Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-12-05

- 30 f,;ends urged me TO address the people
otbers rsnresented the inexpediency OF doing so.-
Finding. however, that those who we're most yea,
Gus In my cause, were most anxious tnst shoulu
address the people, | determined 20 do 30, Provioeo
Mr.. Lucas would reply. ! then bastenea - -.
tavern and found Mr.. Lucas hoarse nnd oihsi"'"e
indisposed. who on that account declined making .
.neeeb. as I did also, MS it might appear ungenef
o,s osder ,hesc circumstances TO persist. ! He'
with a sharp reproof from sons friends, ana 70 sa'
;sfv them | stated that a future occasion would stlse'
The 18Th Of The month was named, and on that day
7 had intended TO be there, but in the mean UNIV
some whispers reached my cars that on 'hs 'a
day there would be o general muster ct Baih' apa
a .chene was 10 agitation to excite tue ieeipss -
The people Of Morgan against me; aug, sen'9 -
apology to my Mlartinsburg friends ! nasseuea :,
Bath and sure enough ! encountered q = :
things which called me forth in vindica'iono y =,
self and Of the Wing party. and thanks 70 'no pa
tiotic people Of that county, J received 'he pto'ee
tn, das 70 4 total stranger. This wasthe only oc'
casion I addressed tho people IN the aDsenSe Q : W.
Ineas. So much for thi. e%aiumny. ibe hm'ts %
, circular however, will not permit an cnnmeia'
lion Of sl The petty ISLANDERS and paitry tnchs z
.a,,sd ~ 10 defeot me. If you we're TO hsseHiple
syonnd INV G,e.side and / were to detail all OF them
~ YOU. / do not know which u would most e~e"e'
YOUR contempt for their authors ana apsuefs' You
Indignation, or your laughter, Tor CONFESS ! eAP'-
rispced myself each emotion IN Turn.
Now in making these stntemeni',l ohoi mp.
cs,e all the Van Buren, men. The means usea %
dscee, mo. are and ever will be, condemned BY no
49,, mon of all parties. True. there will ever De
fonpd indiyidnals wbo disgrace the name oi man
uho will chuckie nt the successful issue o. a Hapa
in a. fenting d candidate, as an expert Jockey WIZ
who has cheated a simple couDtfynan IN u pt'
swcn. give TO these remarks a personal sPPhca'
lion only 90 far as they may fit persons VINO lahe
them 10 themselves ~ W,
And what, my fellow-c'iizens, you OF 'ne .
Buren party, for | appeal TO you, 10 your
i,ps. and 10 your conscienees-whai, P'sy ~
1. III cause Of this unmeasured abuse and unremi',
Ting persecution. Is II becsose' 10 y 49,
,la, s,es, tight, which God has conferred upon me
IA well IA you-the right to a free opinion-tna'
al he tender charities Of our nature should Do iot'
sy.r ,nh,eded7 Because | honestly diner WIN
vou In opiniop, as to the best means TO preserve
the Iiberies Of The country and to promote us oes'
~.elfsre. am | The less a ~pairiotf Hnys we ALREADY
,earbed the iron age, like that Of The Jac"Dinhal
ara Of Revolutionary France, when differences OF
o,in;on are not to be tolerated and when men ~
a dominant party, lei slip the dogs Of war anu
when properly, social order, Religion itse'i' ~ .
TO BIO broken up. and oil society converted 'h'o .
,s,fect Pandemonium7 God forbid The people
OF this Union nave tNtit uSo ~
Nv. except 10 he abuse OF It's rulers. ibeii e""
keped intelligence will point out, at last, Their best
friends. and | do not yetdespair of The hepuoio'
Think not, fellow-citizens, because | shan De .
candidate again, | mean TO prostitute M. Poii,ica'
character, or sacrifice my Independence OF nihu, ~
y 90 your favor. ] cannot, as an apology Tor Pol'u-
cal conversion. like a notorious organ OF inc van
Buren, party heareabouts, whose age may be a lit''e
hort OF fort,-fve, " seek the pardon OF conscience
for The follies Of enrly life" II be OF myself hoa no
greater sins OF omission or commission 10 "n'"'i
for. than heing the friends OF Mr.. Clay OF oehhs
Whies. we would need but little repentance, ana
- ba,e. of fnturiiy be n liule better than thes
now are. For myselfa Wing ! am, and q wing l
.bsIl continue TO be, i'll have TO stand SOLITARY ana
alone" amids, the dissolutions Of party. a wing
I sbaIl remain 80 long az our rulers are corrupt as
I verify belle We them TO be, and power is assumed,
sreater than that conferred on Louis hiitPpe'
King of the French. The bsron-, who, win theit
followers. extorted from the weak tyfant, john, The
vrea, charter at Runny Mead, which formed The
basi. of British freedom, were in principle, wings
John Hamden and Algernon Sidney, VINO sided win
the Commons and resisted the royai prerosatVes
by Charles ], were wings. Inc Pau'o'1
spiri,s who drove James ii, from his throne, and
forced from William III, a second charter OF
ENGLISH liberty, were Wings. Our fathers OF the
htKOiuflOU efo W &c" .A
arc opposed 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Wa stand united IN
Imposing the usurpations and corruptions OF uovefh'
nsn,-becaus we resist the fayorite measure oil the
par,y. the sub ressury, which with brisrian arms
is TO seize IN its clutch every farmer, ana meehano'
and lshoret in the land-patalysing industry, rum
inc commerce, spreading desolation throughout our
hcrders-shall we, animated by the same principles
and looking to the same bright Objects whicn 'hSPf
red our gallant predecessors, surrender Without =
struggle, and ingluriously Z" give up the snip &c"
one. / will not. Preferfing Mr.. Clay TO any other
man in the Union, tor his elevation OF character
his generous magnanimity which even his toes con-
cede him. his enlarged statesman-fike views, MS
experience, hi. unequalled goodness OF heart let US
stick 10 him! If he fails and Van Buren, should be
reelected, we have the consciousness OF having
done our duty, and, like good citizens, | suppose
al must then submit, but We can still watch the
latter with a Jealous and suspicious eye, and see
that he does the least possible mischief. An adVo-
cate Of q simple, economical administration OF that
government, which was fashioned by the peopie
and derives It's power from the consent OF Inc 60
verned, we have the right to conhne 1t wlthin IT'S
legitimate limits, and to insist upon the tuihlment
Of its original design-not merely security 10 per-
son and property, but the enactment OF measures
conducive 10 the public prosperity. The highest
flnctionary known 10 our laws has lately said the
People expect too much from the Government
We get hut little ii is true, but we have the night to
expect and demand much.
However much | have been misrepresented, there
is no man among you who is sincerer adm'rer IN
theory, or a warmer advocate for the pure practices
resulting from that model Of Government which a
distinguished civilian appropriately styled Rep
resentasiye Democracy. Ours ia an Improvement
upon the English government, which had previous
" been characterized as a monument OF human WIS
dom, bur a perfect Democracy did never exist ei-
Their in the Grecian OF Roman Republics, or IN mo-
dern times among the Centons or the Swiss or up
on the creggy heights of ST. Marino. In short a
perfect Democracy, by the very force and s'snifea-
lion of the term, would be an impractical govern
ment.
Fellow.citizen., early in life the people or my ma
tive county took me kindly by the hand, and, soon
after being eligible, sent me to the Legislature
Since then, | have devoted many yearsp t the spring
time of my life in their service, and though very
80 -, nv rayaar has hpen an humble and