Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-12-06

dIsappr0DatiOn. whenever NsdJs beJ
State shah venture upon this deplorable ex-
pedent, She viii soon find that she wIil have
10 abandon the Union, or return to II with
feelings OF disappointment and Illumination +"
And he asks po.ntediy--
"If the first fruits of this doctrine ofpeace.
are deep and bitter feelings Of personal hos
dlity, furious family discords and destruc !.
ton in fact, Of the peace and harmony Of
society, what are we 10 expect when 1t puts
! fourth 10 all its ylgor?
"If in its process of obtaining converts, it
dose not exhibit all the premonitary signs OF
civil dlscord, then the pages OF revolutionary
history have been written TO little purpose.
As sure asst shall succeed, its trIumphs will
be stained With frafcrnaI blood, and the proud
est offs prophecies viii be the destruction
of constitutional liberty"
THE MALAYS AND THE POTOMAC.
A paragraph in the Singapore Chronicle
contains an account Of the severe ana Just
punishment Of an airociDus act Of piracy by
The Malays: - London Times.
From he Singapore Chronicle Of dprn 70
''Our readers may remember our having
! noticed last gear No. f3, last sefies) most
atrociOiIs act of piracy and murder, commit
ted on the west course of Sunatra, by tbe ~
habitants OF Qulla Batu, on an american
vessel when the officer 10 charge OF the YES
Sci and most of the crew were captured by inc
natives. and The vessel plundered oil specie to
some amount. late accounts from BatdVla
inform nj that an American Frigate oil TO
guns 1.-THE Potomac or po;onia, we are uncer-
tain which now az that port. ifas lately re-
.urued from Qplla Batu. having taken signal
vengence on the place for the savage act,
| the opening heavy fire OF grape on the WI
hge and by people, who were collected on
| the beach for the purpose OF selling their
pepper, BY which upwards Of l5e Malays are
said 10 have Been killed. and the whole va
Iage DESTROYED This we think, IS punish
nlent which tne Malays of that coast have
well nIeried by their n,l,aerous acts OF freach-
ery, murder and rapine, which they have
committed, even recently. OH peaceahle yes
sells fiat have gone thitheF for the purpose
OF commerce. It is to be hoped the Malay
states on the west Coast some OF which are
lille removed from barbarism. will learn q
wholesome lesson from Qnalia Batu."
We offer olIr readers some of the mem
oranda which we made in going through
Serrans' Memoirs Of Lafayette Nat. OdS.
The last words which Charles < on quit.
ing France, said TO one of his conductors,
were these Wen, it is that old republican,
Lafayette, has done all this.
The People OF Paris, when they had con
qseret in the struggle Of the three days, cried
out to Lafay ettc, az we must have a k1ng,
why not have you?'' so that question:
Marshal SAKE, when it was proposed to him
to becomes member oi'sne French Academy
That would suit me as well as dilnond
rings would suit n car We wish there were
little more of this kind Of modesty on
this side of the Atlantic!
Real popularity" said Lafayette, rs not
10 be tested by doing whatever will please
tie multitude, but by The success which we
have in persuad!ng the people that they ought
not TO do what is wTong, and iimness with
Which, when necessary, we prevent them
from doing wrong without losing any part OF
their favor
Eafayetrs raaxim Is, and always has been,
In great personal questions, it Is IN genera,
safest 10 decide against ones own interest"
How many dectples has he at Washington
lie said to the Belgians-'The race OF
Kings you c'7oose is not the important point,
but the respect you can pay him; and II you
respect the Monarch Of your choice, you
have genuine loyalty
After the fall Of the Laitte Ministry, the
charge was sfeferd against IFS successors,
that they had dispara .ed that Ministry, ITS
party and policy in their official coumnni
cations with The foreign cabinets. This chage
was indignantly repelled. Adverung TO this
topic. in one OF his speeches in the Chamber
Of Deputies, Gen: Lafayette sald-'it was
with pleasure that heard the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs repel with Indignation the
Suspicion of hishaving urtfierrated to ioreiSa
Powers or their representatives, those states
men and persons who do not participate M
the system and opinions of the present cabi
net; bat our discussions have their echoes,
and by dint Of repeating fere that your an
tagonst provoke disorder. and thirst Tor the
blood Of Europe, you are indirectly guilty OF
that iohich is acknowledged 10. De OF The part
Of aay adniinistration, and unpatriotic act, and
a species Of treason
Lafayette acknowledges the failure ofhis
efforts, at two principal epochs Of his life, so
solve the problem of citizen monarchy,
founded on the principle Of the sovereignty of
the people,"
AN the faults OF the monarchy ofJuiy,
says II Sarrans, 'all its dangers and our
own. result from its alliance with the Doc
trinaries.' That alliance has Just been re:
newed -
Country tcitl!o,a Rdin.-Tn part Of Peru
called Vallies. which lies Oh the north and
south side of Lima, in south latitude IL deg.
Bounded on the east by the Andes, and on
the west by the Pacific Ocean, il never rains
at all. But ddring winter the earth 10 cover
ed'with so thick fog as to intercept the