Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-01-22
Volume L.

vantes Of cca machinery he remains true to the
principles Win animated him and ia hers, at the
ct he Declaration of Independence. Such he when,
IN the Senate Of the Unon at frying epoch Of pr4scfp
ton, he boldly denounced the Alien and Sedi,ion laws
such was he When the great theatre Of legislation,
eager disengage the labor and gles of his country,
men from the blgthg influence of foreign competition
or @retced dependence ON foreign COS trivances and
SKILL he frankly pledged himself the resolved and unsltera
Bile trend OF domestic industry am, nanuiactu essuch
was he, when, aorelled conqueior unded BY
grateful population whom he had rescued from fire and
sword, he neekly submitted to judicial sentence of pun~
'shmen' for having, at moment Of universal panic and
peril energeticaly grasped in order preserves,
sitdton the point Of total extinction such hes
hen amid the factions ntrgues by whicha the las presi-
dental election the voice OF majority dsrega
the substance of Liberties made yield 10 the forms
designed for its protection, he Indignantly repeed The adj
vances ct corruption and scorned elevation founded
upon the only basis recognized by him, the choice of lie
sovereign people,
A fresh and unfadng Iusre is shed upon this de-
neaton OF public qualities, when We lurn from the
hero and statesman, to trace the honest, the gene
rous and benevolent man, in the pa his OF agricul
ural and private lille Sixty years OF Industry hs.
wing placed him beyond the reach Of want or the
necessity of exeriion he delights in the calm put-
suits OF The farmer, in the exercise Of dial hosp
tality, in the sympa,hies Of friendship, and in the
pious duties # Christianity. With too little aub-
lion TO seek he has too much patriotism to shan.
the burthens Of official s,aitn-ner would be ea,s
he pear oil his cabin for the pol'os OF capitol,
were he not sensible that he belongs wholly TO his
country, and that his fellow citizens are alarmed for
he safety of their Institutions.
Su h is And; ew Jackson and web might the
veeran and venrtaed father Of d~mnt racy, JtfTER-
SON, when contemplating his achev. m.f IS a SOL
d er, emphatcaly exolam. 8" hp has filled the med-
sure Of his ceuntry's giory!" and Justly might be-
add. when 'ssewine his conduc, AVID qualifications
statesman, he is an hores sincere firm. clear
headed and strong minded man, IF the soundest po.
liticat principies.''
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| |, is loo painfully tree fellow citizens t!ot to de
preciale reputation thus Characteristic, and cIcse
! Iy interviewer with the texture of republicans
system, every effort has been made by aspiring am
bion and wre,ched yenailty. The lofie.t de,l lama
ton and the bases forgery have combined TO undere
mine popularity founded upon forty years e ,e
corded ard exemplary virtue. As he rescued New
Orleans from he desolatinn OF We' gion's uti..
ci6es," he has been sffectedly termed "mi!itnry
lchiefain." although without solitary sod'er M
yer his command-and as he saved y and
his country BY suppressing mutiny, he has been
slanderously styled "a murderer" Even the sas
cred precincts of his family circle have been brutal
lily invaded-bis traducers catching as it wers
from British tongues their iniurate war cry. have
directed 1t against the house Of him Who so glori
ousy shielded from its horrors the matrons and
daughters Of Louisiana There is, however, re-
deemng spirit in the intelligence and integrity q!
our countrymeD. These lit.ls amply and sole mn
/ y refuted, have penetrated 10 the hearts Of the
American yeomanry, only 10 kindle there brghis
er and broader fame OF devotion to heir intended
victim. The world, whose wide range he has nj ade
10 echo With the lame Of his country, shall also wit
aess with arprobai ion people v;ndic alpg and rts
wardlng inna beneiacior
Feeling as much pride as pleasure in developing
III extraordinary merits Of our candidate, we ha,a
a6stained. perhaps too long, fiom adver,ing beg
and equally cogent reasrns ior your desire 10 r!a
him in the het nsgistraey These 10 be ioend
in the equivocal origin and the absolute uratssi
of he existing administration.
You al! know ;hal the presen. president Of he
United State, is not the chosen officer Of he An.e
ican people. Unfortunately for the puiny OF our
politics and the prosperity O! the land. the election
OF 1924 proved abnr,ive, from the multiplicity OF
candldates-and thence, the choice OF an executive
devolved upon the house Of representatives. In.
stead of conforming FAR possible to the popu.
lar wili---instead Of harmonzing at once with tbs
fundamental max,m Of republican ins lnHs. ny
adopting him in whose favor the greater runber Of
ufFrages had been given-instesd OF obey i. "ith
out hypocrisy or murnur, the instrue tvn' con-
stilNenis: this asst nhlape oil public agents dts.
racled by moody cabas, and sway ed h} mys'e'ious
il huences. smothered the dictates OF democracy,
ny the ELEVATION Of John Quincy Adams
A resul, so unexpected and disastrous could be
ascribed To cause compatible with ei resentatise
fidelity. The path OF principe, Of patriotism Of
positive duly, led directly 10 The designation of An
drew Jackson Nor was i: long before the conver~
sion Of protraced ard avowed enmities into friend
stp and the arrangement al cabinet out OF mate
,iaIs os:ensibly al variance with their chief with
,,her indications too distinct for doubt, unfcided 10
sgian, community The p.eeSistence Of secret
oaiiion sacrificing the rights interests feelings Ss
hopes OF the people, at the SHINE Of sell assran.
,izement
The p, oper limits of this address prohibit ar emu
Grafton Of th- facts ard circumstances winch esta-
.h this banefui co ,lition inf lrnt of Anne i.
IN hiatnru They have Al adp sachcd Won tren,