Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-09-03

the polls next Spring and try the issue. 1.-THE
Reforrners wish to understand each ether let
them 90 10 S1Avxros on the 2D OF DEcEM-
BER rExT. and consult together; there they
can form their determinations, and compel the
Legislature, at least, 10 hear them, whether
they Iced them or not.
The enemies Of Reform are busy with their
sly and secret 0osk--ihey are now giving il out
that the STAuxToN CoSyEsTIos failed, which
is proof positive that the people are opposed
TO Reform and do not want a Convention
This is false. The opponents ofpopuhr rights
here and elsewhere know il to be false, and
know that it was not opposition to Reform that
caused the failure, but doubss, &C., created,
and predictions spread abroad that it would
lproye faiiure--suggeslio sprlnging up in
different quarters contemplating a postpone
ment to later days, SC. &c.;--these are the
causes Of the failure, and nothing else. But
there seed be no mislake nc1c-ihe time is FIX
ed for the 81 Of December--let it be attended
TO, and let the opponents Of the measure now
see that we are in earnest, and that we are
ready TO test in any shape or form with them
/ be dodged--it must be met in the State, and
we viii then see vino are It's friends and who
| its foes We see politicians every day full Of
honeyed words for the people, and particular.
/ ~ about election times-we wish now TO gee
who joins ii: ssroice Of his heart ,oi!h The service
Of his lip.
| One word to Relo7mers-new tricks and
new devices are now TO be put forward to st-
fle and break down your movements Dorr-
ism is now TO be sung in your ears, political
hypocres viii meet you at every corner, and
with distorted countenances, upliited hands,
and contracted brows, tell You that a Mr.. PAT
TEsos OF AUGUSTA, member Of the Staunton
Convention, compared DoaR to Gen. WASH
IsGroN, SC. &c. The Sta,olton Spectator,
paper which we respect highly, but in
whose professed love Of Reform we do not
much confde, in an article, rather in ridicule
of the Convention, attacks Mr.. P. upon that
score; the augusta Democrat denies the JUS
tice Of the charge and Mr.. PATERSON himself,
in the last D'mocrGt also denies the Specta-
tors version and application OF his remarks,
and promises to reply to them. But what Of
all this--why all Of this holy and hypocritical
| horror who cares what Mr.. PATERSON says
or does--is every ReioTrner bound to follow
him Certainly not and well the opponents of
Reform know il. As much as we favor Re
form, il Dorrism is TO be the rule otiath then we
are off But we hardly think that the Refor
rners are "to be frightened from their propriety"
| by any such "raw head and bloody bones" as
/ Dorri,n, and especially when welded by men
who are willing to weigh the rights ofthe pco-
! pie by the standard ofthe detestable principles
Of the present Virginia Constitution. Another
cold saw" started at RICHMOND and caught
up by some Of the papers in the West, is, that
| il is toe soon-wait until after the Census of
! 1850 The Richmond Hhg says so. and
quotes the IVhceIing Time, and Kana,cha Re
publican as authority from the West, in favor
of these views. We'll, these Journals have a
right to think as they please--we find no fault
J
! Reform. are based on Canals and Rail Roads
dLone and they think it well to propitiate and
play into the hands Of the minority power over
the Ridge, till they get their works, and then
they will be complimented by the Anti-Reform
press of Richmond, as were the South West
Yuginians after the passage of their Road Bill,
"oh, they are perfectly careless now whether
la Convention ever meets at all" But what
say the peopie-have you not other rights to
yndicate more sacred than dollars and cents,
Roads and Canals There never was a more
delusive cry, than you are too soon-wait
I'LL after the Census of 1850 Z" Wait-what
for7 Can you ascertain any thing more by
that Census, than you now know? Suppose
the White population of the West has incrca-
sed or 10 thousand, will that make your
claims any stronger than they now are The
West nolo has large majority of the White
populalion-what more will she have then ;
In what way, pray will the condition of things
in the State be allered2 In no material way
whatcver-and this counselling to delay and
procTaStnauon, is only lfick OF the enemy,
put forward to kill off the whole movement of
the friends Of Reform. Ne, do not delay
act--agta -agtae--ag,ato, even if you
should have to fight on ill 1850. Go to the
Legislature next winter and try again, and ii
nothing is done, then meet in your primary
assemblies, nominate your best men for seats
in the Legislature during the winter Of lS47
and '49,and perhaps by the time 1850 is here,
you will be surrounded by such institutions as
you desire. But ifyou wait till 1850, these
same men viii tell you then that you are too
soon. wait few years more, the people are
not yet ripe for Reform. AS you regard the
success of your cause. we counsel you Rgt6r-
mers 10 DO your own work, and not ask advice
from your enemies. you are not capable OF
doing your own work IN your own way, then
you are not deserving Of success,
! VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
We had intended. before this time, to have
called tho attention of our readers 10 the adver-