American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-09-16
T.aPERS-for burning all night
bed chambers or rooms Of the Sick &C. which will burn
mt about one half as much oil lamp, for sale
{ the Watchman Office.


From the Edinburgh Scotsman, Jan. z, 1928
Remarks upon the american Publication, entitled,
"a sketch Of Old England, by Ne,o England
Nan"
Men are seldom losers in the end by fair
conduct or gamers by calumny and abuse. For
napy year, English travellers and English review
ers have found il either pleasant or profitable TO lett
ou, their liberalily and peuance upon the people
of the United States. Honest JOHN Bull received
the illusions Of these persons with satisfaction, be-
cause they gratGed his selflove, and furnished him
with reasons for despsing those whom he was ra-
ther inclined to dread. But these repeated injuries
and insults have raised New ENGLAND MAN to
look little more closely into Johns character and
lpretensions and the result is the two volumes now
before u.s. on the character manners literature and
institutions Of England written something IN the
shirt of the lea tali0nis. We cannot say that he
returns measure for measure for in vigour OF
Intellect and talent as writer, he is giant among
1.-The p,gmies who have teased and goaded him by
their impcrtinance into this act ofretrbutive Justice
He has shown, that however low our vanity may rate
the requirements of the Americans, they have al
least literature enough to repel insults. Her men
Of letters like her seamen, begin apparently to think
tina, the time of taking kicks is past, and that there
MIGHT possibly be some small chnks IN her au
yersaries mail through which home thrust could ot
f made In truth, nobody has been so much addc'ee
to mistake his own character and that oil ms negh
Ibor's-to cry himself up for qualities he wanted
and to cry down others for failings with which NJ
was himself chargeaole as john BULL. CeFta.hi)
liz is not his interest TO provoke censorlous spirit
for he has his full share of the vices as well as th
d virtues the shame as we'll as the glory, OF civiza
ton and what is wrong in his character 1t is no
: easy TO conceal.-To say nothing OF more seFiou
CHARGES, such as our bloody criminal code, GU
l., ewarns ofbankrupis and convicts, our two million
r of nauners-how much food for rdicule woul
= an American find, in the fopperies OF our court
-, founded on exploded manners--in the forms' Pc"
ers and pretensions Of our civil and Judicial junction
% aries and our old corporations-n our close ourgh'
where the representative elects MS constituents
in onr large salaries for small duties, CT no Quite
l., at al-in all these matters where We have throw
sense and reason behind us, in Difference to p" IN
le ,,isdom of our ancestors :" The NEW -ENGLAN
NJ. has not neglected his advantages. lie M
drawn portrait OF JOHN BULL, III which MS Iai'
= nreensons, lolies and absurdites, are brought o.
win every advantage of light and shade. we
M, mean. however, that he visited England Oh pu
nose to misrcpresent the character OF the Peop'
hut the falsehoods and calumnles SO jealousy pro-
o aua,ed bv English writer's against America, 81
. eS;den,lv yiyen him bad impression, both OF Il
Ineonle who found qualification in them, and OF L
literary africans who pantered to the depraVed
y ne,ite Of the public by manufacturing them.
tie has net done US Justice in things. unless
me III; 10, name n the retaliation in injustice
inl S'S '''' - ,;s,o,e in facts and CT! cunstauce
We, we believe he is infinitely more accurate a
bet,er ioformed than those English travellers W
nass for authorities in every thing relating to Anne
ca. Where he does err, there is so much tru'h mi
lay cd up with his errors and so much reason WIN
ted "roh6 JuuS'.. .,:.I oo,rb IN vound our n
Who have still verl -sll'i''.uoe 81 IN ENGLAND
commend, and his praise has the merit Of discril
. nation. He seems, too to describe our faults
vices fully as much in pity and sorrow as In scorn
+ anger. lie is honest enough indeed to tell