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DZHAWARS JOURNAL.
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TrWUvjji April 21, 182.1.
We are aware that there may be many subscri
bers to whom the Journal has not been sent.
Re
turns have not been made from several quarters';
though we hope soon to have them,
have our business better organized, when we expect
•o have more satisfaction ourselves, if we do not af
ford it to our patroiis.
Wc shall soon
j W. W. Seaton, between whom and Col. R. M.
Johnson the reader will find a short dialogue in this
fav's paper, is one of the Editors of the National In
telligencer, and is said to he. a man of unimpeached
Comment on the
We have not
had unimpeachable character.
X'ol's. speech seems unnecessary,
only words, but acts in perfect accordance.
Sir Walter Scott, on the 27th of February, at a
public dinner, confessed himself to he the entire
and sole author of the Wnverly Novels : and thus
this long rontested question of the authorship ot
those works is now put to rest.
Engineers have either left, or are about leaving
Washington, for the purpose of prosecuting the na
tional surveys. A detachment is ordered to assist
in determining the route for the Iiallimorc and Ohio
Rail road.
A Philadelphian, discussing Mr. Canning's pro
eject fur a modification of the British corn laws,
comes to the conclusion, " fhat the hopes entertain
' cd by our farmers of having a market in Great Bri
tain for their grains, are melted into thin air, like
the baseless fabric of a vision, and that it is the par
amount duty of our government to extend, by all
fair means, the domestic market for tlie productions
of our farms."
The frigate United States, Com. Isaac Hull, arri
ved at New-Yovk, on the U2d, from the Pacific
Ocean, after an absence of nearly forty months, hav
ing left Hampton Roads on the 4th of January, 1824.
led from Valparaiso on the 24th of January,
and left there tlie Brandywine, Coin. Jones ; Vin
cennes, Capt. Finch, and schooner Dolphin, Lieut.
Comd't. Aulick, bound down the coast.
She
* ' Flan of Operations. —It is reasonable to sup
rip pose that the secret, midnight Caucus, composed of
members of Congress, and held at Washington dur
lifting the last session, devised other plans of operation
■täknn those to ho executed nt tlie seat of government,
have merely opposed certain measures : to have
tthl on trilling subjects tlie jvublic tinte, which
t interest»L
' t
lump been devoted ta'itt .
MHg|Mi(ptvrcil abortive several attempt* of
Hpp|lar(k» r *.'i|it State some, service"—I
seem not, >ëpkpethcr, to have satisfied the patriots
yond the ten miles square—
;i and that firenttfi, as the Dutchman said, when he
§ prayed the Lord to prevent his drowning. New
presses must be established—old ones must be pur
chased, or " improved" a la mode de fan Buren—
and meetings must be held, of good men and true,
having nothing at all, at all—in this wide world, hut
the roost disinterested love of country at heart! Ac
cordingly, new presses are established—old ones
-either actually arc, or attempted to be bought, or
" improved"—and meetings, after much labour,
consisting of (ive, fifteen, twenty-five, and even fifty
men, are got up purely for the welfare of the nation !
Now, One prime, movers of all these patriotic pro
ceedings, would not. for the universe, be suspected
of any selfish or personal views. That would be
altogether a " killing matter"—and reader " thou
shah not hill." Be, therefore, not too inquisitive.
Draw not the line of distinction too strongly, if you
please, between the real interests of the country
and the projects of those aspirants to office—so
wearv of their present condition, and in stich des
pair, lest the eve of tlie people should not discover,
in due season, their merits, their patriotism, and
their talents. Ask not by what new system of policy
tbev propose to accelerate and augment the welfare,
of the country. Doubt not their fitness for superior
stations, when they exhibit sncli sterling merit—
such conscious rectitude—such entire disinterested
ness—and suclt censummate abilities in those posts
which they new occupy. Give credence to their
protestations, that their labours are labours of love
for von, and for the Republic, which will most as
suredly acquire unbounded prosperity and renown,
iff peradventnre, the People will permit them, in
the "high places'' which they seek, to dispense
such numerous, such varied, and such all-important
blessings. In short, reader, whoever thou art—
think not—act not—for thyself: For, in verity, I
tell thee—that this would he a " killing matter : arid
you know the command--" thou shalt not kilk"
the "
1 Work must
A Strange Man.—I t appears that Mr. Miner,
Fditor of the "Village Rec cd, or Chester and
Del ware Federalist," differs on the Presidenfal
question, from som® of bin brethren, "zeith zehom
he has long laboured." We are somewhat astonish
t>d that Mr. Miner did not send to Wilmington and
get full and entire permission for such a course of
conduct.
