American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-04-06
FoR re wAreaMAN.--.No. 2.


/" Delalcarer commences the task Of vindicating
the caucus by lamentng the violence which has beer
suffered 10 mingle in the Presidential controversy
and proceeds with extraordinary lberality and fair
ness to attribute this unhappy state OF things 10 the
lparzans OF General Jackson and Mr.. Adams. The
unremiDg stream OF scurrty issuing from the
Washington Gazette the New York National Ad-
vocate, the Richmond Enquirer and almost every
paper that supports Mr.. Crawford, against the other
candidates, would be sufficient to this sug.
geson, did not /" DeiaWare" himself, by indulpinp
in charges and nsinuations against General Jackson
and Mr. Adams, both unjustiliable and absurd
prove that his regret, in this instance, has some
other foundation thafTloye Of calm and liberal dis
Icussion.
We are told that General Jackson is miliiarq
man, and the story Of our schoodays, the ambition
OF Cesar, Cromwell and Bonaparte that stale rhe
torica flourish, is conjured up 10. alarm the free
citizens of America with the phantom Of a militia
ny despotism. General Jackson WaS a soldier and
la good soldier, as New Orleans can tell but he is
Ia soldier no longer. He has retired from the army
has laid aside the insignia Of war, and retains no
more OF the soldier than his patriotism his courage
his honor and the memory OF his services. He
was such soldier the theory Of constitution
suPposes every man in this country to be-a cii-
zen soldier: he is not military mGn by profession
In war, he is the champion of his country in
peace he lays down his arms and returns to the
shades of private life. And this citizen soldier who,
10 the hour Of peril is relied upon The sword and
buckIsr OF his country, who leaves his 6rcside to
bFsst the storm when at the highest, and gladly
throws aside the pomp OF war and the emouments
and bauble Of office when he had served and saved
his country-this llustrious citizen, forsooh is too
military to be trusted--is Cesar, a Cromwell or
a Bonaparte IN embryo Among the signs Of the
times, ! know OF none more pregnat with evil omen
10 the future destinies of our country than this dis
position to mpubg the motives Of public benefac
tor, and, by insnuation, TO undermining his claims to
the gratitude of his countrymen.
What application have the examples Of Cesar
OF Cromwell, or Of Bonapartc TO General Jackson,
or 10 this country Caesar, Of whom ii was said by
The younger Cato, that he came, with sobriey and
meditation to the subverson o the Republic Crorn-
well and Bonaparte, whose whole career breathed
the aspirations of an unrtlenting and selfish am
btlon! Is this the character of General Jackson !?
Is there single incident in his glorious career
that indicates lust power, or desire to aggran-
dlze himself at the expense OF his country The
idea IS contradicted by the whole Of his life
II IS indeed one OF the most striking features in
General Jacksons character, that he avoids almost
as sedulously as common men pursue the paths
that lead 10 power and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Without
attempting any general comparison with the father
Eot his country, it is impossible not to perceive The
strong resemblance which exists between Washing
ton and Jackson in their mutual reluctance to ex-
change the quiet pleasures Of domestic lie for the
spendor aud anxiety OF Office. Washington uni
formy acted upon the principle, that ofIicef in Re
publican government are burdens not 10 be desired
but submitted to, when the public voice demanded
The sacrifice Jackson, in his answer 10 the Harris
burg address, aVowed the same principle, and Ne
have all seen how faithfully he has acted upou i,
Like Cincinnaltus and Washington, when in IL.
hour Of peril the voice Of his country calls upon
him for aid, be repairs TO her standard, and like
them too, he gladly returns to his beloved home
when the crisis is past and the storm has subsidized
The honorable civil station he now occupiespnd in
which he displays moderation, courtesy and abil-
isy which claim the appreciation OF all was literally
forced upon him. by what train Of reasoning can
i Be oontenaed. upon wha; principle Of human &C.