Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-12-13

| OF rail roads and canals, thereby affording 10
all, an easy, safe and rapid conveyance OF the
products Of their industry to the best mar
| kets.
! The people have INDUCED the hope. that
the national works which have already been
projected, would meet with your fostering
care, and by timely appropriation Of the
funds within your reach, would advance TO
successful completion-werc they already in
| operation to receive the increasing products
of the agricuturst, the revenue arising from
them in few years, would be more than
sufficient TO meet all ordinary demands for
| the support OF our government. On the other
| hand, IN any great emergency, as IN time of
war. or any other public danger, when the
country would be called upon for increased
| disbursements, and Increased velocity of
movement, the very great advantages arising
from such slate ofthings, must be manifest
| to all. Should we then at any future day be
involved in war, system Of taxation exac-
ting from the people, sum no greater in a
mount than IS required, would perhaps be e.
quail to our wants, and would hardly be felt
The line OF improvements deemed OF most
| importance 10 the state, and the only one
which, without vast disbursements, will ever
| be found capable of connecting the Atlantic
templated by the James and Lower kanaw-
ha rivers. The commonwealth has hereto
| fore retained the property in those rivers,
| but at their last session an act was passed,
| authorizing a certain sum OF money to be
subscribed by individuals, by which they
would become joint stockholders with the
state in this great work, according to the res
| pective interests invested. The scheme, SO
far as we are al present advised has failed.
Should individuals rot have subscribed the
| amount required, the alternative would
! then he left US, but to resume and prosecute
! the work to its final completion, ia a style
| that will make it as profitable TO the State,
| as its singularly advantageous position leaves
no room to doubt
A well organized Militia is Of such vital
importance to the defence Of free people
! so indispensable to the preservation and pro-
lection of their liberty, that must again pre-
sent the subject to your early and serious at
tention. In vain may we hope for safety
and long security, unless we have the means
of making ourselves felt and respected. The
res'lessness and ambition Of men are such.
that they will glut their MORBID appet'tes up
on liberty itself, unless resisted, and nothing
but force has ever yet checked the plans OF
military aspirsnts. That we should be &C
quainted with all the slow formalities ofEn
ropean warfire, none will pretend, but an Or
ganiz .ton which will infuse in every man
confidence in his neighbor, aud in each corps
reliance upon the ether, and which will en-
able them to move with celebrity land execute
an order with dispatch, is what all believe,
atialnabie.
A nation content to enjoy IFS freedom in
the Quiet pursuits Of civil life will always be
| LII 10, 60, he E.ld IF haf la suI
denly and in haste, and hence the necessity,
that knowledge OF military tactics acquired
in peace, should form an essential part Of the
education Of every citizen. The present Mi
liia Laws are deemed so defective that COM
plants have been heard from every quarter,
/ and come with so much weight, and earnest
ness, that they ought not to he dsregarded.
In order to INSPIRE the necessary coahdence
and enable the State to avail herself Of the
great military power at her command, it will
be necessary carefully TO revise all tire enact
ments on that subject. The usefulness and
efficiency OF every military force depends
much upon the excellence gifts organization
re we'll organized, it r. enabled to achieve
objects otherwise entirely unatainabie, and
in country like ours, where 5yery citizen
is soldier and accustomed to the use of
arms, from the time he i, able TO bear them,
| nothing is wanting but proper organization.
to render him truely what he has so often
been styled his country's best reliance In
fuse into your officer a confidence in your laws
and their pride, spirit and activity will soon
| be manifest in a corresponding animation OF
their corps; and he who might mediate an
assault Upon our rights, would ponder long
upon such an enterprise, when confronted
| by barrier Of an hundred thousand bsyo
nets, in the hands of men proud Of their 9th
GERS and confident in themselves.
In conformity to the act Of the Goth of
March last, in relation TO the procuring of
cartridge boxes, with belts, pistol holsters
sword sings, SIC. as well as the construction
| of requisite number of gun carriages, and
| the mounting of guns, four and SIX Founders
| Il had an interview with the Superinten
| dent of the Penitentiary, who was OF opinion
1.-THE desired accoutrements could not be made
| in that institution, as readily or as good qral
| ity, as was contemplated by the General As
| sembly wherefore contracts were made with
an ingenious workman, for supply OF cart
rage boxes, holster, sc. SIC. to be delivered
| in the present month. La this transaction
1--WE we're much assisted by the kindness OF the
| United States Ordnance Officer, who cheer
fully offered his aid, 81 proposed to inspect the
laccoutrernents when finished, according 10
the terms of the contract. The gun carriages
| were ordered to be prepared in the Peniten-
tiary, as far as could be Done, to supply i'm
mediately demands, but the delay IN compile
ting contract previously entered into with
the Chesterfield Rail Road Company, s. the