Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-04-12

A DrsrAroa pnorosfpl-If the President
AZ the United States do not assume to DC
Dictator of the Republic, 1t VIII DC because
he has integrity and common sense enough
TO spurn the counsel Of the serv'ie nero oil
flatterers and sycophants who would per-
suade him that there IS no limit 10 ms au1ho-
rity bat his own will. he has only 70 follow
up the preposterous preteLsions SCI up io1
him BY bis subalterns, and the Consu'uAoh
and the Laws are beneath bis feet
We beg the attention OF our reauers--oi
every honest Republican citizen, 70 tne cut
rageous pretensions put forth Tor the IIesi-
de Mt in the annexed extract from issu'ns
political paper. We find At VA me .1soosy
.Args, whence it is copied from another con
fdentiaI organ Of the party 70 winch 'ne
Argus belongs-Read and ponder upon IL
Nat Int.
FROM THE UTICA OBSERVER.
Will Georgia abandon the course sne mas
taken? 1t is not for US to anticipate ner
course, but..we do not believe she Will VIVA,
then? viii force be employed to compei
her to submit? Will the President, TO car
ry into effect decision he believes uncon-
stitutional and wrong, wage war against
Georgia, and attempt to force SUBMISSION
with the bayoBetp 1t is not our purpose 70
predict the action ofthe President; but we 90
not believe he will He is a co ordinate and
INDEPENDENT branch OF the Govern
raent, bound by his oath to support the con-
stituion as it 10, and not as it shall be inter-
pveted by the Federal judges. He Is no more
responsible to them, than they are to him.
The Constitution has clearly defined their
separate powers; and TO deny the Pfesident
the right Of acting Independently ON ALL
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS, is to
convert our republican form of Government
into an odious monarchy-not with one but
FIVE sorereigns We claim for him IN this
matter the RIGHT to act as he may think
proper. What he will do we do not pretend
TO say. 1t is with him question of consttu
tional duty; andHE MAY EITHER AL
OR REFUSE TO ACT IN SUPPORT
OF THE DECISION OF A 90 ORDl
NATE BRANCH OF THE GOVERN
MENT-
We hail with pleasure the independent
and truly national spirit of the following arti-
Gle, from journal which has been thorough
ly devoted to the Jackson party:
From. The .A,nsrican philadelphia Sentinel
GEoRGIA-F'rom the tone of the public
journals Of thus State, and the proceedings oi
meetings Of her citizens, ii is apparent thai
the solemn adjudication OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States, reversing the
conviction OF the missionaries, IS to be SET
at nought by the authorities OF Georgia
Thus, while South Carolina talks oil .nuL.f
cation Georgia procttses IT, Ii the course oil
georgia Oh this subject IS to be quietly sub
united to, and permitted to pass into pre-
cedeDt, then Is the Union, Tor ali effective
purposes, a rope Of sand. Ii Is true that IN
lll the period when the subject IS ripe for the
regular interposilion oi Government, no
thing direct can be done. Yet still in the in-
terval the People of this aud ether States
whe respect tEie constitution anu are dispos
ed to sustain the Judiciary OF the Union in
vindicating ITS Obligations, should begin to
move. The question is not one OF party or
dynasty, but scars imn.easurably beyond
both, IL invalves the determination, vine
ther our Government shall be poweriess
pageant, like the exploded confederation. or
whether It possesses the only means OF max
ing Itseii useiui--those Of Carrying its autho
rites into execution. The scdate and the
who desire to lmpart TO
Their Children that Constitution and that
Onion, under the benign influence OF which
the onward march of our country has been
so nnexamPied, should raise their voices, far
and loud, for the Constitution and for The
La6s'
4gters --Ihe following is an extract
from letter OF recent date from the Paris
of the New York Courier &
Enquirer:
"Ihe French conquest Of Algiers is as far
rs ever frcm beng productive of the bril- |
iant results, expected from it The Euro |
'ean residents are not in safety to go as far
sven from the town, as the experimental |
arm, not more than two miles beyond the |
ange OF The fortlhe lions, unless protected |!
~ strong military escort. The farm il |
eii IS regularly fortified, according to the |
ash'on Oh the country, by means of block |
'ouses and stocSades, and the Bedouins re
o bold that even with the stockades the la |
ourers are not IN safety at the plough. BY |
ne last accounts, a party of soldiers were
Ut TO pieces, by horde of Arabs, between
ne town OF Algiers and the farm. The new
oVernor, however, the Duke de Rovigo,
oavary) has resolved on sending a hundred
oys' the sons of the principal inhabitants,
Fraaae, ostensibly for the purpose of
'e'r education, but in reality, it is under
oon' to serve as hostages for the good be-
t'iour OF their relatives aud lriends.n
hetedrd Of .Merit.--A silver tankard has
zen transmitted. with complimentary let
r. by the merchants of New Orleans. to
aptaih de Soto, of the Spanish brig Leon.
an expression of Gratitude for the kind
r'ices rendered by him to the crew OF the
AleFlcan ship Minerva when il took fire off