Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-11-11
Tza. JOHN VAN EuRr rc,s sPrDcTx

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The following is an extract VI spsscl
liveIed by Mr. JoHs Vas BrRKs, at Al ~
New York:
"We have been told by the Unioa--the Of.
gan OF the government al WashIngion--@shal
i was wrong for the people OF the North TO
meet and discuss the W ilmoi Proviso. Mr..
Richie, the editor Of that journal, is man oil
talent, aud OF agreeable manners. But be
mistakes his vocation If he thinks II any part
OF his province 10 lecture the freemen OF New
York. [Cheers. He has been recently
Translated Laughter from Virginia 10 Wash.
iugton, TO take care OF the democratic family.
Ills predecessor was an able man, and had
led the democracy through many successful
battles. But what has MIR. Richie TO show,
that he has, IN any degree. contributed either
10 the harmony, numbers, or trlulnphs OF the
democracy Arkansas was once so strongly
democratic tha, you could hardly find wing
with a search warrant; laughter, aud yet il
is now under the DOMINION of the wings
Tennessee-the home OF the President, and
once pillar 10 the democratic ,emple-has
lapsed, and now rests IN the arms Of whigge-
ry although there has been Executive patron
age enough bestowed upon her citizens with
in two years TO have converted Massachusetts
heIselii Great laughier.] And Massachu-
sets, whose democracy had more than once
triumphed, during the editorial reign Of Mr..
Riches predecessor, is now so sunken that
II can reject resolution OF freedoml No;
Only so, It's democracy has SO far degenerated
that can nominate .fxed fact" as the
progressive democratic, candidatel TEX
elusive laughter Pennsylvania alone bears
M n, fho Ill han and IN tot he
home Of the author OF the Wiimoi Proyiso.
Mr. v. b., in view OF these facts, expressed
the hope that 1.-THE people of New York were
to elect a tutor from south OF the Potomac.
they might have the usual privilege of making
The editor OF the Union says that the Ordi-
nance of 1857 is an .'interpolation" in the
democratic creed. This is not the first time
this gentleman has denounced democratic
measures as "lnterpolations." He seems 10
deem the democratic creed TO be composed.
like the creed of the Synod of bort. of a GER
tam number of Articles, revoked only by the
Synod ITSELF Laughter. Mr.. Richie de-
clared Gen. Jackson's proclamation aqs,nst
nullIhcaton an Interpolation 1-But would
any citizen Of New York, if he had been call.
ed upon to maintain that proclamation, have
cN"hhNd ehc iCqbioitiOH. ~ dSScitdill WlltlutT
II contained an abstract declaration OF democ-
racy p When the process of freedom is is
sued, il does not become freemen TO hicgle
about the terms of the process. [Cheers |
So when the Independent Treasury was
broached. That was an Interpolation, ;" in
the opinion Of Mr. Richie, not to be admitted
into the democratic creed. But when the an
nexation of Texas was made an issue by the
Baltimore Convention, you didn't hear him
say anything about "interpolations," He
took it up and carried il forward with as much
satisfaction and zeal as if it had been one of
the Oldest articles in the code of democracy.
Laughter, MIR. V. b., in view of all this,
begged leave TO say to that distinguished gen.
words from so humble parsonage
could reach him-that his protest against the
of the freemen of New York, was
a foreign protest, which, by the laws of the
Empire State, had no validity. [Cheers.