Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1848-12-07

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Notwithstanding this great increase in the y
Iall service, should the revenue continue TO i
lcrease the present year as it did in the last, (
lere viii be received near four hundred and I
fly thousand dollars more than fhe expendi- !
Ires.
These considerations have satisfied the Post
Master General thot, with certain notifications
( the act Of lS45, the revenue NAV be still fur
her increased, and a reduction of hostages
made 10 a uniform rate Of five cents without I
n interference with the principle. which has
,een constantly and properly enforced. Of max |
no that department sustain itself
a well-digested CHEAP postage system Is the |
,est means Of diffusing intelligence among the
,eo,,,e. and il OF so much importance in a !
.ountry so extensive az that az the limited
States. that recommend Ia your favorable
the sugoestions The Postmaster
General for its IMPROVEMENT.
yofbing c,n roland the onward nrooress of
our connfrv ard nreven, ms from assun,ing
and nainta;n;ng the frs, rank anong nations.
hui 4 disreoar "A ,f the experience az the prst,
and recurrence N an unsyise nnblic nolicy.--
We have inst closed 4 foreign war bv an honor
bile naace..-a ,yar rendered necessary and una
vo;d.hye in v;ndica,;on of Inc rational RIGHTS
and honor.
The present condition of the country is SINH
lar IN r.s,e,,s ~, that ,b;cb existed i'm
r,adiataI,, ,fior ,ba cIoso oFthe With q reat
pr;t.;,, - Ia15 ana ,ha Occasion il deemed Il,
ha ! rronar ono n take re,rosnoc, az the
measpres ofnnblic noIicv which followed that
war Tbcrs 11as Il Thai nariod ~ our history
a aen,r,nro f,oro o,,r earlier nolcv. The en-
10 roa,non, ~ the ro,vays ~ The fsderal GOVERN
n,ant bv co,s,ruct,on which obtained was not
,-a,r,,,,aa h., 49, ;,st ;n,a,nrat.,;on ~ the
oaas.;,,,,;o,, ca, ,,oors aif,ar tho cloae If
thai var sey;ee of measures was adonted
which united ard combined constituted what
,vas termed hy their authors ana advocates the
"a mer;can systa,, ,,
The ;ntrodnc,;on &c tho nev, noI;cv was for
time favored bv The condition of the country;
bv the heavy debt which had heen contracted
during the yyar. bv the denress;on of the pub-
lie credit. nv Tho deranped state ~ The finances
and the cnryancv. and Iv the co,o,nerc;aI and
necun;arx emhayrassment which astensvely
porarailaJ Thesa ,.are NJ, ,bo onI, cause,
mich led IN its REIMBURSEMENT The events n
| ,he war with Crea, R,i,ain and The emhar.
rnssn,an,s which bsd a,,andad ;,s ,rosecn,ion
had ler, a, tbs ,,;nds &c ,o,,v 81 Or s,a,es
men the immersion ,hat onr government wa,
no, ,,ong enongb and that 10 WELD its re.
.o, rcas s,ccossf,lly =, r,.a, er,argonc;s. and
ass.ao;al,, l., No. o,,,or s,,nnld he con.
| centrated in its hands. This increased power
| they did not seek 10 obtain by the legitimate
| and prescribed modem amendment of the
| constitution-but by construction. They saw
Governments in the old world based upon diff
| ferent orders of society. and so constituted a.
| to throw The whole mower of nations into the
| hands of a fev who IN we'd and controlled the
| many without responsibility or restraint. Ii
! that arrangenant thew conceived the strength
~ nations in war consisted. There was also
something fascinating in the ease, luxury, and
| dsnlav of the b;ober orders. who drew Their
wealth from the Toll Of the laborinq millions.
| The authors Of the systems drew their ideas Of
| political ECONOMY from what they had witness
| ed ia Eurone. and particularly in Great Bri-
| tain. They had viewed the enormous wealth
concentrated in few hands. and had seen the
spIendor Of the overprown establishments OF
an aristocracv which was upheld by the res
trictiye poliey, They forgot 10 look down upon
the poorer classes of the English population,
upon whose daily and yearly labor the great
establishments they SO much admired were
sustained and supported. They failed to per-
ceive that the scantily-fed and half-clad opera
tiyes were not only in abject poverty, but were
bound in chains of oppressive seryitude for the
benefit of favored classes, who were the exclu-
sive objects of the care of the government
II mo. ss;l,lo =, ,aconstr,ct Soc;a,,, n
,lo JTni,od So -, ,ha Enrona,n ~,
Here there was = written constitution NV
which orders and titles were moi RECOGNISED 70
tolerated a system of measures was therefore
devised calculated if not intended Ia with
draw mower gradually and silently from the
States and the mass of the people. and nv con-
struction. TO approximate our government 10
the F,ronean models. substituting an aristoc-
racv of wealth for that of orders and titles
Without rejecting upon the dissimilaritv Of
our institutions, and Of the condition of our
people and those of Europe. thew conceived
the vain idea of building up in the u. States
a system similar to that which thew admired
abroad Great Britain had a national hank Of
large CAPITAL. in whose hands was concentrated
the controlling monetary and financial power
of the nation; an institution welding almost
kingly power, and exertine vast influence upon
all the operations of trade. and upon the poiicy
of the government itself Great Britain had
an enormous public debt, and il had become a
mart of her public policy TO regard this as A
sspublic blessing. ), Great Britain had also n
restrictive nolicv. which placed fetters and bnr-
dens on trade. and trammelled the prodnctive
industry of The mass of the nation Nv her
combined system of policy. the landlords and
other Observation-Disclosures were protected and en-
rched Inv the enormous taxes which were 10.
We'd mon the labor of the conntrv far their
advantage
Imitaf;no this foreiun policv the first s,en in
es,ablsb;ng The new system u ,he II ST., %
vas The cre,tion Of na,iomal h,nL NJ, $50
a.
,nh;n6 soh a., ;ns,;t,t;o,, ,,,r,h, ,,,ta;i az
country nor nerce;vino tho connexion ,,b sb
:, nos das;S,ad e, Err, ba,,yoa tho - ~
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