Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-10-13
VOL. 5s.NO. 80.

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bad presented by tho Wing party q Southern
man in each case native born virginiaI
all Of whom have been successfully charged
with abolitionism and that in each and every
case. when the opportunity has been prcsen-
ted. you have given Jour suffrage and the
vote Of this State for Een Of the North. who
have been represented TO be Northern men
with Southern principle" you know that
YOU we're deceived both 10 Martin Van Blu
rem and Gen. Cass, each Of whom you have
since repudiated and denounced, and the
latter Of whom lodged the vote on the Fugitive
Slave Law--you know that the Democratic
party in this State, in the House Of Delegates.
we're compelled, by the force Of public opin-
ion. to pass resolutions Of condemnation on
Gov. johnson, who had just been rccommcu-
ded as another "Northcrn man with South
ern principles With full knowledge Of
all these facts, and that no Wing 10 power !.
has ever yet deceived you on this subject
if you now choose to cast the vote Of this
State for another Northern man and such
Northern man as Pierce Is shown TO be, in
the guardian Of the institution Of slavery. las
preference to one born and raised among you,
who understands the nature OF tho institution
III all ItS TatulUtAttUuS, uUu ulfIuSCiutGu tue
obligations Of the Constitution for its protcc-
ton, whose family and interests arc all iden-
titled with yours, who INDUCES in no section
alism, and is perhaps irccr from IL than any
other man in the United States, from tho
fact Of his having been constantly in the SER
vice Of the whole Union, fighting under tho
flag Of the stars and stripes Of the nation en-
tire--if at such time aud under such cir
cumstanccs, you choose to ratify and endorse
the claim Of the abolition party any longcry
II they come here and steal away every ne
gro in Virginia, they could and 1rould point
you to your own declaration Of principles,
that they we're your equals by nature, aud
tina, they had been endowed by their crca-
tor with the unalicnablc rights Of life, iibcr-
Ia, and the pursuit Of happiness and what
answer could you mascf
If you re affirm aud ratify. by your votes
in 1852 in reference TO the slave population,
the declaration Of equality. made by Mr.. JEFF
ferson in 1776, in reference to our Colonial
Independence on Great Britain, let us hear
no more complaints from the South about
abolition resolutions, petitions. or the re-
capture Of Fugitive Slayes---you will have
surrendered the whole question. and win
nave 10 IJ00b w Cuit Vft SHy VffS ~ 2Sbs eHAS
battle longer for your benefit.
People Of Virginia ! do not address you
in the spirit Of a par:izan, but as citisD
upon whom the task has been imposed, as
one of the Electors at Large for the Statc,.
to present my views on the subjects involved
in this contest. which have no opportunity
Of otherwise deiug than by the mode here
adopted, to by far the iargcst PARTON OF the
State.
address you as ono whose interests are
all identified with yours, whose children will
advance or suffer with the prosperity or ad-
yersity Of your chiidreH. address you Is
one, whose attachments 10 his native Stsse.
and whose devotion TO all its interests and
All its rights, yields to that Of no other IN the
Commonwealth; and in this capacity nm
plore you not to suffer your party prgHdices
TO blind you to your national duty, and not
to forget there is future TO provide for rs
well as a present--and most Of all never for
get that while you have party to obey.
| YOU have country 10 sc.-re." $685.
| But year ago. and protection 70 slave
property came near bringing about division
| OF this tevcred Commonwealth. Then the
cry vas, that the West was not ia he trust
ed With that kind Of property. because they
held two small an interest in negroes. Their
principles and devotion to the State, and 10y
atty to the Constitution, were of no avsil -
they had but few slaves. And now the De-
mocracy Of the East is entrcsting that same
/ West to give them a Netr Hampshire man
whore slavery is despised, and who him
self deplores it and holds it a. curse, .
moral, social and political evils rs the guar-
dian Of that same property!
What commentary upon the proceedings
| of our late State Convention, and what an
insult to the understanding and integrity Of
our Western brethren! We can trust Frank
lin Pierce from New Hampshire, but We can't.
trust any man West Of the Blne Ridge! 1t
remains to be seen what response the West
will make.
| In this address have confined myscH
chiefly to a single point. because think Is
has. to 4 great extent. cscaEed the ohserva-
ton both Of the press and tbs public. and be-
cause think there Is q significance in il, and
| an Importance to be attached to It, that can
not DO over estimated, and that the deliber-
alto attention of the whole State. indeed
might say Of the entire Soutb, should DO
called to it in time, before they commit them
selves to a policy fraugbt with the most dan
gerous and disastrous consequences 70 our
institutions land. more particularly 90, since
the Democratic party South seem determined
to make the question Of slavery the Chief, il
not the only issae IN the contest, and who
spare no efforts to create the impression that
it is the Wing party that have made conces-'
sions to the Abolitionists Of the North. simply
because they have selected candidate for
whom it is the purpose Of Mr.. Seward to cast
| bis vote. fs
1t was but four years ago that they de-
nounced us for presenting Mr.. Fillmore As .
candidate for the Vice presidency. and they
freely applied every disparaging epithet to
bis name that the vocabulary could furnish !;
and now in turn we are Denounced for NIT
presenting him again, as a true friend to the
South for still higher office than We then
claimed for him. How long can such insin-
certify and dupliaity operate upon the intelli-
gcnce Of the Democracy Of Virginia And
how long is this contest to be carried on be-
tween ourselves at home ? The vote in No