American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-11-24
PoR THE YATcHMAN.

PoR THE WATcHNAN.
10 tie Editor efhe U. S Telegraph al Easlnetou cir
SIR-In my letter Of The 10th o! August, states
that We could not calculate, fully, ON Mr.. Harker
the Editor OF the Delaware Gazette. We wer,
disposed, in these parts forget his most delbera,,
and unbiased sentiments respecting General Jack
son-siz.
1. OF his "disregard for the institutions Of the
county"
2. His "dsposilion to place himself ABOVE its
laws"
3 His "inclination TO trample on the rights oil
Others when they stand n competition Of his (the
GeneraPs) interests aud feelings
We we're not much disposed even TO remember
he following declaration oil distinguished " Citizen
of Detaware," when writing 10 the members of the
Legislature on the subject of appointing Electors as
will more fully and al large appear in the Dpinsca1e
6dzette--to wit: They (the Legislaturc) will not
elevate 10 that distinguished place lhe presidcnc VI
amtitnry despot, who deliberately believes he has
authority to hang distinguished citizens of the u S.
under military law, applicable only TO FOREIGNERS,
and who HAS ACTUALLY SHOT SIX MILL
TIA MEN Of the Unitpd States, WITHOUT
TRIAL.
People, by degrees, were forgetting these grave
and deliberate opinions and declarations and the
sources whence they proceeded. The prospect
some thought, was daily becoming more lstlerng
Mr. Harker, with his usual zeal and accuracy OF
statement, tried, like you and brethren general
", to impress the public with The belief that the re-
suit oil the election II Veg Jersey, sc. &c. was not
50 decidedly in favor 81 the Administration. II he
sno successful 10 these and similar attempts il was
not his fault for surely hs could NOT pre- ven, olhe
papers circulating IN the State, containing correct
intelligence and therefore lasifying his statements
But lately he has had :. familiar and friendty
Intercourse wuh the leading politicians" in this
State and is thus enabled to speak with the utmost
degree OF assurance and certainty on the suhiec''
Of political affairs, This assurance and certainty is,
qLoh MIR Harker, that The naiority Of the peoptp
here lin Deaware) do not like Gen. JackSon';
This we'll known bu, il was most indiscrpet
decla alton and by our friends here. quite unex-
p cted He might as easily, and with as much
tfRth, have declared the General TO be universal
iavorite IN Delaware, as to have made many of his
statements relative to presidential matters. But,
from some unaccountable cause, Mr.. Harkcr is not
yet ready to go" the whole In TACT, his conduct
seems very strange to friends here generally
lie manufactures aud selects the very best sort off
abuse oil the General Government; and yet, strange
to tell. he lately aboted very hard to show that our
representative had nerer opposed the Adminstra
lion, il at all, more than on single point Of a
single myasarer p II grieves us, here, 10 sec how
much we arc losing by this strange course
But lest you, IN despair, should commit suicide. |
in consequence OF the loss OF distinguished and
powerful a writer as the :" zee man. oil Delaware. |
Justice obliges me TO observe that Mr.. Harker fully
believes that the citizens Of state OF inst such
character that they still prefer General Jackson to
MIR Adams, Notwithstanding the Generals :" dsre-
gard for the institutions OF the county, his dlspo
sion to place himself aoove lis laws" his incl. !
nation to ttampe on the rights of others, when they
stand in competition of his own interests and Zee.
ings"-" aud his turn for hanging ci,izens instead
OF foreigners, and expertness OF shooting militia
men, without trial ~
So you see, my dear sir, there is still some hope
OF the Corporal, not only from these circumstances,
bu from the important fact, that he is still :. IN
qtedsed waiting for further development OF events,
before he can take rery decided coursc''
In great haste,
Nov. Is. r. ]. L. JOHNSON.