Delaware gazette and American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1837, 1830-12-14

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Ivanccment the best interests Of our com.
mon country, and to full development d
ltle superior excellence ofthcse free institu-
tions, which; as the fruits off glorious but ar.
Iduous and t~ilsome revolutionary struggle,
have been kindly bestowed upon, and contin-
ucd to us, as apeCPle, by behefcent and
bonntilm Providence that by pursuing an
enlightened, discreet and liberal policy, in
the administration Of our national affairs, we
have been preserved in the undistuibed pos
session OF civil and religious liberty in the
happy relations Of peace and friendship with
foreign nations and in the full enjoyment of
uninterrupted tranquility within ourown Dor.
ders. And that we have the cheering pres.
Ipeet before US that, with ordinary care, and
without practising an unnecessarily rigid
economy IN the management Of our fiscal
concerns, we shall present totheworld, at no
distant day, the novel, but sublime specta-
Gle, OF a ration consisting of more tina
twelve millions Of treemCn, happy in til /.
Possession 81 the nost tiourlshing and pro
porous country upGn earth, anu enjOyin
the protection # government exercising
power and energy, moral and physical, ade
quaIe TO every emergency, and sustainn
Nself in all its relations, t,relgn and domestic
Ihonourab!y aisilcumbcied ilCm all its pecu
MARY obligations, and entirly out of deot.
The momehtous and highly intcrestin
events which have recently transplred i i
Europe lot WHICH the past season mas bee.
Unusually prolific the RAPID succession nv
which tLey followed each other, and the ex-
Extraordinary consequences they produced,
whilst they excite our establishment at this
boldness and intrepidity with which the en-
lterpi1ses were Conducted, and inspire
with admiration OF the noble bearing, tn
heroic virtue, and ardent PATRIOTISM wit !.
which the actors who accomplished the. al
we're an mated; they at the same time, a.
Waken pleasing anticipatlons III relation { \
the future moral and political condition
the human family, and inspire the patrio.
and philanthroplst with renewed hopes tina.
the day is NOT tar distant wnen tyranny and
oppre ssion snail be banished from the earth,
and the principles Of free government,
founded upon the equal rights Of man, shall
be established ana n.ainlaingd .hro4l heus
every portion Of the word. AS American
citizens, accustomed to contemplate the
light Of liberty, and to witness its vlvifving
and refreshing influences upon the free and
Liberal institutions Of our own iavCured coua-
- s"N AHNS q il6htJ ~ Ii ii ~ ab Jui llGGu~
lar privilege, to miaglc our congratuiaton
With those Of the patriots # France, on til
glorious occasion Of the emancipation Oft tina
magnanimous people, and its enrolment up
on the list Of free governments. by the virtu
Gus and successful efforts OF 4 single city,
the snort period of three days.
But although France, our former ally an
friend, who stood by us in the dark AN
gloomy period oi our own revolution, is Ell
titled 10 our kindest sympatlies OH the oc-
casion Of her sudden and successful transit
ton from a gloomy and degrading despotisnl,
forced on the nation BY the hostile bayonets
of foreign merceraiges, to system Of gov
cinment, comparatively free, by which the
ruler is restricted within salutal,y c0nstitu-
ticnal limits, and which admits the safe and
correct political principle, that the soye-
reignity Of the state resides in the people.
and that kings i71le hdsr BIZ their pernission;l
we must not combine our congratulated Il
France only. The spirit CT freedom is a.
bread in the world. Its march is onward,
and will not be stayed. Nations, az we'll
as individuals, begin TO know their rights,
and to respect them. The fire of liberty Isl
now spreading over enslaved Europe with
inconceiyeabic rapidly. Its votsries are
svery where establishing the truth of the
maxim, that for nation to be free, il needs
but to will it, and wheresoeYer peoplel
brings itself within the fold OF free gov
eminent, it will be entitled to our best
sympathics, and to our most cordial songra-