Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-09-26
p4slishyd BY order q the Genital Committee.

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Puylished BY order of the Central Committee.
f,on he .Aslr TX Eu.aiag Psi Sftsm''r II
hR cHARhta KING AND TIE WtEsIiN fIhp'f.
More than i week having elapsed since M last
letter, and SIR King baking preserved profound
and uninterrupted siience On this topic, am ieit
70 presume he means TO observe that Discreet ana
humble silence whlci best BELTS and becomes hsin
and | shall, therefore after briefly sasin@ What
now resAans to be said respecting the Y e6scr
WpRsc, disi!aia to waste another word upon
such man as Charles hing or such oatnat
",as The New York Amci ican'
The evidence placed before the public consists
ef tile uuquestiot.eh aud unquestionable testimo
nv ot the late Mr. Richard stockton, a. expressed
to three gentlemen Of New Jersey, namely, Me3.rs
FfeinshuYsuh, Elmer, 40 Parker 10 them MI.
Stockton declared that & Mr. Adams prom sed .,
a.oMed or declared it to be his intention II eject
ed President, to give The federal party iaii par
tcipatlon ii office. which promise, as reduced e
writing by Mr.. Webster. IN order int there
should be m possible mistake, ne sanctioned ~
an ,nterneatinn with his own pen, and delise,eu
il, thus altered mote precisely to suit himself
This statement was published in thc E,tnlns
Post, the Sd instant. The testimony OF his son.
Capt. Robert +. stocton. gentleman q hish anu
anu established character and standlng,as cnmMu
nicatri u me, ard im?llelly admittedly am, wa
likewise published il tho same paper 81 AUGUST
19ih, namely, that /. Mr.. Webster. alter detail
ni, to hmm The history Of H. pledge, asserted mat
he mad it then in his possession, : u black aha
white, and offered at TIE .ame time to SHOW V 70
hin.o But the editor d the American, Or. hing,
asserted, IN manner, tpo that impieh his oetei
III tie Truth of hi, assertion, and that Indicated
ire that others snoud believe" the President 81
d ibr UAited states declared to him, that he never
HAD, at any time, to any bov. written. Dictated
or lhtei lined ~ any manner. any itter promising
e!np0 mcnt ur nrnte ton to tie itlefaltsts Or ahJ
thing 10 tat e!iect = and then he added, That when
eyer any name given IN support OF ihc con
trarl assertion constant RECITATION loltiWetl, nne
that se,efa! gentlemen had been appealed to WIN
had ehtireli failed 10 make out the tatis alleged,
naming Nj. Stockton as one Mr.. Stockton, ,erlhs
tins. 10 New for. few days siAce, accom-
panied by d friend, and Immediately waited nn
Ast sing respecting hi, representations ~ nat
actually took place at TIL, interview sha" - ~
tempt to detail nor is il Hatefial: Il Is enough int
the present 10 say, that Nlr. lins. as = cust"ia
!. rs With that gentleman under pccliai cncum.
slancea, was al courtesy and eolnplalsahce, anu
Mt. Stockton returned well satisfied. Whatever
il was We are yesy su3e that in no event w.'i MI.
King hereafter, lecly Of indirectly lisp 4 s. LA.
Ole that may have tie slightest terdeAcy " throw
shadow u doubt OH H.. s,.nunY here.u before
adduced, BY either the Lite Mr. Stockton III. "a
9 ther, o. Alr. stockton the son.
: The last paice of testimony sf,al. oi'ar VIII he
, that received Oh 'IHesday last. IN the tocnonn q
" tl,at da Joshua Foreman, E.q. Que wlli cgcN,e
HE liberty Of usil his name such an occasion.,
.nh whom had formerly he pleasure Of per
sonal acquaintance, camc . iAtotm me, that tm
week before last liz attended Aeelins u t,tt
friends Of General ja, k,on At place called liar
7 hngtn, in the couinv Ut Somerset, New Jersey
at winch lie nearll Captain stockton adde's, "a
mesus and spectacle assembly u We freebooter.
u the VICINITY. and IN The cuui,c oil TIE acid ess
, Ne took aston distinctly to State to them III.
history u ~. Hy6styr llfG-t, Wiih all the Gomez
infant circumstances precisely As It has been &c
peatedlA stated - tAls lafer: excepting, indeed
that he ,!u. lut iseHtian Mr. " ebstei's maine, Dn
! contcnted niaseii with alludln. TO him 30 paipa
!. lily. that net a. Individual u nose present was a
, Il loss sur moment who was meant. And will /
. again be Q.i.tea on by tile m.n,ons Of the adm,
nlstratou that we are still destitute q legal. tech
I. meal p oa! SucA an op,ecti,n mi3ht COME fan
4 miserable. pe,tt0.gn2 shGil,shs county court laM
, yer, driven to Ms wits end III the defence Of
desperate cause: but address nj self to men I
sense and men Of the world, aud will not le.ceh
i. 20 answer the pitlu qubbles ant, esasions u
), pattiingsns attorney. do maintain, that III
49, conduct Of sir. Stockton. allowing hun cnly dt
cent share Of common sense, carries with II an il
tertIai evidence, convincing and irresistible.
ed In the name Of the Commonwealth, then. no
~ call upon the President u the United States. All
upon the Massachusetts Senator, TO stand font
nj and answer 10 The charge Of having attempted, /
nts evasion or .9ulsuca'inn, to palm iasehopd upt
re. the nation, in matter OF moment. " hen tile C,
dence Of tins transaction rises before the gent
he ,npn netmnx, hear eath Of them exclam wi
en- t6o startled Macbeth. in The lively energy OF gull
Il . hou can'st mt say did It. 1t lies betwe,
IS, them. They are bob willingly believe, N,
is Of virtue aod integrity N private lille. " But
new system Of ethics, u seems, has been inycut