Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-09-04
COMMUNICATIONS.


MAnrIssBUR0, AUG. %, 1884.
MrssHs. EprroRs-I have for long time been
n silent observer fpassing events. have tried'
IN, in vain, 10 consider the acts Of the great men
who now WELD the destinies Of our country, in
m extcnua,ing light; to believe that they err IN
Judgment rather than in honesty Of principle.
Cause and effect, acts and their results, prove
to the conviction Of my judgment, that we are 4
hope for no change Of policy but by a change 0
men and for no change Of men but through The
action Of the people. II therefore behooves u.s.
individually and collectively, 10 protest against
the present abuse Of power, and aisenthraii our
selves from the yoke Of despotism. Our cause
is that OF civil liberty Our friends, all who
oppose usuvpaiion and tyranny IN every form OF
shape that it may appear, whether h'dueh
Beneath the garb Of non committai cunning OF
wearing the brazen front Of responsibility III
the assumption Of all power.
The people have too long been cajoled by spe-
oious humbugs. They now have cast the him
from their eyes and behold things as they are,
and not as they have been told they should be ;
and wo TO those who longer dare tamper with
their rights.
With stentorian lungs they cry out economy
and we behold the expenditures Of the Govern
ment increased in fearful degree. Beneath
the mantle Of reform, VIC sec the support OF hon
orable men torn from them, and with ihe mos'
unbIushiDg efTrontory given TO political panaers
men regulated by the vileness Of their own
acts. A cry is made against the Bank, under
the pretence Of its being unconstitutional and
this is made an occasion for trampling upon all
law; wrenching the public treasure from the de-
pository to which Congress had assigned it, and
placing it, tho people know not where /; and Of
violating the sacredness Of the Constitution
itself. Every barrier which the sages OF that
instrument placed around il, both legislative and
judicial, have been ovcrleaped by Executive
usurpation, and still tho march is onicardt in
the path to despotism.
Will men longer be countenanced who thus
c asst aside all law, and acknowledge no domino
fion but their own Unsuitable ambition Will
an Intelligent and enlightened community sub
nit to have but mere show Of free government
when liberty is their birthright, & tamely yield
10 the CALLING chains of tyranny? Will they
allow tho will of one man. echoed and re-echoed 1
~ the servilo voices of forty thousand minions
IF powcr-sIaves to his beck-and bow their
eads to his sovereign mandates These ques-
ions were indeed supernuous. Already we see
he indignation which has long been ga
herring in their bosoms, bursting forth like I
he loud peals of heavens artillery, in every {
ortion of our unon--in the north and the south, [
he east and the west-bearing discontinue to I
be enemies of liberty and making tyranny and L
IS supporters tremble at the boding sounds q
Hardening is il TO the hearts Of all lovers of /
leir country to behold this spirit abroad in the u
md. Sweet is the consolation afforded TO the i
w patriot sircs who yet live to rejoice with r
5, that they bled not in vain for they behold b
le virtuous portion Of this great republic regis
ring their names against the dcspot's sway
irginia has told a tale worthy Of her fame; and
% result of tho elections in Louisiana, Alabama,
entucky and Indiana, proclaim in unequivocal
nguage that the "reign Of terror Is over" Il