Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-07-25
PlaIs GAZETTE.
MARTINsBURG. JuLr 95, 1883.


LITIGATION and secession were s'mere alb.
stract theories, attended with no prac.
teal results" We think differently;
and although nine out of ten of the CT.
:, items of the United States have been
amazed at the infatuation which couId
carry the multiplying party of South
Carolina to the desperate lengths they
have gone, and felt the bond of attach.
ment to the Union more dear to them;
yet practical results" have followed
the efforts to maintain the doctrine.
These results have fallen upon the
State which gave birth to the heresy;
tor IN order to maintain the principle
against the power of the Union party
IN South Carolina, and the strength OF
the general government, the conven.
ton and Legislature of South Carolina
were driven to the enactment of laws
and ordinances, that free men never
could submit to. Witness the test oath.
which drove from office every man in
the state who would not swear to main.
tain, support, and enforce the ordinance
Of notification. The results we have
alluded to, so far as they have yet been
developed, consist in emigration from
the State of many of her most valuable
citizens. Crowds took their departure
shortly after the publication of the or.
dinance, while others, unwilling to de.
sert so long as hope Of redress was
held out, remain to battle against the
destructive delusion. AT length the
leader of the Union party, WILLIAM
H. DRAYToN, has given up the contest,
and announced his determination to re.
tire from his seat in Congress and from
the land of test 0aths. The loss oil
DRAYToN may be now looked upon by
his opponents as a happy radiance, but
the day will come, when Carolina will
regard bis Punishment with other feel.
ings.
The return of the President from
his northern tour, has again left the
conductors of the public press in the
lurch for news. The northern editors
have thereupon struck up a spirited
controversy, upon the propriety of the
word "talented." The subject is ca.
gerly seized upon, and many learned
dispositions and citations of authorizes
pro and con, are given to the world
The best argument against the use o.
the word is from the "Richna0nd Com
paler," who so rarely has occasion to
speak of more than moderate abilities
that the disuse of the word will occa.
sion little, if any, inconvenience. Some
men undoubtedly have talents; and il
an adjective Is wanting to express theii
possession, we can conceive of none
more appropriate than "taleated."
Extract of letter TO the Editor Of the Baltimore
Patriot, dated BEDFORD SPRINGs, July IL.
"Visiters begin to flock in here quite
fast, and Mr.. Blackwood has his es.
tablishment in fine order.
''Thls morning we were all gratifieG
with the arrival here ofthe Hon. DAN.
lei WEBSTER, from Pittsburg. As
soon as it was known he was here, the
people flocked from all quarters to see
him. Had jackson himself arrived
the scene could not have been more en-.
livening. To-day he dined at the
Springs with about fifty of the visiter.
and a number of the citizens of Bedford
and late in the afternoon he took hi,
departure.
The New York Commercial, speak
ing of the late frdcas between Mr..
Gilmer and Mr.. Rives, says: eve can.
not sufficiently admire the new method
adopted by Mr.. Gilmer to convince Mr..
Riyes Of his friendship. We have
heard much of whipping knowledge in.
10 refractory or stupid urchins at school,
but whipping friendship into a man, is
an entire new operation, and quite il
advance of the Intelligence ofthe age.
1t reminds us of an anecdote ola pug
nacious school boy, and peaceable
fellow. The former attempted to pro
woke quarrel. The latter replied h
was for peace. "Well," said the other
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