American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-05-31
FoR TIE WATcHMAN.

Messrs. Wisons-REBELLIoN REBELIIoS is sounded in
our ears--and pray for what Because orsooh, all your
correspondents are seriously recommending that
hiNo and FEArHEnINGnor EfrIGY scALDINe,
should take place. Nay it has been earnestly insisted,
from the beginning, that nothing like violence should be al
iowed TO take place. But suppose rebellion had blazed
ou--Wh all the Accomplishments of efgy burning, scad-
ng and even shooting, and abundance of ang and eat
erns INTO the bargain. Are those who rebel only blame
upon these occasions The history Of the world proves
us that rebeons the fruits of tyranny and oppression
Ihe traitor and the tyran intimately related 10 each
Other So far things have gone, yet have only
the ranis Those who trodden under foot have
turned nor do they propose to turn rebels The wick
edness the unlawfness therefore, all the side of
tine rants Those who do wrong under the color of law,
great deal than those who do wrong against
law AT least there is all this difference between them
one have some degree of courage the other sheer
towards The highway robber is prince, compared to
the reptile who shrnks from vilany, only from fear of pun
ishment The who have done wrong to u.s. under
lor OF law, have reckoned without their host Were they
really so silly and infatuated TO think had other
remedy, but to break out into rebellion? Were they
wretched to wish do this They have, by this time,
discovered their mistake. The people of this county form
one great socety-and do the people of every county
and state Let cruel and oppressive, and yranncal
sures be adopted towards themhey have their modes of
redress without flying into rebeion-yes and without
scang shooting although it is not always in the power
LOT the body polite, to restrain the body physical Some
od woman in spite of all that be done may lift her
gourd-or some arm, more determined and fearless and
reckless, than others, may poute soil with the blood
o the spoer 1t is the secret consciousness of this dan
ger which makes voud-be-coectors But there is
another remedy for There is sovereign panacea,
ion which may safely rey-the IEFAmY which accompa-
MES the doors OF bad deeds How masters to for
get that when they resolved to rampe us under foot they
would themselves become the objects of the deepest and
deades execraon Had the history OF the period mme
daey preceding revolutionary war, moral to fur
nh for their guidance' Or all their feelings hered
ariy enlisted the side of the opressor Be this as it
up, among whole people,, keen of injustice and
oppression All who have had principal hand in this
measure politically id If this be state of rebel
on-fthis be the wide spreading evil which Mr. Harker
$50 knowingly deprecaes-t is consummaton deyoutly to
be wished for If this be rebellion then traitors saints
quite allowable for Mr. Iiarker it is commend
ablen him to weep the graves in which his cetians
have buried themselves We would friends of hnman
lily, mnge with his if could forget that it is
1.-THE slayer that is slain Let them enreat hear no
more of "rebeion"-uness to understand by it an
honest indignation at unprovoked aggressionor the de-
served sedcomiture, and abasement of watpn oppres
sion. G.