American Watchman And Delaware Advertiser

American Watchman.

WILMINGTON, JULY 1, 1823.

"Frown indignantly upon the first dawning of an attempt to alienate one portion of the Union from another."

WASHINGTON.

Correction.—In the Watchman of last Tuesday we stated that CHARLES THOMAS, Esq. Speaker of the Senate, would be the acting Governor until the election in October next. He will perform the duties of that office until the third Tuesday in January next, when the inauguration of the person who may be elected in October, will take place.

"We congratulate the Watchman on his union with Mr. Hindman, and hope no untoward circumstance may occur to disturb the peace and harmony of their new connexion. Mr. H. will please excuse us from taking any further notice of him, We think it best that he remain (where he has been for many years. in merited obscurity."—Christian Repository.

There is no union or connexion, either new or old between Mr. Hindman and the Watchman.— His name even is not on the list of our subscribers.

With respect to Paul and Amicus our opinion is at variance with Mr. Hindman's;—yet if Mr. H. chooses to come out from his "obscurity," we are willing he should be heard; for even "error of opinion may be tolerated when reason is left free to combat it." Ours is a free Press—we print a free paper. unshackled by either Clerical or Laical or any other inquisitorial influence. Can the Christian Repository say as much, and speak the truth ?

A free Press belongs, in a degree, to the community, every member of which has a just claim on its liberality to publish his opinions when discreetly and temperately written. These are the motives that principally guide us. We no doubt often err (and who will presumptuously say he is always right?) but our errors arise from softness of head, not hardness of heart and uncharitableness.

According to custom we present our readers with that inestimable paper, the Declaration of American Independence, for the support of which our patriotic forefathers, "with a firm reliance on Divine Providence, mutually pledged to each other, their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor." Let them read it with attention, and with a grateful remembrance of the heroic band of brothers who sealed it with their blood, and to whose efforts, crowned by the blessing of the Supreme Judge of the world, to whom they appealed for the rectitude of their intentions, we are indebted for the liberty and happiness we enjoy.