The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1810-01-06

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hand, Ens!aad, without ministry,or that min.
is.ty at least without head, presents a ye,,
different spectacle. We are inotionless No.
because there is nothing to do. but BECAUSE va
can do nothing. Every thing remains At
stand because no one can trust himself or OH.
ers. Each is willing to take all the respons-
bllty on himself.
To say all in word, the country has ver,
seldom bcen'in more extraordinary situation
We do not remember the time when the puhc
s.ieam was SO perfectly stagnant. We are
not accustomed TO use the language of a far.
tlous opposition, but so much we must Saw.
that the state fpubc affairs is not as it should
be. An effective administration is necessary
70 thu well being Of the kingdom. 1t is ann.
thcr name for wise sovereign. According ,o
his spirit as well as the letter of the const.t,.
uop, the existing administration, as far as apv
practical effect, enjoys The whole of the execu.
tive power, and is therefore, willis. it lasts, IL,
Efficient sovereign.
Now to argue iron, analogy, wha. would be
the ptcb4s!c situation of a couetry, in which
the lei .;o'n.5 sovereign had any resemblance to
the eXisisn5 administration in which, under
-ucn an Alarming state OF circumstances nj
every state around him, he alone appeared in,
sensible; either lung his Fate in tesperst.
apathy, or care'essly trusting TO The operation
OF Chance for his deverancc Is not such a,
'easi the present character Of his rajcsty's
administrator ? Is this time to remain i'm
movable /! Is this period to wat in st,,id
| pa len2e, or the arrival of the Maruuis Wei.
| Lesley suppose the Marquis 70 be arrived.
"hat do You expect OF him Suppose him 10
! nave ,oshe'' your ministry, and TO have become
yo'r ~ ad,what are your hopes from his talents.
wan TIC effect any ling in Spain He has
been some months in Spain, and has effected
! nothing. 1t is totally out of the power Of En-
y'aha TO arrest the tan OF Spain for three months
| longer. he French armies are now liberated.
! ana the army of the Danube may soon become
the army OF the Tagus. VIII lord yelling.
!oa venture another battle in the Spanish terri
| tory! WA lie venture to keep his cround in
| PORTUGAL. such III despite OF the Marous
wellesley or o. lord Wellington mast be the
e"d oi MS SPlnish campaign. We have made
i s'@"n at Oh ihhnlle expence of men and mo.
rey, and the result is that we mus. row re.
treat.
As an absolute bject, the deliverar &c Of
apal" was ridiculous; as diversion in favor
Oh Austria, 1t was almost equally Absurd Nos
oAc man was sen irou, the Rhine or Danube
l. repel the English invasion of Spain There
Was aitcady a sufficient and more than suH.
cent to;ce III Spain, to meet the Enal;sh ar
lay.
lac next important point in the present cor.
di;icn oi our iutlic atiairs is Wa,cheren, and
) The Important question, whether that island
snail be retained or not! According to the most
credible, accounts, our army in that island is
almost all in the hospital, and there is sca,c.lv
men sufficient to execute the ordinary rar,,son
: duY. Why IS Wacheren KEEP, at Ibis ry.
pence! What Is the value Of it? What is ;,s
abaoiu'e WORTH, or Its relative Importance. As
TO its absolute worth--its probable Revenue and
ts comlheice' one Of the Okncys is Of more
'"ac-ala as 10 any relative Importance, we
confess maj We Cannot see that i, possesses
any. II Mas bcen Stated, that its situation rem.
ol's " vent ior our manulac lures, and cham
hc' ny "n'eh they may be conveyed into the
continent. We have already had occasion TO
ooseiVe' .hat tais conveyance is smuggling,
ana ,nat II VIII nor be very prutsn, nor conss-
'e"t Win established principles for any govern
meat to countenance and assist in this contra~
oaAa u dc. Lad habits, especially such as are
) rfoh.aoic' are sooner induced, than gotten rid
~ II MERCHANTS are once rendered SNUG.
beFs-il smuggling be once ackEow LEDGE to
DC iaif uas.ihs, tho principle will be extended
: 30 as to take IN more than our enemies Gov
e."Nieni should be Careful of nothing SO much
"a OF disturb 'ns those public morals, On which
!. : all governments in common rest
There are certainly some able men even
c amongst the present mlnisty, but they want an
# acknowledged ard recognised heaA--ons to
e whose system and opinions they may square
0 their conduct. AT present every thing seems
y only by chance, they stand or they move With
out any settled purpose, or without knowing
y to what point they are drlving--each contents
d himself with doing the business OF lis own i'm
+; mediate Office. and 10 one thinks beyond it
= in peace this might do, but il will not do in
t ! war.