Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-10-28

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their avuritc Minister 10 Panama has been rejec.
ted i, majority Of 5J..-Ail the returns from
the whole State have not yet come ln-hnt we
have enough to be Convinced, that there NOT Will pe
an Adams Representative from l'enns, wanna ID the
next Congress, anl that the Jackson men have
carried The day Us at least so 600 majority
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| THE PRESS IN rME UNITED STATES
lii the address Of Mr. Livingston. which we
published last week. a severe and deserved cen
sure is Cast upon the manner the psesihehtai
election has been conducted by the partisans q"
Mr.. Adams We are sorry IL say It, lie might
have included few papers on the other siuc
! which, exercising the lex tailulis . not spare
the private characters OF those opposed 70 theii
fasorite candidate. 1t is to be laincnled, that
vulgar abuse, scurrillous lansnags, and even OBJ.
scene epthcts, have degraded the press Of Tue
country, lessencd its reputation Tor iropnety am,
dignity, and deprived it Of its advanaseousness
and usefulness to The community The evil must
be ascrbcd TO several cause7, anu the tlegrada.
ton. principally to those who have the manage
mcd VI the press. To violence III zeal to pro
mote the interest ot friends to a heart cailous To
patriotism and naturally dcpraved; AMI 70 innate
vugarty. which influences enc's conduct IN his
interconse with society, and in his writings, II
nature has endowed him with certain degree oi
intelligence. In large community, the causes
Just mentioned, will always produce the same ell
fects, unless public Opinioa dscuuntenances the
employment Of the press IN disseminating false
hood, scuuility, and obscenity. Public oplnion
only can apply a corrective to the evil for, how
ever baneiul that evil ma, be to the morals Of the
/ people, the least abldgmcnt Of the liberty Of the
press would be attended with more dreadful con-
sequences to the public Institutions oi the coun-
try.
Violence in zeal to promote the interest and
elevatina .! friends, IS not an unpardohab!c OF
! fence. Generally, those guilty ut it, when the
excitement has subsidized, acknowledge their trans
gression, and repent tor the consequences their
unbildletl passions, may have produced. WIN a
heart naturally deprayed, with the envious and
b. pocrtical, there is redeeming quality. no pal
llation for the offences they commit. Virtue and
talents are offensive to them. they exert all their
faculties in corruptin. their fellow creatures that
they might be broush down to their level Every
noble action is sting to their consclenccs, and a
dagger to their breasts hence they endeavor to
darken all vtuers deeds, and ascrbe them 60 other
motives than such as those which are prompted
by moral principles. They delame the characters OF
their fellow men with ientlike pleasure; the graf
iiication "t their mallyn,ty is the blessing they
seek IN this world aud the more they find that
their alsehood, aud ISLANDERS have spread, the
more they icel happy. il happiness can be enjoyed
I by such lie .raded beings. they delight al MS
chief and trouble and their greatest satisfaction
would be to witness the whole human race as i'm
moral and perverse as they are. We repeat it
, again. public opinion only apply remedy to
the mischief which the caiiamniator dissemlnates I;
! public opinion only can DOM to everlasting inta-
my. the writer whose corrupt pen incites to nmo-
rali;y, and to the violation Of every private aud
public Obligation. Another class i, imposed oil
men vulgar IN their manners. and, as conse
:, qnence. IN their writings. Man can never shake
oil his First and early impressions Ii a man has
been honestly brought up by his parents; if the
! first words that struck lis ears were decent and
proper; and il he has been checked when he ut.
i tered indecent ones it will require long assuci
f, alton with the vulgar and abandoned portion oil
Il the community for him to turgei the early i'm
- pressons he received under the parental root -
u But il he has been neglected if in his youth hi
,, associated with drunkards, sweaters. am, braw
ers, the impressions he will have received canno
i, De oD,ltcrated. He viii retain and empoy al
- the cant and vulgar wons ana PHRASES he the,
Il learned ha VII, employ them in his writings, with
n ont Imagining that he is offending against nropr,
u. ety and decencv. Vulgar epithcts are 50 famili,
H. to him, that he firmly believes that it is not ,eroy
q, atnry to decency 10 employ them towards other
il the most indecent manner Vulearity Is So IN
planted N lis nature, that lie treats all men as
an equality with him. Hence, when he designs
celsnie he IS coarse and abusive; in word h
mistakes vuisarty Tor wit, and the powers of 4,
iamatlon Tor talent and genius 10 attcmpt II
reform OF such man would be as vain as TO a
tempt 10 wash nero White Public omnio
only, by conlnng 10 ulscntity, individuals of III
description, can lfcscnt their coarse and yulw
: lahgua.e lrnm corfnr,ing the morals and name
Of tie rcnpie