Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1828-08-15

and hungry soldiers to feed Instead of desiring,
like vuures, to tatten the distresses and Gala
mites OF others. oughtwe not rather to offer up our
fervent thanksgiving to God that he placed the lot
of our forefathers and our own far remoe1 from
scenes f wild havoc, and to implore bis goodness
to prosper those efforts of government which
are directed to the development of our own native
sources Of Virtue, industry and enterprise /? Our
adversariesi may descant wildly and fercely as
tthey please about what they call their Rights but
when they.unfurl the banners Of rebellion--when
they call upon the citizens of the United States to
rally aroond the standard of a military chief, who,
upopa occasions, tramples under his feet thesacred
Charter Of our liberties-when they oppose with
headlong furya violence every measure calculated
to establish the firm and solid foundations Of per-
manent comfort and prosperity for the people
there is Too much good sense-too much virtue--in
the country, to heed their noisy and senseless ca-
9our. Their tree will be judged by its fruit As
yet every blossom it has borne is blighted, and it's
product, even if it could, in this soil, rpen into ma
turity, would be unseemly to the eye and bitter to
the taste.
We have now, fellow citizens, nearly perform
ed the task assigned us. We ask leave only to re-
mark ON the inconsistency of our opponents who,
blowing hot and cold with the same breath, repre-
sent Gen. jackson as a candidate of the Federasts
OF OF the Democrats, they address themselves to
those who were formerly of this OF that party. 1t
has suited these gentlemen in Delaware to ordain
and publish to the world the downfall of the old
A parties. How many of the turbulent and violent Of
each party have enlisted under their banners, we
leave it to others to say. We have the satisfaction
to believe that the greater part of the moderate and
!, rejecting, cool and dispaslonate members Of the
RI community arrayed with the friends of the ADJ
mnisraton and we are firmly of opinion that the
present organization of the parties will be pernia-
nent.
We cannot take leave of this subject without re-
marking upon the entire indclicacy of General jack
son becoming the calumnlator of his rival candidate.
Fol the first tlme in the history Of our country, has
candidate forthe Presidency travelled through any
portion of the Union, spreading charges far and
wide against his competitor What single letter has
j Mr.. Adams written. what syllable has he uttered
to the prejudice of General jackson? The friends
of Mr.. Adams have done what their duty to them
selves and the government called upon them to do
they have met and repealed the charges of his great
! accuser. Those charges have recoiled upon their
! author They have examined with freedom into
!, the pretensons of the gentleman who challenges SO
boldly for himself, the highest honours of the coun-
i try. Much would have been spared to Gen. Jackson
it. after cordially, to all appearances, felcitating
I. Mr. Adams on his election-instead Of Immediately
becoming his open and secret accuser he had retired
- in peace and quetness to his Hermitage bowed in
n submission to the publicw and acquiesccd cheer
fully in the supremacy of the law and constitution Of
!. his country He could it is true, have had no ex-
- emption in any from full enquiry into his fit
ness for the highest office to which his inordlnate
e ambition had tempted him to aspire and that en-
!; quiry could never have resulted favouraby to his
~ hopes As matters now stand he is doubly proved
h. unworthy of the confidence of the people Of the T.
d. d. States.
~ In respect to Mr.. Clay, we know not that we
can add force to the sentiment expressed by your
convention when they say 'that if there has been
~ among us, since the DAYS of the immortal Wash
,ptt,, fp he Tho brct
'e in the confidence and the affections of his country
ee men, it is Henry Clay that able and upright states
~ man. to whom the President, obeying the voice OF
the people, has assigned the most distinguished stu
OF alton in his councs.' Yet this is the man whom
res General Jackson singled out to aim at his fair fame
J.. 70 and reputation the most poisoned shads-not put
US ting him up target among his family and friends
cn at the Hermitage, around his fire side, as he
~ would have to believe but INDUCING himself II
this cruel and wanon SPORT at every other lire side
ed in every Steam and atevery Inn What are We
'n to think, has been justly observed OF the morals
ed Of him who holds not the reputation OF others sa
we cred at home as we'll abroad9 And what art
las we to think of General Jackson, man, who ur
gng this lame and impotent apology, stands proved
to the world as the persevering and unweared pro
pasator Of the same SANDER in every other situations
q Mr. Clay to the councils OF the nation, VIII
ms all that spirit of freshness and fteedom-w'.n all
1t that genius and taent-with all that openness and
le- goodness of heart and frankness of which
ION made him-if we may say so-but the haronger Of
nd still brighter times in the west-butthe earnest as
Pf it were of what that noble portion Of our country
se is destined to yield to the common stock Of the NOR
try al worth and greatness of our empire. Who be-
III lieye that such man as this has allen and fallen,
fe, too, where there was no temptation to betraya
m Fellow-ctzens, we have done. We leave your
to own cause in your own hands. We ask you to
e join with us, in humble suppicaons to the author
of all goodness, to continue still to guide this young
III and rising nation-to give our citizens to know and
&c perform their duty to their God and their country
ID that they may be an example worthy to be held up