American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-04-27
FRIDAY, .lpriL 81, 1927.
"rrown Indignantly upon the first dawning attempt
one port of the U, ioI WASHINGTON.

pear to have poor and contemplate opinion of
the People. for they act as though the latter had
neither eyes, nor ears, nor understandings, and
we're altogether incapable judging for themselves.
OF public men and measures, and were totally In
competent to act for themselves, particularly as it
regards the approaching election for President
Therefore, we hear them, through their enslaved
presses, at public dinners, and ON every occasion
that presents itself, reteratlng the unfounded, oft
repeated and oft refuted charges of corruption,
against the Administration. and thousand accu
sations which themselves do not believe. They
endeavor to create an alarm BY crying out that the
Constitution has been violated and State rights
trampled upon, that the Republic is In danger and
fast yerging TO destruction, and that nothing can
save the country from that ruin which, like dark
lowering cloud is suspended over it and ready to
burst upon it, but turning out those who are IN
office and putting them in their places. This change,
say they, will avert the awful caamities which, if
they may be believed, threaten to overwhem our
nation. Now, if all these evils really did exist,
would not the people see them, and feel them; and
would they not exercise the power which they
enjoy under this best of governments, to remove
them and seek redress at the ballot boxes, without
needing so many pathetic exhortations from those
who pretend to see so much need of reform, and
to be so Jealous Of the rights Of the people i? We
trust the people will take care of themselves. Upon
their virtue and intelligence depend the safety OF
the country. Let them attcntvely observe the
signs of the times, and let them consider whether
it will be best for them and their postery, to sup
port an Administration which is pursuing the mea-
sures recommended by the immortal Washington.
which have been continued by every succeeding
Administration. and which have brought the coun-
try to an cnyiabe state Of honor and prosperity
or to become the dupes and tools of such men as
Martin Van Buren,, and those who follow in his
train, and who have declared their determination
to do all in their power to put down Mr.. Adams
and his cabinet, :. though they we're as pure as the
angels at the right hand IF God" We think the
enlightened and patriotic citizens of this country
need no moving strains of eloquence to arouse
them to oppose such impious and unprincped
men and their measures.
| If we could be surprised at any thing which
Mr.. Harker says, we should wonder at his bold
disregard of truth in perssting in his denial Of the
paragraph which we have several times published
as his opinion of Gen. Jackson in 1899. We have
| his paper published in ovember in that year,
which contains the article from which the extract
i, taken. We intend, as we have heretofore said
to publish the whole article, that the public may
see that we have not misrepresented this matter
But we shall execute our intention Just when it
suits our convenience and disposition. As it is
our desire that Mr. Harker's readers should be
enlightened on the subject, we think he should be
the first to republish the article. He would do it
too, II he did not feel himself guilty Of the basest
subterfuge. lie knows he feels to his sorrow, that
the following was given by him, in 1922, not in a
moment of excitement or passion, but after the
most mature leliberation, as his candid opinion OF
Gen. jackson. We request that the extract may
be copied bv all the papers from Maine to Georgia.
and from the Atlantic to the furhest press in the
West Let those Editors who copy it, at the same
time Inform their readers that the same Mr.. Har-
kcr, now upholds Gen. Jackson as the only man
wo, thy to be exalted to the chief magistracy Of this
great republic, and to administer those laws which
he says he once defed and trampled upon. This
great and sudden change may be regarded as one
of the 6 Signs OF the Tines
SOME TRaITS OF GEN. JACKSON,
Drawn by Samuel Harksr Editor Of the Deaware Gazette
From the Delaware Gazette. Nov. 1, 1922
Speaking of Clay Clinton Jackson, Adams Calhoun and
Crawford, he says
aOf ALL the gentlemen named, Gen. jackson appears
to us to be the MOST OBJECTIONABLE That he Is
a man of energy will doubt, but we think that
in chief magistrate of the United States. much
erpu IS extremely danyeyous AND have IN THE
GENERAL such DISREGARD FOR THE INSTITU-
TIONs of the country such DISPOSITION 10 place
himself ABOVE ,ss 6azys, AND snch INCLINATION to
TRAMPLE ON THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, when
they stood in competition with HIS OWN INTEREST or
FEELINGS as should render the citizens Of the United
States rry coutiou about placing him in The first office
within their gift"
| .afoaesty.-Corporal Harker is out again boast,
ing of his military exploits during the last war.
| The Corpral marched, with fifty other men,
To Iron Hill, and then marched back again.
| 'Iis said the Corporal could dress barn yard
pheasant better than any other man in the camp.
He went according to famous Mrs. Gass's receipt,
W.T.. First, CATCH" fowl, &c.