Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-07-28
From the Richmond Wing.

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prize at your inactivity and supineness, amid
the stirring events which are occurring around
us, have been waiting waiting,
Tor movement In QUE state, commensurate
with the deep interest and magnitude of the
occasion, cooperative with eur sister states,
IN the grand scheme of national convention
II is time for the popular voice to be heard
The imminent peril of our dearest interests,
should stimulate us to prompt and decisive
action. The times require, and the cause OF
our country demands il. National Republi-
cans! 1t is time to check the progress OF mis-
government-te repel the wanton invasion Of
our sacred rights-te stay the daring hand OF
usurpatlon-to roll back the swelling tide of
corruption, which threatens TO overwhelm us
Let it not be said, that Virginians were
backward in the glorious cause of freedom,
They have never been slow to resent their
conntrys wr0ng--whether inflicted bv the
pen attacks OF foreign foe, or the more CO
vert, but not less dangerous invasion of do
mestic enemy, under the pretext of acting by
authority OF the constitution Bold, indepen
dent and intelligent, they have ever been
foremost to sound the alarm, when danger
lnpeaded. WIZ they abate any thing Of
tseir patriotic vigilance, or steadfast enter
prlseF VIII they temporise or remain luke
warm and Indifferent, when tho character of
then institutions is at stakep--nav, when a
breach has been already made iu the walls,
and the citadel of their Liberties has been sha
ken to ITS foundation? Can they see. and see
ing, tolerate the DETACHMENT of the fair form
and graceful proportions of our unequaled
political fabric, with the ruthless spirit of
worse than Vandal barbarityl
National Republicans You NAV ask if this
appeal to your public spirit and patriotism is
founded in truth and fact or if II is the mere
fervid working of distempered imagination?
DO you ask the question: Do you seriously
inquire II there is any cause for the com
plants, and this appeal? If so, let me ask
you, IN turn, if You have been blind to the
momentsas events which have transpired
within the last two wears and have passed in
review before the astonished eyes Of the free
men of this countrvp Have you not heard
the loud complaints of those Of our unfoitu-
nate fellow citizens vino became the victims
OF the prescriptions, for opinions sake, OF
the president and his minister's If YOU have
not, you are among the number OF those "nho
hactng eyes see not-and haUing ears hear not :"
minute history of those occurrences,
would afford materiel for volumes; hut for the
honor Of our conntry's shonld it survive the
tremendous shock its stability has sustained
let MS hope that the charity of orr hstori
ans will permit them 10 glide into the shade
OF undisturbed oblivion. Shall | specify?
! Shall detail? Mol National Republicans
fsu cannot be strangers to the evsnts OF
such magnitude. as have filled all America
with amazement-you have seen all-yeu
know all--you have seen the predictions Of
/ the opponents Of this imbecile administration
more than verified; and the hopes and pro
misses of its friends dashed and disappointed
You have seen the executive influence desc
Grated for the vilest purposes -Yo have seen
the patronage of government flowing Irto the
debased channels of bribery and corruption.
You have seen the national treasury the pe0-
pies money tributary to the president, in his
bestowment Of munihcent largesses to the
adherents and followers, in the way of office
and emolnments-You have seen the i'm
mense expenditure of the same peoples mo
ney, in the capricious appointment and recall
Of public ministers, consuls, and diplomatic
agents. You have seen hifn arrogate the
power. in the face of the constitution, TO
commission agents to make treaties without
the knowledge, advice. or consent of the Sc
nate--You have seen him despisc and con
tenn that constitutional branch of the lede-
raj executive, by appointing the very men
when they have rejected. You have seen
him disgraceth seat which Washington hon.
cured, by becoming an applicant 10 the LIE
gislature of state, for nomination to the
presldency--andl lending his power and influ-
ence. and the use of bis ranking privilege,
to solicit subscribers to paper now estab
lished at the seat of government, and avow-
eddy supporting his re election to the place
he now disgrscefully flls-you have seen his
unrelenting persecution Of all who have the
Independence TO oppose his arbitrary sway;
and his malignant hatred to the American
statesman Of the west, and his iriends-you
have seen and know all these things, and
must. as freemen and Americans entertain
feelings Of corresponding Indignation and
displeasure.
National Republicans! Are these the only
grounds Of complaint? Recent disclosures
exhibit TO US the novel and unprecedented
fact Of a President of the United States de-
scending to the shameful interference in the
Preside relations, and prescribing the rules OF
social intercourse. A late member Of the cab
met declares that an attempt was made by
| Gen. Jackson to force him TO comply with
what was inconsistent with honoril, To all
that is despotic in power, base in corruption
malignant in revenge, unfaithful in office,
weak and incompetent in the administration
Of the public affairs, we see added the gross
est yialatinn of decenev and morals and the