Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-26


gih relations rfh tW Ilrn -. r-f. c4aot
4s=li r.rutrZt Ing ~rr
lncd 1921
81 . iq1en Uistr ela4e e9a.a &h5a
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mes long
eCnsdt1lnl
E people OIL fFrs
pied aTeI .,5sS nii9 Aion e ths Ahpaal
Governs 1853 had mep
date INTEREST Tie SELECTION
was not mecll hFir pat701es
Ormany u ther loeA
mpR5 Citizen oYErnniaqh
ti0nsof IandI Il was the caplta!lss @lle4 ~ 1ns
labor. The prosperity and sE9SiStence OF 2
large portion tie population III =
asn9H ct the qeEHHnsg tten 5
i q bodysoras pyi56 which could only bedete-
mined bv Iffs NJ ar Congress, o. OF some GIFTS
authorized exer agsats 94I ~
/ District has theretdE 9desp an 1ntere Ilss4s
1 fi0n Of a RedF4 5ffe in1 the national COUNCILS
WhntborLi6n 81 Hi6f8capab Of eIlmating the II
.Hected uponthe Hfifnftade aud lFieiy 6isti1e inter
ests confded to his chareef from TINT Il aceE-upon the
! number of private claims which he was called upon
to negotiate and adjust with the goxernment-waen
he reflected upon the TpxsYs
his consfituentsat E IS watched ever move
ment tbathe made ~ IS 6iington not from any feel
| ing Of distfust 81 hut from the intCnse interest
source If 6ron5 ons1iatfon to hfm.46 faa unusual
an lexnression az n5robatfon Of his services Wills
member Of tint b6dTg
TLe nh;ecfsbEo him we're &c an fnaRoFt6nt and
,,yltifaTions b1rse5efm seonnetion With Ibis part Of
HE Districf when IL t5ok hfisSeat iii Congress The.
govarnmenf ,ros 4lya Tfopffetdrse a large boftion of
the lands and lots IN and about HatpeF-terryI
Upon many of these lots the governncnth ad buiit
T6Ises and leased th6n4o the mechanic. This state
Of things was an ubs ole to the Improvement of the
place, and was not ur totiye1f and economy
mon f6e MART AZ t5e ii i6fens onsreIhim-
S9If IN 1,nTR All ttfsp uEf wts
reserved for cEn7ebe5 adtes8fur
royernment n8ipoa b
Srranped as.{6gSeFmiba elahif t6d4t
and lot ut nj IAN anl5rsA Id6nfof as efgibofS.a and
Tins Tss Tclieyed fromsthd compttitionof sIeculattuE
CAPITALISTS In had thu sterms3and time uH lnlghlcnt
90 ertnndoi and 1ibanf lied as to afford them the
income ~ navu1enf nv mail onfrimfonfron their
monthly WAGES 8hdadso to have a fair allowance
made for any improTem estts, put hy theIastlves upon
the property and whtdi had enfIancedtits vllue-
He referred to the agpro HGtioHs made during the last
two years, and showed tbatng a single estimate sub
mItted by the War Department for the T.anutncture
of arms, for repairs, improvements, dNirhtge from
floods, &c, had been Lost or Ecdlcelrin Congress
Notwithstanding the common pracicesof late,aof re-
duCing the estimates of tatdepartmeht, sOmetwenty,
some thirty, and some thy FER cent. He alluded TO
the claims due to the mechanics which had been st1nd-
inc against the OrdnancdD Department for some twelve
and fifteen wears. and Which had been adjusted and
allowed in the first month after he took his. seat in
CONGRESS.
He then referred to hoquestions of the government
of The armories. which has sOldeeply excited the me-
rhanics at Harners-Ferrv and Springfeld-the aboli-
lion of fine Military and ihc restoration of the Civil
MISUNDERSTANDING Lo J;asrss6d fin vnbia,f III some
IonT+t1 in. the c11rsal of which baFnaid n Tioh c6nipIi-
,,o9+ ~ tLo Amor;con mecbanic-t hi sintelipenee-
liz vn;r;t Tstr;oiisn, Sooestic virfnes. aud ner-
s lonaI indensn5ence of cl,aI6cfer-many inc iHustra-
4o,,ss oC yShieh qualities wore To he found AMONGST
the mcchnnicsfnow employed in the National ArrAo-
rios He would never consent so long as he could
:.I4:.
,n;IJavy of military des6ofisni should subdue the spirit
NJ lesson thc tone. Of nlcpendence of such n body of
mon &c thov wore md sF,aujd continue to be-
TLo. oc4 Of 1910 es+allisliing the military system
1901 reneolod AZ mn perafiverennircInc of law
ffcyistsG mo- more on The Sfatnte Book. The mower
vos now vested in tbe President. after the lst of July
my, IN nIarn Civil upcrintsnden ts over the National
HcAt,u = ~ ~ cop J0n6t96nt 4tat la viii net in
SccorSaTce With the nantes viii of CONGRESS. He
then proceeded to argue that tho notion of Congress
was tantamonnt 10 an instruction TO restore the sys-
tom IF Civil Superinlendency.
10 bnre noi6yn Iioh commitment to the active zeal
and YntirinG excrtions Of thecommittee sent TO WASH
ingfon Nv tbe peopIe of Harpers-Ferry to attend to
their interests They deserved the sincercst thanks
of tho neonlc And when the5 system vas finally
Syertbr6wn ms be. had no d1iht # would be nfter the
Ia oC TrIv i'm names. of Strider Butt Wilson and
Moor. should be gratefully remembered by the arti-
sous lie referred to Mr.: Eloomis, who had arrived
+I,oro that do = from SnrinVield Massachusetts. and
smoke Of his mportantelfort and agency in the mat
ter. Also to The editor of tho Spirit of Jefferson,
who had lent the influence of This HberaIand enlight-
ened press and the benefit of his active personal exer-
lions TO subserye their wishes
Tie editor of the Richmond Wing, in an article
which had recently ntfract6d4 Etss attention aud silt"i-
fusion to the dinneE1had RIidEtlat the people of liar
pcrs-Ferrv were fltteping him, Mr.. r., for slaughter
that hc was a DOOMED man. Mr.. I. thought the man
who fed upon his carcass this spring would have
rather a poor banquet to boast of He might find
bone. andsinew, hethought, butN1tha al theattTaclons
of, the elegant repast upon which they had dincd,
there would be found put 9ttle iat. Y was nof ~
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