Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-05-03

York very lately made an essay which mis-
: carried. by a.yerysinconsid majority.
Mr. Jefferson informs us, that the committee
OF rev'sors, of which he was member, bad
prepared bill for the emancipation of all
slaves born aller the passing that act. This
IS coniormable to the Pennsylvauia and Con
necheut laws-Why the measure was not
brought forward in the general assembly I
have never heard"
Again:
Those slave holders Whose numbers I
trust are iew) who have been in the habit oc
considering their fellow creatures as no
more than cattle, and the rest of the brute
creation, and viii exclaim that they are 10
se deprived OF their PROPERTY without CON-
pehsa'ion. Men who will shut their ears
against this moral truth, that all men are by
nature free, and equal, will not even be con
Wnced that they do not possess a propeysl, in
an unborn child: they will not Distinguish
between allowing 10 tGaborn generations the
absolute and unalienable rights of haman
nature, and taking away that which they
ho'e possess, they Will shut their ears against
truth should You tell them, the loss Of the
mother's lahour for nine months, and the
maintenance OF child for dozen or four
teen years, As amply compensated by the
service oil the child for as many years more,
as ne has been an expense TO them. But If
uie voice OF reason, justice, and humanity,
DC no. suied by sordid avarice, or unfeelng
tyranny, At would be easy 10 convince even
'hose who have entertained such erroneous
notions, that the right Of one man over auo-
.her Is neither founded in nature, nor in
souhd poiicy. That II cannot extend to those
no' ~ osmg' That no man in reality can he
atp'teea Oh what he does not possess: that
fourteen years labor by young person in
.he prime OF llte, Is an ample compensation
LOT ie" months OF labor lost by the mother,
anu i'r ,fie maintenance Of child, in that
coarse hemely manner that negroes are
Drought up, and lastly. that state Of slaye-
fy is not only incompatible with the princi
PIES Oh government, but with the safety and
security OF their masters. History evinces
uhs. Al this moment we have the most
a"i'e demonstrations of it Shall we then
neglect duty, which every consideration,
hofa,' religious, political, or selfish, recon-
h'ehass Those who wish to postpone the
measure, that every day renders The task
'nofe ardnous TO be performed We have
no" 'oo'ooo slaves among us. Thirty years
nehce we will have double the number In
SIXTY years we shall have 100000; and in
less than another century from this day /,
e e,., 'hat enormous number will be doubled
Ni'io acquired strength enough to carry an
OK, by Beginning With the OK while he was
yet call. IL we complain that the calfis too
heavy for our shoulders, what will the OK beP',
we shall resume the subject in our next
number.
Senator Hayne was formerly in high re
pute with the party. His independence has,
however, ruined him in the estimation of the
Court favortes. The Washington Cores
pondent of the Pennsylvania Inquirer, Jack
SOM speaking of him now, says.
Gle is bold fluent, forcible, and rapid
speaker; but is wanting in moderation, pru
ocncc, person and grace. which add SO much
to the orator His talents and eloquence
have been greatly overrated by his friends
His great speech on Foot's resolution, which
gained him much eclat, and which raised Inn
as an orator and statesman, was not all has
own. He owes much OF the most important
matter Of that speech TO Mr. Calhoun and Mr.
Benton, and he was selected as the orator OF
the South on that occasion to cope with Mr..
Webster, because he was the most rapid
and amin a'ed speaker they had.
Indeed. 10 consequence Of the recent de-
bate in the Senate on the French mission
MIR. Tazewell seem likely to be entirely ex
communicated The New York Courier and
Enquirer, for example, says
at is MOTT cannot be doubted that, since
the r. lection Of MIR. Van Buren,, the nation
ais. headed by Clay and Webster, and the
nulilyers, led on by Calhoun and Hayne,
have made their private arrangements to op.
pose the administration of Andrew Jackson
Oh every question relative to foreign policy,
and to prevent the efforts OF lis friends 10
/ settle the conflicting internal questions Of the
| Tariff, sc. Sc Me- Tazewell is taken part.
| " into the firm as sort of make weight
/ card to be played occasionahy--a horse that
runs tolerabl, we'll, but cannot be trusted
| having several saittish tricks of which he IL
not vel cured Sowe have at last the strange
spectacie-the old spectacle--the wonderful
| spectacle. Of l.. w Tazewell following the
! lead OF Daniel Webster. Let not John Ran
dolph hear Of it, for it would kill him in spite
of his nine lives"
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Enquirer, in letter dated Sa
turday last, says
SIN the debate Yesterday. Mr. Hayne, il
an an eloquent and impassioned speech, de
nounced the conduct OF the present admins
tration of General Jackson as being felse Il
his pledges; as having failed in the nten
| t;o,s oc ;ts friends. as heinu founded in cor