American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-09-30

pect will lull our friends in the other two counties,
into any supineness. The assurances we are con.
tinuay receiving from our friends there, oftheir
vigilance and activity, leave US nothing to fear on
that head.
Although we have not the honor 10 be personally
intimate with Mr. Hazzard, yet we have had fire.
quent conversations with gentlemen who are we'll
acquainted with him, and who all agree in repre-
senting him to US, as citizen distinguished for his
excellent good sense for his irmness Of character,
and perfect uprghness. We hear, too, from eve
Try quarter, that Mr.. HazSGrd has nothing to fear
from the closest scrutiny into his public private
character. II was with peculiar satisfaction that we
were informed that nothing was further from his
wish, than to impose the smallest restraint upon
the freedom of discussion, with respect to himself
Mr.. HdSzGrd is modest and unobtrusive. He
is not fanatic in religion, although exemplarily pi
Gus: and, perhaps, in the county where he resides,
no man is universally esteemed and respected;
and by those who know him best, more sincerely
beloved.
We now and then meet with gentlemen who aid
ed in the defence of Le,ces, and they all concur in
speaking OF his spirit and gallantry upon that occa-
sion, in the highest terms. 1t s true that the con-
stuted authorities of our sister SUSSEX, have de-
lighted TO confer honor upon Mr. Paynter, and his
friends vaunt proudly Of the different posts of honor
and profit which it was her good pleasure to heap
upon him. We do not affect, however, to say that
our candidate was likewise, one of her spoiled chill
dren. He would not follow, exactly, in her foot
|steps-and put in practice of her favore pre-
lcepts and OF course we not, now, able to ex-
hibit him, as the Gazette does his opponent, with
the blossoms and fruit of Office clustering thick up
on him.
What Mr.. Haeeard may have done as an g ar
bitrator," we do not know. His walk through pri-
yate life has been that of an honest, and honorable,
and, what is more than all, Of truly pious man.
The only public situation worth speaking OF, In
which he has been allowed to serve his country was
that Of exposing his life for her and, in this situa-
ton he behaved not only like man, but like he.
70. There ascends not ship, up the waters OF our
bay that has not witness at least, on board, OF
the truth OF what we here say.
| He certainly was not one Of those who refused to
sign the much boosted bond but he may have been
one of those from whom, it is said, il seduous-
| ly concealed
| 1t is our misfortune that we cannot, like adj
versaries, offer candidates to the people, who have
made their fortunes out of the public. When we
go to SuSsec, particularly, we must seek for our
candidates, in the private ranks OF lite unless we
chuse to select them from those who have been all
their lives in Office and opposition to us. We have
done this, do not deny, before now or, at least,
some of our governors have done it for us-and we
have not made much pother about it. Ii it was an
error,we would not swear that MIR. HaSzdrd will not
commit the same fault. If an error, it is one into
!. which Mr. HazSard's known liberaty and modera-
ton might have betrayed him, had not the bitter SC
Idisdainl Intolerance OF adversaries refused to
J keep all terms with Us. We know that there are
good men among that are in less fear OF our fall
ling into this error, than they of our giving our
selves up to the adoption Of the unworthy examples
:, which have been set u.s. 1t will be Tor good and
prudent, and moderate, firm man, such as Mr.. Haz-
zard is, most unquestionaby, to consider matters
/, we'll, and 10 do in them, if he should become our
governor Gas now, there is no Goubt he w) what,
Ito him, shall seem just and right.
u We have the most perfect confidence, that MIR.
Hazzard's administration will be conducted upon
fair and manly, honorable and prudent principles
We are sorry to be obliged to add that, with respect
to Mr. Paynter, have no hope OF this sort, 1t from
the needless inattenton OF Our friends in this conn-
ty, or in Kent or SUSSEX, he should be promoted to
the office of Governor for we learn, and on the best
authori,y, that one of the two men who are destined
Ito compose his cabinet, is the very person who, up