Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-09-06

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tiou full fair and plainly expressed
Reform N the executive Judicial and leg
islatiya administration Of our federal AID state
governments, by placing pure mon IN all Of
fees, who shall act Nth eye single to nation
al honor and prosperity, regardless Of the
giles Of the diplomatist Or the tricks Of the
domagogue
The administration fall the Offices Of gov
erumeut for the benefit Of the people for whom
they were created without regard to party,
faction or prejudice the occupants being the
servants Of the people, not Of The adpiOistra
ton for the time being.
The religion Of The Bible as the foundation
Of all title to honor or distinction.
The elevation to Office only Of American
citizens BY birth, or, Of such as shall by cd
ueation, habit Of thought, knowledge Of our
goyqrpment, love Of our republican Institutions
and sound principles ofcivil aud religious lib
er:y, affiliate with them, and be deferred from
associating With any Anti American or foreign
classes. to the detriment Of their adopted
country, or the purity, Of its government.
Entire indiv dual religious liberty, aud the
exclusion from suffrage and Judicial oatbs Of
all who believe in inlalibiIty ofany foreign
potentate or power, in the power Of man to
forgive sins, grant indulgences for sin, or that
by means Of mems prayers boaght With mon
ey Of b obedience to mon they can be relieved
from the penalty of private or public trans
grcssion.
Abstinence from intoxicating drinks and
the incubation by all honorable means Of such
principles Of abstinence, as qualification for
any cflico uIder our government.
Virtue industry and intelligence the sole
bases of claim to social or political position
or consideration. afs
The education Of all BY the means Of ell,
that all republicans may start on the same
footing in the great race of life.
The elevation of labor and the extension
of woman's sphere of employment.
The adoption of the progressive measures,
principles and policy Of the age SO far as they
can be made conductive to the elevation and
equalizrg Of mankind.
The improvement ofour rivers and harbors
by the general government and the construc-
ton by its influence and means Of railroad
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, that our
country may cease to be tributary to foreign
nations in he. eastern commerce.
The development Of our mineral, agricultu
raj and geological resources by every means
in our power, to the establishment of our ma
icual; commercial and mechanical nderen,
dence, involving the protection of American
industry against foseigu servile labor, and the
establishment of these principles and that
policy in relation to such labor in our own
country as were entertained by our patriot
fathers. tl.
The promotion of internal improvements,
manufactures, free schools and free labor in
the State Of Virginia
The establishment Of the system of free
ballot voting, and the abolition of stump can
wasting aud caucus nomination for Office
The largest liberty Of speech and Of the
press upon all subjects, consistent with the
protection of individual rights ste
Under aud in the advocacy of these prin,
cipes our banner waves or falls-W Y Rep
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BFOur exchanges contain accounts of
extensive fires in forests. We enumerate
them as follows The Pine Plains, a short
distance from Albany, between the Sehenec-
tady turnpike and railroad The woods on
the Green Mountains, in the neichborhood Of
Abingdon and Sunderland. At last accounts
it had extended over six miles. The eve
could, at single glance, take in more than
two miles lurid flame. The plains TO the
Eastward Of Concord, n. IT,, where $4,000
acres have been burned, destroying immense
quantities of wood and timber. The woods
below Manchester, on the Manchester and
Lawrence Railroad. In the woods near
Swanton, lake Champlain and the Canada
Line. This fire ran up the track of he YER
mont Central Railroad, on both sides, the
distance of two miles. The road has been
seriously distracted in consequence, and the
passengers have to be carried eight or ten
miles in wagons, around the fire. Several
thousand cords of wood belonging to the
Railroad Company have been already des-
troyed, aud the fire was still Spreading
Serious apprehensions were felt for the safe
ty of Swanton village. In the woods on
Catskill Mountains, West of the Falls, on
dangeriug the Observatory and the boarding
/ house near the Falls. The woods at Cuva'
I;oga Fails extending to Franklin, Randolph,
Rave&na, Robertson, Northfcld and parts
of Summit and Portage counties. Sol i.
burning to the depth Of IS inches. Barns
of hay, grain, &C., ne destroyed, and APP
prehcnsions are entertained for the town OF
Hudson. The woods near Painsville, Ohio