Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-10-11

HE WORKING MANS hDNoSAIksi
The FRIENDS OF LIBERTY IN EVERY cLimE'
Mr. WEE srER's speech on the Bank veto
MESA &c concludes with the following impress
siye passage. 1t deserves to be pondered on
by every voter in the Union.
"Mr. President, we have arrived at new
epoch. We are entering on experiments,
with the Government and the Constitution OF
the country, hitherto untried, and of a fear
fnl and appalling aspect. This message calls
us to the contemplation of a future. which
little resembles the past. Its principles are
at war with all that public opinion has sus
tanned, aud all which the experience OF the
Government has sanctioned. 1t denies irst
nrinc;ples: il contradicts truths, heretofore
received as ndisputable. ltdenies to the Jn-
dietary the Interpretation OF law. and dc
mands to divide. with Congress, the or'gina
ton of statues. II extends the grasp Of Tx
ecutive pretension over every power OF the
Government. But this is not ALI. ltpresents
the Chief Magistrate of the Union in the at
titude Of are uing a,ray the powers OF that go
vernment, over which he has been chosen to
preside; aud adopting, for this purpose, modes
of reasoning, which even under The influence
of all proper feeling towards high official sta
L
Il 1t appeals to every prejudice which may be-
tray men into a mistaken view of their own
interests; and to every passion, which may
lead them to disobey the impulses OF their
under standing. 1t urges all specious topics
81 Of state rights, national encroachment, against
RI that which a great majority Of the states,
n have affirmed to be rightinl, and IN which all
81 of them have acquiesced Ii sows. IN an VA
L sparing manner, the seeds of jealousy and
] III will against that government OF which ITS
author is the official head 1t raises the cry
that Liberty is in danger. at the very moment
when il puts forth claims to power heretofore
unknown and unheard Of 1t affects alarm
for the public freedom, when nothing so much
endangers that freedom as IFS own unparal-
leled pretepces This even. is not all. IL
manifestly seeks to influence the poor against
The rich; il wantonly attacks whole classes
of people, for the purpose Of turning against
them the prejudces and resentments OF other
classes. 1t is a state paper, which finds no
topic too exciting for its use; no topic too IN
Aammahle for its address and solicitation. -
Such is this message II remains, now, Tor
ihe people of the United States to choose be-
),wecn the principles here avowed. and their
government These cannot subSist together.
The one or the other must be rejected II
general appreciation, the Constitution will
have persisted, even earlier than the moment
(which its enemies originally allowed for the
termination Of IFS existence. twill not have
survived to its fiftieth year"
The Richmond Enquirer is the only paper
i've have seen, except its cousir.gernan IL
Baltimore, whose Editor has not turned with
lOathing and disgust from the late editorial
. matter of the Globe, whilst the decent friend:
Of the administration universally condemn
reprobate it The Richmond Wbig thus pay;
off his venerable neighbour" as he calls
hmm. b. No man is particularly fono
Of being called venerable, as we know from
Experience Wat htetligencer
From, The Richmond Iphig.
The Globe, SAYS our venerable neighbor
under the head OF the Veto, and the Bank
No. l5 has given a most humorous dramat
sketch of the leading prints OF the Oppose
ton
The plot is to arraign them at the bar
The Pubic, and then to make each one Il
I testify against the other. Thus by quoting
from the past columns Of Messrs. Gales an,
Green, Walsh and Simpson, Webb, Sc
shows out OF their own mouth, the character
OI the motley group, who are now arraye'
ssainst the administrations and what groul
p thus made out" a
Pretty fun is it, Mr., Richie? Would yo'
BIKE to be made to figure in the same wayp--
Here goes then:
Public Opinion enthroaed as a Court Of Dye
aud Te,miuer- The Sheriff introduces Nh
Ill Rliciic INTO Court
Z" .ur Richie examined by Counsellor Croo'
* N'gIoof, and deposes upon his Uoir dire
. Con dor MIR Richie the Court wIshe
% hear your ''frank" opinion OF Gen. JACK
le oo-have YOU any objection 10 crafty them
a Ruchie-None in the world. take the al
u 'oS' pleasure in speaking of the ''Old Ro
\ NAM at AL times as the greatest and best
o. men, the " isest of statesmen, and the be:
patu0ts
IoUNsELLoR BoRuM- Cross ExANuNEs.
Is. tol1'Seiior-1hese are your "frankn opn
rd- -. Mr.. Ricbie2
haehlc-They are.
C5,,,mseijor-Have you all0ays thought thu
bdo4ie-Always.