Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-01-10

obdurate and desperate. rather than e
produce a feeling Of repentance and pur
pose Of reformation.
send J on resolutions Of the Legisia
ture Of Massachusetts, and Mississippi. on
the subject of extending the frsnkins priv.
lege 10 the 6Jveraor and other officers oil
the States.
Brig adler Gen. Geo. C. Dromgoole, oil
the IL III brigade Of the militia, having re
signed his commission since the last ses
sion, l communicate the fact 10 order that
the vacancy may be filed
Many applications have been made BY
the justices of the peace and other officers
to be supplied with the Revised Laws,
and Hcnning's Justice. and as ! have been
informed there are no copies 10 be had. |
would recommend that provision be made
for Publishing a new edition Of the Laws.
and for preparing and publishing a cheap
er work Of Form for the use of justices Of
the peace. A large part Of Henning's
Justice is of no practical use to the justi-
ces. and the former may be greatly abrid
ged. In practice. they are often abridged
at the risk of emitting parts That may be
held 10 be essential.
| would also call your attention 10 the
communication Of the Secretary Of the
Commonwealth, herewith submitted. from
which il will be seen. that a sufficient
number Of acts, passed at each session Of
the General Assembly, is not required to
be printed, for all The purposes intended.
send herewith a communication had
the honor 10 receive from the Executive
Of Louisiana. enclosing certain resolutions
Of the Legislature Of that State, relative to
Abolition Societies.
Il is painful and Notifying to be under
the necessity OF applying to any portion Of
the citizens Of our common country, the
epithets that appropriately describe the
conduct and designs OF those who belong
TO these wicked and evil associations -
They exhibit a spectacle, no less horrible
in the view of the friends Of order. Of.
their country's welfare, and Of constitu
tional obligations, than would be exhibited
by an association in the South. got up to
lay waste the factories OF the North, and
to assassinate their proprietors. under the
pretence OF setting loose their operatives.
To suppose this possible in any portion OF
our countrymen, would be injurious to
their sense Of moral and civil propriety /,
yet it is a fit illustration Of the ruthless
purposes Of the Abolitionists.
In the people at large, in the non slave
holding States, there abides. trust. that
devotion to our Union, horror Of all law
less and indefensible proceedings. which
will shame from the face Of day, the pest
and its authcrs-and il shall abide With
U.S.
tVb:t.s 10 pof recnrnmepd q Southeru
convention, as proposed by the Louisiana,
resolutions, ! I'M altogether Of opinion,
that il should be known as the unalterable
determination Of the South, that it will
not descend, in the halls Of Congress, to
debate propositions proceeding from a
quarter which respects neither its right OF
seIf-government nor its moral aud religi
Gus creed.
| herew it'll transmit a communication
from the President and Cashiers Of the
Exchange Bank Of Virginia. showing its
present condition /; and another from the
President of the Bank Of Virginia. enclo
sing the minutes Of the proceedings Of the
Bank Convention held in the city Of New
York.
Whatever aid can afford you in your
investigations Of the important subjects
which will come before you, shall be most
cheerfully rendered. and indulge the
hope that you deliberations will result IN
giving to the improvements Of the oun
try, whether physical or moral, the great
est impulse ofwhich they are susceptible.
DAVID CAMPBELL.
E1ecutipe Department. Jan LIST. 1888.