Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1817-05-24


,nd in what manner they can best
DC invigorated, extended, anil direct
ed to new objects Of public utility
II is not astonishing that comph-,
ments so direct, so ample upon the
federal party as these passages con-
tain, should be condemned by demo-
cracy. To hear the praises of the
'''illustrious men, in Connecticut, who
bnt lately were the common subjects
of democratic railing /; to hear that
our bench, which has been assailed
by the democratic newspapers, with
harsh imputations or virulcnt re-
proach, &C is at this time adorned with
judges distinguished for learning.
talents and purity OF character !" to
hear that i" public teachers Of religion
should be designated ; and that laws
providing efficient remedies for en-
forcing the voluntary contracts Of the
people, should be Instituted and con-
stantly maintained y to hear /" that
fixed salaries have been and probably
will continue to be the most general
ly approved mode of supporting the
ministers of religion; above all, to
hear that +" it cannot be a question,
whether all our existing institutions
ought to be maintained, but only in
what degree and in what manner
they can best he inyigorated = in
short. to hear the grand topics of de-
imocratic apprehension, selected for
positive appreciation or hearty praises,
and by Oliver Wolcott, too, is more
than the habitual cunning Of the par
ty, can induce them to bear with
patience.
TO US il is always gratifying TO
listen to the praises of the worthy
men, and to the noble institutions
which dignity and adorn Connecticut.
But to hear them from a maU, whose
authority democracy will not dare,
openly to dispute--to hear them, in
deed, from the lips of Governor,
selected by democracy, is pleasure
which we did not expect, and which,
we are certain the democrats did not
wish we should enjoy. From what
ever motive his excellency has thus
chagrined his ostensibIe admirers
whether he has spoken the sincere
thoughts of his mind, reS9rdless Of
their favor or their wishes ssr wheth-
Ter he has in fact determined at the
outset, to disappoint their hopes Of bis
assistance in theii schemes Of revolu-
tion and anarchy /; we are assured
that he has shaken to the foundation
the admiration of democracy. The
necessity of the case may enable the
whippers in Of the party to restrain
the murmurs Of the disaffected for a
while but ere long, they will break
out.
| If MIR. Wolcott was man to whom
our affections could never return, we
should rather wish that his conduct
might put his reelection beyond a
pos sibilily.-The people Of connerti-
cut care little about names /; they
judge man by his measures. 1t is
by this standard MIR. Wolcott will be
estimated. IF he still merits the
confidence of the people, he will re-
ceive it.; if he does not, he will find
Virtue enough in Connecticut, to re-
move him from his elevated station.
| We wish to have it understood, that
we do not deliver an opinion upon the
general merits or demerits of Mr..
WoIcott's Speech. 1t is now before
the Legislature, and will undergo a
thorough examination, before the ses-
sion closes.
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