American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-08-27

and towns in the United States This fact affords
an undenable evidence either that such manufac-
tories may be inoDensirety conducted, or that, un-
der any actual disadvantage, it is the best policy
to protect them.
But, fellow citizens, it IS an important fact, and
you ought TO be acquainted WITH that, ichenerer
any soap and candle manufactory enlits "stinking
fumes and nosome rapoars'' IL is to be charged TO
the account of careleSsneSs OF capidity Careless
ness, by leaving animal matter to purify, not only
without any necessity, but to the loss Of the owner
-Cupidity, by taking in putrd tallow for the sake
of getting it at cent or two per pound less than
sound and fresh could be bought for. The know.
edge of this fact enables US to place the blame on
the proper object Mot on the MANUFAcToBy,
but on the MANUFACTURER. 1t is, believe, an In
dsputabIe fact tina, soap and candles may be made
in any neghborhood without giving any cause Of
offence 10 the nearest neighbor
But let us for a moment suppose it were other
wise--that such Factories must necessarily be of
fensiye that they must unavoidably emit sinking
fumes and vapours :" What then Are we now to
be taught the doctrine that may offend The mid
ding and poorer classes of society, who do not live
on Market Street, without reproach whilst the deli
cate sensibiities of the rich, and those who walk
Tor pleasures" must be protected at the public loss
Am l. because ptebeian, silently TO suffer to be
|" annoyed by /" sinking umes;" whilst the patri-
clans of our Borough because they can write and
make noise, are to be protected at my expense !?
If this be our othodox political faith, let US be
consistent and no more talk about "equal laws and
equal rights"
/ have said the poor are seriously annoyed by the
|" sinking fumes" OF soap and candle manufactures
in this town. And may add they have been an
noyed with the stencil OF slaughter houses, by purid
& highly offensive animal matter in state Of decom
position-they have been sckened with the stink OF
currying shops with the noisome "vapours" of
burning leather shavings But what OF that they
are poor and of course unworthy OF our consider
alton they have no tongue--they suffer in silence !!
But the rich have tongue, and whether they be Of
Tended by real or Imaginary nasanses, we are sure
to hear of it Ifyou dare to place nuisance on the
principal promenade which the town affords for
those in quest of health pleasure, then we hear
Iof it but if you place half dozen nuisances in
the neghborhood of the poor middIing classes OF
the community, who must continually endure them,
then we hear nothing on the subject J!
| am no advocate for nuisances-l heartily wish
we had none of them. Neither am an advocate
for grant of exclusive privileges any class of the
hold the doctrine that all men are
born equal" An aristocracy of any kind, whether
|creaed by law, by titles, or by wealth, should be
sedulously guarded against by every friend OF our
happy country and free constitution of government.
III the worthy ntUs WIN lioW doOut
business, should make their mandatory nuisance
Ito rich or poor, to Patricidn Rebeian, let them
suffer the penalties Of the law. When they do this,
liz will be time enough to threaten them with con-
vicon public offenders )" with the loss OF hay
ling their mandatory demolished - with IAN in
dictmen by the grand inquest of the county )" with
|" punishment by fine and imprisonment at the dis
cretion of COURT" with "civil actions for injury
done to private property or with the loss of pub
Tic favour" which, writer for the public" tells
Jus, is all poCerful," like the" and Peerage'
of Great Britain Till then, instead Of transfer
ming into hideous monster, an object that may
deserve our fostering care and our best wishes-n
stead of affecting ourselves with imaginary ecits
let spend little OF our zeal in correcting and re-
moving real nuisanses.
| will close this communication by observing thai
think the interference of the writer in the Gazette
is premature and officious If he be learned in the
Law, he ought to know that 1t takes cognizance
ofimaginary wrongs, and that threatening an evil by
one who has power to inflct it, is worse than 81
Hence. A FRIEND TO THE PUBLIC.