Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-09

n,ittre ui Ways and Means, reporter
4 bill making . partial appropriation
Tor the military service OF the year
1879, and to mnkc goud delicil i'll
Tn appropriations for holdingtreat'es
With the lmIians-whirh was twice
read and committed /;
And the house adjourned TO Men
day.
The committee OF investigation re-
speeding The Eank OF the United
States. take their departure for Phi.
IadeIphia this morning.
From the London Courier. Oct. 10.
1t has been the fashion for somo
ltine past to cxtul The superior degree
of liberty and happiness whiri, may
be enjoyed in the United States GG'
America rs compared with any Euro
pean country. not even excepting Eng
land. This is the glowing theme
which inspires tie praises OF macy
classes Of individuals: OF these. whom
Political prc,ju,ices have stultiGed, d.
Who oni, admire America. because it
is not England; OF those, whom crimes
4 folly has driven across The Atlantic,
as a refuge FROM punishment Il srorr,
Of those, whom RESTLESS love OF NO
,elty ioreids to enioy the blessings
within their reach; G. Of those, whons
impatient Of temporary evils, are cas-
lilly persnadeG that any change may
he for the better. Under one or oti,cr
lof these classes we believe may 10
ranged all those who praise America,
and yet stay at home and III those
lwho are determined to applaud, even
after the! get there. For ourselves,
VITO iisve never visited America, nor
feel any vehement desire to visit
ly Ni:hoat curiosity respecting lie
IpreseEt en,ltlit,,;u nr iuture s,sliDy
0f "a country, whCsr proudest boast
ia the pronsipsl Day oi' her after for
'uursit viii lie, that she speaks tho
innisna-e. and sprung lrom tie ssA
M En-. land. We have, therefore.
''nt various times. eudeayored as
well 10 rcirfss uni0un,'rj adntira.
lt,on. ~ 10 seral unfuunded .cnsurs.
TIE political institutions OF Amerira,
are far. very iur intsed, from the
point Of dtrtnable excellence. I';,ey
are suited, perhaps. tn the simple ma-
chi"ery Of an iu.aut f. onAm0n wealth.
SO cir..amstanced as 10 be orunpie,y
; 1n'y with lis own iuternaI affairs.
They will be found iamentably def
cirn', when applied to more adyi.nc-
I'd stage Of civilization, comprehend
ing in tina. word, IN Increased pnpu-
iaiion, an augmented extent orcul Va
) ted territory. cities, where now there
are hut novels. Kingdoms. where now
they lind only deicneeiess savascs.
We are told, however, Sometimes
by ignorance. and sometime, hy fac
, inn. Chat III, srec,lcm of America is
better than the freedom Of England.
:. 'ae do no. believe tkis hut str.nu-,
cus's a.'is, all whn du. TO go 10 A.
:. n'rFi'a and ssra vision by exi.cri-
/, enc'. 10 aid to nur previous iucre.
/, h'i'''ity, we iia'r pcrsund il one Of tl,e
, '"st NJ" York papers. "a statement
VIII II W. shiuk nust e0,asit!nrplsiY
staggrr iispse who tancil'uliy ,!utloi,i-
nate nc U. states. s. the laHl oc pn',-
nc l,iii'..' II appears that sort
OF itinrra,e CoH,l Martial. ara.y,s
with powers tcariuIiy oppressive, "
I'arn-sins through the taion, 10
! dras '"iore l,s tribunal, and punish;
II II It's direction. persons who rcfuses5
!, or e'a'ieh' serving IN The army during
!, the late war. Ne do not say that the
, Government should be without souo
power I" cosmpei the service OF ahe
ci',zrns. when The State demands <has
e service, OF 20 patIsi tisohe1icner, il
It be withheld; but we iSiuk Inc ipf-
lowing detail, which we copy from the
paper in question. will prove that " 10
the land ofpuhl;c ftlicily," the puiIlc
GOOD is sought at Tie expense of pri-
VAtc good.
The Court" observes The jour-
"a'ls'. is serious grievance. Mill
! tary tribunals are eng ucs Of which
tie people OF this country know bit
. very little. Their power is, in q meas
Z "rt' desposiy. The people Know not
when the Court is to come among
'"e'''---'i' many instances they are
not conscious Of having been offenders
. .nN they often renni,, ,..:c.....s {.