He seems to be quite as " ohslropulous"
as his brethren in Delaware, who will, without
leave or license, prefer Mr. Adams to Gen. Jackson,
This malady,,in this State, seems so prevalent, that
our political doctors have " given up for gone" n
numerous body of our most esteemed fellow citi
Indeed, the'extent of this disorder seems
zens.
quite alarming, as it lias not, till lately, become so
, visible.
The Joke Spoiled. —1 suppose the reader has
heard the vvonth rfnl billiard talile stnrv. A ftor going
the rounds for ayenp, it is likely to he laid by. as use
less. The followingjeffer en that subject, frein S.
Van Henseluer to Junge Clark, a Representative in
Congress from Kentucky, seems to spoil the whole
joke.
, |Bv th e wav, some of our readers mnv not recol
lée» that Gen. S. Van Renselaer voted for Mr. Adams
when the cleeflon for President devolved on the
House of Repres'Uitalivos. He was friendly to Mr.
Örawford— but feariny even a possibility of Gem
Washington, March 2d, 1827.
Sir : In a report made to the house of Represent- "
atives during the last session of Congress by the
committee on expenditures on the public buildings,
of which you were chairman, mention is made, oi' a
billiard table for the President's house. As much
has been said respecting it in the public prints, will
yon have the goodness to inform me of the facts I
connected with its purchase, out of what fund it was j
paid for, whether public or private, and if the table i
was purchased with the knowledge and approbation j
of the President.
1 have the honor to he with great respect vour
obedient servant,
Jackson's being made the chief mngistriM^MM^
termined to give his vote for Mr. Adams, on tnmH|
ballot. When Gen. Van Renselear passes through
town, we shall arrest him and demand his reason 8
why he, being a Federal Republican, dared to pre
fer Mr- Adams to the General.]
J. CLARK.
Gen. S. Van Rensei.aer.
House of Representatives Mafßi 2 d, 1827.
Dear Sir : 1 received y our letter of this day,and
have to say in answer, that the committee on the
public buildings, of which 1 was chairman at the
last session, in the discharge of their duty, found it
necessary to have on account or schedule of the
furniture in the President's house obtained in virtue
of a previous appropriation by Congress. We had
no communion with the President, on the subject ;
nor do I suppose that he had any knowledge, either
of what we applied for, or what was furnished us :
our application was to his private Secretary, and the
Inventory or account, as handed to us by him, was
annexed to our report without examination hy us,
and both the report and inventory were ordered to
he printed, neither the one nor the other having
been first read in tbehousc, the reading having been
dispensed with, as is usual in cases of reports of
committees.
Soon after the report and inventory had been
printed and some days before the discussion arose in
the house on the report, I learned from the President
that the inventory so far as it related to the billiard
table, fee. was entirely erroneous ; and that no part
of the public appropriation had been, or mould be ap
plied to any such purpose. I regret that circum
stances prevented me from making this explanation
afterwards when the conversation on Ihc subject took
place in the Mouse, since had Idoneso, it is proba
ble so many remarks might not have been indulged
in before the public.
I am very respectfully, your humble servant.
S. VAN. RENSELAER.
Judge J. Clark.
For the Delaware Journal.
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«portant Ikuuiry. —What has Delaware— I
mean Delaware State —and not-any particular man
who may' suppose himself to be tlie State : what,
then, has Delaware State to expect from the Oppo
sition. This is a question of serious import, and
one which itjjehovcs every citizen, at the present
to examine. In Virginiu, the Oppo
sed to be a " COMBINATION OF
t down the present ad
vlicy of the govern
or. Floyd, amcin
' Virginia thinks the
^pvould strip her,
powers, and
SKlie old con
crisis, sein«
sit ion w pw
GREAT »5
ministration, *nd t» étliéSjl
ment, This » tk* iangu
her of Congrès* fror» "
general goventtneot to# *(
one hy one, tat tb* mo
bring us back to what we went ini
federaey, which was aptly rienottMtMitfd " a rope of
sand." This is now the avowed
that S
haLiit least
a part of the opposition. Is Delavvofo—ii|
Stale —prepared for this suicidal career ?
forgotten the salutary advice of ex-governor Payn-i
ter—to support the'present constitution, as being
better for us than any one finit will ever be again
offered for our acceptance ? Is she—I mean the
Ihe State —willing to unite herself with this combi
nation of great Slates," whose object is to take,
from the General Government the powers given by
the Constitution to secure the happiness of the
whole—the small States as well as the great ? Del
aware is especially interested in preserving all the
legitimate powers of the general government. They
are essential to her protection and security ; and a
citizen should as soon think of setting fire to the roof
which shelters him from the elements, as of joining
this crusade, this opposition line and cry, against the
constitution of the Union, which extends its pro
tection to tlie small States as well as tlie great.
