Delaware journal., 1828-02-05
FROM NEW ORLEANS.

FROM NEW ORLEANS.
BY the Azeiia, we have received New Orleans
papers 10 HE 18TH JANUARY, inclusive. II we may
Juuge the contents The papers, the reception
the .hero OF Two wars, Was not such as MS
,iienus had anticipated. Ne cannot do better than
gave The lulloMlng account oil the celebration from
me Mercantiie Advertiser o the lolh. Alter quo
llg an appropriate extract from Goltsmith, the ed-
tuI soCs un unu says
ms peaulllul extract from the pen OF that great
philosopher, winch furnishes commentary On the
ceeDl vi the eighth OF january, is Tie piihci-
pic from winch we act IN opposing Inc proceedings vi
at Gay IL Is most Illuminating lor citizeh Vi iiils
place. 10 ueciaie, that the Celebration ol mat DAY
" such as, under uiilerent circumstances, We
Couiu nave Misleu. New Orleans never 1eel
unil ienuly 10 General jackson; anu 1t Is lnslor-
tune wnal All honuulaDe man has 10 suner Tor the
loly lnulsCrelon OF his friends. he lnordinate
a,e eAlrayaganl preleslons set up ior zen. Jackson
tlat possesses the strength OF oapson, the WIS
com oi ooiunon, the beauty OF lADsaioil, and lhe
virtues vi Arisuues, must DC uheilsye TO public,
tne oi wnuse moral Institutions are, to award
10 every man t9uu anu exact justice.
LAughuate PRAISE, Is as RIDICULOUS as eXaggerat-
Iensui e--tlo1 both subyert all notions o right
ana long. 4 muse ~ o lose sight o the distinguish
eu leatule OF our soveinuient the equality ol her
Ciu1cnsJ anu aelnptto lavish rewards anu ulstlnc-
uons, uear no proportion 10 te services. ought
always 10 expect asap pointinent and mofuilcauon.
II tes uen. Jackson, dispassionateiy by The or.
olnaiy rueS oi me, ana we no not see Why II should
otherwise, doubtless he Wui be iound to De Il very
rAceent man, OF intelligence, but like others itn
ueieCts m MS coMposltion
are the lcasuiis why the sterling population
ui this ciy, comprising lis "bone and slnew 3
took no pm ut me celcOfdtt0n As we strike altu-
aeliie at lne principle Vi unnecessarily eXatinS men.
the minute "DETAILS, WehUpe some one VINO was
present al The scehe VIII give an accurate account.
Is KNOWN that tne tegaotuture ulscounlenanced the
proceedings aituSetheI-tnal III appointing a com.
tnlttee their part, SIX Ut them were aulnLstra.
tiuli, anu Two jackson men from grace alone 1t is
known 100, that tney mad. no appropriation Tor de-
iTasing eApenses-anu that they refused that thell
committee suuulu be under the cuntruul OF the
raised III tnls CITY. VI The procession nothing Cal
De saiu-lnueeu II the troops vi the city had not We
i, iuela1 turned out, tnere would have been M
u u4ession and halt VI them more were Admin
isuatlon nien. There was no majority OF any
Class ot the cty, that paiuSspated-not Of me
chants, lawyers Or any profession oi men. The steam
Duah ulu not all turn out-and but one ship IN ten
holsteu their liass. Vi the ball gwen, that
nur,iyns failure too: tine price OF tlckets was frs
hAeu uoilars,anu Du, eight persons subse rbed
II was then reduced TO tive duiiars, and but thrt,
subscribed anu II was AGAIN reduced To three dot
ais. we ale not informed what number attended
but we suppose 1t Was small. And to crown all Gen
jackson leit mere AT one CLOCK IN the night! Wha
could this nave been iur, but to avoid the dsappont
! ,nenl OF seeing naked i.eyee, In broad day light
But this detail is lrk,ume To us, and we take nu pea
II sure III DiaZoillg IT to the world.
ihe people ol tins city, and the people of Thu
state particularly the creoles, have covered them
it selves with Immortal glory. 1t required degre,
oi moral iirmness To resist the claims vi Gen. Jack
it son 10 our suhrases,-whch would have done homo
! 10 the kumans, IN their best days. How profound
Ii ~ ignorant were the managers here, of the people
f Of Louisiana They expected when the Genera
arrived, that he would be Guver Lilliput: Storl
t. among Frogs; who, when he left, would croak out
in oDscullt, their little day. But they have no rea
y son to say
e "Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world
ii Like, Colossus; and we the people,
-e ak under his huge legs, and peep about
,,l % hnd ourselves uishonourabe graves"
AS Madame de Steal says, ''thcre is somethin
N of grandeur in the phrenzy Of battes," which gen
eraly entrances the multitude but the symphonic
in| Of warilke music, had effect on this state W
ly have asserted and maintained the empire of reaso
es over the passions. We did not look upon the Who'll
tie human race as anonymous and worthless, becaus
&C. General jackson lived around whom is concentri
ted the glory belonging to the three thousand mel
w Ihe same spirit which defended our country, an
bore its t1ag al York, Brandywne, Trenton, lhamt