American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-11-21


When any indvldual undertakes 10 make a pub.
lie Representation Of the improper conduct o. .
civil officer private CITIZEN, he ought TO be actu
ltcd by one. or both. OF The following motives
either to produce reformation in the offender, 10
benefit the community at large and, therefore
all feelings OF private malice and desire Tor revenge
are unwarranable. and will never fail OF meeting
the town oil the tca -ciing ami charitable members
Of suciety
The commune alton Of " Anno'ao.,' part Of
which appeared 10 the Delaware Gazette o. The
18th inst, it is ,haugh, did not originate from e
Their OF the above motives, and is evidently des
ue OF that cand0r which should always cbaracter
re those censures, in which the cha acter aud hap
piness of fellow being nearly cote rned.
In add ion TO this, Annotator's statement contains
a very grea. degree Of misrepresentation will
undenab!y appear from The following remarks.
He represents the object OF his merciless attack
as disgraring tile Stale Tor nearly thirteen yeas
past by usual state of inc brison, when sitting il
that solemn situation Of Judge between ard
man." This statement is positively denied. The
Individual in question has not susuaHy' iot that
space Of time, discharged the duties OF his office o
state Of inoxo alton; for il is only within
paraiiyely short period lha, impropreties OF this
kind have been much observed; nor 10 this short
period have they been SO frequent as to merit The
epithci Ut tuSuat."
IL during the above period been guiy perhaps OF
eve act that might be called ungenllemanly and
unotIicer like with many others tnal scuundrel
might blush at" Ii will be observed, ihar this
tence is qualified by the word ',perhaps." VIII h,
in the public mind, must entirely neut. alize the
base insiuuation.
Is this the way that private and official character
is To be publicly attacked? Is it by such assertions,
accompanied by coWardly "perhaps," that an in
a H.. ~ and Nbara no
the man, however pure and upright his heart and
Lille may be, who would not ial by such poisoned
arrows? And what are we to think of that man
who shoots at random with such deadly weapons
The occurrences which took place in the Me
thodist church are also grossly mis- represented.
Il Is not correct that the person tOrced his self
into the church, Tor tic doors were las they
should beg open for the admi,!ance Of any person
who might choose to enter nor was any resistance
made for there was not the most distant idea that
any disturbance would occur, as the same individu
al had often been present. and always with becoming
deDortment Ii IS not correct that the person
made several attempts, by near app oae hes 10 the
pulpit, 10 hurt the minister therelrom' 1t is al.
lowed BY members OF the Society. and we believe
by all present. that he had no intention whatever,
TO do The least violence to the person Off atlng
bu, that his object in going forward was to invite
the minister to call at his house alter service The
nersoo is represented as being .forcibty removed
from the house !" whereas the fact is, that after
some disturbance. lady Of his acquaintance, by
speakne few mild words, succeeded in conduct
inc him from the church to his own dwelling, with
no difficulty, and without his uttering those "innu
nerable threats and imprecations" Of which Ammo
tailor speaks
With reference to This affair we are happy to
state that the individual himself has most sincerely,
and with many tears, regretted the Improperly OF
n, arH honorable
sought pard IN Of the principal members Of the socle-