Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-08-31

sal,,es ~ M show that Adams has received less than
he did for the same services. Can you cehSuie
Adams without censuring Monroe and the Congress
Who thought the allowances but scanty Jusnce 70
him. 3, IL. &c
objections to the present ncumbent let US turn onr
attention to those against his competitor re-
count the whole these would be to write Volule.
| shall con6ne myself, therefore, to some Of the
most prominent He has excluded Legis,aeure
from the Hall of its sittngs lie mas ARRESTED" pa
rated through the streets under lie Oh soi,'ela'
and threatened with the gbbet, the yeneraoe ,u.se
of National District tie mas inso,tiilsis w ~
Chief Magistrate of State, that he had no right 10
ssne military order while he was in the held he
bas abridged the liberty of the Press. lie has ds-
,or.rded the writ Of Hebeas Corpus, designed iof
the protection of the citizen from arbitrary oppres
.s;nn He has waged war against a neutral power IN
the face of his instructions. He has exercised the
mower of life and death on prisoners, 10 coh'eu,Pt
Of the decision of his fagore tribunal an : h'ie-
nendent court-martial'' lie has openly directed
the officers under his command to disohey me Or
ders of the President of the United States. tie mas
tbreate.ed 70 enter the halls of the National hegis-
lature TO cut off the ears of Senators who presumed
to enou;re into his conduct He has inflicted Heath,
and ianominious and degrading pupishmens, upon
hundreds of militia, against all necessity ana aSaihSl
all law And he has deliberately announced 10 ms
on,trvmen that f he so willed it, in the absence OF
law he could find sanction, undcr the Cd section,
10 hang whom he pleascd for If he could feel
;nsied in hanging n the referred to under that
saction every man must admit that no case could
occur IN which he would not tind the same ustilca-
ton.
Now take any one of these offences committed by
Jackson. and weigh it inpartialy against the whole
list 81 objections to ADAMS ask YOU 70 say can,
d;dlv If i would not oSerbaance them all. SPEAK
olt honestly and frankly cnnjure you IN the name
of that Liberty Of which each man i IN part I'M
nreseryer Look at his threat 70 cut of the ears
! Senaror-even those OF orr own lamented EpneS
So hin, IN the antchamber Of the Senate, surround
81 ov hi. BODY guard 81 aids and dependents, 0tich
mo focrh his nprecations, and just ready y ehte
the door when the patriotic Decatur nteFPeses
and declares ne pass. il must be oter rs dsaa 09dJ
By this interposltion alone was the senate Ch4taoe
preserved from the threatened pollution Vine
Won have sufficiently contemplated the scene e
me ask vou can this man De lit Tor the presdenc
of Free People: Ii you doubt the truth Of IL
story. besides several persons now living who Wer
eve witnesses Of the dreadful spectacle, there ar
hundreds to whom Decatur communlcated. i, t
whom could refer you-and among others, on
Senator at least. who was wont, before he put o.
the livery of jackson, in delineatng the characte
of his lamented and gallant friend, to dwell wit
particular delight on this instance of his hrmnes
and stern Roman patriotism. Ii you shall still, a
ter this, regard jackson as the only man IN the Un
on whom you will have to rule over you, be it so
But fear that like the foolish frogs, who insisted
having the Stork for their king, you may soon hay
reason to repent, and regret the peaceful Admin
tratiun you have SO unwisely abandoned.
A FARMER.