Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-07-12

pie this vast empireF Oh, u were permit
ted for one moment 10 indulge in vision Of
the Imagination, TO contemplate nay country
one ccUury hence, aad TO behold her united,
happy and lourIsbing, what picture Of IA
tIorai power and importance must she not
exhibit? What monument OF the free, DIS
en'hraled aad uBshackled energies of MANI
what theatre for display Of The sublimest
passions Of the human soule what a field for
the operation Of r.iFDs II, indeed, il be true,
that the intellect OF man has never vet at
tanned is highest pitch Of power and com
prehension Ii il be that It viii continue TO
expand and brighten with the sublime ibemes
which it is brought to contemplate, with the
momeDioYs interests wlth winch Is brought
TO grapple, until il pass
Tie Hiring throne, lie sapphire bla=e,
Hhere angels irenrble as they gaze,
.4s.d Llasisd ,riA sEcess of 6gla,
IL ctose is eyes ia endless night,
who NAV dare measure its potency, when
called by the magic Of its eloquence or the
force oeiis reasoning, to quell the democratic
storm, which may rouse one hundred mil
lions of freemen into action, upon the vast
concerns Of this limitable empire?
My fellow citizens-is this bat the gision Of
patriotism? Then be il so. rejoice that
live in an age which yet favors such a vision
rejoice that so far al least can dwell even
in fancy, upon Tie picture OF my coantrys
prosperity and Joy, in the anticipation of the
living honors that may yet thicken around
ner name. And yet there are those who
would evou deny US that enjoyment, by their
perpetual predictions Of dissolution their
ceaseless Inepaees of disunion. Dsun;onn
great God And. there be one not bereft
Of his intellect In the land, who seriously de-
sires such calamity? Can there be one
whose sGcrilegieus tongue and paricIdai arm
are seeking 70 accomplish IT. Is there one
who would wish 10 purchase an Infamous i'm
mortality by the destruction Of this more than
EPHEsIAN temple OF human iibertyP Is there
one Of such satanic maiignity 10 bis species,
as would seek TO extiugulsh this last. bright,
glorious lumnafy o. freedom? And what
man, or Community Of maD, are 10 profit by
dIsunion? Ii is not to be the sure precursor
OF civil war and all It's attendant horror?
VIII II not be the harbinger of woe? the
messenger Of grelp the ayengng minister OF
the grave? W Ill not It's course--more fatal
than that mysterious shaft of desolalatop,
which STEPPED in TIE poisoned waters OF
death, IS now awIag the civilized void, by
ITS wide aud terrific carnage--be tracked by
broken hearts, deserted homes, discovered
kindred. the tears OF mothers, and The ago
ny of tgicndse And how, and when, is this
work OF destruction to go onP Ii b: TO COM
mence by an lmpous defiance of tbs coasti-
tatonaI mandate Of the supreme judiciary?
Girls it, as Is e>ewhere threatened to CON
mence. by the ''Feaceab!e process Of auit,jica
ca:to'l" Aud shall America thus behold
'ffier giorics, star By star, expire"
or IS she by one deep, awful. Overwhelming,
moral coususion, to find herself at once
The lone 'aotasr q dead Empires
Tie NioBE, Of hGsjoaS, s!0,.dm@
Childies and c,O,oaless III her Uoiceless ,e0e,
IN empty TN WiHia her ,oithered hands
10 guard against such evils, is the great,
paramount, earthly duty OF US all Frceinen
and voters ui the land much viii depend up
en- voc. Proclaim it as your rule Of civil
conduct Teach the asplrant to public dis
tnction, that the cause Of disunlon is not the
path eli public favor. Let him know that
however we may tolerate differences Of opn
ion upon the policy and the action of govern.
meat. We aan tolerate none upon the cxt,-
tehce oi the government itself Let him feel
that, IA The preservation OF our institutions
invlolatc, we recognize a duty paramount t.
every persona! consideration, and that We
hold none worthy Of participation in the
proud honors Of This repubiic, who. for one
moment, could cherish design hostile TO
The permanency and stability Of the Unlon
Mothers impress the same lessons upon the
infant nhnd--engralt upon the first shoot oil
expanding InteIlect, the sacred, the all mpor-
tant truth, that Liberty and Union are one
and snseparable'" Read to him the mazlms
CT Washington place before his eyes The
example OF that cannonized patriot paint to
hl' youthful fancy the greatness and the glo
ry TO which hls country have already attain
ca tell linn that greatness and that glory.
are the result Of united efforts, OF united SAT
r'hceS' OF common treasury, and of com
mon peFhs. And Imprcss-Oh deeply IN
pres5 upon his mind the fact, that as hy
union alone, we tramphed over tyranny and
accomplished our liberties-so must those
blessings be inevitably forfeited, should any
madness or inlatuation burst the consecrated
Iisament which now holds US together, ONE
HAPPY AND UNITED PEOPLE.
-n RICHMOND, July 8
lhe General Court met Yesterday IN the