American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-11-16

HE city from destruction and his own fellow
ders from death. wounds and captivity, would mt
his Emperor .7te.cander have loaded the pattiotic
soldier with riches, and covered him and hls lami.
Is forever with honors Yet shall the lhiei Ma.
o.trate Of the Union lie scoltd at for expressing
similar sentiment, mixed With the religious idea OF
a guardian Providence counteracting EVIL with
Coop, ia favor Of a humane and moral people =
Tie only instance resembling that at baltimore.
on record. is the discontinue and repuse, m one
night, Of tie 9ssyrian army before Jerusalern I'M
der lSsnnacherit: Yet had the New England pres-
dent alluded to that instance IN the holy history
certain newspapers in tile S0Rth. and one or two
in the North. would have stralsht@ay denomlnat
ed it puritantcnt cant SO ready are the sc9Bprs
to deride even the BlRLE, whenever its TopAz
light and truth fa,ors the man whom the majority
OF the uhite people delight to honor. Mr.. Adams
rather chose to clothe his pure American senti
ment in the light and beautiful drapery Of aegory
as most proper for the festive OCCASION and because
it would be clearly understood by every bellies let
tres scholar in France, England and America. In
the malignant notice Of the sentiment in two pa
pefs in this CITY, il is not kno,civdge dicung bad
taste; but it is ignorance. SHEER ignorance speak
ing evil Of the things it knows not. II is folly aud
madness throwing mud at beautiful Grecian sta
tue. The brave sons of Cincinnatus at the festive
board in the monumental city, both understood
to them and not to the bungling caterers Of scnti
ment ard taste. who emit the opposition neYspa
pers. A. It regards them, all facts and arguments
enforced BY classical illusions, would be what Dean
Swift aptly callss' clopping block with RAZOR"
We are actually ashamed that English editors
of.newspapcrs who are generally, nay almost al
ways, scholars. gentlemen and persons OF taste.
should see such indications Of the want Of e1uca-
ton and mural culture in our Gazettes and jour
nails. 10 explain bright traits OF learning. and
pregnant expressions Of genius is to debase them.
1t is like holding candle 10 see the Sun. Howe,-
er, for the benefit Of boys and girls at school, and
for the qualification Of their parents. we will re-
mark. without saying word on the Ebon throne
of Death, and Of the Prince Of dark ness that the
FoPAz /, very celebrated among precious stones
for It's real and supposed qualities and properties.
II is celebrated in the oldest book we have. .u0ses
rave It high rank in the brcastplate. or Trim and
Ihu1amim Of Aaron the splendid oracle Of Tie
twelve tribes Of Israel, It was the second Jewel
= tie FIRST row Of precious stones in the sacrei
brea,tpiate ot tie Hebrew priesthood. and had the
name Of Issachar upon it, so that when eisona
ges Of that tribe consulted the splendid oracle, il
was tested, and the event indicated by the fora
lane aud vixen those OF the tribe 8i Simeon an
piled for response, the oracuar Jewel Of that
tribe was tie Sapphire. and on til. oughou the I
twelve precious stones in the Trim and Thunlmi,a (
But among the ancient Jews and Heathens none
lad the celebrity Of the TopAz for its wonderful /
real, or supposed qualities and properties. The
whole asscmblage Of precious stones in lie pecto
raj Of the Jewish high priest meant light and pr T
fiction, some translate it, the manifestation 81
Truth 1t is possible that the President ma,
have presumed too much Oh the knowledge of his I
audience; but he had right to suppose that some
Df them knew What The Je,cel meant. Tie NE. +
ciousness Of certain highly valuable minerals la,
given rise to numerous figures III the metalhorcal
language Of the East /; sumo OF which have been
adopted and expanded By the most ingenious mod 7
nrn writer's, both in poetry and prose. Among Z
them Feneloa and poltaire stand pre- eminent.-
The doctrine Of Coon counteracting EVIL in the
throughout the Old Testament. 1t shines in almost
every page Of Pinto. 1t is alluded to in Telema.
chus recognized by johnson, addison and Jen. 4
nings, and believed in by the most rational Chris
tlans every where. We ourselves, in this new
world have seen marks Of is alternate operation
from the first settlement Of tie county," gGoa +
ill., and giatlness woe" We saw il
in our early defeats on the borders Of Lake Cham
plain, and in the subsequent defeat and capture Of
Burgoyne. We saw it in the Jersies and General
Green repeatedly experienced it in the SOUTH
We experienced it in the treason Of Arnold and
the subsequent execution Of Andre. Yorktown al
orded glorious instance OF it, yet not equal to |
that at BALTIMonE. The seeming era still adj
lucing good,' was conspicuous throughout the
-egn Of George the Sd down to l.o2, in an the
Affairs OF Amerca--and in the last war on Lake
Erie, and on Champlain, and was acknowledged
pr0ridentiaL by PERRY and McDoNouGH: aud
yet the President Of the United State. is abused
and deilded for his aluslon, in condensed sen
tence OF wisdom, patriotism and pety. as il re-
sarded the extraordinary d,lirerarce Of tie very
city he was then in.
cannot therefore do homage to tie wisdom and
patriotism Of Mr.. ADAMS in Il better form than by
epeatlns his own words" ERoNy and TopAZ.
Ross posthumous Coat # Arms; and