VI DETTE.
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FROM THE VILLAGE RECORD.
The Cavr,u> at Harrisburg .— A Caucus has been
held at Harrisburg by the members of the Assem
bly, and Gen. Jackson announced as the candidate
of Pennsylvania for the next President. To con
firm the proceedings of the Caucus, and to transact
other business, a Convention is to be held on the Ctli
of January next, at the same place. Aeorrespon
and dent writes us that there is more of noise than sub
stance in the proceedings, &c. . It is stated that there
were 86 members present, and 16 on their way,
| hut tlie whole business was concluded with so much
and ; celerity, they had not time to get in. An hundred
of Jackson Democrat
in the Assembly ! We hope to
lie pardoned for entertaining some doubt. The tin t '
ns represented to us, is, tliai there were 36 members !
at tlie caucus, of whom 9 avowed themselves friend- j
(y to the Administration, hut did not object to a Con-1
n 1 vention being called next January. The House had
! adjourned to meet the evening of the Caucus, at 8—
! the Caucus met at 7—and all the members who were
so
gathering to attend the meeting of the House were
counted, by those who tnnkp up tlie number 86.
86! Is there a committee room in the House that
will contain H6 persons, proceeding orderly enough
to be counted in public meeting? The statement, to
our minds, bears the strong marks tif exaggeration,
which too much characterizes the cause it is intend
ed to promote.
We declare, in sincerity, notwithstanding these
rumors of the mnltitudinous Caucus, that from the
known changes in public sentiment in Pennsylvania
favorable to the Administration, there seems to ns
reasonable ground to hope that Mr. Adams will be
sustained by tbe people of this great, patriotic and
intelligent state.
has
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in
the
Let it be remembered that less than one quarter
tiut voter* toJdie state gave their suffrages at the
Mtt fcttSÀ# Jackson ticket ' Qrmt^anges
è, taken jrface, and are taking place, fetor
able to the Administration. Wi sliall have a
mighty struggfiBa great turn out of the People —
the question wirPWbf Settled'by the politicians;
and let not the CflfiflWRtion too confidently say,
" Pennsylvania is ours !"— They reckon without
their host. II the Administration continues to pur
sue a prudent and wise bourse, as it is almost uni
verstilly admitted, by unprejudiced men, they have
done, tïie peuple will sustain them. Now our coarse
will he an open mid a trunk one. Me shall sup
port Mr. Adams, when right, against the Southern
combination to put him dawn " right or wrong.'
We will sustain him to the extent ol our humble
efforts while he makes the good ot his country his
polar star, notwithstanding the violence ol the
saults against him. Hut we differ from some ol
those with w horn we have long labored— and while
we write w ith a free pen—our columns are open to
essays in favor ol Gen. Jackson, winch any ot oui'
friends, who support him, may think fit to write.
.Ill party distinctions on this question arc broken
dozen ; and while our old Federal co-adjutnrof the
Delaware Gazette is rallying, [or rather trying to
rally,] the Federalists of Delaware to come out for
the General, for the purpose of keeping the Demo
crats on the hack ground—and while some of our
shrewd Federal politicians in Pennsylvania push the
General, as the surest way to overthrow, most effec
tually and forever, the Democracy here—we think
we see in the question at issue, objects of infinitely
more consequence than the mere ascendancy of one par
ty or the other ; and so iii the course of the canvass
we shall endeavor to show. In the mean time, wc
openly and earnestly recommend to the friends of the
Administration, in all paris of the state, to come out
early, boldly, decidedly—and* that means should
lie taken, open, and aboveboard, to ascertain the
public sentiment, to awaken public attention, and
to present the various important questions at issue,
fairly to the public mind. Let not the politicians
get the start of the people. Let the people come
Let the voice of the people be heard,
la#
hav<
as
out and ant.
and we confidently believe all will ee well.
From tlie National Gazette.
Mr. W. IV. Seaton, one of the Editors of tlie Na
tional Intelligencer, lias published, in the Wash
ington Telegraph of Thursday, the following ac
cotait of a casual dialogue between him and Colo
nel M. Johnson, Senator in Congress, from Ken
tucky.
