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

whom his ruthless violence consigned to an untime
ly grave, has been settled against his followers by
accidental discovery of the original record ofther
trial and condemnation. His slanderous abuse of !
the President and Secretary of State, towards whom
common modesty might have taught him to be ST.
lent and in relation to whom common should
have led him to assume generous feeling fine did
not possess it, has been fully exposed and the
characters and dispositions of those men, whom he
had marked out for his victims, by the light of truth
now shine out more Respondent as they stand con-
trasted with the inydious spirit which attempted
their destruction. His utter incapacity for civil Of
flee has become more garng by reference to his
productions written at period when prompter
stood al his elbow. His early opposition to the
principles of Washington, his efusa to join with
others in the wish that the example of our coun-
ry's first and best protector might be the guide of
his successrs, is accompanied by evidence ofhls
arbitrary and despotic administration Of the Govern
nent Of Florida, which should no longer lei him
a supporter among the true friends of Washing
ton principles and Washington policy. We ask you
the knoson the acknowledged acts of Andrew jack
son would furnish satisfactory example for the
morals and education of your children We ask
yoa if his election to the highest CIVIL Office in the
world would not be looked upon by the young men
of the nation as authoritative sanction Tor the
acts which have distinguished his life? Will not
the bully at the cockpit and the horse race point,
in his defence, to the elevation of Andrew Jackson
In the event OF his election will not the duelis here
aerboast that he has butchered his antagonist and
Justify his act by the example of the President Of
the nation? VIII not your children learn from
such an example that g the path to honour lies
through field of batte,' and that the best means
of succeeding in the world will be to march thro'
it with pistol in one hand and dagger in the
other.
| low-Citizens, the present ruler of this nation
has conducted it in peace and prosperity since his
election to the Presidency, beyond the ffty-second
year of our independence. We are now respected
us people in all foreign countries more than at any
former period OF the existence of our Republic
National improvements and national industry have
been sedulously fostered our navy has increas ed
beyond the most sanguine hopes Of its friends and
the American Eagle now fearlessly spreads his
n piumage TO every breeze, and dips his wing in ev.
cry wave of the The moderation OF ouI
president. his forbearance and wisdom, have saved
us from that danger in the South, which, at the COM
mencement of his administration even threatened
destruction and dissolution to the Republic. While
. the storm of war RACES the other side OF the At
lantic, and is now deluging portion of the earth
IN tears and blood, "dweil safely, every mar
under his vine and his fig tree' and :. there is
to make US afraid The howlings OF the distan
y tempest only induce the reflection that we are no
exposed to its dangers, and lull us into state o
v still happier security.
At With such pilot,-one who has conducted u
e in safety through danger, and avoided the threat
# ened shipwreck-sha we not be satisfied Shall
h we drive experience from the helm in disgrace, ant
trust the preservation of invaluable Liberties Il
III an untred steersman Patriotism, honor and graft
o tude forbidit By your love of country and YOU
sense of iustce-by the bloody tolls and painful snf
N ferings of the gallant Deawarans who fought ant
. bed for our liberties-by the noble spirit of ou
\. fathers who the first to adopt.the American
n Constitution, and who have enjoned it upon us t.
te be the first to defend and the last to desert it,
= invoke your aid in the effort to prevent the adop
% ton of the principle which has proved the ruin
"a every republic that ever existed before ours. Th
ct example of electng military leader to the first CT
Ia vii Office in the nation becomes more dangerous t.
10 liberty in proportion to the power and greatness
n his military genius. Every circumstance tendin
on to enhance the military qualifications and the war
~ like prowess of Andrew Jackson. is an argumen
against his election in the breast of freeman, jeaI
Gus as every freeman should be of his liberties
~ He who doubts this would in other times have bee
'a dazzed and blinded by the splendid military sue
~ cess of a Caesar, a Cromwell and Bonaparte. LIE
nc such now go mourn over the ruins of all that glor
81 Gus freedom which was Frustrated by military me
~" in Greece, in Rome in England and in France: an
~ when memory has recalled the sad history ofthos
- bloody epochs, in which liberty expired beneat
ao the sword of the triumphant WARRIOR matter ho,
~ exalted may be his opinion of the military renow
u of Andrew jackson, if his bosom has ever sweIle
n. with the feelings of freeman he will hardly fa
isl to ioin with us in deprecatng the precedent which
en- the election of that would establish, last
~ u, ing injury to his country.
Fellow Citizens, we hold sacred, and will forey
:, er maintain, the invaluable principle established b.
=" our forefathers in the ''declaraton of rights ant
e. fundamental rules ofthe Delaware State" adopted
r
IT. and seventy six" That in all cases. and at al
or times the military ought to be under strict subor
r, dinaton to, and governed by, the civil power'
,e was chiefly for the inviolate preservation of III;