American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-04-06

,i,o 20 hermit the above observations to pass by
cd. and would have addressed you on the
,,nct before this time, but was IN hopes some
iar men would have called your attention to 1t.
49, that nv feeble remarks may be received by
~ ,,th that spirit Of candor and friendship which
- induced a member of the same religious de.
'am,pation with yourself to make them
IN perusing the article from which have quo
LII. { was indeed struck with astonishment at the
xssrrtons there made, and could account Tor them
n no other grounds than that they were hastily
sr;tten and sent to the press without due reilec-
ION. For am 10th to believe that you would
,ow. after proper deliberation, repeat them.
Jasmine YOU will admit that amongst the hume
one friends and supporters Of Mr.. Adams are many
mon who. in your own sense OF the expression, are
well informed"-and do you sincerely believe
hat not one of them really believes that Mr.. Adj
mo will be re-eected'p cannot think YOU do.
Have not these men the same sources of informa-
ion whence sou derive your knowledge OF polltl-
g ii affairs ? And are they not as well qualified as
&hose who differ from them, to judge Of the signs
Il the times''p And is there not as great proba-
lity that their Judgment is correct, that that OF
8he;r opnonents is true ? Where then, my brother.
ave YOU any foundation tor saying that you do not
l;eve that one of these men $ really believes that
Mr. Adams will be re elected''s But you tell me
Eat your reasons for this opinion are various and
rong,'' and that among them is the fact that you
n. have not been able to find among them" (the
Adams mcn,) any one OF honor aud respectable
:. Who, when prest to state his honest sentiments
|npon the subject, without evasion or equ'vocatlon'
1nud saw that they believed he would be-" A
Dar,on acquainted with the sentiments Of the popu-
aton Immediately around you. would naturally
conclude upon reading the quotation just gwen,
bat your intercourse with society must be extreme
III limited, or that you had not been very digent
IL vour search after such a character as you speak
Is III. Or perhaps he would agree with me that your
Remarks had been penned in hurry and published
#.thuut reflection. At all events, he would not
E dmit that there are no such characters, merely
because you g have not been able to tind' them.
III Cal! to mind, brother Ilarker, some conversa-
lions in which YOU took part, in the course OF a few
months previous to the time when you wrote the
Il remarks above quoted. Did you not, during them,
near several Of the friends Of MIR. Adams declare
Anal thew believed he would be reelected Ard
would YOU tell these men, to their faces that they
Lane not men Of honor and responsibility" ?-or
would you say, in their hearing, that you did not
believe that they believed what they said And
#do you not know that at the time OF writing your
remarks, the opinions Of these men remained unal-
S8tered, they having seen no cause Tor changing
@themo
shall not pursue the subject further at present.
&Aas perceive from my window several gentlemen
8approaching, and among them discern one whose
#ntormaton on most general subjects is the adml-
ration Of his fellow citizens who have honored him
|8with their confidence and manifested their esteem
|3for his intelligence, sound morality, and various
#good qualifications, by several times placing him
lin responsible Offices both in church and state
#irom which conclude that he is a man OF honor
and responsibility" notwithstanding he "reaily
#helicyes that Mr.. Adams will be re-elected.o
M A BAPTIST.