American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-08-30
For the .snie'TcGa Wafchman
BRlDGES!!! BRIDGES ~

Truth in one OF your April numbers, has UNDER
took to give full detail of the facts attending the
division, which occurI ed in the Levy Court.
truth asserts his ignorance OF the protest until
your dilalory paper to hand, and yet declares
that he in constant attendance, he thinks every
hour in court. Now aver that this cannot be the
fact for it is notorious that the design OF proes-
ting, avowed openly before the court, several
DAYS previous to the adjournment, Notwithstanding
the dition Of MIR Crawords declaration to the
contrary and either Truth has bad memory or
DISCUSSES what he knew II the former be the
source of his INSTRUMENTATION then verify he ought
not with such failing to undertake the settlement
OF contention in which good rtcollectng faculties,
are so necessary. 'rruth,' tells the public that
.these modest gentlemen (the bridge parity thought
70 gain fayoIite point, by depriyng the chairman
of his vote, in other words OF his membership &c
'thI, they endeavored to justify under OF the bye
laws Of 1914 Now, here | wish TO ask TRUTH
whether the chairman was duly elected to that Of
fee, and whether he voluntarily accepted of it II
he did ask again did he accept II for the purpose
of fulfilling its duties, and exercising lis privileges
IF So inquire what cere these duties and these
privileges! Were they not 10 keep order, TO state
and explain Questions and to vote in OF ty,
among the membe sand not to vote in any other
forming q question in court Ii then, he was
prevented from voting, when there was no tye, but
majority without him, what was the obstacle p
Of 1914, which had . EN- read and were not oblec
ted to-and was it not the dutys not of his oppo-
nents Only. but of his friends, to resist his sssump-
ton OF right. which the laws under which he &C.
ceped his Office the first, and then acted, refused
HIM?
But il deprived him Of his Observation-Disclosures
deprived HIM answer resisting his unlawful vote !!
Then every speaker moderator, chairman and pre-.
sident, the moment they elevated to those off
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an election 10 the ni,hes pusts oil honor in the
gift Of any legal body is an exclusion of such men
ineligible chatacters and the intended honor
Eilmates in the highest disgrace Ii is presumed
that such officers would, by so becoming. betray
the highest ignorance. anil the inference in the
present case il, that Mr. Ferris in the ignorance
which led him. TO accept the post of chairman, pro-
we'd himself entirely unfit therefor and besides,
he very unjustly used his constituents by thus PER
mitting them to be unrepresented by ls exclusion
What mass oil absurdres naturally flow from the
premises that Truth lays down. We have hearc
OF Eagles and Hawks being 'aught the practice o
'decoying other hirds-but we ayow that the gul
ling here is so unlike the cunning OF either OIL
these animals, that it must be that Of a CRow-an
We affirm that neither the quill nor the tongue o
this blun derer can succeed even in the remot,
parts OF the county, whose instruction was NOR |
particularly intended. '1RurH maintains. thai
after Mr. Ferris lett the chair. II was his right n
longer nor could have been without he had beer
appointed protein, or reelected. But this logic is
al variance with custom and fact. Mr. Ferris was |
appointed By the court-he was and is sail in otc-
Until he makes formal RESIGNATION, and tins
resignation be accepted, which events did not occur
No man, or body of rational men. will aver that |
w@eu Chairman sacates his post in moment of
rage and irritation. Mr. F. did, that il is emf
lied 10 or ret Give any other character than al
insult to tha body who honorsd hin with their con-
hdenoe 1t Is true, that such outrage upon the |
court without concessions on the part oil Mir. F. |
would justify new election.
Bot the chairman informed them saws Truth,
that # he could moi enjoy his rights IS chairman.
he would ENJOY them as private MEMBER and so
lett the chair have Already demonstrated that all
the rights Of chatham, were left him in full pos
session and that because Of usurpauon Of powers
not belonging to that post which was resisted he i'm.
properly lett the chair " ha, rights were those, he |
expected to enjoy by changing his situation ? Nasl
il the right OF voting That was then impossible
tor by his disorganizing conduct, he rendered i'll
imsractIcable TO vote at all This is turning order
into chaos and then out OF chaos abslracling that
peace and harmony which result only from order /
But the question is asked, why did no, one Of The I
minority accept of the chair, so thai recuart, might
be restored Let this question be retorted How
Could they accept an office unde- the circumstances
then existing The Chairman had Just been acting
the most ocular and insulting par, he was
sill that ofcer;-he was as 'TRurn' saws. the
nominator o. the successor,-hence respect for
themselves to'bd their acceptance of an cfice, given
al the insi ION OF man whose passion Rad de-
pTiVed MN OF The calm eSercse Of his reason
How could 1t be determined, that another psroxysm
might not induce him 10 dlspossess the one who
might ee his successor unhandsomeIy as he had
just before dispossessed himself at the mon emf he
Should come to find that his rights on the floor were
as unsubantla as the" had been when in the cbairl
Relative to the absent member who was sen,
ior' Il is presumable Truth can tell all about the
Inducements, which brought him to his post; thai
Is, II he Mnnld--as alan -