American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-05-24
FOR THE wATcuMAy.

Oar oon respecting The hsv FIR raising state tar
remains unchdnged NE sW 6eheOe thai ii bears severely
against ms county, but rve sincerely beleye that ns he f
LEI our ozen representation IN The legislature, at 4hich 7ya nus
Sed, that does and such beeue as the GENERAL o
ion q ne Juac'0us men Of the county -DELAwARE GAZETTE
Mcssrs WILsoNsThe taxables of this county ought to
make some little allowance for Mr. Harker. The federal
lists here will OF course, pardon him, for putting and
then sort OF lett handed apology for their brethren the
other counties and poor democrats, it may be sppo
sed, by some, ought to be thankful that he has not shout
dered this tax and taken the whole burden of its vnca
ton upon himself He does not, in plain English call this
measure cruel oppressive and tanical but he says SUBJ
uerey against this county, The word lie uses is derived
from the Latin word sev9e-which is reneredby Answolh.
into English, by the words gravey so5ery cruelty sharply
Severely 10 Ae unost piho ror The Gazette does not
may be taken for granted, to that these gentle
men have acted "grapeg and "sobery towards butt
ut intends to say that they have acted towards u.s. 'scre
pan and obvious then, of what Mr. iIaker admits,
that they hate usand that they have acted towards U.S. cru
shaply-to the Of their porOer.
Now, what is all this but fragrant oppression and rank ty
ranny Nay according to Mr. IIarkers notice of this mat
ter it worse than tyranny and are
y abuses Of power: it is oppressont is tyranny-iti is
robbery. Well DONE friend Harker Thou
art righteous judge Thou art a second Daniel The
gentlemen whose conduct he is matchmaking bitter
lily than, perhaps he intended determining how much
they should take OIL Of hemselvesand how much they
should put upon There danger of their errng
in favor; for they viewed us, Mr. Harker says,
without tor." They acted in this matter of theirs and
ours as lie 1ulner Says 'ShnWy against as lhey could
not act sharply against themselves and us too. Saers
always take of themselves They intentionally
cheat No l. Again says Mr. arker, in adjusting this mat
ter OF interest between themselves and u.s. they
acted cruelty towards usand of courses they acted erc
fully towards themselves They put upon just what
they took off of themselves Their bowels yearned only
for their noble selves AL this too, says Mr.. Harker,
done 80 The Of their pover.' We must suppose he
means all that safely in their power to do just then
Ii understand him thus, allow that he is not
much out Of the way They the utmost" of what
in al
with what they dIsburdened themselves Of Thus has MIR
arker triumphany succeeded in demonstrating beyond
doubt, that the fathers of this Just and upright
men impartial and immaculate judges of how much 4oe
Ought TO pay-and how much they ought to pay-and that
self interest bitter prejudces disturbed their deb
| era ions.
"Ah but there is little matter of mistake in this affair."
cry the friends Of the corporal You have got the
frelock the wrong shoulder. Our members, our
own New Castle members blame for our being dealt
with tothe utmost upon this OCCASION They-wha cruel,
hardheared creatures lthey had bowels Tor their
own county, 1t their fault and their fault only that we
haye fallen out of favor with masters and that have
been so cruelty and sharply used. They solely to
blame for all that suffering; for they had not
been confoundedly Stubborn and made such horrible
wry faces to the below, who rule the roast we never
should have been used in this way. If they would only
have agreed that should have been cued and Kicked
and had consented to take part in doing tive might have
escaped without having our threats cut
Il WE'LL there swemu all OF us confess-there IS some-
thing in this. None of us to say that 1t is We
Try pleasant credabe thing to hold candle, as the say
Iyet think, people will agree with Mr. IIaker, that
lit not worth while, when we had our head IN the
lions mouth, to be snarlng and growing there cannot
undertake how gentlemen dd carry themselves
towards Mr.. Harkers llon-for not there but we
Isee enough from the first plunge he has made at us to be
sure he will tear us, limb from limb, it he has chance
What has already happened can't hepbut would 1t be
aniss for assemhymen TO take some lessons from Mr.
Harker before they so there again 1t he would open
Iscoano to teach bears how to dancebutto instruct o
lczens, by and large, utmost especially our
lhow act most acccptaby to bears and lions and other
such strange creatures when they come across them we
have been gashcd most tcrrby-thats certanand worse
lstll may happen if don't take care ratte-snake
Twill snap a raeand am not without apprehensions
THAT assenbym may have worn red coats to Dover
or may when there have talked too much about them
That they must by all MEANS abstain from III tuufe. fer
,Ihaps they went cap in handor put upon long pole
Il no. that won't dot will be too much like liberty cap
and will make him ravngly furious at once Red coats ae
liberty caps would ruin Our assemblymen must take
hcr bible oath they heard of such tngs that they
don't know what they lion hates negro, or any
other Of color They are like the ouang outahs II
this respect Our assembyncn ought to be particular
cautious not to introduce to his majesty SO offensive SUD
iect Let then, all abolition be stted out and sta
Fat homeland let members introduce bill declaring
THAT no shall his negroes feethat every kdnappe
: who will convey free negro, or mnlao, TO the southern
states, shall be exempted from taxation for hve years
law too could be proposed BY our tmo r .nav h E
Irng our revolutionary warshould be allowed TO hold an
office of honor profit or trust in the state It would go
way ha sf G woud be n most M
land he will consent to go to the assembly, will vote fo
him with all nv heart think if any body could manag
e the on he could We all know that is monsrousiy aa
him. sharp smack of his little scourge viii BRING M
down in amoment-and he'll pur like tame cat He woul
not be subjected to much inconvenience for his folks coul
carry the papers and he could forward from Dover ro'
at time to time very interesting particulars Of his mode
Treating the lion would advise him, however, 1ent
is not to trust him far to play too many quee
pranks upon h-for when he takes into his head, he
no respecter of Mr. Iarkcr knows ne M
Of made, HIMSELF some narrow escapes from him. A. b.
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~ THE MACKEREL FISHERY.
Oar correspondent at Cape Island says the Philadeph