Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-03-04

the authors Of so much actual and inten m,o were
chief '"uea mis-
There is now no alien and sedition lav h..
spirit o n osc'ptlon prevails to as great an sy
as Il can be carried. eA'eR
me men IN power, in the reign Of terror. avo..
their hostility to dtipnS--n0t to the aI;ora .H
countries. bat to those who were most sr,ent
unreseryed IN their love of freedom. ~ aNa
The men IN power now, are mute unon tho :.
Ject of aliens they 10 not prosecute-they dn w
lmprson, as their predecessors did in Bostnn " ="
mont, Hartford, New York, philadelpbia M "a
mond the odium Of those prosecutions. and ,I. ~
integrity OF Juries. which so often defeated h.s
proved to be an example too solemn to be- Ill.,.
garded, as they contributed more than anv ob''
cause. to the overthrow OF the inciplen. tyrannn
!>ut the men IN power, do exercise corrpm',
control and odlous interference, with the fread"s
OF the press. They prescribe those presses. VIII.
exercise the freedom guaranteed by the consts
tlon, and they take from the free presses that MN
NC business, (Which is not their business, nor nj
Tor by Their money, but the money Of the peonls
aud confer It on others, whose reward II is mad,
Tor treachery TO the public. and for services mas
de-Pcablc and contemplate.
he men IN power IN the reign of terror. # i
true failed eventually in all their designs. but Ms
inflicted misery and injury on MANY who dared n
resist theIr oppression they nteriered in the m
'atc concern, vi tradesmcnA-the very hlpbesi n
them. went from house to house. and shop 10 stm
nculcaing prescription. The Banks were mai,
engines OF prescription Certain newspapers found
IN house or shop, were deemed sufficient can,
i"i prescribing the house or shopkcepers
&c men 70 power now, are more crcumsuec
thrN 90 not venture upon this species Of tyraDm|
- nprhiN, hut by their agents, they do.
n men y power now, DO not prescribe alien,
lAt thelr predecessors, openly and by an odo,
law, out they do pto,crbc aliens in very nearT
ne sane lafins a. the agents Of their predecessors
In the reign Of terror. the Hish pmimrants wps
NE aliens most obnoxious to the ruling powers-y
II against them i was principally levelleC-tFsv
were me people who most OF any 10 Europe, iel
the cruel oppression of wicked government, arl
thelr national yNacity made them the most ardent
III their adherence 10 the principles OF liberty, III
- not generally known that some persons were e,
iected ior transportation. She iist of the5a Sc
lected, obtained advice OF the lcsign, man offae
education and talent, though he had never %ritet
much IA the United States, nor any thBg peculiar
~ effective against them. lie determined 10 de
ieat nespotlsm by stratagem. and required thtl
snip u be named in which he should embark ttt|
snip vas named ami guard Of marines placed OnI
board to receive him at l2 O'clock There were
circulars issued to the select friends of the pogfi|
that were, and large attendance to see the f,S|
deportation under the alien law; but the alien M|
writing his letter set out for Virginia. and tfen|
settled down IN the practice OF the law. and Their
ll,ed ard died there was ali end Of the alien
law.
Inc persons IN power now, do not express then
selves hostile to tie Ersh but one Of their presses.
called an ddrocate, Of 2oth January, emulates tn.
lnfamy Of Pster Porcupihe = take a specimen fpr
that number Of that paper.
The success q! the friends of Gen Jackson
: the city Of New York, lin Nov. 1897 va %
- tanned By The aid Of the seam, dYgs and filth III
= all countries; by corruption, bribery, reveyaM
: Drunkenness, and by the votes of many rasa
. bonds who had no right to vote at all y
The papers OF New York in the interest Of th'|
powers that be, are more particularly scurruus
HE period of the reign Of terror, in PhiIadl'l
phta particularly, was marked bv outrage and sol
lcnce One printer alone there, dared to assll
Tree principles; that man was prosecuted, hi MI
attempted by individual assassins, always WITHHOLD
success. \ posse Of government mnons attpmNI
ed I" accomplish what lnd, iduaIs could not eHtctI
they lett him apparently lifrless on his own prem
lse- Dut not dead and il | do not mistake he Y
lives aud the thirty who attacked him have loD;I
passed T" their account. leaving no sweet sayor
ihelr reputation, honor or honesty behind them
IN or the men in power, the ike scenes ha''I
been commenced ut i but few days since All
attempt upon the life Of publisher Of spHIelI
newspaper, in Philadelphia, was made by person
Of the name Of Il. C. pinckney, who avowed AL
cortins to the publication made Of the facts. ua
he was "only an editor for temporary purpose
that is. to promote the reelection OF the pe'el
President; and with pistols and menaces OF a''ls
slnatlon. attempted to avenge men in power Tp%
simpson. who had published, that the paper ea's
by Pinckncy at Baltimore, was distributed s'a',n
at the expense of secret fund: fact ayowed y
Plnckney himself.
This Is exactly the style of the reign Of terror
me press IS to be muzzled by the pistol; next l"
IT may be expected that the attack will not DC evH
iined to single assassin, that the windows o. y,
a