Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-08-14


MS ambition, he woud have been the ornament
Of his country and his kind.
France too in our own times, submitted 10
monarch and master; but France was torn 70 3
pieces by the rage OF domestic lacuons. an the
throes Of her revolution, IN the hour
of her travail and her agony, the neighboring
nations combining, rushed upon her and crushed
Young freedom ia its birth. To save herself
from Acknowledgement aud conquest, she soaghi
for union aud safety under the energetic govern
iuent Of a single ruler That ruler was Napoleon
and never did tH&rod Of empire fall into hands
better fitted 90 WELD it. France bore terrible |
front TO her enemies, and found glory at least, |
II not liberty, under his iron sway. France and
Rome could plead their necessities; but for US,
for rs. what apology shall history make 70 pos
terity for our abandonment OF the rights OF man
Kind, We were at peace WITH all the fs0rld-l
at home no sedtion, no disturbance--our popnla-
tioB expanding with an increase uneXamplcd, and /
employment and the means Of subsistence m
creasiDg still faster every class Of our citizens
happy--every department Of industry prosper
ousthe wages Of labor, the profits 81 esitali inc
rent Of land, all indicating the happtest state oi
human society. A monied institution, oneol the
finest creations Of financial genius, the toundaton
of which was an in commerce, bad attracted
the streams Of foreign capital into the great re-
servoir Of 4American enterprize-had reformed
the enrrcTzT, equalized the exchanges, and
placed the domestic trade Of the states. and the
fiscal operations Of the government upon foot
ing never before known Ia empire 50 extern
siye, and utterly impossible between separate
and independent communities. American credit
was co extensive with the fame Of the republic,
and was supposed TO rest upon foundations as dur
able as the government, as lasting as liberty.
The vessel OF state rode maJestically over the
smooth and prosperous ocean that swelled under
her m fluctuations as gentle as the brcathings Of
an infants slumbers 9here no difficulty in
the navigation, no stossh, no cloud, "not irown
III aItf in
lay straight before her. propitious gales swelled
her CANVASS and famed her decks Such was
her Roadway and smooth the sea, that she
could for a long time have maintained her career
without a helmsman-the pilot might have slept
without danger. Such, Sir, was our condition
Tho very excess Of prosperity begat discomfort
To continue the figure, cry is raised about the
expenses Of those engaged in working the ship
q silly and delusive cry OF retrenchment and re
form on board-a new hand Is called 10 the rud-
der-the veterans who had worked that gall ant
vessel through many hour of storm and trial,
are thrown aside unfit TO hand sal--"land
lubbers," men who had never heard the surges
OF the sea, who knew nothing either Of line or
compass, are set TO work heeS and now, Sir, I'M |
der the steersgc of folly ssublimed into mad
ness" she is driven, wantanly driven upon a
rock that is to shiyer her goodly frame topieces.
have said, sir, that this termination OF the A
mericau constitution is out OF the harmony OF
things, and contrary TO all the analogies OF histo-
ry. Depend upon il the matter ends not SO.
The desperate faction which. under cover Of the |
popularity Of favoritc chief, has Frustrated our
policy, spread venality and corruption through |
every department which they could control
whose reign of terror has been one unbroken Sc.
rics of plumber and usurpatious, may destroy the
federal constitution possibly-they may condense,
consoluIlAc into one concrete mass, and place IN
4 single hand all the political powers which that
has 50 wisely separated and distri-
,uted amongst the various organs Of the govern
nent. But they will never reign over this con
sir. That greatest of all evils
las been provided against. There are many
wheels in our system, 8 E pluribus uEum"
/ is one state composed OF many suites. 1t IS not
consolidated empire but confederation of re-
,ublics united on national inciple-knit togcth
II with such exquisite skill to present one
inform and consistent appearance, the members
till retaining their separate organization. The
Machine may be taken topieoes and the parts re
nain entire. Sir each rib of that ship OF Which
poke, holding her course on The sea 50 gallant
y, is itself vessel. Che cunning architects
yho constructed her have compounded 4 whole
eet of frigatos into one tremendous man ofwar.
there be among the crew band Of pirates who
re resolvedt to plunderthe stores and strand the
essel, dream not, sir, let them not dream that
hose whose lives, fortunes, liberties and honor
re freighted there, will suffer INTERESTINGLY |;
ooner will they touch the secret springs and
eparate that stately ship into its original parts.
motif they must founder at sea, they will "in-
srnadine the deep
THE sun that sees their falling day,
Viii mark their sabres' deadly sway,
And set that night in blood" M |
y
Sir have been a devout, believer in tho rea-
son Of mankind. The people at large can GER
ainly have no interest in the overthrow OF prop
er;y, liberty, and law. They the country
W. IN n AT freedom and
happiness that this government was instituted
The American people are generous and CRATE
full, bat they sober minded and sensible
people. They have trusted deeply where they
believed they had grounds TO trust. Their con
fdeuce has been as deeply abused. Look abroad,
sir the irowufs gathering on nations prov
The thunder cloud IS slowly charging, which Is
TO burst upon the heads Of those who have decel-
we'd and would have manacied a Tree people, IN
a storm OF wrath, indignation and reproach, IN
comparison with which, the resolution OF the Sen
ate was praise, the roar OF the artillery at New
Orleans, but the whIspcrings Of infancy. The
President vaunts him Of the dangers he has en-
countcred-let him beware Of this The ocean
" when its war Of waves is raging" IS not more
terrific. His followers delight to call him the
81 old Roman" Between whom and all that bore
that celebrated name and THEN idol, they may
have detected resemblance, know not
rccolect one old Roman, however, whose fate
nght be a beacon. There lived in the carly
and pure age of that republic, gallant soldier
there were many such. When the Gauls had
routed the armies and burned the cities Of the
Romans, and all was lost, save the Capitol, this
man placed TO guard the rock on which il
stood. The Barbarians came on and found his
breast barrier which they could not pass,
With his single arm he made good the defence
and saved the broken remnant of his nation,
This man aftcrward grew prcsumptuous; he as
pred to sovereignty, and aimed 10 destroy tbs
constitution Of his country. Has the Presiden
IN his late learned researches, since his academ
ic honors have been showcred upon him, me
with the story Of hanlius aud the Tarpeianrock
Ii is an old tale, and not without its moral Tha
was bcior the divine Au-ustus-the God Ilbc
RUS had not yet descended upon earth-meI
were not then worshippcd. Patriotism was Sc
common a vistue that the defence Of ones country
was considered but as the discharge of an ordlua
nv duty, and conferred no peculiar distinction.
MIR. President. there are IN the bosom Of every
society bad and weak men enough to ruin it i
they be thrown into power. Providence, how
ever, which is always Just to mca, and puts be
fore them good and evil, has likewise Infused in
l. every community, wisdom and virtue TO save
Never, Sir, did any country produce a greater
race Of men, than are to be found al this instant
in the Uuited seates. Never in any Senate, no.
even in that which an admiTiny GauI mlstOQk