Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-02-03

country's fame and giary. let no false deIica-
cy prevent US from branding these with the
stamp Of execratisn. Why should they be
shielded?
When men, forgetful of their obligations
madiy and reasonably assail the fortresses
oil our freedom, their conduct deserves no o.
Their language than such rs we would apply
to madness and treason. That there are rest
less spirits abroad, no man who marks tha
current Of passing events can deny. We
have seen the insldIous attacks that have been
made against the union OF The States-the M
hammatory appeals that have been made 10
passion and prejudice-the threatening and
insulting language resorted to, for the pur-
pose OF intimidation or disturhance-and
last, though not least, we have marked, with
feelings oil lndisnation as well as soriow the
attempted encroachments, from a certain
quarter, upon the authority OF the Supreme
Court-a tribunal which we look upon as
the sheet anchor Of our liberties, and the main
prop and stay of the Republic. And all this
is done, too, under the name and sretcnce oil
asserting the freedom of the citizeni Well
may we cxclaim, 30 Liberty what crimes
are perpetrated in thy uanel" There cannot
be mistake as to the motives Of the men en-.
gagged in these unhallowed designs. Thew
may be misled, blinded, infatuated: but we
cannot shut our eyes 10 the fact. that they are
working together to destroy the fairest fabric
Of rational liberty which the world has eve,
yet seen. That their counsels will be brought
to nought, we believe; but it will not be 10,
| lack OF zeal and perseverance on their parts
when we speak, therefore, of that hol,
ry bosom, we are to make distinctions. i.
proper, l. is necessary that we should Nor
tiying as 1t is to every man Of correct feel
ings, he is, nevertheless, forced to make the
| acknowledgement We hare had Benedic
Arnold-we have now a DIR. Cooper, and 9th
ers earning for themselves an Immortality o
infamy.-.llsz Gag
The message Of Governor Lincoln, a
Massachusetts, which we publish this morn
ing, occasioned an earnest debate in the lie
gisiature of that State. There are certainl,
alarming symptoms in the course Of the &c
neral government The federal judiciary i
now menaced with an attack Internal IN.
prorement is to be arrested; those who affec
the Tariff System may well tremble for it,
fate; Indian treaties are set at nought; Null
tcation is countenanced, blows are leveed a
the Supreme Court, Sc.---.Nit Cax Jan. %
BALTIMORE, Jan. 81.
| From Santa Martha The Schr Pomo
ma, Captain McGlathlin, has arrived below
and is of North Point, in SO days from San
ia Martha. MI. Leoni, the Supercargo, ia
| forms us. that al the time OF his leaving, DE
cember Is, General BOLIVAR was there i,
q very low state of health, aud he was no
expected to live forty eight hours His dis
ease, the consumption. He had issued
Proclamation or Farwel to the Colombians
a copy of which we have received in Spanish
On the 10th of December division of 30,
| troops, under Gene, al Sarda, left St Mar
| tina by sea for Rio Hatche to relieve Genera
ValIes, but the General had returned tc
Santa Martha the day our informant sailed
on the 18th 1t is believed that General Sar
da, will succeed in bringing back the Rio
Hatchcros to their homes, who had fed a
| the entrance Of Gen. Valdes
Manuel Avendano, who headed party O
| the Patriots who attacked Santa Martha OF
| the 18th Of November, came passenger il
| the Pomona, having been exiled by Genera
Montilla.-l Patriot.
r.
aS-The Rev. Mr. BRowN will preach al III,
Falling Water Church on next Sabbath
The funeral Of the late Robert Snodgrass vii
be preached at Mount Zion, on Saturday tn,
| 10th, at i2 O'Clock L.
gy-The Rev. Mr.. HUTcHINsoY will preacl
at the Opequon Baptist Church on Saturda,
The 18th and Sunday the 18th inst. at ii O.
clock a m