Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1827-09-11
TFron the Charleston Courier.

A SOLEMN WARNINe.-There is no right secured
each individual by the Constitution Of the United
States, more important Or more valuable than the
right Of being secure in the possession Of character.
life, and property, unless deprived OF them by due
forms of law. And in all cases that affect charac.
ter or life, the accused is to be informed of the
urc and cause of the accusation, and is to be con-
ronted by all the witnesses against him and in all
cases. the accuser is bound to produce evidence in
support of his charges. To adopt any other mode
of assailing the character life Of individual, is
an outrage against the Constitution and laws Of our
land.
have been led to these remarks in consequence
Of the most nefarous and dangerous mode, which
has been adopted to assail and destroy the charac-
ter both of the President of the United States, and
Secretary of State. They have been abused by
persons who have not dared to bring their accu-
sations before a regular constitutional tribunal,
but have had the shameless effrontery to say. we
have done our part, we have spread abroad our
pcions, let them prove that these suspicious are
founded.
A more unprinciped mode of administering JUS,
tice was never resorted to by those bood-thirsty
monsters in depravity, Marat and Robespierre, who
dcluged their country with blood throwing upon
the accused. the burden of proving their innocence,
was one of the horrid maxims, by the means of
which, they spread desolation ami death one Of
the farest portions of Europe. 1t is not improbable
that there are now in our land many of the Jacobin
disciples of Marat and Robespierre, who are ran
ging about the country and corruptng the minds Of
our people, and preparing them for that injustice
which has closed in the most dreadful manner the
history of most of the Republics that have gone be
fore u.s. Take warning, fellow-citizens, in time. OF
lit will soon be too late. Malicious men are under
mining your Republican forms Of justice. and intro
ducing jacobnical modes in their places. by
toI
the dust, and calumny and inutice reign triumphant
| SpA1N,-Among the numerous troubles by which
Spain is harassed, from various sources, those pro
duced by the Colombian privateers on her coasts
among the most vexatious. Internally, however
she is almost continually perplexed by dissentions
Alarms and instructions. The plot laid by the ad
herents of thAlnfant Don Carlos, at Algesiras, ap
lpears to have threatened to place that city IN the
hands We briefly mentioned its detection and de
feat in our last summary OF foreign news. The roy
alst volunteers stationed there and in the vicinity
Al had engaged in plan to revolt against the king
proclaim Don Carlos and to massacre all the con
stitutionalsts. Gen. Miranda, Governor of Algesi
ras, was informed of it, by halfpay officer, j
thine to prevent It. He took his with sue
promptitude. judgment, and secresy, that the cor
/ |sprators actually commenced their seditious erie
Z of I" Charles Fifth,'' &C religion" and "deah
1.-THE negroes without the suspicion that they ha
!. been betrayed. Ia moment they were attacke
Eby the troops of the garrison who killed, wounded
|. and took prisoners numbers of the revolters, an
pursued the others. Tore Alta, the chief Of tn
:. conspiracy, among the prisoners.
II Another circumstance has recently occurred, &C
J., cordng to the Toulouse Gazette, which is calcula
" ed still more to alarm the government Of Spain.
10 is well known that the contrabandistas [smugglers
Y of Spain are numerous, bold, hardy, and desPer
d ate class Of people, and are to be found in mo:
parts of the coast and the frontiers where the rud
in mountains, the extensive and uninhabited plain
afford opportunities for concealment. The utmo'
exertions of the government are entirely nsuhcier
Ito resain the illegal traffic extensively carried on
,e)hese men. On land they elude resist the officer
a. Iof Government, and their armed boats sometime