Delaware journal., 1828-12-16
DELAWARE JOURNAL.
VIII, ,a:IN H!EUNs
Tuesday, Decemher A6, AS2S.

0emostand most clamoYous OF its w0rsbppers WINE e Da
tie raging when the conflict at the highest this Editor
bad the prudence the calculating coobioodcd sagdcy to
hold himself aloof from the shifche sought not the open
field but when the battle wGn he from his covert
joins in the shout of victory, and gloousy gnazes himself
by uanping upon and insulting the vanquhed The event
being known, his optics of that convenient construction
that he all discecd that poofo right
ta all merit the side of the vctors, and all evil the
siac of the vanqushed with him. the king do wrong,
and he procams these sudden convictions in burst of vi
peon against the administration and its supporters which,
for acrmOny rancor and will add, untruh had scarcely
parallel during the hottest period Of the late contest
There beautiful morality, too in the assigned for
this extraordinary flash Of ardy yet burning zeal The Ed
tori shocked that the opponents Of General Jackson should
scqucscecheerfly submit, was the phraseo the will OF
the majority, expressed n his election What would he
have? Men submit what unavoidable, and to render
submission gnifed it should be cheerful not epinng Does
che Editor want riot Are his thoughts 50 turned upon ea-
sons straagems spos that he shrnks from the speca
cc Of apowe minority quietly and cheeuly submitting at
and proacted struggle to the will of the majority?
Thefends of the administration thoroughly satisfied now
a. JUSTICE excellence of the for which they
lately contended they may be mistaken in hat--but surely
there mistake in the love Of country which dictates an
implicit obedience to the principle which lies at the root OF all
its institutions They might proclaim their determination to
oppose General Jacksons administration right or wong be-
though pure the angels they might take lesson from
the South and denounce the union ITSELF because events have
taken contrary their wishes: all either of these
things they might do and they have precedens for but
they have not and will pothcy have played the game like
men, and they will sit down like children or dcspe-
Yaoes to cry Or curse because the cards have turned gainst
them This and nspd does not satisfy the Ed
National Gazette, whose appetite for rbay seems
lust to be awakened when every else sataed and de-
sires repose.
Rashness of assertion and violence Of nvective may hnd
,ome excuse in the heat opa conflict what excuse can
there be for him, who looks with phiosophc indifference or
scon upon tho conflict while pending, who feels stirring
the blood while the object in pursuit. but the moment the
victory decided sides with the strongest and leaves
all competitors behind him in the bodness his accusation and
the vepce oh nvectve against the vanqushed' Such has
been the course Of the National Gazette-unt the week
which has passed. COOL guarded were his steps, that
no man could tell which way his sympaes lay; by the jack
son prints indeed his paper referred to as an anistra
ton paper and his sly and civil sneers at the admin
istahon and its supporters umphanty quoted by them
the reluctant admissions Of adversary Such was his po
son until the last week. when he disspated every lingering
doubt by several of elaborate euogy upon the repen-
dent merits the successful candidate for the Presidency and
ofunpang nvectve against the administration and Its friends
Hetalns Mr. Adalnsapd at Mr. Clay-whle he ex-
bas.s the language for cphets bestow the Journalists
and friends of the administration, and to sgmatlze the man
ner in Which they supported the cause they had espoused
The bloodhounds o Jamaica, the Indian witt his tomahawk
and scapng knfc--he most odous and aociols ilusra
tions resorted to- express his vuous adherence
those whom pleased style the me'cenaes and des
pcradocs hired or encouraged deane General Jackson
In word every topic and every form of expression Is used OF
this OCCASION by Editor of the National Gazette, to testify
his adherence of fallen party, and to signify his devotion
the rising orb the 'popular ido whose 'sgnal triumph con
tain in something Of rettbntve Justice" which must
consolatoy for equitable minds"
TuE BpEAxwATEn.--We learn, that Messrs Robert L
Crosby and George c. Leiper Of Delaware County, Penn hay
received the contract for 900 perch ostone for the Break
WATER the mouth of the Dcawarc twill notbe disagree
able to our friends Bandywne Hundred, to know, that
goody portion Of their blue rocks will be applied to this IN
poant National work. Messrs Clement CO. OF tins plac
are said to be concerned in the contract
pretty animated occurred in the house OF deegat
ofvrgnia, the 9th inst the occasion OF the election
Governor sketch of the debate is given in the Rlchmor
Whig-a motion had been made topostpone the elecno
which was opposed by the friends Of Governor Giles amor
other remarks
"NIr Williams Harrison, particularly, made powerf
appealto the house He declared himself member OF
Jackson party, which had just achieved SO signal victory
Nasit necessary for their triumph, to reeect man obnoxo
To the whole Commonwealth man of whom the least u
ud he said was that he had dsgrace himself and the Stat
Would the Jackson members of the leg salre elect man
agreeable to MANY of themselves, and obnoxious to the Co
Honwealth merely display their power! Woue hey .o
this election on when nsinaons against the official char
Ter of the Governor had gone abroad, and before they could
investigated? II had been said, that the object OF tne po
was to get time marshal the forces OF the opo
ton and this was so he threw himself upon the galiah
Of gentlemen if it would not be more honorable m then
permit this opportunity than to win victory over an un
ganizcd party" -
The successive which have taken place in the ho
representatives. upon the resolutions of Mr. Long ana
Wcems, the aiming reduction of the duties on $
and moasses and the other revsl of the whole system
the tariff would to indicate thorough dislnclnaon
that branch of Congress- touch the question: during the
sent session. This contrary to expectations for
appear from the excitement prevailing in the south upon
subject from the pointed in which it has been ref