Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1828-07-29

are born free and equal,'' and that neither the
right of suffrage the right to civil Office should
be graduated by the wealth of him who claims them.
We consider that Andrew Jackson has violated
these principles, and we ask you if you are willing
TO sacrifice either of them for his aggrandizement
Acting with view to the maintenance fhose prin-
cples, our old party distinctions forgotten, and
we now unite without any reference to the ques-
tons which formerly divided us. Our opponents
have fruitess!y endeavored to distract by rep-
resenting their military favore the Federal or
Democratic candidate according as they conceived
their purposes could be best answered. They
we're the first to destroy the ancient parties of Fed
eralism and Democracy, and are therefore least Of
all others entitled to your suffrages on the ground
of your ancient party distinctions. To establish
this, let facts be submitted to candid public.
In eighteen hundred and twenty seven, the Fed
eralists OF Sussex had elected according to the con-
stnuton of their party, three conferees to repre-
sent them in the conference of the three counties.
which was TO convene at Dover These conterees
were in accordance with the sentiments oftheir con-
sttuents, favourable to the choice of Representa-
tive In Congress who would support the General
Government of his country. The Federalists of
Newcastle county had deputed three others to re-
present them at that conference, who we're oppos-
ed to that government, and favourable to the pre-
tentlons of Andrew Jackson. On the day when
these conferees assembled. being Tuesday the
seventh day of August eighteen hundred and TWEEN
ty seven. the Federalsts of Kent were convened,
and chose from their ranks three other gentlemen,
to wit Spencer Williams, Alexander Peterson and
Jonathan Jenkins Esq's to represent them in that
conference, all these gentlemen being, in co-inc
dence with the opinions of their constituents, ia
vourable to the administration OF their country
The conferees having assembled, made choice OF
KENsEy JOINS, Esq. our present worthy and able
n Representative in Congress the candidate of the
; party. short time after this meeting, the con-
d ferees of the Democratic party also assembled 10
d select candidate for that party to represent the
State in Congress, and made choice Of Arnold Maui
dain, Esq able and worthy citizen of this State.
for that purpose At the time OF the convention OF
d the Democratic conierees, those who were favoura
d BILE to the election of Andrew Jackson, finding
is themselves a minority of the conference, left the
= room in which the delegates had assembled, and
IT abandoned their party, by absolutely refusing to
discharge any part Of the trust reposed in them.
J. The congressional candidates of the old parties
being thus nominated in the summer of last year.
e the discontinued spirits Of the time did not
t. pie boldly TO appear in arlns against their res
]. pectve parties and at Jackson meeting held in
IN the town of Dover, to proclaim to the public,
re :" that in The politieks Of the country
nj had then armed: that the terms Fedeyahst and
Democrat could longer be the zDatchaords Of par
Of to- that under the banners Of Jackson or adams,
every should either directly indirectly, array
is himself" We pass over all those remarks which
naturally suggest themselves while rejecting the
IL fact that they first chose Henry Whitley, Esq. as
I'd their candidate, and afterwards, merely because
10 that nomination did not please the Wilmington and
j. Newcastle leaders of the Jackson party, desert.
IT ed him, and, without consulting him, he after
f. wards publicly avowed in the papers of the day
ID chose James A. Bayard, of Wilmington, as their
IT candidate; candidate who was defeated by ma
IN ljority of about four hundred votes.
The resolution of our political opponents to over
re leap all the barriers of the old parties, and the'
D. determination to sacrifice their ancient faith to the
OIL new fayourte was if possible, still more conspi
lie cuous in their abandonment of the old Federal ant
j. Democratic County Ticket. On the 9TH day O
to August eighteen hundred and twenty seven, til,
of Federalists Of Kent County first assembled and
,o lected their candidates according to ord established
r usages The Democratis party next assembled
nj and according to their ancient customs also chos
i. men to represent them, From these two tickets thu
g friends of Andrew Jackson might land would i
an they had not been resolved to destroy the ancen
r. parties) have selected Senator and majority 0
Of the county representatives in the State Legislature
!. favourable to teirmilitary candidate. But, no :
pn appeared that nothing could satisfy them but tick
nd ct exclusively composed Of Jackson men.
On the veryevening of the dispersion of the meet
n ing which formed the democratic ticket, handful
10 were circulated by the friends of Gen. Jackson, in
N viting all the discontinued of both the old partie
ad to convene at Dover for the purpose of forming
II county ticket having other purpose in view thar
~ the support of the man they termed {" the hero
=, two wars" These handbilIs had been printed long
=" before that meeting. and were actually filled up ane
in the peck ITS of certain Jackson leaders, who were
v sitting that day in the democratic committee pre-
y tending friendship to the democratic party, and
I'd we're by them distributed among the people they
came out of the StateHouse, although they had bu.
I'd
.See the Journals of Congress- vol page 3l8 for the
address of Congress General Washington resgnng
IT, his commission YOUhave conducted the great militia
nv with wisdom and toritude invariably regarding