Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-03-07

nlent. But Of equal and indeed Of In
calculable Importance is the union o
these States, and the sacred duty Of al
TO contribute to its preservation by g
liberal support Of the General Govern.
ment in the exercise of its Just powers.
You have been wisely admonished
to accustom yourselves TO think and
speak of the Union as ofthe palladium
of your political safety und prosperity,
watchingior its preservation with jea-
lous anxiety, discountenancing what.
ever may suggest even suspicion
that it can in any event be abandon.
ed, and Indignantly frowning up.
on the first d awning of any at.
tempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of our
country from the rest, or to enfeeble the
sacred ties which now link together
the various parts" Without union
independence and liberty would me-
yer have been chieved-without u.
Mon they can never be maintained.
Divided INTO twenty-four, or even a
smaller number of separate commune
ties we shall see our internal trade bur-
dened with numberless restraints and
exactions; communication between dis
tant points and sections INSTRUCTED, or
cut off; our sons made soldiers to del
uge with blood the fields they now till
in peace: the mass of our people borne
down and impoverished by taxes to
support armies and navies; and militia
ry leaders at the head of their victori-
Gus legions becoming our w-givers
and judges. The loss ofliberty, of all
good government, of peace, plenty and
happiness, must inevitably follow a
dissolution of the Union. In support
ing it, therefore, we support all that is
dear to the freemen and the philan-
thropist.
The time at which stand before you
is full of interest. The eyes ofall ma
tons arc fixed on ourrepublic. Theevent
of the existing crisis will be decisive
in the opinion of mankind of the prac-
ticability ofour federal system of gov
eminent. Great is the stake placed
in our hands: great is the responsible
ity which must rest upon the people of
the United States Let us realize the
ofthe attitude in which we
stand before the world. Let us exer-
else forbearance and frmness. Let us
extricate our country from the dam
gers which surround it, and learn wis
dom from the lessons they inculcate.
Deeply impressed with the truth of
these observations and under the obi
cation of that solemn oath which | am
about to take, shall continue to exert
all my faculties to maintain the Just
powers of the Constitution, and to
transmit unimpair ed to posterity the
blessings of our federal Union. At
the same time, it will be my aim to in
culcate by any official acts, the neces-
sity ofexercising, by the General Gov
ernment, those powers Gully that are
clearly delegated; to encourage SIM
plicity and economy in the expendi-
lures Of the government; to raise no
more money from the people than may
be requisite for these objec.s, and in a
manner that will best promote the in
terests Of all classes Of the community,
and ofall portions of the Union. Con-
stantly bearing in mind that, in enter
ing into society ssindividuals must give
up share of liberty to preserve the
rest" it will be my desire so to dis
charge my duties as to foster, with our
brethren in all parts of the country, a
spirit of liberal concession and compro-
mise; and, by reconciling our fellow
citizens to those partial sacrifices which
they must unavoidably make, for the
preservation of a greater good, to re-
commend our invaluable Government
and Union to the confidence and affec-
tons Of the American people.
Finally, it is my most fervent pray
er, to that Almighty Being before whom
| now stand, and who has kept us in
his hands from the infancy of our Re-
public tothe presentday, that he will 50
override all my intentions and actions,
and inspire the hearts of my fellow-citi-
zens thatwe may be preserved fromda
gers of all kinds, and continue forever
a UNITED AND HAPPY PEOPLE.
FOR THE MARTY NsBURG GAZETTE.
Mr.. HUNTER.
have observed that two