" Some time in
the session of 182.0—6, as I was
passing through the Senate chamber to the secreta
ry's talile, after the Senate had adjourned, I was
hailed by Col. Johnson (sitting near one of the fire
places under the gallery, witli one other member
standing or walking near him) who, in his familiar
manner of speaking, said, " How goes it, old friend:
Well, when are you coming out ?"
" Editor.—On what subject, Colonel ?
" Col. J.—Why, on the Presidential question.
Are you not coming out against the Administration ?
" Editor.—1 can't tell. The Administration has
hardly commenced its career yet, and 1 don't see
any thing, so far, to condemn.
Col. J.—What of that? Has not Clay taken
away the laws from your paper ?
" Editor.—True ; but that would be making a
private grievance a motive for public conduct ; and
that we cannot do, however sore we may feel about
it. As for Mr. Clay, I know he is no friend of ours;
we opposed him, and 1 understand that he has al
a-ys been hostile to ns and our paper : hut the Ad
»jjtrafioii n.av pursue a policy that we have op
Administrations, and iMliey do so,
jktency oppose them?
fj^Mpncc, aplJL.„think,
jfPliMg^Jlgit. If any
i good as
n, w e will
»
h any ci
with an
body injured mè, I would give tli
they sent; and, as for this Admini
turn them out, as sure as there's a G«ijjn Heaven.
" Editor.—But, Colonel, how cab
before you see what course the Administration
will adopt? Suppose they consult the public inte
rest, and pursue a course that they think right ?
" Col. J.—I don't care : [raising his arm, and
speaking with warmth.] for, by the Eternal, if they
act as pure as the Angels that stand at the right
hand of the Throne of God, we'll put them down.
" To this 1 made no reply, but left ihe Colonel,
to pursue the errand that carried me to the Senate
chamber."
say so,
From the National Journal.
THE NAVY.
For our security against foreign hostility our first
reliance is on our navy. Eulogy on this important
arm of our defence, if not absurd, may be regarded
us supererogatory. It has spoken its own eulogy
in tones of thunder ; it has recorded its own re
nown in characters of flame. In the day of peril
it was our floating rampart on the waves, breasting
alike, the surges of the ocean and the shock of
conflict. It repelled the invader, it silenced the
taunter, it subdued the victor w.ho had triumphed
When it went forth, it was accom
t ' panietl with tlie mingled hopes and fears of a free,
! a brave, but ah infant people ; when it returned, it
j Imd realized the hopes of the mo; t sanguine,squid
calmed the fears of the most timid ; it returned]
having filled tlie measure of its country's glory,
and laid the foundation of n national pride and con
fidence, on which there may; in after ages, arise an
edifice of naval splendor surpassing the proudest
fabrics of renown which the ancient world has ever
witnessed, and over which the flag of the Union
shall wave in triumphant tranquillity, to remotest
time. But it has done more for us than tlie mere
achievement of fame ; it has, hy convincing other
powers, that we have the means and the courage to
resist foreign aggression, and to protect our own
rights and privileges, compelled them to respect us
as anation. Unless our navy be adequately pro
tected and increased, the next conflict—for we must
enjoy an exclusive privilege if we are exempted
from wars—will destroy all tlie reputation which
the last has achieved for us. Without that protec
tion and increase , our commerce might be impeded,
on every soa.
and our commercial marine subjected to insult and
injury by those numerous powers who yield to no
restraint but that of fear,
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April 81
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White do.*
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Corn, yellow, do.
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PROPOSALS, ,
Which were issued (or publishing the Deiawabc J»irm*At«
As an important crisis has now arrived, when that ration
al and dispassionate counsel should pievail, whichenabtoa
a wise and intelligent people to distinguish, clearly, he*
, w een a X.vn ns's interest and that of a h-w prominent, but
„vor reslu-ss and aspiring individuals, tlie DELAWARE
JOURNAL, wilt cn.b.ace all attainable means to exhibit
important distinction, strongly and uniformly, to the
view „I a candid and inquiring ec nnr.umty. Without l*r«
mg tile broad position, tliat Jmix Qtnacr Aiums is the
these United States for the office of President,
and that Aximf.w Jscrhon is the worst, (which some may
attirai and some deny i) we shall give . .
to the former, in preference to the latter, for that dislin
helieving, after the matiirest reflection
examination which we have been able to
V
list
best man in
devilled support
guislved stlit
and tlie tallest -
e ,vc the subject, that tbeie are live most »olid grounds for
preference. No change, therefore, in the National
at the appmacliing election, will be advo
leas it can be made to appear ibat
• ucl
Adi
train n,
rated in this paper, .
