American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-10-03

vet oeyonu that prlnClpa OF Capltdt BiVcn ~ rcCct-
ved whether it be money or any thing else that may
be bought or valued for money; for so it is written
in Ezekiel xviii Thou shalt not receive usury and
increase; and our Lord duke vi. So says, Lend
hoping for nothing thereby" Behold the dc6ni-
ion OF usury!
have now before me the unanimous consent of
the Fathers against usury or increase hundreds OF
canons of particular and general councils against it,
though send you but these two for fear oftrespas
sing too much on your patience.
Any person who practscs or advocates the mea-
sure under any denomination, interest, pawning, or
otherwise, has drfed from the Christian religion,
forfeited his chance of salvation, he is no Catholic.
Verily if any person fall into that of asserting
obstinately that to exercise usury is not sinful, we
decree that he be punished as hereto. Ordainng
nevertheless most strictly, that the ordnares Of the
places neglect not to proceed against persons char
ged or suspected Of this error as they would against
persons charged or suspected Of hcresy." General
Council OF Vicnne, under Clement W
1t is in the body polite as in the human, disease
III not remedied, produces sometimes slow, some
times rapid dissolution America from its youthful,
vigorous constitution, may stand the usurous mfr
nifty longer than the weather beaten, tax broken
Ireland. Yours, dear sir, &c.
JEREMIAH O'CALLAGHAN.
To VIM. O'Donoghue, Esq.
Academy st. Cork.
sMatthew $, 42-Luke 6, IS.
1Exodus %, IS; Lewticus %, IS Deut. 2S, l9
Psalm Ia, 7, do. 81, III Ezekiel Is, l5 do %, IL
Isl I'D Esdras S, I.
EXTRACTS from an Grafton delivered by the Rev
DR.. Cumming, at the late celebration Of .ameri
can Independence, at .NsWark, " j.
sit must be source of proud emulation to
Jersymau that one of the representatives OF hi
native state, by laconc speech, signaized Tor IL
energy, its disintcrestedness, and its burning pat
riotism turned the scale which was at that momen
equipoise and decided the passage of the declaration
of independence "There is" as have been ere
diby informed, ''there is' said the venerable With
teaspoon, when he perceived the house wayering
"there is tide in the affairs OF men-a nick OF time
i We perceive it now before US. To hesitate, is L
consent to slavery. That noble instrument upo
your table, which insures Immortality to its author
should be subscribed this very morning by every PEI
lin this house. He who will not respond to ITS &C
cents, and strain every to carry into effect it
. provisions, IS unworthy the name OF freeman. TO
my own part, OF property have some-of reputa
tion more. That reputation is staked on the issu
n Of this contcst--that property is pledged An
4 although these gray hairs must soon descend mi
I the sepuchre, had infinitely rather they woul
. descend hher by the hands OF the public execution
er, than desert: at this crisis, the sacred cause
il nv country" The declaration was signed by ever
a member present-and the heart OF the illustrlou
r Jefferson palpitated with Joy"
S Two acts Of barbsrty, perpetrated by the BIRTHS
,,lin the village of Newark, during the war oil the II
I, yolution, are thus described by the orator;
uWhen our nation, like its leader, had only
take counsel from its courage, the most acute su
. ferings we're anticipated. For more than sevt
= years, the savage foeman, and hend-lke Hessia
:. :. exhausted their murderous propensiies. Inc
~ Imam, trembling beneath weight OF years-the
FAINT smiling on the glittering bayonet pointed at
= lbosom-and the tender female, swooning amidst n
'lgears were alike disregarded. Then beneath bu
!, ming sun, or through almost impenetfable snow
q" 1.-The father was torn from his shrieking tamlly--a
traitors and hirelings applied the torch which orc
~ from the peaceful cottage its inmates, whose mig
~ was facilitated by the flames and by the CRASH a
- YES this brings to the remembrance OF some J"
hear me, that awful night when rutiians, 'nstigat
and Guided by the more diaboIical refugees, perp
rated two acts in this peaceful village, OF which, we
w thev living thew could not toe bitterly repent
passed The spot this morning, within lew footste
q, of this sanctuary which you enseted 70 pay ~
,rt united homage TO the Most High' inc spo' ~he
with Vandalic hands, they consigned 10 ashes ave,
~ pie, reared to literature and science. Anu yonu
rs stands the mansion, where Hidden aireauy past
!, meridian of life, and racked with pam, oy IN,
sexcruciating disorder, was compelled 10 iesse
house at the dead ofnight, and. without garihe
ia the coolest month Of the coolest year ever kno'