Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-12-10


adequate penalties, and that our rank and q.
should be distinctly arranged in corps accordine !,
the service for which thes are destined. TL;ss;
perhaps ali that is aItansbie as to the BODY ~ -
militia, in time Of peace, without incurring -.
serious expense and Inconvenience, but regard t:
as indis peDsable, In order TO form the n.,;t
for prompt and efficient force in time Of va, 4; !.
necessary either to adopt better plan for ,r.s;.
our officers, to organize volunteer corr. III,
one distinct brigsdes, capable Of taking ~
field on emergency and serving as raying no;n,'
| for the troops Of the line.
| The swords voted by the General AsssmLl. ;.
certain officers or their representatives have
length completed, and suitable arrangements viii.
made TOR their presentation, when they are rece;,I
/ have received the resignation Of brigadier.,.s
eral j. w. Pegrdm, of the 18th brigade, occa.on
ed by his removal from the limits Of his corn,ranJ
The work the armory and on the quarter, a.
the officers Of the public guard has been exeeu,s5
according to the design Of the last general s.se.
Bis Many Of the arms returned to the arrnoyv -.
| in condition unfit for repair. | have endeayoraS
| to require more frequent aud rigid Inspections ~
| the arms distributed, but would recommend ~
4 subject which calls for your attention
The examinations Of various parts Of the canisol
the arrangements 10 The hose, buckets, Sc ba,,
been attended to pursuant the directions of ,Lo
last geneia al assembly and the particulars viii 10
! reported by the proper offcers / cannot forbear
to call your attention 10 the condition Of the canitnl
! and TO remind you of the necessity TO which nv
! predecessors have so often adverted, of proydin
more room for the preservation Of our most valas.
bic records, and the transaction Of Indispensable
public business.
| number Of the journals OF the general Assem-,
| BLY, and some of them during the interesting
epochs of our history, have never been printed and
the manuscript is exposed 10 accidents and decay
il deserves your considerations whether they should
not be printed with convenient index.
The reports of the superintendent and board Of
directors OF the peniteniiary will inform you Of the
general condition OF that institution and its accom-,
during the year
The revision Of the criminal code, provided for
some years since, has not been completed, in con.
sequence OF the pro,racted indisposion Of the dis
tingushed gentleman to whom II has been confdsd.
have to announce to you the death of Richard
e. Parker, Esq, one ofthe judges of the court Of
appeals, long known and appreciated disiin.
gushed juist and estimable man.
The police of our common iails is believed 10 be
sometimes very defectiy. under the present laws,
as white persons and Blacks Debtors felons and h.
uatcs, are occasionally confined in the same de.
partments. recommend to your consideration the
expectancy Of abolishng imprisonment for debt al
together. Civil executions are intended to subject
the property, not the persons, OF debtors TO tie
payment OF their debts. Imprisonment RENE
DIV is not necessary to the creditors rights and as
punishment, it visits the misfortunes rather than
the crimes Of its victims Its constrsints are incf
fectual as to the fraudulent, and unnecessary
the honest debtor. By rendering final process
judgments to reach lands and chooses in action,
Justice may be done without retaining ignominy
as one OF its attributes.
have received copies Of resolutions &c. of the
legislature of NeD York, on the subject OF the pub.
lie lands Of the United States;
OF the legislature of Connecticut on the same
subject and Others on the inject of the tariff;
OF the legislatures of the States of Maine and
Indiana on the subject of the northeastern bounda-
~ of the United States;
OF the legislature Of kentucky on the subject Of
the public lands of the United States
All OF which herewith communicated.
have also received, and now communicate, CO.
pies of certain resolutions and other proceedings Of
the people of Ge0rgetotcs and OF oil her citizens
ident in the District of Columbia, complaining Of
the legislation Of congress, and contemplating
PROCESSION of portion of that District to the State
of Maryiand.
would invite government attention to the de.
fecis of our laws regulating the election Of electors
of president and vice president of the United States
They are so obvious and doubt existing
whether the act of March Is, 1892, was still in
force that Ihesitated at one time whether it was
net the duty OF this department to convene the leg
islaue. But as this had been acquiesced in in
1885, determined, after adopting all the preean-
lions within the reach of the executive in order 10
give fair and unbiased expression to the popular
will leave the execution of that act, defective IS
il IL. 10 the intelligence and justice of the people
While difficulties may in the execution OF any
Law this subject. and while mutual complaints
of hose conducting such an election, may be ex.
pecied in times of high party excitement, no IN.
stance of intentional violation neglect of duty on
the part of the commissioners, has come to the
knowledge OF this department. The imputed frauds
on the elective franchise, frequent in every
part of our country, admonsh thatit is necessary
to guard its exercise would cherish the foun.
dation which our government rests. Its purity
and Independence are indispensable to the perma'
hence of free institutions. Without these, parties
degenerate into factions, and government itself into
a mere form of despotsm.
The late presidential election, after being car
vassed with unprecedented zeal and excitement, has
terminated, trust, auspciously for the generaiwe-
fare Of our country. The repose which follows these
struggles, and the cheerful Difference with which
the will Of the maiorityis acknowledged and acquI
esced in, furnish the most encouraging omens to he
friends of human liberty, and exhibit the MAJORITY
Oft the people in an aspect which astounds the lev,
who still claim the right in other countries TO gov
ern the many. victory gained by the SURFACES
of free people over countrymen who have differed
from the majority about their common interests
not occasion of mere party triumph, but for inc
united efforts of all men and all parties who desire
TO reform what is wrong, and to perpetuate what's
valuable in our government. r ~ cIINER.
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