Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-12-22

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.-umnss eeslem cssimur; omnium
ArrSAt.r ursiA, sefar. vcsas.
Sess exitagss. u los ia eterntm
ExtliuM. inposiaEra syrnbm. III raee
$500 Deask will have his day.
= Aud ncthing can ~c calIou own. but deasa.--
Let's sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories Ut the death OF Kings-
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ar Eaitor haze been iorcibly i'm
.stssed w.tht..e heavy drafts made ul,,n pur
c'alntsys greatest men, BY tine i,,exrai,le
last t;sem. u nur race tcm,mber NJ. tune
srsre riy first observation IL the annals 1t
our lard wicp bis shafts have fallen 81 last
aud .hivk liaw Ing is it since .Idams was
tile Nes,or II the l.wes House Cidy Cal
heua ard Igejsfrr the great t,iumverate 10
the senste; Sergeant the leader at the
rhiludelphia Bar; Or. Drake the reyered
pioneer u the siedic#l profession Of the great
Vslley; Bishop Chase the vcnerated head u
the Episc,,pste IL Awefiea; land (nearer
hume, sIr Hill i've last u the Prince Ed
ward fathers ef the presh, terrain Church, -
here ere the prominent men Of ten wears
ago in vi,giria? The Bsrbuurs Juhnsul,,
leigh, Stsns,d. the fuckers and Baldwin.
aud othelsY Warre are our fathers and
who are we. 10 compare With them since
they have fallen srlrep? surely il j. true.
that Death has hasl HIS dsy among us. within
the last few wears hese are rigui6eant
facts .ur our sx<ststian We have their
work tacarry % y ~ have We t.,step into
the frat rank II ite b.trlc Il lie. raging
around usf IL shis battle over! Has the
AsI,burtnh Treasy forever preeluded al ones
ti'ms If international difficulty Has tie
Compromise exfinguis!icd the hidden asi es
II the slavery question! Are there n, jain
Van Burens liaks ard Stewards left 10 bring
it upon the political tapis? No Judge Pa, mes
aid MIR. Jays toh keep 1t alive il: tho Courts
No readers aud believers Ia Mrs. Stoves
hiHsy drtions, WAC quiet their doubts about
their "wn sertiopas spite. BY taking her over,
wrought pictures as substantial verites? M
,uban Adventures TO introduce another Pan
d'ra $ b"x Of Evil By another and ,n.re !. CIR.
ilous annexation u conquered tcrritory!--
Are our public men in Congress. ulure disin.
teres.ed and virtu,as; more anxious .l,au
our fathers were e. snake hrihes IRON their
fingers aud to toll and spend I'll for their
Country? Are political l,ariizans mare sell-
sacrificing or religious distu,an,s more char
table Are the laws better enforced up,,,
the lawless rowdies Ut our streets -and Der.
s"nal rights (wi:nout which. p Utica. liberty
is q m"ckery) less encroaehed spo,, than
formerly!
! have no answers TO give to these queries
let each man answer them from his heart. e.
the best Ut his knowledge aud heliei and
then IT the answers be 10 the neg ,iive. let us
he ready 10 suffer, i We are not willing to
act
The people are the repositories Of the power
OF the country: Can they exercise it p
Nersr wfile ,heS baud il over 10 the parti
I'm the demag guc--and the Office seeker
- Ncrer while tney consider us s,noninpois
party spirit and love Of etuntry More ard
more power 10 every year assumed by the
masses IT our people, all over the country:
aud every year hundreds Of Thousands Of for
eigncrs are poured into the mass Are these
Emigrants learned aid prudent. aud qualified
as sovercigns b, instiuet!--or an'they re
quirc as web Us the borr citiscu, to be trained
70 knew, and love, aud mansge chr iustiiu
tians 8
know the answer that is ready TO these
significant facts aud cninous douIts-In the
confident bnt hlind ignorance Of the believer
in manifest destiny" ynu hear the answer OF
the the PAp!,iag"nian Cleon, to Demus--
"A time shall come, when crowned with blooming
roses,
Demus shall swey the universal worldn
But know also that History shows. that
this was SJren sol,g. and unly served to
lull the battered Drmus into the sleep OF
Dsspoti,m-cr that he might awake amid
the hurr'rs Of civil strife.
What's the reuiedy--or tho counteracting
preventive? Vigilance Virtue Liglt-
aud Faith.
The vigilance Of the keepers of priceless
treasure Liuc,ty:
The rirtues Of our plain and honest fore
fathers who knew no liberty without law
The light OF Education not the education
Of the Head only, but Of the Heart:
And that FAITH which presuppuses hnmn-
ty. anu CdIilcs VIII " oil tuc NhiiSttoH era
ces-Self denial. putty Of heart disi'itcres
ted"ess- and spirit Of patriotic. self. sacri
hcing. obedience to tlose Laws and Ling
established principles n government with
nut which. Liberty becomes RIGHTEOUSNESS =
and political. lreednm nothing better than the
tyranny OF mob
We have no right to fancy ourselves exempt
from the consequences Of human inffmity
and human presumption, There is no Euto'
pean perfection il this world there il no
possible state Of thugs that can elevate is
above the providence Of Cup. or the inevita
Bile laws uf his pivine Government. The
eternal right aud wrong must Influence our
drstinies We may like the fifth monarchy
men, mistake self. seeking for the dawn Ut
tho millennium = like the French theorists,
try to build up.a perfect government alter
crushing nut Of the maferiel all belief in the
God OF the bible; but it will end. as those
attempts ended in the curse OF Stuart dy-
nasty, aud m the iru,i rule o: Napoleon the
Great, whitfield d,wn To the mclo dramatic
mockery Of it. by Napolean the Little
Well and how to be- avelted by us il Is
asked BY MISUNDERSTANDING fur, living
tnr a a.