Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-11-18
they must recolIect that on the change Of rresi-


strances. resolutions. groans and complaints, 10
waited OIL every breeze 10 the Presidents tn one
Turn your eve, Instantly towards such firm. up
right, undertaking patriots as will save the Com.
m0nwealth in this pcrious time. and suffer those,
vino have abused your confidence to return to pri-
vate life, but above all preserve union and concert
IN all your measures."-p.G 6. Signed--A New En-
gland Farmer.
! In n reply to Mr.. J Q. hdams's libel on the mem
DRY of the late Fisher Ames. | find the following
passage which may serve to explain the tone of Mr..
Adams letter to Mr.. Giles.
:. His primary object (Mr. Atams'sl in this re
view was to brin. discre,lit ON the party whom he
had Just deserted: if he conld succeed in blasting
their regulations. it might divert the public atten
ton from his own. 1t offered sort of apology for
what the world had commonly branded as 'reache-
ry. But it must occur TO every impartial man. as
very extraordinary, that Mr.. Adams had 50 long
associated with men whose views aud principles
were SD base. Did he rot discover il before !:
Where then was his discernu mt ? Did he perceive
it. and was he scnts Where thtn his honesty and
patriotism: Remark on Adams Revie PIP. 81. 81
Extract from Federal pamphlet OF 1915, emil
tied " the roa, 10 Peace.
No man breads disnn,nn more than 10. and no
man so mach dsapproves the sowing ieacuscs End
making distinctions between the States. hut then
am not such fonl. am nnt such slave ~
Tears Of disnnion As TO approve Of measures which
rum my own part nf the county, "-p. | I Til,
writer then proceeds to point Oil the onl' remetH
for the existing evils. the read to Peace Thea.
is through the coming etec;inns and csery man
ongh. 10 feel and act if war or peace depended
on his 0MR r0fP''--n l6
Extract from Federal pamphlet. printed IN
1874 when the passions at the highest pitch.
sis months before the Hartford Convph;inn
For ourselves. we have no hesitation ~ sa, ),
that ANY NAN ,rho charges The Federal party with
design 10 serer The Union. either nisapprchen,I-
their views. else IS guilty ii a wanton a,d rraI
caiumny"-p % again: " Brought up in tn
principles of Washlngtnn and liza ving derived what
Little nav possess Of political knowledge trnm
WasIinetun's early anu fast rien s. among whom
j. our excellent Governor (Strone.) have been
able 70 know the private opinions Of these Wash
ingtnn fedcralists & cen pronounce, that n0ihing
can be more abhorrent 10 their feelings than a Sc
parat;on Of the States, except slavery. p 30
The writer concudes g We have no wish o.
idea nf separation Of the States We have oni,
desire that we should be as United ii action as
i" utesng. 50 that we may speak a language which
-ha.l bc heard at Washington
j" Il p are the true friends Of Union. who would
compel Congress by our spirited and united Ian
qua e and CONDUCT to adhere TO the principles On
,hlch tie Umnn was funded" p. Ss.
such was The language. and such tie true inten-
iion IF the Federal party, expressed in puh'ica
fnlon, and at the expense of the most dlsin
guishcd Fcderalists.
mast own, that am not little surprised. !',at
M. Adams should have sought an interview With
ii- rthei's calumniator, and deadly encmy smpls
communicate that harmle-s letter Ola G0vcrno
# Nnva Scotia to gentleman in Bn,ol. Il the
information was true. the Governor did an act Of
Kindness IN communicating 1t, ami surely Nj.
,am's friend had no idea that his conduct in
ctising such letter was reasonable, reprehen-
sible on he would not have sheWn it to the severe
alto Of our Senate Without an injunction OF Sc
crecy. lie did precisely, what loyal citizen
aught to do; he put one If the Presidents consti
rational advises III possession OF the information.
y hat dark and mysterious differences Mr. Adams
from tins plain, loyal conduct. we are left to
conjecture But much more puzzled to-
know. wh,, when the interview was obtained, MIR.
Adams suppressed the reasonable projects, ut
which he p'ecnds to have had knowledge years be-
fore Why has Mr. Adams been gn Ity oi n,
prison of treason towards the people OF his native
state by keeping Qm twenty long years. this drea"
full secret in his port folio why has he permit
ted Strong, and Gore and Brooks, to enjoy the
confidence and suiirages of the people, when b,
turn of key he could have exposed them to public
scorn and contempt: Why did he suffer Chef
Justice Parsons to descend to the tomb with al! the
odour of patriotism, ''hen he possessed secret,
which would have consigned him 10 the fate oI
traitor II may be said, by way Of apology Tor tbs
twenty years silence that the great purposes Il!
the disclosure were obtained. The reconciliation
rms Cheated, aud the expected honors have cluster
C., round tho inIorncr to the utmost extent ct his
ambition. Have the rewards been too great Tor such
service Not at ALL Ii the disclosures were
founded in trath. the Treasurs is still IN his debt.
If they we're the pure inl cnuns Oi Jealous yinuic-
tive and ambitious passions. the wards are not yet
coined in our modern language winch can suitabl,
describe the decd The caIumny | ,ee) ,:, moi
extend to ledcraliss. In IA letter from Mr. Adams
II Dec 81 1863 cited in the salem Gazette Of 18th
nct I,st ia nnn of hi. southern Friends ne tel |