Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-11-04


having the will, he cannot do it, he is slave. 4
If having the power, he will not do it, he Isl
An enlightened exercise of the right of suf-
frage is the constitutional and equitable mode
adopted by the antimasons to remove the evils
they suffer and produce the REFORMS they
seek. But this mode, to be availing, must
include iudcious- selection of candidates.
After diligent inquiry and mature deliberationl
we have seIected, and now nominate, for your
support, as a candidate for the Office of Presi-
dent of the United States, at the next election
WILLIAM WRIT Of Maryland: {
And for Vice President,
AMOS ELLMAKER, of Penna.
These citizens we deem eminently possessed
of the qualifications before set forth, as mostl
essential to the offices, with which we have as
ISOLATED their names and confident Of their
devoted attachment to rhe principles Of admins
tration contained in this address, and their con-
cwrence in our vierUs ofthe crimes Of jrcemason-
ry, andthe necessity of'their remogah BY direct
ing against them the sovereign and free remedy
10 public suffrage, and the beSto1vment Of obFcidi
favors, zve earnestly recommend them 10 yourl
Support. Their election would be great stepI
towards the rescue of our republic from the o.
dious and formidable power which endangers
I it; and we will labour to accomplish it in the
spirit of freemen. In this labour we invite you
to participate.
4 Our free principles cannot be preserved
without constant vigilance, and a continuance
+ of the same disinterested and determined ac-
ltion, by which they were established, They
are the best possession of the rich, and the on
" wealth of the poor. They are the common
: land peculiar property of the nation, embracing
It all its virtues. and its fortunes.
IS Neither the price of our liberties, nor their
4 fruits will permit them to be regarded without
i emotion, by any intelligent mind. They have
, :, been purchased by ages of just and earnest,
n though of brave and generous effort, of vicissi-
d tude, and suffering, and blood. Nor have they
IS been purchased in vain. They have taught man
t to form Just estimate of his own worth, and
of that of his fellow beings, to estimate the va
II lue of reasonable and responsible creature, not
c by the place which he may hold in an artificial
u and unnatural state of society, but solely by
l. the faculties conferred upon him, by his Ma
e Eer, and the intelligence and virtues ofhs char
y acter. And while they have abased the proud
'e from his stlted and naughty elevation, they
le lhave brought up the poor to the exalted STAN
,eldard of human rights and human hopes: ant
m thus opened the way for the whole family o.
I'd IMAM, - to run the great career of Justice" w,
s. have set out first in this career Let us re-
ID onr progress in it, and by the attractions o
u our success invite all nations to embrace it
re IF we are truc to ourselves, our institutions
our fathers, and posterity, this is to be on
s. GLORIOUS destiny, The influence of onr exam
r'iple is already great, In our foreign conflict
a. and negotiations, our vigor, prudence, and wis
lie dom, have made us respected and illustrious
NJ Let not these qualities be wanting in their do
n nestle application, that the value of onr exam
may be enhanced, and its influence increas
ooled. Providence has manifestly cast upon u
en- the high responsibility of determining the mo.
interesting problem of social life, that of man
th' capacity for self government five suppress
IT'S all unsocial conspiracy and selfish faction, fror
MS within, as we hitherto have done all dictatio
IT. and tyranny from without, we shall determin
us, it in favour ofliberty. Such determinatio
pts the great and the good of every nation expet
gi from us, and they are beginning, in the face
ofal their foes, to hazard upon it their possessc
ms their honour and their lives. Let us Meth,
ach ldisappoint them nor betray ourselves.-A di
no. interested and faithful adherence to the prime
on plies which we inculcate, and to the modes
cry Sustaining them, which we recommend, b
de- comes both our cause and our responsibilit
on. and irresistably commencing itself to the ado
our ton of the honest and the Free it will give tn
ven cause success. If it fails, then right duty, in
IL, provement self-government, and happiness a
on phantoms. We shall be compelled to repud
hts ate the memory of our immortal siresJ,forej
md the great inheritance they have bequeathed i
and But it will not fail. Freedom is not more Il
My friend of man, than the favorite of Heave
1t is equally our highest glory; our most sacrt
lest duty, our most assured hope, and our proniii
nd, ed possession. ~