Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-04-11

ged in tho patriotic determination 20 promote
tho great interests Of tho whole. All attempt. to
connect them with the party conflicts Of the day
are necessarily isjuricus, and shovd Be dseoon:e-
nsnced. Our action upon them should De unaef
the control Of higher and purer motives. Lss.s's-
ton. sseeted such influences, can never ee just
sud will not long retain the sanction ei feoP's
whose active patriotism is not bounded oy sscuons'
limits nor insensibis to that spirit on concession
aad fosbearsnce which gave lie 70 our poh.es'
compact, and still sustans u Di,csrdins al eseu'
istions Of political sscendency, the Nofth inc SCUM
~. -, IA he West, shout unite in diminishing
any s,r,her. Of which either may justly complain.
| aTbe agricultural interest Of our country 10 90
e,.en,sily connected with every other, and 30 Ss-
pefior in importance to them ALL that II 10 scarcely
necessary to invite to il your particular attention.
I, 10 principally a. msnufs and commerce tend
70 increase The value Of agricultural productions.
and 10 extend their application to the wants and
comforts Of society that they deserve the fostering
care Of Government. -Me"oge TO Comgre",
Dee. 8, 1929.
"Heaven smiled upon and gave US lib
erty and independence. That same Prov.
idence has blessed us with the means oil
Nationsl Independence and national de-
fence. Ii we omit or refuse to use The
gifts which he has extended to Us, We de-
serve not the continuation Of his blessing.
He has filled our mountsins and our plaias
with m,nerals---wi,h lead, iron and cop.
per, end given US climate and soil ios
the growing hemp and wool. These be-
ing the great material Of our national de-
fence, they ought to have extended TO them
adequate and fair projections; that our
manufacturers and laborers may De placed
in fair competition with those Of Europe,
and that 70 may have within our country
q supply of those leading and important
articles so essential in war.
81 will ask what is the real situation oil
the agriculturist1 Where has the Ame'i-
can farmer . market for his surplus1 Ex.
cept for cotton, he has neither foreign
nor homo market. Does not this clear
ly prove, when there is no market either
at homo or abroad, that there is TOO much
labor employed in agricultural Common
seEse at once points out the remedy.
Take from agriculture in the United States
six hundred thousand men, women end
children, and you will 1t once give . mar.
ket for more breadstuffs than all Europe
now furnishes Us. In short, sir, we have
been 100 long subject to the policy of Brit.
ish merchants. II is time We should be.
come a little moro AMERICANIsED, and
instead Of feeding the paupers and labor
ers Of England, feed our own; or else, il
4 short time, by continuing our present
policy, we shall be rendered paupers our.
selves. II 10 therefore my opinion that 4
ca,siul and jud;cious tariff is much wan
ted to pay our national debt. and 10 afford
US the means of that defence within our.
selves on which the safety Of our country
depends; and last. though not least. give .
\ proper distribution to our labor, which
must prove beneficial to the happiness, in.
dependence, and wealth Of the communi.
,y."-Gen. Jackson's Letter 10 Dr.. Cole.
man, Apr,l2 20. 1924.
3d-On the Resirainls upon Executive
poDer.
"In administering the laws Of Congress. shall
keep steadily in view the limitations IS well IS the
extent Of the Executive power, trusting thereby to
discharge the functions OF my office without trans
! condinS its su,hority.'
4ih-On the Public Lands.
"Among the interests which merit the consde-
/ PeS'~
debt ono Of the important in Wow, 10 that OF
the public lands. Previous to the formation OF our
| present constitution, il WAS recommended by Con-
sress that portion OF the wasre lands owned by the
States should be ceded to the u. States, for the
purpose Of general harmony and fund to meet
the expenses of the war. The recommendation
was adopted and at different periods of time the
States of Massachusetts, New York. Virginia, Norib
and South Csrolins, and Georgia, granted their
4 he fnr bey had been ak-
ed. A. the lands may now be considered released
from this pledge, the object for which they were
coded having been accom- p.hed it is in the discre-
ton Of Congress to the quiet harmony, and general
interest Of the American people."-Messags TO
Congrea, Dee. 4, 1882.
And he in the same Message ssys:
at seems TO to be our true policy that the
public lands shall cease. practicable, to
be . source OF revenue"
5ih-On The interference Of Office Holders
in Elections.
"Tbe recent denomination of public sentiment
inscrbes on the st Of executive duties, in chsrac.
tiers too egble to be overlook ed the task
which ~ill require, particularly, tho correction oil
those abuses that have brought the patronage OF
the Federal Government into conflict With the free
dom of elections, and the countersction OF those
causes which have disturbed the righiful course OF
appointment, and have placed. or continued power
| in unfaithful or incompetent hands. garal
Add-ess, March 4, 1929.
6M-On the One Term.
II would thei efore recommend such an amend
ment Of the constitution may remove all inter-
mediate agency in the election of President snd
Vice President. The mode mny be regulated ss
preserve each State its present relative weigh
in the election; and failure in the first attempt
may be provided for, by combining the second to
choice between the two highest candidates. In
connection with such amendment it would seem
advisable to limit the service OF the Chief Mngis-
trste to a single term. OF either tour or six years
II. however. it should be adopted, it is worthy
of confederation whether provision. disqualifyins
for office the Representatives in Congress on whom
such an election may have dsvolved, would not be
proper. '-Messaget 90 Congress Dee 8, 1929.
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OfWe present TO our readers to-day another
portion Of the dsquisiton of"P r. c." on the
INDEPENDENTLY in relation to tho wheat grow