Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

Virginia.--We have received the following circular from the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Com. at Wheeling, with great satisfaction. Those deserve not to succeed, who do not employ all the means in their power, to command success. We have ever been of opinion, and we still are of opinion, that the vote of Virginia has been lost, by the supineness of the friends of the Administration. We do not believe, we can never be made to believe, that if the people of Virginia generally were acquainted with the merits of the controversy, and with the multitude of facts illustrating the private and public life of Gen. Jackson, that they would think for a moment, of giving him their vote as President. If they were apprised of the artifices by which they have been chained to the car of the Juggernaut--if they knew that one man had undertaken to guarantee their votes, and that one as deficient in real talent, as he is eminent in cunning--if they knew that the story of bargain and corruption, by which they have been chiefly influenced to discard Messrs. Adams and Clay was not believed in by the very men who talk loudest about it (witness Mr. Stevenson)--and that those who are most actively engaged in the opposition, do not pretend that a change of administration is to be followed by a change of measures--above all, if they knew that Van Buren, Benton, Cal. houn, Dickenson, Woodbury, are labouring to advance their private ambition--they could not, and would not, be reduced by the selfish cla- mours of a band of office-hunters, to discard tried and well known public servants, and ha- zard the dangerous and untried experiment of setting a more military leader, ignorant, wilful and lawless, at the head of the government. Will the people of Virginia bear the humiliat- ing, the degrading reflection, that their vote has been disposed of by one man, who, in his sovereign liberality, has chosen to give it to the individual whom he once stigmatizes as a des- pot, a 'tyrant,' and a 'curse,' and whom he de- clared too ignorant too interpret the plain mear. ing of a single act of Congress? The idea of dictation, is intolerable to freemen. But one ciroumstance was wanting to render it as morti- fying, as galling--and that was, that the dictatog should be a man whose ideas never sgared above the wish of keeping in a mnjority We could bear the influence of a Roane, for the pride of the State was flattered by his commanding ge- nius--but we acknowledge no obligations to submit to the sway of Messrs. Ritchie & Gooch. The Wheeling Circular designates the only mode of shaking off this vassalage. It must be done by placing knowledge within every man's reach. Let otirer, and all other Administration Committees, follow their lead, and Virginia may yet be saved from the ignominy of obeying the beck and nod of Messrs. Ritchie & Gooch: We beseech and implore the friends of the adminis- tration in the two months that intervene before the election, to exert themselves in eqrnest-- not simply. by making one effort, and then stop- ping, as if they had done ALL, but by exertions, in season and out of season, unintermitting, and ardent. Let pamphlets and circulars be thrown in at every man's door. Let some gentlemen be selected by the corresponding committees in every county, to address the people at the Sep. tember and October Courts, and at the Polls, on the First Monday in November. Let the Jack- son men be challenged, to meet their adversa- ries on the hustings, and to discuss the subject before the people. Friends of the Administra- tion! Are these things too much to do, in the adyancement of such a good cause! We invite the attention of the Correspond' ing Committee of this city, in a particular man. ner, to the Wheeling Circular. If they did not set the example, they ought to be the first to follow it. Much may be done with small means It is time to dispense with the despond- ency, which has palsied the efforts of Virginia. Accounts from many parts of the State, are by no means discouraging.--[Con. Whig.

Wheeling, August 11, 1828.

Dear Sir: The undersigned, friendly to the cause of the Administration, beg leave to address you on the subject of the approaching Presidential Election. If any apology were necessary, we might say, that we are induced to this measure, as well by the solemn conviction that our Republican form of government the peace, prosperity and happiness of this nation, are in jeopardy, as by the strong belief, that by the immediate, united, and active exertions of the friends of peace and good order, in the Ancient Dominion, the state of VIRGINIA may be brought to use her powerful influence in averting, instead of accelerating, the threatened evil. We are encouraged and ren- dered sanguine in this belief, principally by the following considerations:

1st. The cause of the Administration appears to be rapidly gaining ground, in most, if not all the states of the Union. As an extraordinary instance of change in the public opinion, we might men- tion, that in the adjoining county of Brooke, where last November, the friends of the administration admitted that the Jackson men were as two to one, and the Jackson party claimed a much grea- ter proportion of the county; in the same county at this time, a majority of the freeholders are supposed to be favorable to the re-election of Mr. Adams.

2d. The result of the late election in Louisiana--and,

3d. The recent developments regar- ding the character and qualifications of Gen. Jackson.

We propose collecting and publishing in pamphlet form, such documents and matters as are calculated most effect- ually to inform the people, as to the me- rits of the controversy, and of the can- didates now before them. These docu- ments we propose to place in the hands of the most respectable men throughout the county, to be distributed by them a- mong their neighbours, believing that much depends upon the manner, as well as the matter, in circulating information among the people; we have determined that every voter in this county shall be supplied with the means of forming a correct opinion on the great question, and that no pains be spared to bring to the polls every friend of the Administra- tion. We would beg leave to suggest the propriety of getting up meetings im- mediately, in every county where it is practicable, and we deem it of consid- erable importance, that suitable persons be selected to address the people before the polls are opened, on the day of elec- tion.

These are our resolutions and views, in regard to our duties on this occasion. Our opponents acquired their seeming ascendancy in Virginia, by long continu- ed and untiring exertions, before the friends of the administration were a- roused to a sense of their danger -During and since the last Autumn, we are a- ware that considerable exertions have been made to retrieve what had been lost, "whilst we slumbered and slept;" nevertheless, we apprehend that these exertions have not yet been general and vigorous enough. We sincerely hope, that the people of your county, whate- ver means they may adopt, in order to advance the cause of the administration, may lose no time in carrying their mea- sures into execution.

We propose publishing, for the use of this and some two or three of the ad- joining counties, the documents relative to Gen. Jackson's connection with the Burr Conspiracy--his negro specula- tions--his land speculations--a small pamphlet, illustrative of the General's veracity--Lacock's statement--and such other matters, as may hereafter be de- veloped, having a bearing upon the ques- tion. The Western Herald of Steuben- ville, has adopted a good plan, which we recommend where it is practicable: They print a paper every two weeks, containing all the political matter of the two weekly papers. This they will fur- nish to subscribers for 25 cents until af- ter the election. We would also recom- mend getting up clubs in each county, and sending on for the Whig. Marylander, and "We the People," or some of them.

Yours, Respectfully,
T. P. ROBINSON,
WM. M'CONNELL,
S. ATKINSON,
JOSEPH W. RAY,
J. MORTON.
M NELSON.
SAM'L H. FITZHUGH,
JOHN F PARROTT.
SAM'L A. WESTCOTT.
WM. S. PETERSON.