Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-05-23

eeAen VI NO tiSht VI suHrdge, anu IS the entering
wedge to the prostration Of his liberties
An example has been set of representative
dlsobeying the will Of his constituents, which the
people pronounce in the most emphatic terms.
|" pernlcious." They as the sovereignty of this
country possess all the power, and never have, nor
will they ever delegate the right Of controlling
their servants, any more than they will permit
representative to assume the position Of master,
and rule them by his will.
Is 1t wise, vrtuuus example, to call grave
senator from the most sisnifed deliberative body
in the universe to the field of mortal combat, for
words spoken in debate; for expressions used in
the discharge OF an imperative, solemn duty to
his country? This is accounted " perncious" be-
cause the freedom OF speech and Of the press is
guaranteed by the constitution and laws, and this
example tends to the subvprson of this great, this
strongest palladium of our liberties.
The prostitution Of office for electioneering pur
poses, and the waste Of public money upon the
same object, by purchasing parasites with vcnaI
presses, to propagate SANDERS against the yiruous
and the wise, is an example the mos" perncious.
one which "senuine republicans of every demon.
ination have not failed 10 reprohate in terms the
most marked by disgust and contempt.
| 1t is pronounced g pernicnus exas,ple'' for the
President and his cabinet, who, fotgetfu of their
high stations and tine duties they ought to perform,
descend to the arena of electi0neering disputes.
ta,el over the country in open contempt of all
the laws o! decency and decornn, NEE, at barbe-
cues aud tavcrns, and harrangue the multitude, in
the set terms of q demagosne.
70 deprive distinguished captain Of any Of the
Of RIGHTS of citizenship. for no other cause. than
that Of having risked his life and his fortune in
the defence Of his country. and TO ,lefame him
with malicious ISLANDERS, invade his domestic rela
tons. and lacerate the bosom of his virtuous con
sort with calnmnv, because his countrymen have
called upon him. 10 leave the shades of the Her
mitage, enter a-an npon the busy scenes of po.
Utica, life Cor their benefit. not his own. is pro
claimed to lie net only .pernicious cSample'
but one abhnrcnt % human nature.
. We might extend this list Of perncous exam
ples. to almost an indefinite length, but we stoI
to enquire. who has set themp The man wht
calls upon 'genuine pu,icans'' to guard libert,
against their influence. If his judgment has be
come SO perverted as not to consider these exam
ples apernicinus." then is he poisoned to tn
very core by ambition. Then indeed is he los
beyond all hope of redemption. # on the othe
hand, knowing them to be "pernicious." hi
hopes BY uttering such sentiments as the on
which heads this article, to blind and deceive tn
people 10 his real condition and his real senti
ments and practices, then he is reduced to de
gree Of debasement, that while it makes the for
mer friends of Henry Clay, mourn over him,
compels them to declare that through they hay
loved Caesar. they love Rome more Out Of hi
own mouth has he condemned himself.
He has called upon the people, in an unguarde
moment, when envy and ambition blinded hin
when he believed he was directing the battery Of hi
). elounence against pure patriot, to guard ibert
& aginst him. his associates in power and place, ant
Il the "perncious examples that they have d'
clare,, themselves determined to establish.
+ The New Workers do not relish the Tariff bill
and as will be perceived by the paragraph below
n have given it the salutation of mourning, nstea
I'd of that joyful welcome to which other portions
IS the country believe it to be entitled. They vii
we believes be ag,ceaby disappointed in its etfec
ey on commerce. for although it will diminish Il
n importations Of woollen goods and some other a
y ,cles upon which the duty has been raised, yet
OF will create an increased importation OF the KIM
ry Of merchandise. necessarily used in manufactu
'st ng. 1t is not doubted, we believe, that since Il
r. manufacture Of gun powder has stopped the il
10 portation Of that article, about twice the amou
ns,l . 4; ,r,,yoa IN br;na;nr ccIt netr.