Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-10-27

Al INC party WSlC leu StuSIdll1 Dt
honest and able men, by cultivated gen
tlemcn, if any extensive plan of politics
in furtherance of the good ofthe rhole
country, were proposed, if we knew
that they looked not slngly to their own
glory, if moderation and wisdom, if
churity and chastity, were their char
acteristics, then would VIC not be- found
pointing the " finger OF scorn" at their
vices and ~follies, but would with them,
es with brothers in arms, fight in the
cause Of our couniry's honor and Clio.
ry. But such arc not, demonstrably,
their characteristics.
1t would seem, that, when We hear
the members Of the Great Democrat.
ic Party" Boosting their superior sa-
gacity and wisdom in framing and ad.
m%inisterihg laws, and in the art ofgo-
vefning. deeming themselves adopts,
in the science Of politics, and when
we know that they do not exhibit
any of those traits of charity and
purity, which must necessarily accom-
pany the existence Of high knowledge
and virtue, tho reverse Of the PROPOSE
ton, that men are capable of IN unlim-
tied degree Of Improvement, might, with
equal truth, be asserted-as it is in
quite a clear course Of demonstration,
that an unlimited degree of endorsement
is far more ~congenial and accordant to
mans nature.
The tyranny Of a power, that, AFRO
CANT in its baseness and inferioriiy, is
Liberal and ungenerous to those over
whom it has triumphed, that BOASTS a
virtue and ~capability it does not pos
sess, and acknowledges no rule or au-
thority, save the impulses ola vicious
will, is one against which we are bat.
ting, and which must be conquered,
or, ere long, we wiH be slaves" The
contest now Is between honest and pa.
triotlc citizens and an u%nprincipled
Faction-the result will be, Order or
Anarchy. In this contest, American
Frecmen, is involved all that is dear to
you-your Laws, your Religion, your
Peace, your Liberty. Be not idle
Rouse yourselves to action, by a con
temptation ofthe crisis before you. Let
the watch.word, in your ranks be,
i" Death TO the Tyrrany-Iife to the
Republic E" and may an all.wise Pro-
violence crown your efforts with suc-
cess. Freedoms Banner is yet un.
trampled in the dust-torn, but flying,
it STREAMS like the thunder cloud
against the Wind" Stout arms and
true hearts, (if the signs ofthe times
prove not deceptive) may yet redeem
the country.-Nurse not d feeling Of
individual hostility and dislike to your
opponents, seek not the qualification of
a weak love of triumphing over them
as personal enemies but let an honest
Indignation at the outrages upon our
beloved Institutions, u holy zeal in
guarding and preserving the honor and
dignity OF our common country, be the
high motives, that urge you to war
with foes, who would destroy them.
selves and you.
But it may be asked, what are these
dreadful evils? We have yet Laws
and Liberties-our persons are safe,
and mel do not go about Gin continual
fear and danger ofviolent death we
are at peace with the world, and all
things prosper. Were they not eat.
ing and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, when the waters of the
Flood were beginning to rise? Were
they not fcasting and revealing in the
Palace of B%elshazzar, when the hand
writing on the wall announced, that
they were weighed in the balance and
found wanting?" How long can we
expect to continue thus quiet? While
faction and misrule arc progressing,
while ignorance and vice sway the
land, 4 we hope for perpetuity to our
Institutions? No. Let us not, then,
repose in Gancied security. Our Liber-
ties are in danger, and the Constitution
and the Ldws, appeal to the patriotism,
the generosity, and the chivalry ofthe
land, to defend them against riolemce
and sacrilege.