American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-03-01

lieye il OF those desperate eHorss ny winch oin
and hesdlong rage so frequently becomes its ow
victim. Could we be persuaded that those who ex
hib themselves as the ostensible. authors of thi
vrak and wicked measure we're not prompted an
snstais I'd by cooler and more calculating heads,
,hould seek for its origin among the sources &
! which we have referred. Atho' we are willing Il
allow TO the unseen and irresponsible agencies il
this matter more Of intelligence and general respec
liability than CAM with truth, asc'ibc 10 its i'm
mediate authors we are not so unread in the histor
of public characters to look for profound wisdom
or exalted political integrity where the viruence
party spirit has long been INDUCED, and where tn
further continuance in power may be thought to re
oure some new, yet doubtful measure OF vigor
i There are cases in which the bold operator ma,
Justly be proud of his untrembling hand but h,
should take care that success does not mslead him
The firm and upright and enlightened statesmanwill
with promp,ness and energy resort to the stronges
measures when the good of the country requires
at his hand. Even the cunning and wary machia
yelian u.s. sometimes. tempted out OF his dark ant
intricate recesses, TO make experiment OF opel
measures of strength. We have long been expect
/ ine our adversaries to make desperate plunge int
some new and uniried course 10 elude the Difficult
4 lies which environ them. This iniquitous tax i
4 the FIRST bold operation by which new excitement
sre to be provided for their langud, dispirited
II ulScOHeUtGu toiuWCISs WIZ INV, iiotcdu U
erumbling OF their leaders, to have their attention
engro,.ed, and their passions infatuated by this I'm
licensed war upon US. All their feuds and heart
8burnings are to give way to their rage against ,h,
#inHdels of Newcastle county. These modern cru
saders ioo have their leader-not Peter the hermit
#but still Peter, who is to travel hither and hther
not clothed in sackcloth and ashes, but in the pan
#oply of the party-who is to go about,-not from
prince to prince, but from village to viIlage-from
cross roads to cross roads-placing before The eyes
hi the faithful the glitterDg splendor OF the spoi
(which is to enrich them, and cndeavoring TO per
buade the independent and wealthy farmers ane
merchants Of the other counties to believe them
/ b-ves beggars, and that we are, If not Saracen.
= bnd n6dcls princes and nabobs
81 Will the scheme takei Will they exiinguist
ehe torch of discord and unite to wage agaips
y b, as their common enemyp Will they overlook
Il the oppression Of their masters as we'll az ours
Twill they be blind to the system OF favoritisn
(which permits none but its own devoted creatures
The humbest and meanest of the humble and NEAR
& 1.-The pander and the sycophant. to enjoy ray o.
That political sun which all must. in common, fal
hosn and worship? Will they shrink not when the
l,h is on their own backsr VIII they stut ,heil
yes on the victims among themselves who are
Daily offered up, not to the mooch of the party, but
10 crafty the spleen oil cupidity OF pampered pomE
&nd powers No neither they, nor we, are stocks
pr stones. Will the citizens of the other coun,e.
Pc easily persuaded to deny the abundant sources oil
F1alh comfort and independence which they
HnIoyr Will they listen, without the smile OF con
fmp to tales of grovelling mendicity. from purse.
4 roud men who have fattened upon the land they
isparage, and have grown il not the richest among
he rich, into the very nabobs and princes they
q bark out for plunder2 Believe US, when we say it,
n be scheme will not take. There is redeeming
Pir' Of fairness and uprightness in the communi.
~, whatever may be their political tenets, which
8annot long be imposed upon--that will scorn to
Mppress or be oppressed. We would not do the
her counties the injustice to suppose that they will,
knowingly, persevere in wrong. Much less can
Ee be persuaded to believe it possible that they will
E3e so much excited by this measure as not only to
Forgive and forget all their own causes OF complaints
put to bring to the polls such fresh stock Of hatred
4nd contempt against those who TO say the least oil
m deem themselves most grevously oppressed
hnd such stock too Of additional eDmity and inat
patton as will more than concordance the unavoid
pile operation Of this iniquitons tax upon the fee
|lngs Of the citizens OF this county. Here they
have aroused the foe, that was not dead, but only
4ept.
II Is what they have done, right? IF it is, how
comes II that their printer here, the sturdy, though
3lumbe follower OF their fortunes--who fears " nc
4ace OF day"-who never shrunk yet from the
urmoil-how comes it that ne hangs his head in
hame Base, and, we had almost said, dsmnable
must be the deed of his party, that he would moi
fome out and defend, and hold up to the very skies
he president elect of the United States, he car
fample n the dust and the speaker Of the House
Representatives he can sink to the deepest depth
M lniamy-forget'ing, conlemning the circum
vance that one third Of the representatives OF his
fPary voted for the one and the other. Yes indeed
mere must be something worse than rotten in {
$neasure OF his party, from which such as he turn'
pom his heel. Q
FOR THE wATcHMAN-No. 4.
i 1t is the opinion Of Mr.. Locke, that great advan