Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-04-08

his mora! purposes the creator attaches
to the tenure of power and the possession
OF liberty which is power, b, man The
0iher that which emanates from the will
Of the people. Under the cpe, alton OF
the first rule. foreign nations, ENJOYING
less Of that liberty which is power, than
ourselves and consequently less eners
setca!iy impressed by the condition at
tached by the creator. to its tenure, arc
advancing with gigantic strides. in the
career of public Improvement and exert.
Ing their power " 10 ends of benefcence."
in conformity with :he moral purposes Of
our creator II we DO not alsu advance
" with gigantic strides in the career o.
public improsement'-- we fo bear to
exert our power Ito ends ofhenefieence,"
we shall cast away the bonntles of Prov
ldence and doom ourselves to perpetual
ln!eriorty TO foreign nations" Shall re.
volt from the great rule which is i'm
posed by the cerator upon free nations,
and shall in fact proclaim to the world
that we are reduced by the will Of our
constituents. to political impotence as
feeble and uhcuuth as the muscular aci
ton of pased frame.
u mist be admitted that no. only are the two
rules here proposed, but that the power Of cor
trast, and the effect OF comparison are excited
to the best Of ar Adams ability to induce Con.
gress TO prefer the first and e tlesplse the see.
ond. But IN cs-c Mr.. johns ii should be dis
posed 70 tis.,lte this point, It may be we'll 10 ado
"a lltle more of the precious con,c*, Fl ON which
| this "nnrscl for Eng" has been torn by the
| l,t ii.
" In the course ct The year now drawing to its
close we have behold, under the auspices and
a. the expense of one S. ate of this Union,
new university unfolding its portals to the
SOUS of science, and holding up the torch CT hu.
man improvement, to eyes tia, seek the light.
We have Seen under the pcrsevering and en-.
lighened enterprise Of another sta,e, the waters
of Our western lakes mingled with those of The
ocean If undertaking, ike these have been
accomplished, in the compass of few years.
by the authority of single members Of our con.
! te leralion, cRn we, the representative authori.
| Les of he whole uniot.. fall behind our fellow
servants ~ the exercise OF tie trust committee
O Us for he benefit ( nur common vereign,
by lie accomplishment Of works important to
the whole, and to Which neither the authority
nor the resources of any one STATE can be ades
qnaie Here evldeN'ly another standard ofpowe
er 10 recommended to the Cnng, e4s, hafdl, less
indefinite and alarming than The former 1t is
u ge d that inasinuch as G 18th y and resor-
ces Of V;fgna ard Ne. York, tav bee. ade
| equa'e r. The erection ofa new U"iverst,, ard
| The complexion IS the Grand Canal, il is shc
duty of the repltse ta''Tt an hori les Of tho
whsle union 20 .Xr Csc poW AM resources
suhicl' mt for the construct Oh OF works and tho
eXpa SION OF lm9r0, e;ns nj, as much beyord
these particular enterpi :2es Al the resources Of
the whole n,on exceed those Of either of hesc
STA es. And he anttDrtY ottle .enera! cavern
ment, instead OF beng reasnre q by the grants
and reservations a. the constitution, il 10 be
regulated Ivy tie inverse proportion which the
"holc contcdsracy bears TIA particular state.
Thus according TO- MIR. Adams The moral cap
di'icn ofonr existence. and the physical ciicum.
stances Of Our nhon, consIe to absolve the
representative from obedience 10 the VII Of his
constituents. Ard u cannot fail TO be perceiv-
ed that uaderiis nnr3 sRd outrageous dictione
turks the offensive i.lea of patronizn the
people and improving the states, which all men
with spark freedom in their souls must ab
hor, az strenuolsy as nature does & pacugH,..
With equa! zeal and success il is attempted to
ms iy the terms Of infinite assumption and i'm
FERROUS menace with which MIR. Adams repre-.
hcnded certain proceedings Of lie stste ofGeor+
ga. have not before me that remarkable
communication, but am willing TO take Mr..
JohnSOn's eXtenuatet statement q. its substance,
in order to prove how richly both its author and
its advocate deserve the rcTrnbasicn of an ens
shteuel people The latter says % he made
an obvious though not an avowed reference to
his oath of office, as imposing an obligation
above all human law" How this is either an
intellectual absurdy or political sin. The
Constitution Of the United States, denominated
by MIR. johnson himself, "the supreme law OF
the land" prcscrhes certain duties for the Pres
dent. Among which is that Of taking the oath
Of office. To say that the performance Of this
one duty imposes on he President an obligations
above tue supreme law Of the land, and the
very law which rrescrlbes it, is 70 say that the
creature is above the creator and that the
sanction of e,gious ceremony 20 the obligaa
ftr4 he constitution, endows him with a right
to violate his oath ami TO destroy The constiiu9
ten Agsin-to say tina hs oath of Office ins
poses an obligation above The supreme law, or
requires nj his hand the performance of other
Diet es, than hose prescribed bv the constitutions,
is avo~ng nj once that ti!s g not government
Of laws, and that the executive branch is above
the control of the constitution. H. the frs.
sense, the expression is absurd, in 'hc eccont.
criminal, IL ho'l sufficiently offensive, and to
lie fair with MIR. Johnson, he is welcome 80 as,
cylbe it as he pleases, eli hsr to want CT sensr
or want Of principle, in his hero.
The subject Of the Tariff.
In pslaing the more questionable detaeritc
of he president in regard TO his equivocal sup
mort Of that policy which iDcjines 10 an ayOrbi.