Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-02-13

sufy Of the United states - entrusted to cur care.
the Government Of the United States is entrusted
are numbered, and ought TO be finished, If we re-
ceiye Government from any other quarter.
care not in what form the expressions Of public
sentiment shall arrive at the Capitol, open my
mind 20 conviction and attention 10 them all.
respect what is said by legislators; | respect
what is said by voluntary assemblages Of the peo-
lplc; respect what is SAID by individuals in their
correspondence. ] desire 20 keep open, broad
and wide, all the avenues that may bring public
opinion within our reach think it salutary
and necessary to hear public opinion: care not
how distinct-how loud IL is heard within the
walls Of the Capitol; but it mnst come public
opinion; il must come from citizens Of the
country, living under its laws, and who address
themselves to the wisdom and patriotism Of Con-
gross. II must not come in any other tone? The
remark Of the honorable member is this:
"Be assured, sir, whatever nice distinctions
may be drawn here to the show Of influence,
which expressions Of the popular viii upon such
subject entitled TO from US, il is possible for
that will to assume constitutional shape which
the Senate cannot misunderstood. and, under
standing, will not unwis ly resist"
tMr. WRIGHT said, it should have been
share Of inhuence.'l
Mr.. WEBSTER resumed: That does not alter
the sense. What mean to say isl hope he
meant the popular will, for we do not recognise
or receive impressions through other organs,
such as the Senate cannot misunderstood, and
understanding, will not unwisely resist ] am
sure he did not mean it, and therefore pass from
the subject.
Mr.. President, ] wish TO say word on another
topic This is an cyentful moment On the great
questions which occupy us, we all look for some
decisive movement Of public opinion As wish
that movement TO be free, intelligent, and unbias-
scd-thc true manifestation OF the public will
desire to prepare the country for another as
sault, which | perceive is about TO be made, on
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all distinct views of the public good-to over
whelm all patriotism, and all enlightened self
interest, by loud cries against false danger, and
by exciting the passions Of one class against an
other. ] am not mistaken in the omen-I see the
magazine whence the weapons of this warfare
| are to be drawn already hear the din Of the
hammerng of arms, preparatory TO the combat.
They may be such arms, perhaps, as reason, and
justice, and honest patriotism, cannot resist
Every effort at resistance, il is possible, may be
feeble and powerless: but, for one, shall max e
an effort--a effort TO be begun now, aud to be
carried on and continued with untiring ZEAL till
the end Of the contest comes.
Sir, see in those vehicles which carry to the
People sentiments from high places, plain dccla-
rat ions that the present controversy is but strife
between one part Of the community and another.
hear il boastcd the unfailing security, the So
lid ground, never 10 be shaken, which recent
measures rest, that The poor naturally hate The
rich.
Sir, | pronounce the author of such
sentiments to be guilty Of attempting a
detestable fraud on the community A
double fraud; fraud, which is to cheat
men out Of their property, and out of the
earnings Of their labor, by first cheating
them out Of their understandings.
"1he natural hatred Of the poor to the
RICH" Sir, it shall not be till the last mo
ment OF my existence-it shall be only
when ! am drawn 10 the verge Of ohliv
ion--when shall cease to have respect
or affection for any thirg on earth, that |
will believe the People of the United
States capable of being effectually delud
ed, cajoled, and driven about in herds. by
such abominable frauds as this. If they
shall sink to that poInt--if they so far
, cease TO be men-tIIinking men, intelli
gent men--as 10 yield TO such pretences
and such clamor, they will he slaves al
ready, slaves in their own passions -
slaves 10 the fraud and knavery Of pre-
tended friends. They will deserve TO be
blotted out of all the records of freedom:
they ought not to dishonor The cause Of
self government. by attempting TO eyer
else it: they ought TO keep their unworthy
hands entirely off from the cause Of Re
publican liberty, if they are capable of be
ing the victims of articles so shallow
of tricks so stale, so thread bare, so often
practised, so much worn out, on serfs and
slaves; and the victims, too. of wicked
and nefaIious designs, so thinly cloaked--
designs, deep in purpose and in wicked
ness. but shallow in their pretences.
s'Ihe natural hatred Of The poor again:t
the RICH" The danger of moneyed
aristocracvi" "A power AS great and dan
gerous as that resisted by the Revolution"
"a call TO new Declaration OF lndepend
encc!"
Sir, | admonish the People against the
objects Of outcries like these. admonish
every industrious lahorer in the country
to be on his guard against such delusion
! tell him, the attempt is TO play off his
passions agains, his interests, and 10 pre-
vail on him, in the name of liberty. 10
destroy all the fruits of liberty; in the
name of patriotism, TO injure and atflict
his country; and in the name of his own
independence, TO destroy that very indie
pendence, and make him beggar and a
slave. Has he a dollar? he is advised to
do that which will destroy half its value
Has he hands to labor? let him rather
Iolu mem ana SIT sui, than be pushed on,
by fraud and ariiiice, 10 do what will rem
der his labor useless and hopeless.
Sir. the very man, of all others, who
has the deepest interest in sound cur
rency, and who suffers most by mschevi.
Gus Legislation in money matters. is the
man who earns his daily bread by his dai
ly toll. A decayed currency, sudden
change of prices, paper money, fading be-
tween morning and noon. and fading still
lower between noon and night; when all
these things exist, it is the very harvest
time of spectators. and of the whole race
of those who are at once idle and crafty;
and OF that other race-the Catilnes OF
all times marked, so as TO be known for
ever by one stroke of the historians pen.
greedy Of other mems property. and prodigal
Of their O,Cn. Capitalists, too, may out,
live such fines Thew NOV a;tha. ,Dro,,