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

ven.
An administration whose character is thus
marked by every act that can disgrace our
country, IS no longer worthy the support Of
a free and enlightened people.
Let us rouse from our present lethargyl
Let US break the spell of enchantment by
which eur energies are bound Let us move
IN concert and uRanlmity, and by the favour
Of heaven all difficulties will vanish. Awake
from your day dream of security and repose,
AND let US speak with trumpet tongusd indig-
hation against the foul misrue Of our COVER
ners. AT SO important crisis, silence is APP
probation and inactivity selEenslavement. A.
ready our national Republican fellow citizens
OF other states are IN active motion in he field
n fork-glorious n York has Just shed up
on US the bright lustre of her example Shall
we be behind her in zeal9
Shall we be last to unite in these patriotic
efforts TO rescue oar country from impotent
and unskllliul hands, and to vindicats her
character from the contempt and degradation
which the moral and political standing Of our
administration has brought upon US? Insult
has been added to injury. But the other day,
friend of President jackson, high in conf
dence, and late an incumbent Of a response
bic station near his person, declared his be-
lief. that if Gen Jocks0n tras to cut eff the cars
q half the people Of Washi,f !on, they ,ro,'ld
support has re eieciion" Can we tamely sub
NIT to such contumelies and Illuminating in
dlgnltlesP Are we serfs, menials, slaves, to
this our Lord paramount?
"ShdH Il for shame espoksn in these days,
Or jill up chronicles IN time 10 c0naey"'
That we, the freemen Of these United States,
in the infancy OF our existence bowed in sub
mission o tyrauncal control? Shall we qli
city see our national glories furnished, and
the eagle of our liberties ingloriously unpIu.
medP No, national republicans.
"Iime yet seeres ,oherein zoe may redeem
''O,"' banished honors. aud restore ourselves
"lnto The good Tho is Of The acofld again
call upon YOU therefore, in the name OF
patllotlsm-in the name of our injured and
lnSulted couniry-In the name OF our dear
est nights violated, and IN the name oi
that ireedom which our ancestors, with tar
less aggravated cause, won from our trans
Atlantic oppressors, and Transmitted to US
aud which we hope to bequeath TO our chl
dfen--to resist the lawless rule Of adminls-
iratlonl Let us lose no tine in calling prima-
ry assemblies ol the People in the different
counties TO eleet Delegates to meet in Rich
nond to choose Representatives. TO the Ma
tienal Republican Convention 10 be held in
Baltimore next December Let no dlscour
asement prevent. know that the opinion
prevails that the numbero of Mr. Clay sirlends
constitute minority of the ireehOlaers of
the State 1t may be So But LET not these
few, that minority, yield up their rights
hon St1Iye
valuable as that of the majority. Nothing
certainly can be known OF the strength OF
our party until trial is made, and what time
SO propitious, what occasion SO necessitous
tor trial, as the present? Suppose we num-
Der but fifty friends let those hf,y be heard
But feel confident that thousands OF our tel
low citizens Of the Old Dominion will rally
to the standard of Clay, Liberty, Union and
the Constitution. The weight Of character
talents, aud numbers, is With US IN many
of our sister States. The watch word OF
Clay Is re echoed in delightful unison, and
sounds along the plains, from State to State
IN unbroken eupheny. And under the ban
ner-inscrbcd Liberty, Union and the Con
Stitution. and now floating in graceful beauty
to the breeze are gathering the people, led
on by the wise, the great AID patriotic OF
our Land. A FRIEND TO HIS CouNTRY.
We yesterday accidentally met with co
Ply of circular letter Of MIR. lest, the re-
spectacle member Of Congress from Indiana,
to his constitueuts-glving at large his opin-
ions on the various important topics which
came before the House during the last SEES
sion. The whole letter is marked by the cha
racterstic good sense of the writer, and we
select the following passages for the practi-
cal views which they present of two or three
leading national questions.
"When came Into Congress the public
debt was upwards OF ninety millions oi dol.
lars. The last economical administration re
duced it upwards of forty millions. leaving
it at this time, with the reduction made by
the present, a little upwards of forty Deduct
ing. however, thirteen millions the three per
cent stock, together with seven millions. the
amount Of the United States Bank Stock.
there viii be but about twenty millions Of dol
lars remaining, and which, by the operations
of the sinking fund, will be exiting uished in
two years Here some momentous questions
present themselves, whether il would be bet
ter to apply the whole proceeds of the sink
ing fund, to the payment Of the public debt,
in order to extinguish it Immediately. or as
soon as possible, or TO apply portion Of il to
a general system OF internal improvement by
roads and canals; and whether it would he