Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-03-28

the first OF the amendments TO the consii,",;.'0
which was in these words" Congress shall nN,
mo law abridging the freedom Of speech or 'Ias
"prc,s." That law, which was unconstitn,;alM
enabled the occupants of power to sacri6cu w..
who were faithful to the people and the free nro' S
to be sure the ouuages ot that period. the ,o.'
which was excited, the prescription and yole.p
and the danger Of civil war and Of bootshed ~.
duced refiux-there was an awful anxious na ps
in 1798-the quiet were awakened, the mo|pras
was exerted-the virtuous were provoked 70 ,h.'
themselves, there was reaction and it was s0o,
high flood, and with the ebb swept away the mouud
which had been set up to circumscribe ibertv-as,
those who had combined to construct them s
But where is the difference between the apb,.
sion of the peoples authority and rights under 4,
forms Of law and authority ?-What benefit. wt,.
good. what moral or social difference does il m,g'
to the people of this union, whether their roI
and natural power be taken away under the e.
mality Of lava obtained By the perfdy of fatbs,
and foresworn representatives or by secretinr,ps
10y corrupt c0lnbnations-or by the perfldy 81
few combining to overtuTn the peoples rights AMI
render the majority of suffrage mere phantom !;
The kind of artiiice is indeed, so far as the Nh
tanment of odlous legislation, not practised in On
actments--but it is obtained by means Of treacho
and fathlessness. such as authorizes the belief M
such men as would betray the people n that me-,
sure, would, to use the Kentucky expression.
I" Gb the uhole hog'-and betray the people toll
whole extent to agsrandize themselves and secure
power.
In regard to the out Of door practices the CON.
parson OF the reign ofterror with transactionsur
der rulers now, is complete. II rs common with
the prints OF the administration now, as it was from
1877 to 1901, to prescribe printers who were fre.
from their influence and is il not now At that
period printers were attempted to be assassinated
and is it not so nowr At that time was it not he
practice to deprive printers of the paltry compen,
satlon paid out of the public money for public ser
vices, because they would not be traitors to those
Where was the reputation male or female that va;
spared in the reign of terrors Is it not the SAINT
now
And after all is the money of the public to be be-
slowed on those who are the abettors of conspracy
and the adversares Of the sovereignty Of the PEG.
ple-and is the contradiction between the rights Of
the people as sove ign, and the disregard Of tie
right to exist with impunity.
NO. recur to FIRST prtncipies-let us profit in
1928 by the examples of l796-and let US DO IN
1929 as the aroused and alarmed people did IN
ia0l-restore the sovereignty, which has had t
rights iched-and show once more that thensh
the people may peaceably acquiesce in durable
error fora time, that they will at the proper period
by overwhelming suffrage correct tire procedure
and expcl those who have deliberately combined
to betray them,
It IS proper to notice a common place defenca
set up for the betrayal of the people at the pre-
sldental election in l924-5-they say there was
no corrupt bargain-by which they mean there
was no money bestowed hut they do not say
that the people are sovereign ard that the par
ties consplred--or consented and in practice &C.
tually put the people at defiance and contempt
and is this not corrrption-it is not the inert
handing of a purse-nor the promise Of thu, or that
office in return for aid in bestowing another--not
does It depend on whether the parties met and discus
sed and made protocol in diplomatic form, signing
and sealing their periidy. The deed was done--and
that IT should not grow into precedent it is now
come to the pass that this attempt at national IN
doing shall be undone.
One Of the People,