Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-09-30

CAMBRIDGE, La ,;RHNCE.
BURROWS, JONES.
SrEWAWi, HiDlLE.
ALLEN, WARRINGTON j
with many others whom we might
name. gathered imaerisliabie iaureis.
and raised the character 81 the Nation,
TO aD enviahle height;
Aud these men WE'RE Fc,lera'ists F!
Perry and .H'Bonoush, Tic heroes
Of Erie and Chan,ia.n, also a,lornI
the rolls Of Federalism. Nor were
the exploits Of Federalism confined
to the waves. We appeal to the de-
nocratio gentlemen who were in the
army. to say, il there we're not urou'
The lines many federal officers, whosr
patriotism aud bravery si,one forth
with renewed brightness from every
|tri.l
Let it be distinctly recollectcd thai
We assume no exclusive merit. FOL
our political opponents be "heerfully|
accorded all the honors to which they
are entitled. That officer whn.;h the
moment Of tremendous explosion
which slew his general and spreaa,
suin around him, firmly rallied hisI
men. ami led them on to lbs captured
- York. is justly entitled TO the chap
let OF the vi,tor. The yuung officer
who with new troops charged and van
qnishrd the yetran batta!ions Of sui
Experienced commander. deserves the
laurel wreath. Be they worn in'cver;
blooming honor. IL weuId be our pride
10 contribute to their vcrilnre.
40. we have no wish to rise on the
ruins Of our op!a-nrnts; hu' it would
be dis!Ionorahle not 10 a-pire to the
station to which our claims entities
us. The station OF equal roaii.ience
with our fellow ci,iz"ns. a restora-
ton to equal ri4s its---a participation iu
in pu, lie fayOy--an exemption from
tl.e persecution which has ton long
prcvaiicd. striving TO wiihev our just
claims TO rcspett. by hydrocarbons, that
we were enemies to our country.
II is tine that party fruds. ard
party names, 10 the manner they have
existtssi should cease TO bear dcspoti"
sway in ouy political concerns. The
same ship has borne into ASTON the
iederalist and the democrat The
Same regiment has numbered among
its best and hravest, the federal and
tie democratic soldier. "One tent has
held them as inmates" In liie day of
alarm. when Baltimore was inys,ied,
aad Philadelphia Threatened thry
8arrhri to:,esticr mnet ':'r ianSrr
,itcn nave they lough, and often have
they blss', and g!oriousiy have they
conquered together.
Why should the ic,leraIists at eat'.
approaching eicc'ion be pointed IT.
Nth every epilliet of cpprohium. and
lbs blasted with the whitening insinua
|tions OF reioi Ing in the woes Of their
country. when all the weight Of rvi.
Ience, shews the cruelty and futiliiy|
Of the charge.
Throughout the state OF FcnGsJl'
vania Within the past year, Deari..
400 officers have been distributed b.
.lc executive, ard those Immediately
under his control. and there have not
necn. il is confidently believed, four
commissioners issued 10 iedcralists,
rhey are, and have been tor years
cautiously and Systematically exclu-
dcd from office. as if they were un-
worthy % share, except in the public
burdens.
In the councils Of the nation, and
in the estimate Of Cur sister states,
Pcnnsy lyania is ranked as fourth or
fifth, in grade, 10 point Of Intelligence
and ia!laenre. Why is she thus de
graded ? Is she in truth ini-riov !!
Has she not men whose virtues an,'
tsicnts would place her in the front
rank. equal with New York, Massa-
chusetts, or Virginia
The affirmative of these questions
is warranted by the strirtest truth
i'nt oar policy has been degrading
Our party differences have led us 10
saeriiice our great sncn--0ur taceti0us
controversies have led us 20 eonsisn
our brightest ornaments to the oh
scuri,y Of private ii;e--Ana to the
shame Of Pennsylvania. sach men As
Abuer Laycock have been suffered to
appear as her representatives in the
Srua.e Of the Union
True it is. that from an Union of
independent men of both parties. 81
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