Delaware journal., 1828-02-08
ron TIE pYLAwARE JOURNAL.

MIR. EdltOr.-N hen Hrst reau We i'"'P0,.
of the Delaware Patriot. by MIR. J. +. C'emrut' hu-
;,or. thnueht he was going to discard that system
of ;n,}iscriminae sIandcr and vituperatlve abuse.
which has characterized the Jackson papers, and
that while he fairly and manluy endeavored to make
the worse aprear the better caase, he really intend
ed not 10 Lead The People. but leave the matter IN
Difference to the Peoples Uoice, and to them alone.
But not so, Sir these were honied accents, which
were intended to make guls OF those he addressed
for in the first Editorial article he issued, nc rings
the whole charge of corruption so offen repeated
and SO trumphanty reuted, even out Oh inc mouths
of his own witnesses, and unhesltatingsy asserts
that J. .qdans and some ofhis associates at least,
hare madcd through corruption to drra1e al me-"
hieh sfaiions Hitherto, when speaking OF the Pres
dent, some kind of decency has been used. as due
to his high station and Mr.. Clay, the Secretary OF
State has generally been the mark at winch the pos
oned shafts OF calumny have been aimed but Nir'
Clement, IL appears, is resolved at once to make
the President the butt of his acrlmony, and to Keep
| Mr. Clay in the back ground. because the poisoned
aryo,cs have not wounded bm, but have recoiled Oh
the heads Of his associates.
Mr.. Clements, therefore. challenged to produce
the slightest proof Of corruption which the president
has aDaded through. to arrive at his high station.
Out with it, Mr. Clement nothing ex,enuate but
cover him, at once, with confusion, ana make II
plaialy appear before the peoplethat as Nathan
said unto David, thou art the man, IN times o. old
50 thou. Josiah F. Clement in modern days, hath
dragged hypocrcy from his hiding place, and pI'na
| In proved that the President is without honor, integ
rity or common honesty. For that is, take 1t, the
upshot Of this charge of corruption. Take up the
gauntlet, Mr.. Clement, and deal not in surmises, le
ports and conjectures but prove the FACl thor
hast asserted, or be content 10 be ranked as Sian
derous calumna,or, like the woltin sleeps clothing
| With respect to the associates ot the President
MIR. Clay is pointed at, in this d'sgraceiul transac
ton ; but difficult as it is to prone negative, Nj
Clay, it is believed has produce, such body
testimony. so conclusive and 50 respectable that
, Judge sitting in court Of Justice, or uryman o
his oath, would be constrained to declare he a
innocent and highly injured man, although the
might be thorough going jackson men. and deslrouS
! both by strong prcjudces and inclination. to ha,
found him guilty, had there been possibility Of le
ing so.
> When. then, Mr.. Clement declared these horribi
: these shocking things to the people of Delaware an
: the whole United States. he ought at least to ha,
: clean hands himself He should never have otfei
ed to become party in that corruption which ne ha
e denounced with much decency and mildncs
: But what, fellow citizens of Delaware and the Tn
G the States will you say when this very j. +. Glen
= ent applied to this corrupt President to be appoln
e ed Custom Master for the port Of Wilmington,
k send to the right about old Allen M'Lane, the pre-
4! ent Collector with the knowledge that the Presde'
+ had been guilty Of manifest and open corruption
the very moment Of his application? But the Po
: was refused him. vERBuM SAT-