American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-05-15
ol,.lne VI.
CASTER at leisure. we proceed to the purpose for
which we have nibbet our pen to-day.

between the two distinguished personages whose
names stand at the head Of this article, it is
tanfy among the remarkable "s,gns Of the
Times" that they should contemporaneously, at
this late day, have come out in denial Of the pow
err OF the General Government. ON the subject OF
Internal Improvement Mr.. Girta.'s fame lair
as it is, rests manly the broad ground Of his
supposed attachment to that great cause, vt
which his exertons in his own State, crUWncd
with such extraordinary success. we're supposed to
furnish conclusive evidence 1t is true that the
great Canal was executed under an authority neser
questioned; but his efficient agency il the accom-
plishment of that work, and the eloquent and ener-
Igetic recommendations from his pen Of the inter-
est Of Internal improvements. imp essed the
ton generally with the belief that he of what
we consider the true faith in this particular. We
are greatly msinformed if he has not. Wthin fuo
THREE ypars past, addressed letters to atngulsh-
ed gentlemen in other States. arocing has c3nvac-
tion that the General Gorernn,ent possessps The
po,cpr Of MAILING or authorizing such improre~
mpnts At all events. it may be justly asked, wbrs
at this late day, after twenty years ha'a elapsets
since the question OF the national power first
arose-after more than ten years. repeated dis
cusson of it in the National Councils--after the
most solemn decisions Zone Of which we shall pre-
senty have occasion to aIude toy III favor Of the
power-after lie had himself presented to the
General Government memOria! soliciting the eX"
ercise OF this very power--he has, at tbs late
period, thrown his great weight into the opposite
scale 1t would at least have been more knd ~
him, slme ten or fifteen years ago. when the most
anxious Investigations were making Into the pow
ers of the General Government on this subject.
then to have aided the searcher after truth BY ho'
ing up his brilliant torch. This late exhibition OF
light is so favorable to the objects OF the party
which has recently been organized, as the Rch-
mond Enquirer informs US, on the high ground Of
the Constitution, that it subjects that highly gifted
Statesman to imputations Of motives and ot ftss
which. as we have already suggested, are very
!, probably entirely without foundation.
= But il is to the case of Mr.. Far Buren. pars
tcuIatly. that We desire TO direct the attention of
our readers, aud even his own attention, shonli
he find our crude suggestions worth the reading
In his speech at the Charleston Dinner, MIR. Eau a-
rem associated BY complimentary toast with state
Sovereignty, Ga scry indefinite idea as Il is express
sed but the intention of which NAV be guessed atty
e acknoa lodges the application Of the sentiment -
e his present opinions. The festive board he salhs
]. was not the place for political essays. l he had
been allowed to follow the bent of his inclination,
instead Of the example If the talented gentleman
e who preceded him, we should have had some rare
g Signs of the Times Our word for it. he would
have denounced the National Intelgencer at the
r. dinner table, as he had before done at the council
n board1 But. though not the place Tor political
" ESSAYS, Mr.. Tan Buren, contrived to make One
: sufficiently significant, and quite adapted 10 tue
ID meridian Of South Carolina, where, we are toias
j. construction construed" is becomming go pops
,e lar that for any thing know, we shall have the
Legislature Of that State, ahead even OF NigNla,
voting the forts in Charleston harbnr to be uhc0n-
j. stitutona, and the lighthouses in the bays and
rivers to be gross pations upon State
10 1t has even been whispered that the present Cow
,e ernor Of the state is infected with horror Of the
IN General Government, and was elected partly or
in that cround-a thing that we will not believe upon
" any authority short of his oral testimony Tor
or we we'll remember the time fifteen years ago, "heh
We he, in one House of Congress, contemPo' aneousy
k, with Mr.. Crawford in the other, rldculed az
to such straghtaces notions OF the constitution a.
Il. are now coming in vogue. We should be sorry
a. TO hear him confirm what has been told to U.S. be-
a. cause, if wrong. his not being political, or
Sc the result Of cool calculation, but CONSCIENTIOUS
m the fact would show that the prevailing disease IS
IS deeper rooted in the body polite than we wish 10
mt believe.
e date to the Senate Of the State OF New fotk' u
of which we have heretofore had occasion to allude,
- he ssys: and tojustfy their confidence, 1t shall
I; be nv constant and Jealous endeavor 10 pro'ec'
the remaining rights resers ed to the States BY the
e. Federal Constitution; to restore those o. uhac"
Id they haze been direted by constructions" &C.
he In the same spi1itin which he delivered himself
1t. at the Charleston dinner, he alleges that me otate
rit have been deprived of some Of their rights al
that their restoration, and the preservation q
what is left, shall be his constant and Jealous en-
deayor. This is serious charge. and such as Nc
one ought to make on light grounds. Il 10 70 De
regretted that it has not been conveyed IN h"tt
.nec,sc terms. But we presume all our political
!. readers will understand Mr.. Fan Buren to rees
r.. to the cause Of Internal improvement aud the
=, prntec,ion If Domestic Manufactures, against
or which as violations Of State rights, resolution
It. were ately Illuminated by the Legislature of w.
it; snia--the TWO srea. '"'s..sss' 49, af ,h Ric