Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-07-28
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goa TIE GAZETTE
TO TIC Toters Of The Sirtssa.h Congregational
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FELLOW ITTIZENS.-sVtey ara so many
frivolous, feiSned causes Of opposition, raj,
ed against Edward Lucas, one of your can
dJdales for Congress- Why do so many a
ponyn'ous appeals appear, drawn with studi
ed art, in all the colours Of licensed faac, i,
In every couaty IN the DISTRICT Why Is the
press t aiming, with unuleanlag declamations,
and worse, with sly, and false Institutions.
enly against hira9 Is there glorious rivalry
with Anonymous writer's and eavious STRIKE
with aspiring demagouges3 And what draws
together, these odds AID ends Of all extremes?
Have presumption, and spleen, and folly, all
unrat1raly combined. to put dotoa one mar
How is this fellow citizens Is the name Of
Edward Lucas, Jr. associated with every
thing 80 alien TO his c0Hntry9 Are his feelings
so .3qti-.3acricda2 HIS principles go anti re
puhlicanp Are there really those, who he
heve, he would seek or gish so be tho Re
preventative OF fle district, by whose inte
rests he could moi stand, phen the tcs, came?
Is this the character of ghe man? DO not those
pathe &c writers, of zrtiui addresses, aRd
their cosdioutors. know Edward Lucas bet
Ter? At least might they not know him bet
tsro Is not ms private bearing. and his pub
lie life. lairly before them? Have aot his
honesty and hrnIness, moral and policd,
been tried and proved, and will they not well
stand The appeal, come i, how st aasy, and
let who viii make tta Hss be not been CHOSEN
by Isis native county. AS many as t0ar or 1--we
times. one OF her delegates. 10 the general
assembly Yet can any Of these writers, point
TO The individual OF his constituents, Of osg
party, who viii say he believes Edwd Lucas
deserted The Interests. Or misTepreseoted the
wishes, Of thDse who had honoured him -
Who accuses OF even the ightest neg ect or
deriieciion Of duty? Who dare prefer against
b.na. the charge 9f yetyeoucS And was he
act true. and firm, when pstrios-heaIts were
really in demand. and could not be toand, i't
tae baso,ns IF soaes When gloom oversp-ead,
and alarm prevailed? Oh! When patriotism
was more than name, an empty name. and
was counted 50. by these who could or dared
be true2 When the pulse, With same. beat
low, was weak, or faint, or false? When
nerveless hands, or traterous, which refused
10 grasp the sword at their country's cal,
were wieidng pens ofdeiamaion, 'wi;h arm
eour and Jury that hell itself could hardly
equal" And why should the remembrance
oil these things be forgotten now, and friend
Of Edward Lucas. forbear to mentioa them,
when anonymous writers are depfeciaung his
character, are casting insiauations they can
not back. and ungener0usly Iahnuring 10
scatter anu instil distrust BY designing ap
peals 10 jnl5e tests With what honorable
feelings, indeed. or from what motives. gen
tiemef choose to oppose the election OF Ed
warti Lucas, is no concern OF his, nor have
his friends any right, nor do they mean TO
presume 10 make isrheir's. Manly, openUp
position was expected, and is not feared Of
fairness none will complain. Let all exercise
their rights Let al discharge their duty And
tn fsii> end, let eos'y far appeal be made -
But il is believed, and dare be here asserted
Of some, that they are acinsted by selfish de
signs lmklHg under secret guise Since such
ANONYMOUS writers. for example las "Aratus"
are CRYING welf' against Edward Lacas,
pot because they yeuag, care for UilliGm
,6-ASiro z. or love his po,ics nor he
cause Of the temperate, de,i led oppo
siflon, this district, through him as IFS repre-
sentative has hitherto maintained to what
Aratas csnt.y tetms the ''werst aud aost mis-.
chievons measures Of the pvest NJ imbecile
ana unprnclpied administration No Their
opposition is personal 90 themselves, and
springs from the burning desire, lily suppress
eli. al having the course clear They fear,
and The Thought vexes them, that LIS sue
cess while il viii he present defeat 10 A will
be future disadvantage 10 them, Illustrate
their aspirations and we'll laid plans A has
now been gong six years, and the PEG
pie, If they don't thu time, that is their party,
they soon will desire q change. Though 4.
would never tire and decline, hat should e.
ven wish to be a candidate for life. still this
natural desire with the people to change. will
rise against MIN, as he has at best no extra
ordinary Claims. But let Lucas succeed,
then hope is certainly deferred and perhaps
for years. This makes them restless. This
makes them eloquent, pathetic, violent.
This creates such great alarm for domestic
manufactures and internal improvement
Aud this magni6est The cruelties of "proscrip
tom and even threatens the sanctuary OF
law and liberty" Who is this learned tci-
tous Aratus? Are any really at loss 10
whom 20 impute that artfAl address over this
imposing nameP What, in seriousness, means
the Incorporate zeal Of this little gentleman?
The inscription Of whose greatness is get to
be enrolled among the great. The shadow
OF whose fame scarce projects hey ond -
and of whom it may be remarked, there's
-aone can wear more gracefully ''the outside
of the Roman Brutq, to hide the dagger in
the neart"
Aratus if il really was your "wish" ''to
treat Col. Lucas lairiy," why did you preceds
the ''teGt' as you call it, with so artlui an APP
peal TO party prejudice. and with such mis-
placed, hillingsgate abuse. 20 say the least, of
Gen jackson and his friends indiscrininateIy?
Was this fair? Was it necessary or ''desi