Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-04-11

often rendrre0 iDexpe0IeUi ny cifcum-
nres Governor Floyd listened 10 those
.lzgeslions, and acqnesccd ~ their iorce'
Had he, however. heard TIE threats
a tlch have seen vallantly uttered since
Iad those who ADVISED, heard them. u
sad have been seen who was basely
l'd enough IL attempt - dishonof the
az oil the Common wealth, sire5mlng o
gef her Metropolis. aud hois,ed BY order
Ithe Commander in chief The wretch
could have been sonbdiy ducked IN the
aext nurse pond-Member Of Assembly or
not
1T Is indeed petty affair TO make a
-ort about. ana se are persuaded the Nat
,opd Intelligence AMI all others engaged
ia printing and circulating 'he above letter
pust b. heartily ashamed Of theucondnct
| All the States Of he Union have their IN
iyiduai banners, and we are ADVISED that
.eyeral Of them use them ordinarily, to
he exclusion of the flag Of the United
states - Virginia, however, must not think
q such a thing-it would be treason, DIS
anlon, end disloyalty to Gen. jackson, IL
her, We hope, since the matter has taken
he turn IL has, (permisslon OF the Nation
al Intelligencer aud Lynchburg Virsinian
first had ) that on the 4ih of Juiy-orwhat
would yet be more appropriate the 2Sth
# May, the anniversary OF the Virginia
Declaration OF Independence, which pre-
coded that by Compensation. Floyd te'A
cause the individual flag of the Old Dom
loion the first republican flag that ever
waved in the new world to be iloated
/ YER the Capitol, not in dlshonor ofthe Star
Spaugled Banner, but as its comrade, ell
der, and mother Let the recreants who
vow allegiance to the Federal Govern
ment, but disclalm it TO the land Of their
fathers birth, pull it down if you can
they will wish they never had been born"
We doubt not that the Wing has CIV
en- what the Editors of that paper be-
1 lleved to be q true statement of this
important matter Of the flag, as they
understand it"--but we do doubt the
truth of the statement itself. If, as is
lalleged, it was the design of Governor
Floyd to hoist the State Flag in con-
junction with the Star Spangled Ban
ner, and not to displace the flag of the
United States-although such an act,
at such time, might have seemed sus-
picious, and "fools'' might have believ-
ed that it was hung out as a symbol
Iof disunion-yet no one would have
thought of pulling il down, nor would
the Governors friends have deemed ii
NECESSARY to advise him to forego his
original purpose, nor would the Gov
ernor himself have regarded such ad.
lvice. In such view of the matter,
the Governors design was perfectly
harmless, and, originating in such in
nocent motives, no obstruction would
have been interposed to its execution.
1t was precisely, however, because the
t reverse was the fact-because the Co.
vernon, like some of his brother Null.
lies in South Carolina, "abhor the ve-
} ry name of Union," and would trail
the flag Of the Union in the dust, if he
: dared-it was because he wished and
intended to dishonor that ensign of our
national independence and glory-that
his courage failed him in the, hour OF
trial, and he and his friends quailed be-
fore the storm Of public Indignation,
the mutterings Of which were heard
simultaneously with the annunciation
of his intention.-The explanation now
furnished, is, we believe, an after.
thought; and this belief is supported,
not only by the absurdity of the explain
alton itself, but by the unnecessary de-
lay which has occurred in giving the
information asked for, and which was
employed, we presume, in connecting
a plausible story.
AS to the threats of the Wing, retro
spectlve and prospective, they are in
the notification vein-as Hamlet says,
swords, words, wordsp'-Ducking in
horse ponds, and such like matters, as
the Wing knows, are two handed games
IN which the braggadocia is generally
worsted. We have seen SO much of
that sort of stuff within the last year or
two, that, whenever we hear a man or
a community extol his or their chiv-
airy, valor, and all that sort of thing,
we regard them as any thing but fire.
eaters. Like Bob Acres, they may
"kill their man a week'-on paper;
but their courage generally oozes out
at their fingers ends when they are
called on to toe the mark.
TRIAL FOR MuRDER.-Amos Minor
was tried last week at Providence for the
murder, some months ago, Of John Smith,
Of Foster, H. |. The facts were briefly as
follows Miner was removing from Con
necticut into Rhode Island, and was over
taken on his way by Byron Wheaton, a
creditor, and another person, as he was
sitting under tree by the road side 10 the
town of Foster. Wheaton requested
payment Of the debt, but Miner said it
was not due, and even if it were, he