Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-02-18

Mr.. A. @. Nicholson, member oil
the Tennessee Legislature.
Gy-We cut, from the corresp ondence
OF the Baltimore Patriot, the following
notice Of distinguished individual whom
II is the intention Of the partizan adhe-
rents of the administration, in Virginia,
TO drive from the Senate of the United
States, 10y demanding his compliance with
requislilon. partizan made, at variance
with the spirit and letter of the consii,u
ton, IN order that they may gill his pac
with some one whose pliancy may be
made TO subsefve the wishes of those who
think that to them belongs the exc lusiye
direction and control Of the government,
aud the possession Of all the Offices and
emoiuments arising thereirom.
MIR. Leigh made splendid speech
to day, (thc 9TH upon Benton's resolu.
tons. That man has remarkably
clear head. He can unrayel knotty
subject and make all its points clear as
well as any other man in this country
John {. Calhoun perhaps not excepted.
He took up the French question to. day
and reviewed the whole subject calm.
~ and impagtially, in reply to the one.
sided view of it exhibited tie other
day, by Mr.. Buchanan He represent.
ed all the correspondence or both sides
since Mr.. Livingston first commenced
his operations upon the subject, and
really, as | love my country not less,
| am sure, than other men, whatever
be their pretcnsions, and as would
not willingly see her plunged into IA
war with an old and honorable ally, bv
rash, unwise, impolitic management on
the part of those who have been elect.
cd to administer its affairs, could have
wished that we had better cause than
we have, for the course which has been
pursued. We are not yet in a war
God grant that We may not get into
one. And while we are out of it, it is
by no means opposition the Govern
ment, opposition to the war, for us to
look calmly and dispassionately at the
whole merits ofthe subject, Mr.. Leigh
has done so to-day; and for this he
will of course be denounced as one of
the French Party, by the organs ofthe
"Powers that be-" This is their poll.
cy. Through rashness, precipitancy,
impolicy, and acknowledgements, the
country may be brought to the very
brink Of war, and then those who
look dispassionatcIy upon the whole
subject, and here at home, among our
selves, where it indisputably belongs,
the war-wh0op is forthwith set up, that
you are for the enemy, Although, for
your country you may be ten thousand
times as ready to peril your life, your
fortune, and your sacred honor in the
war when once brought upon us, as
those who denounce you, yet, because
you call things by their right names
before 1t comes, you are to be hunted
down irstanter, and the ears of your
constituents are to ring necessarily
with denunciations against you, manu-
featured to order. | have seen too
much of this dishonest contemptibe
mode of procedure. The people must
resist it, OF their ruin, as nation, is
inevitable.
Mr.. Leigh's speech to-day was a
noble, ma9nanmous, mastery effort
IN behalf oftruth and justice. Such a
man ought not to be rashly turned out
oithe United States Senate, let who
will be President. Benjamin Watkins
Leigh is an honest man, the noblest
work Of God.
BY the packet ship England, Capt.
Waite, London papers to December
3lst and Liverpool TO January LIST have
been received at New York.