Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-02-14
VARIOUS.
"FlRsP or FEBRUARY

ficaiion Day, 10 that city;
Yesterday, the birth day Of practical Null
/ LITIGATION, otherwise called The Jqial first Of
February. was sigusliz d by 10 event of
greater importance than somewhat more
rigid epforcement than usual Of the revenue
laws The British ship Roger Stewart,
from Greenock, and Spanish brig HeInose
Habanero, from Havana, were taken 10
charge hy the ". ) Revenue force in our
harbour, until the duties on the meTchan-
die they contained should be properly Sc
cured to the Government. This proceed
ing has been denounced, by an Evening
Journal, as a "Federal aggression" and the
first step towards a collision with the State
authorities So far from this being the case
the course pursued by the Collector On this
occasion. ia compliance with his Instructions,
is in rict conformity with the provisions Of
the Act entii d An Act TO regulate the col.
lection Of duties Oh lmposts and tonnage
passed the I'd March, 1899 AN act, the
validity or cons.itutionalty Of which has nc
yer been questioned That this amounts to
a "Federal aggression can only be main
tanned by those who are anxious for some
pretext 10 commence hostllIies, or Sho
gree with an ingenious Columbia Editor, that
10 enlorce the laws the y. States, is 10 com,
init Assault aad Battery.
We perceive, by the Instructions of the
Treasury Department to the Collector of
this port. dated Nov. g.. 1882. published a
nlong the other documents accompanying
the last Message Of the President, that the
officers are directed to adhere TO the strict,
line Of th,.ir official duty, "merely executing
their duties with, perhaps greater vigilance
than ordinary, and adapting existing regiila
tons of daily use and application, to new
circumstances of greater emergency, as they
may srse;'' and that it is The wish of tbs
President and the Treasury Department, ''to
take n, step, nor employ any means caicua
ted to provoke or excite to force, those who
are now threatening re sistanee, but 10 defea
their operations by the moral force, of the
Laws and the CONSTITUTIONS
The above will show how things went in
Charleston. The following, from the Nat
ional IntelKsencer, wiz show how they man
aged in Columbia:
The First Of February, Tie reader ,pW re
coitrct, tca, The day on uiich the South Cmok
1a Ordinance ecas 10 take efect Ue hape no
information from Charleston Letter than thot
day From Columbia, he seat Of government
q the state we haze Seea u iefier achich stetes
thlt, on the preceding oceaing The College stu
dents j" That ptIce formed % procession at n
JoH tigit o'ctock, and mcr hed through the
.Hal, street, ,cith an c5try ~ General Jtck
son, Nth label '.4idrt30 The Ftsi' on It's
bend, and The Erec,ttioe Message IN its hand
TAey bore i. II TIE front Of "1hs Hue" Office
Ia U,ion poper,) a9d there btUlt end shot IL
80 ended 18th us .Naligicalion The i,st day"
says III, tcriter.
We trust that the event amounted in the
following article Will have some effect in
bringing the nulli!ieIs to ieht use of their
reason. It is evident shat ghe General Gov
eminent, by containing the same peaceful
remed,, has the power Of arnlhilating lie
whole foreign trade of The state, and Of re
dncing the people of Sonth CaroIn; 10 a
state Of privation, or OF ngctious dependence
upon the citizens of the nrigh5ourng STATES,
from which they will be very glad to escape
"by knocking for re admttance into the u
Mon" There is no danger that any COLI
sion or hloodShed can epiue from The adop.
ton Of this coarse by the Executive, eliica
cioas as it will prove, for it is utterly mprac
NcahH iOf Tue nuINlc:S 10 aSscnlbI UaVat
force Sufficient to attempt the rescae or pro
lection Of vessels bound TO or from their ports
from scizIre by the national ships of war
The consequence must he, if they continue
stubborn, that they will be able 10 pasture
their cattle, next GUNNER, in the streets Of
Charleston. - Bait. Ga=et(e.
IMPORTANT FROM CHARLESTON.
The Charleston Estates Rights and Free
Trade Evening POST OF February first an
nounces that in pursuance Of orders from
Washington, "the British ship Roger Stew
art, Captain Kerr from Grcenoek, and the
Spanish brig Hermoso Hahanero, from Ha-
vana, have been brought to in the Roads by
the u. States revenue forces in the HARBOUR
The editor adds that this act, ''ir followed up,
must bring the General Government in COLI
sion with us"
The TarjF Bill IS al length fairlg out Of
Committee Of The Whole. End s,o,c upon he
table Of the House Of Representatives.. Much
mf9e deJate, ,ce p'esu,ac, need not be antici-
paied 'pon il Questions ,cH ue,c be tai en-,
IN reference 20 Il, By yeas and nays, and erery
cote aciH teH.-National intelhgencer 4,