Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-02-06


country; the press corrupted-the public patron
age squandered in this career Of profigate cruel
ty; 10 see all who agree with him IN opinion, for
the bare exercise of their judgment upon public
matters, Unfortunately expelled from Office 10
make room for a band Of mercenary Swiss; he
would then be able TO form some adequate con
ception Of the feelings Of those whose rights have
been thus unfeelingly trampled upon. He (Mr.
F.) was not aware that he had single personal
friend who had been thus reformed. II was
gainst the practice, as violative Of all that
dear to American citizens, that his soul revolted.
He viewed it pernicious as a precedent-destruc
tive Of the Republican character Of the Govern
ment. But, thank God, cry had been heard in
the wilderness Of their affection, and voice
gone forth that will proclaim the emancipation Of
this nation. II has been said, "Quem Dens vult
perdere ,prius dementat," and nothing, he concei
| we'd, short Of the madness OF despotism-nothDg
| but that faulty which always accompanies a
ries Of successful usurpations upon the rights Of
| the people, and blinds the mnons Of power to
the consequences Of their own misdeeds, could
have led to the preparation Of this last outrage
| upon the Constitution, which has knded flame
Of indignation from one extremity Of the nation
TO the other, and rallied all parties in defence Of
| the endangered institutions of the country.
Mr.. +. expressed himself particularly gratfi-
ed that the determination to resist the torrent OF
| Federal usurpation had first displayed itself in
| Virginia. There was propriety and fitness in
the fact, that made him rccur 10 the early glories
Of her history. In looking back to the pages Of
| her proprietary and colonial history, he always
found her prompt TO oppose tyranny and resist
oppression. ii was this spirit, which inflamed
| into action by the inspired eloquCnce Of the
! grandsire of the gentleman from Hanover, led
| more than fifty years since TO the prostration OF
| British despotism in this country. ii was this
| spirit which extinguished the still lingering
mains Of monarchy in the scarcely less important
| revolution Of 1888, 800; and il is the same spirit
which is now rousing the country into action, 10
| hurl from power, that Incubus which presses
upon the half smothered, FACILITATING yitals of
your liberties. He was graIificd that his feeling
| had arisen in conneXion with an attack upon an
Institution 10 which the state consttutionally
| if not otherwise opposed. He was still more
pleased to see that ii was directed against Fee
| dsral Executive whom she had herself aided to
| attain thaI v~elted station and who has since
grown so great as 10 oyvrshadow that Constitu-
ton which he was elected TO de f,nd Such facts
show the purity of her public principles and the
disinterestedness OF her public conduct. They
| speak in tcne not to be misunderstood, that no
matter how humble or even odious may be the
object OF the attack Of lawless power, no matter
how powerful and herculcan the arm that speeds
the shaft against the liberties and constitution of
the country, il must penetrate her be- som b. E
IT shall reach IFS destined victim. He was pleas
ed TO see the extent to which these public meet
| ings had already taken place in the state and the
! distinguished men who participated in their ac-
ton. They held forth fair promise of future
triumph and regeneration. He would for mo-
ment refer to Of them: he alluded to that
which had been recently held in the commercial
metropolis OF this State, and over which the Gov
ernor elect of this Commonwealth had presided.
| He was not of the number of those who had voted
Tor that distinguished individual that he did
not then, as inIly as now, appreciate his trans
cendaDt abilities, his public and private worth;
| his stubborn independence and manly intolerance
OF injustice and oppression, from what source
1t might; but because the individual for whom he
| did vote, possessed all those qualifications, and
besides harmonised with him more directly on
| ether points. But this he would say, and he
said 1t, that it might reach his constituents Vir.
gInla stood elevated in his own esteem, as in that
! OF the nation, by the choice which she had made;
and he might further add, that five sixths Of those
who acted with him in the late election would
| greet the election If Mr.. Tazewell to his present
exalted destiny with much sincerity and good
feeling as those who were foremost in promoting
his election, and with much more sincerity than
some at least, who, upon the second trial. when
the battle was lost and won, were found scamper-
ing into the train of the victorious leader. And
he would say further, that should that distinguish
| ed man continue 10 act as he had doubt he
would, up to the principles avowed in the recent
meeting at Norfolk-principles Of sound Consti-
tutional law, and unmitigated adherence Of Ex-
ecutIve usurpation--he would become the rallying
point for the honest patriotism of the Common
| wealth. He had noble field before him-one
! full of useful labor and proud anticipation. He
| wished him success and honor in his administra-
ton and promised his hearty CO operation in the
great scheme of Constitutional reform, as deyeI-
oped in those proceedings.
MIR. r. then advertcd to the question more i'm
mcdiately under conside alton, which was the
propriety OF connecting an expires sion of opinion
upon the Bank Charter in the same series of Reso-
| Intlons condemnIng the removal Of the Deposites
lie SAID there was no necessary, or even proper or
Justhabie connection between the subjects 1t
was device 10 thwart-embarrass and distract
the opponents OF the ADMINISTRATIONS scheme TO
conquer by division. He hoped there were none
so timid as 10 be alarmed by the rod which the
gentleman from Spottsyvania held over them
and none so weak 10 be imposed upon by so
shallow pretext. Why this sudden alarm about
the dangerous tendencies Of the Bank Where
were the voices of these eloquent champions of
the Constitution when petition for a re- oh arteI
was before Congress? How comes it that they
could see no danger TO the Constitution in 1926
when the President recommended the subject to
the consideration OF Congress-none in 1882
when the bill rechartering the Bank passed both
branches OF Congress-and can see so much now
when that institution lies PROSTATE and crushed
under the Executive veto? Does any man in the
sober exercise Of his reason believe that the char
ter OF the present bank will ever be renewed? If
they did, they were more sanguine than any
| friend OF that institution. Its present charter
must expire, before the term of the present Ex
ecutlve, and no one can believe that he will re-
lInqulsh his hostility to the Bank so long ms he
livts: MIR. +. felt suspicious Of the source from
which these propositions came. 1t originated
with the gentleman from Hanover, who has de-
clared his opposition TO all action on the Deposite
question. II may be lawful, but it is not always
| prudent to be instructed by the enemy. If he
wanted advisers, he would rather look TO the
course indicated in the recent meetings at Rich.
mond, Norfolk, Petersburg, &c. There were
men beyond all question, opposed to the Bank
and yet earnestly and sincerely engaged in con-
denning the act of Executive usurpation: were
the questions mixed there? They were not.
Gentlemen tell us those Deposites which were
lawiessly removed, were taken from the vaults
OF an unconstitutional Bank If therefore YOU
condemn the violent and unauthorized removal of
the public monies, you should also condemn the
unconstitutional Depository in which they were
placed According TO this reasoning, they should
also annex resolution condemnatory Of the Ia