• he country at large, and not a lew aspirants to cflicc, is to
he benefited hy such a change. " And since," in tlie- Ian
unaee of the immortal Wahiikoto*, " the preservation uf
tlie sacre d fire ot liberty, and tlie destiny of the republican
model of government, are justly considered as deeply, per
haps as finally staked on the experiment entrusted to the
hands of the American People; we shall watch with vigi
lance, and expose with untiring zeal, all mach mations what
soever, which may tend to destroy this liberty, or endanger
the model of this government,
ell aware ilia the Congressional "Combination
, and composed of maieriata
other occasions, have is
:s i be
tVe are
lately formed at XVashing'
discordant and heterogeneous, .
.sued their decree, that the present Administrai!. -
put down, right or wrong, and that Aai.aiw Jacks.,k shall,
I their influence and means extend, be maile the
But trill tlMjEroriK of
as far t
President of the; e United States.
tins Union—the dispassionate, enlightened, and unaspiring
portion of it—at all times the most worthy— will they ra
tify the di oiee of litis " Combination"—stampt frith aeba*
-ter totally unknown in our annals ! The citizens of this
country hav e been divided in opinion, on matters of policy,
but who ol all those now on tlie stage of fife, ever expect,
id to Me the day when those ancient differences of opinion,
upon affairs of exped enev, should nearly have vanished,
that such a " Combination" of " Master Spirits," weary of
their piescnt condition, with an eye on stations to which a
restlos ambition ever impels them, should conspire at the
sacrifice of our best interests, to impose on the Nation a
Chief Magistrate, whose elevation may, with more certain
tv anti speed, favour their pi ejects of self-aggrandisement ?
\Vbo ever expected to see the day, when they should not
only hear the declaration of une ot the leaders of the Oppo
s acts in perfect accordance with it—
re
?
a
bit ion, but
" t/iul ihc *hlwi) i<flratioîi must ba pvt (lotah —wkhk tuet as
■ HO STASI» AT TIIK HIOIIT HAND (<F TH*
' 1 »'* \\ ho c\ it expected to see the day when
nu n, high in station and iea[ ectable for talents, inslettd of
employing vite public time and public money in legislating
for li e good of the country, should squander them limit
v in squabbles for the promotion of their personal views,
ihe gratification of a spirit of inveterate opposition,
equally ifcklcss of the prosperity and tlie dignity of the
Kepiiblicl
Let, therefore, the rational, intelligent, and grave por
tion of the community, amuse from their slumbers—re
membering that there are occasions when it is not enough
merely to think correctly; lint that they oughtio make every
reasonable effort to enlighten public opinion, on subjects of
vital importance: to delineate the great difference between
the interest of the nation and that of madly ambitious poli
: to approve and sustain all measures promut ive of
the general welfare, front whatever source they may ema
nate : and to show to the world, hy their acts, that, if ®ur
liberty take its flight, and the model of our government be
changed, they, .hen selves, have not contributed, by tl'.eir
inactivity and supineness, to such a direful revolution.
Our views, in establishing this paper, being coexiensive
with the hesl interests of our country, aril inseparably con
nected with die wise, judicious, and dignified administra
tion of its luppy government, mere local questions will be
deemed of minor importance ; while we shall advocate,
among other matters oj gener.il concern, tlie expediency of
cherishing national union and public credit: promoting in
stitutions lor the general diffusion of knowledge: observ
ing go. d failli and strict justice towards ull nations : pay
ing line regard to agriculture, commerce, and manufac
tures : and aiding the cause of intern»! iniproveiueti:, one
of the great bonds of this Union.
•ill also contain the latest int<ILyeace, fe r»
niest ic; and essays, literary and ntiM'dbuuMh*,
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ITotiCC.
The Stockholders in the Delaware Fire In
surance Company, are hereby notified, that an In
stalment of Five Hollurs, on each and every share
of Stock bv them held, is required to he paid on
the 2d day of July next, at the Bank of Wilmington
and B. Wine, between the hours of 9 and 3 o'clock,
P. M. to their Secretary.
By order if the Board,
DAN'L. BYRNES,
Sec'y.
Wilmington, April, 24,1827.
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constant employment and liberal wages will be giv
Inquire of
en.
BISHOP BRATTEN.
Kenrict-Squarc Mill, April 27.
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