American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-06-15

every branch Of the public service Is !, ~,
kept up, and surplus LEFT for paying the pnbi.
debt, there the people will not be easily persuadsI
that things are going wrong. At least the psoO.
of Pennsy lvana will not; and the people or rp"0
syyania may claim some little notion Of tro, s"o'
matters. They have furnisheda Rush, whom ,Ia.
think a good iinancier, though Mr.. Nl.Lanc J",,
not and they have furnished Dallas, whose abs t'
ties as fiIlancer pei aps even Mr.. M'Iane wn,'i
not deny; and they have furnished Gojlot.
whom we suppose even Mr.. M'Lane will adm;,,
knows something of the matter A''
But to the point.-1he Treasury, it Soon. :.
empty.-This assertion was made and con6don.,
repeated, and we now behold advertisements in Il
our papers, for what Pho borrow money "a CT
this empty treasury : No.-What then ? Wbvn.
to pay Of fire millions Of The publc debt On d.
first Of July. That's all or rather it Is nat AT.
its only half because there will be five million.
more paid oil next January. Ten Millions yo,.
is certainly pretty well.
Another time, sir, | shall tell you little NM,
about the Treasury, and the fate Of the bill for L,
ering the interest on the public debt and sur;nr
about half million to the treasury and sb,i.
let you know by whose means that bill was last
MCliLENBERGH
The Norfolk Herald, in announcing the arpnr.
ment Of Moses Myers to be Collector of tbstf mr.,
in the place of Is. w. Pryor, deceased, ba, Il,
following paragraph:
In announcing the late appointment Of Colleco, If Il;
port, the Portsmouth Palladium says
"Wefeel ourselves impcrativcly called upon 70 Announce
contemporanecusy with the above appointment, the ia
that, npon the application OF distinguished member q
this conmu,it, for the above appointment, he wss Insult
ngly told by Henry Clay, Secretary Of State of The un,
States, that oher than knosyn friend 10 the Admin
straon, would receive any appointment within lis glt
Language proper to convey Just apprehension Of such
declaration would be necoious for our columns "
leave the public to make its own commentary"
As the above paragraph will doubtless take the rlr
of the papers, II is equally imperative U.s. as friends
candor and justice, TO slate that the fact asserted in
deAcd 6y the gentlemen aHnd 10 himself The story, though
deficient in the most essential moral quality, adni a
calculated for effect, while it shows the facility with shi
testimony may be COLI ctcd for party PURPOSES atd e
weight to be attached TO it, Here is fec, asserted nrt
cssedy from sn mperous Of duty, upon vague
port, when it could have been sscertaned in moment by
applying to the proper source, that there was not Iac
of truth in il.
. This is another evidence of the means used bv
the Opposition TO excite popular feeling against M
;; Administration. II is by the unbushng assertion
Of the hotest falschoods that the reputation Of ds
tineuished public servants is assaed The instance
-, before us is fair specimen of nine .tentls Of the
pretended " facts" which the combination Editols
: circulate to subserve their political purposes CAM
they hope to deceive the people by such unprirctI
pied altiicess Will the people submit their crin
ions to the direction Of men whose practice is thus
notorlously at variance with all TIE principles of
truth and honorp We are sure we shall be sup
ported by the public ynice, when We answer these
questions in the negative.
But even surprising that Mr. Clay had stated
." that none other than kno'on friend Of the Nd.
ministration would receive any appointment with
in its gift; could that be made the ground Of sc
rious accusation against him ? Was not the prac
tice of MIR Jefferson in accordance with the spirit.
Of such declaration If there are two applicants
for an office, whose characters and claims are. IN
other respects. on an equality, we contend that me
scale should be turned by the political feeling Of
the candidates and that he who is the knorn friend
oi the Administration ough to receive the appoint.
ment in preference to him whose attachment Is un.
known ar equvocal. We remember well that du'
ring the yiolen, discussion on the printing Of the
. Laws, this vas admitted, b, the most violent Of.
! tlie Opposition. to be principle which was nct
Il liable TO exception. Supposing therefore, --wha'
! ~ not the lact-tl,at such declaration bad beet
n made by MIR, Clay the kneadng Of it into SER
GUS accusation could only show the desperate shlit'
to which the Opposition Editors are reduced, to hna
i grounds oi ccnsure and nutriinent To keep TIER
hostility alive Butas the assumed " fact" has been
"dcnied by the gentleman alluded TO himself" Ae
f invention Of fasehood for the purpose Of MAXIM
out an accusation, which, ifArpe, could attach no
censure to Mr.. Clay, serves to place in still more
f forciblc view the miserable eXpedients TO waCl
these upstart regulators Of the public opinion are
n driven. Nat. JCarnat
il " UORSER.9CIN'G ,SECRETlRT."