d. II lraa Ixyn ID 4. III
ing parties; and he supposed that this ncr ase
were probably to be given to the gentlemen
of Richmond"
The greater part of the Eastern members
OF Congress arrived in this city on Saturday
last We believe the impression to be near
ly universal, that a considerable majority Of
fhe whole number of members are adverse
tothe Administration and DESTROYS ola change
oil President. Their sentiments may not be
Immediately declared, bat shay VIZ nc rro.
paeated among their constituents. 1t il the
common desire, and is felt as national ext
gency, that the country should have an eff
Gent statesman as President; and that the sys-
ten OF governme1tby personal inifi CUES, pre-
SELECTIONS and antipathies, should be exploded
as soon as possible. The same ideas will be
more general in the next Congress, and in
all likelihood much strengthened. by the
vents of the interval between this time and
December
An administration, strictly persenal,-in
10 degree or instance national, an acepha-
lous administration, that is, one without a
head, and composed Of a double or triple ca
binet, i'll assorted and disconnec cannot
be deemed or rendered compatible with the
genius and action of our institutions, or the
Intelligence and patriotism Of the peosle.-
2ho cry of "oid Hickory" and the old watch
words Of "hero," aud ''reforin," are no lon
ger talismanic; the film is falling from eyes
which could not be utterly blinded Those
who were most saittcn with the military ex
ploits and supposed intellectual and moral
energies of General Jackson, and gratitied
by his elevation TO the chief magistracv, as
a mark of the national gratitude and indie
pendent will, now perceive that they oyerra-
ted his qualifications; that capacity is essen
tiai for place; that for the sake of the intivi-
dual and the country, it were betterhe should
not continue where he must be shewn more
and more for the worse, and be treated as a
CIPHER or an instrument, according to the sim
lister designs Of persons whom the nation ne
yer meants with honour and authority uuder
the glare Of his narae or the shadow Of his
ttrlbutes.-.NationaI Gazette.