American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-01-25
FRANKLIN'S WAGGERY.
Ertract from one Of Franklin's Letters.

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"For my own part, wish the bald eagle had not
been chosen the representative OF our county,
he is bird oil bad moral characterize does moi set
his living honestly-you may have seen him perch I
ed on tree, where, too lazy TO fish ior HIMSELF he \
watches the labors of the fishing hawk-and When !
that dIgent bird has at length taken hsh, and /
bearing Il to his nest, Tor the support OF his mate
and young ones the bald eagle pusues him and
takes il from him. With all this injustice he is new
CIR in good case, but like those among men who /
live by sharplng and robbng, he is generally very
poor, and otlen very lousy. Besides, he is rank
coward The little king bird, not bigger than spar
row, attacks him boldly and drives him out OF the |
district He is therefore, by no means proper EN-
bem for the brave and honest Amerit ans, who have
driven all the king birds from cur country-though
exactly fit for that order OF knights which the French
call chc,allers d'ndustrie. | am on this account
not disple ased that The figure not known as bald
|eagle, but looks more like turkey. For IN ruh
1.-The turkey u.s. in comparison, much more respec'
table bird and withal, true original native OF A
merica. = Eagles have been found in s countries
the turkey was peculiar to ours-he hrst oil these
species seen in England, being brought TO France
lby the Jesuits from Canada, and served up at the
W eddne table OF Charles the TX. He is besides
(though little vain and silly tbs true, but not The
worse emblem for that bird OF courage, and woua
not hesitate to attack grenadier OF the BRUSH
guards, who should presume to invade his iarm
yard with red coat on
Ertract of a letter to the Editor Of the East0N
| Md. Gazette, dated
WAsEINGToS, Dec 1924.
| "Who will be the next President. The WOMB
uturity still gravid and great with this all impo!
liant event. If the vote were to be taken To-Day
lis said that General Jackson would carry eleven
4 states on the FIRST ballot-Mr. Adams nine; anu
the victim of the ill-omened Caucus four, to VIII
Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and Delaware
After this cold compliment to Mr.. Crawford Una
Georgia ard Virginia being most implacably ah"'
tariff, cannot touch the meek, and mild, and veae
rable old General and must OF necessity go 10 N''
II Adams. That Delaware-Mr. McLane graspsa
little thunder bolt in his own red right hand, and
now in his single self over match Tor twenty VI"
:, lginans-nay for thirty Workers., but he tremos'
under the weight Of his own importance-and douO'
whether the electricity of his bolt be positive or u'
, lgatve. 1t may subdue his opponents; but II MAJ
s|expode and discharge at the wrong end, and sca'
4 himself-he must surrender his first ove-and may
then be allowed to look at home and take new
= loffering-He Is aware that General jackson wa
. scarcely pamed in the Delaware canvass; that lns
Crawford electors were very much the fruit oil d"
:, own influence and exertions; without when wv
= state would have come out wholly for Adams. h'
lis aware TOO that Delaware is maritime, in her essen
i tis interests commercial and anti tariff-And nc
- also perfectly aware that he must sustain her peu
liar interests, or the bolt, which he must WELD
burst on his own devoted head, and reduce him,
not to ashes, at least to the humble dimensions Oh
- private citizen.'
ar TRADE TO SOUTH AMERICA.-By I
re statement in the Philadelphia Gazette, it appear
that from the LIST of March 1924 to the st OF 'au
uary 1885, there have sailed from the United ola'..
m Tor various ports of South America, south oil W. e
of line, 275 vessels: namely 76 ships barks' ~ 20
I'd briggs, SO schooners, and l sloop. OF these ~
be cleared at Philadelphia 62 at New York, 81 al DE-
hit tlmore 81 at Boston, 90 at Salem, 9 at Noroh
lie at Alexandria, and the remaining ghtcen al "'
er Gus ports.